Specials

It is actually snowing good and hard right now, kids are outside having snowball fights and I fear I may be unable to get to my first training session tomorrow morning... Does anyone happen to know what the consequences of missing my first day are?

Hi have my first assessment next month really excited but nervous at the same time.Any tips that much relax me a bit??

In October 2011 I applied to join the Met Specials having decided that I would be able to spare at least 8 hours per week on average (so double the minimum). As I work shifts, which include weekends, I negotiated with my employer who kindly allowed me to change shifts to enable me to attend the weekly Sunday training course for 23 sessions. I passed all stages of the recruitment process. Vetting was a fair shambles; they kept us all in a room for an hour whilst they made sure all details on everybody’s forms were complete and legible but despite this managed to sit on mine for 3 months before the vetting lady calling me in a panic to say that she was unable to read the …

Hello all I am really sorry if this has been discussed before, and also sorry that this is my very first post. I hope it falls within acceptable posting practices here! I have a friend (name withheld) who could very well be affected by the latest set of redundancies that the Army announced today. He has been in for a number of years, with a couple of tours under his belt. He joined the army as a way of sorting his life out a bit when he was a kid. He was never a "problem child" or got up to anything illegal - just never had any real direction. Army straightened him up and made him a success case and all the rest of it. Blah Blah Blah. With these redundancies biting ho…

Hi All, First time on here and just found out I have passed the interview stage yippppeeeeee and now have to wait for a date for my medical. I have been told they will be doing credit checks as well, I had quite bad credit about 5years ago this included a ccj and defaults (they all show as satisfied now) do you think this will be a problem? Also I have arrears with 2 agencies both Government agencies that amount to about £2,000 (this is not shown on my credit file) this is to from years ago, I have been making payments to them and never missed one, do you think this will make me fail the credit check? Any help would be great! :new_thanks:

Hi everyone This is my first time asking a question here after using this forum for ages! I could not find the answer to my question any where so I thought I would ask here.. Basically, I have been sent an email (to which I have replied already) that I should choose my training dates. However, it says I have not yet passed all my recruitment stages (vetting + references left for me).. Why would they send me the training dates if I have not yet passed all the stages? Does that mean I'm almost there? Thank you in advance!

I know some employers do but do the police? :new_hmmm:

How likely is it if you stick at the Special to have the opportunity to become a regular is this a valid career path? will I get priority over Civvies? Any information would help. Thankyou. James.

Hey guys. I applied to Tayside in the July of last year, went through assessment in August and then Medical in November. We were initially informed that training was due to start in Autumn. That never happened, then told January, obviously that never happened. The reasons being lack of numbers which is understandable but given I'm applying to Tayside and with all 8 forces in Scotland becoming one force as of 1st of April, could it be that they aren't wanting to run a course due to the transition being so close therefore waiting so that we don't need to go back and get new Police Scotland uniforms all over? What are your thoughts and is anyone else awaiting a uniform f…

Just a quick question, how long will a new recruit (no prior experience or qualification) be on £19000 for? Is it just for the initial training, a year, or the 2 year probation period before moving up to £22000? Thanks

Just doing some homework - some forces now state the 3 year residency requirement for entry as a Reg, PCSO or S/Con. What is this for? Are there any exceptions/exemptions? Do all forces state this? I ask, because if someone were to resign from the S/Constabulary in one force, leave the country for over a year, then come back would they have to wait 3 years to re-apply? Thanks!

I just wanted to post this up as I know there have been lots of questions about BMI followed by inconclusive answers so hopefully this might help someone looking (incidentally, why won't searching for "bmi" on this forum bring back any results??); They definitely won't let you start if your BMI is too high. (Edit) - post shortened. THIS POLICY RELATES TO CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY

hello again ive got an assessment centre coming up for the regulars and im just after some clarification. i was wondering if anyone knew anything as to why the competencies have been updated/revised to the following Serving the Public Openness to Change Service Delivery Professionalism Decision Making Working with Others i cant find any info on them and as ive got a PIRT coming up soon i was after some clarification as to what the assessors will be looking for in terms of marking etc. thanks

Hi all, posting this here as the North Wales Police specific page seems pretty empty of users at the moment. So just received my letter inviting me to a PIR test ar HQ, does anyone know how long this will take? The letter says I will have to remain at HQ for 2 - 2 1/2 hours - seems quite long for a PIR test? Also, can't actually see any reference to the AC on the application process page here Thanks Matt Quote MultiQuote

Hi all, I had applied to a police force back in November for the position of SC, I had passed at all stages and was given training dates (had the uniform fitting and everything) but had to withdraw my application because I could not attend the training, simply because I had no car combined with a less than understanding employer. Long story short in October/November 2012, I withdrew my application - I had tried to attend the 1st day of training by bus but sadly the location wasn't very accessible at all, Anyway after getting a car, I would like to jump back into the game (so to speak) so was just wondering how long my application/details would likely be kept on the …