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Some news - was speaking to a local PCSO today and was told that she's heard that the Met arn't recruiting again till 2012, and this was backed up by a PC I asked on the way home today. I'll be 16/17 then, hope there isn't a big recruitment freeze again just before I get to 18, that would be a disaster

Has anyone who got one of the 500 applications packs received them yet?

Hi Everyone, I've just passed my Assessment Centre for Gwent Police and I'm currently waiting for a second interview. I was wondering if anybody knew what might happened on this interview, in order for me to prepare. Any help would be great. Regards

Okay, a few years back I had a nasty Rugby injury when I was young and in school. Broke my shin in 6 places and broke and dislocated and broke my ankle joint. The surgeon and my physiotherapist were optimistic about my hopes and said they'd expect me to regain full mobility eventually. However one specialist (of the many I saw) said I would struggle with activity of most kinds, from long walks to impact runs. It took me almost over a year to walk again without the aid of crutches (I was wheelchair bound for 3 months at the start too). Despite this progress, the words of that specialist echoed in my mind and I wanted to prove him wrong. A few months after being able to wa…

Hi all, just a quick question ( i know there isnt anyone who can give a definate answer, just after your opinions) with regards to recruitment in the future and the talk about the possibility that most of it may come from the specials, do you think that being in the specials will only advantage you for that particular force or will it help bump you up the list with all of the national forces whether local to you or not? Hope that makes sense? Again i appreciate we are purely speculating here.

Hi I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this. I served as a Police Officer with Lothian and Borders Police between 2004 and 2008 before transfering to Western Australia Police where I served until May of this year. I had to resign from both forces as career break was not an option. I returned home to Scotland with the intention of rejoining with my old force however I now find myself in the same boat as everyone else. I was wondering if anyone knows of a UK Force that would take on a rejoiner? thanks Davie

Hi everyone, I'm due to start with Surrey Police in the near future. I currently live in the East London area and will have to communte to Surrey Police HQ everyday for 10 weeks. I was wondering if anyone knows of any places where I can live out Monday to Friday for 10 weeks. I can't rent a studio flat because the minimum tenancy is 6 months. If anyone knows of any places in or around the Surrey area, where I can stay for 10 weeks at a decent price - please could you let me know? I have tried to look around but I haven't come up with anything. Thanks in advance.

Hey guys, I had my a/c today with gwent and am feeling as if I could have done better considering all the revision I did to prepare. I think the pass mark is 50%. Did anyone else feel as if they may have failed? Is this a natural feeling? I feel the role playing could have gone more smoothly, but I did make use of race and diversity in every exercise. I could talk about what I would have done different in my a/c all day but I won't bore you with all the details. I just feel as if I haven't done that well. Thanks for reading guys.

Hey all! Just a quick what if.... Say mr A and mr B are having a quiet drink together in the pub and mr B is assaulted and mr A was a witness to an this and goes to court and gives evidence. Then two years later, the victim(mr B) is convicted of an offence which is completely unrelated to the original case. Mr A was not part of the investigation which led to the conviction of mr B. Mr A is applying to the police, Should mr A inform recruitment of this as an association of a criminal?? or is this not applicable because at the time of the association between mr A and mr B, mr B had no convictions. Mr A and Mr B are no longer associated after the pub incident. Any …

Hi there, I don't know if anyone can me help please. As part of my training I've got a scenario to do, which is to carry out a suspect interview, but I don't really know how to prepare the questions for it. Does anyone know where i could find any info on the correct ways to prepare for it? I know that every scenario will be different, and that each suspect will be acting different, but a little bit of help would be great please.

Firstly, apologies if this is repeating information that may already be on this forum.. According to LBC radio on the way home from work this morning is that the rumours about having a policing background to become a regular are true. New Scotland Yard have announced that anyone wanting to become a full time Police Constable will have to have been a Special or a PCSO, and/or have a policing qualification before they can apply. It was not made clear on the radio what qualification this will be, but I believe that courses are already being piloted at certain colleges. The MET are carrying out this new way of recruiting in order to keep training costs down. I think this…

Has anyone here applied to their chosen force but been rejected during the vetting process yet applied with a force in a different county and succeeded? Reason I ask is, I live in Gloucestershire and in 2006 I applied to Gloucestershire Constabulary but failed whilst at the vetting process. After recently contacting them in regards to re-applying, they said i have been precluded from making any further applications in any capacity. Despite writing to 3 different people, the answer is still the same. So my chance of a career as a police officer with Glos police is out of the question. I believe that the main reason for my rejection is 2 half brothers I have only seen 3 o…

Hi, I have just applied to be a special. I have no real previous experience in policing or similar work, but I do have plenty of life experience. Ive been to university, ive worked at McDonalds and John Lewis, I play league cricket and ive travelled quite a lot. Another thing that might work against me is that while I was at university my credit rating wasnt very good, and I was missing a lot of payments. How do you rate my chances?

Hi Police Oracle forumites Thank you for helping me out in the past. My colleagues at BBC London are writing the story about the proposals to change the way Met Police officers are recruited and were impressed by the help you all gave me before. Here is the link to the current story but it does need some "real voices" - to reflect how this does/could affect those who want to join the Met. If you feel willing to speak to my colleagues, you can either contact me and I'll pass your details on: dhruti.shah@bbc.co.uk This morning I'm on 0208 576 0656 or you can email chirag.trivedi@bbc.co.uk at BBC London. Chirag's contact number is: 020 776…