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Hi, I am currently awaiting my A/C date and in the meanwhile I am absolutey bricking it! I just have a couple of quick questions to those of you who have maybe attended one before or have just attended. First off is the maths test... Is it true that the maths test only accounts for 3 of the possible 123 marks? And what sort of questions should I expect? Maths has never been my strong point! And finally, I am thikning of attending a Talking Blues course in the next couple of weeks.Has anyone been on oen of these? If so how did you get on and how did you benefit. Thankyou

I am at the application form stage and have filled it in so many times, so many drafts because I want it to be perfect. I have always wanted to join the police since I was 16 at the time I tried to apply to the cadets but was too young and told to get as much life experience as possible now I feel the time is right. I am now 23 and have had over 10 jobs, I see this is a positive thing as it has gave me lots and lots of life experience and made me a very mature person, as I have been in a lot of different types of working environments and worked with so many different types of people/different backgrounds. I feel like I would make an excellent police officer, due to thi…

Hi everyone, Have my assessment centre with Thames Valley this week. Anyone here on it or have any final words of wisedom for me!? Chris

Hey folks I'm gonna be due for my medical again soon, as last time I was told to lose 2 stone and reduce my BMI. As of yet I have found it extremely difficult to achieve this! Does anyone have any dietary or exercise advice they can give me? I'm going on my exercise bike every day for 30 minutes and am lifting weights occasionally, but I feel it's the diet that's letting me down. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Please reply to mmlozza@hotmail.com.

Hi guys, I was delighted today to know that i have been short listed for PCSO in ESSEX . My worry is that my BMI is 38 and i need to take it down to 30 in about 3 weeks. I have been working hard on treadmill and watching what am eating since i applied to join PCSO. Anyone who has tips on what i shoud do, i will highly appreciate. Thanks

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew what happens if you fail the bleep test first time? I have heard you get three attempts is this correct? Do you get a new date for your second attempt if so? I have my fitness next week and panicing

Hi everyone, I handed my Vetting Forms back into South Yorkshire Police back in December 2009. I have still not heard anything! I lived in North Yorkshire for most of my life and have only lived in South Yorkshire for the past 4 or so years. Could this be holding me up? Or does Vetting always take so long? Hope someone can advise.

Ladies and Gents, Up for grabs are two books and a DVD for revising for the selction process. The first is 'How to pass the new police selection system - 2nd edition' and the other is a stand alone course with book and demonstration DVD. Anyone going through the recuitment process should find them useful. These are free to anyone who has a genuine use for them. If someone wants one and not the other then ill post out separetely. Cheers J

Hi Folks, I was in the recruitment process last year, right to and through the final interview then.....I recieved a letter informing me I was unsuccessful, which of course was a dissappointment. However I am in a position where I found the reasons as to why I was unsuccessful. I had left a previous employment during investigation which was the result of an arguement between myself and another staff member....to some this up quickly, it is as petty as it sounds or so to speak, we argued, it took up working time therefore the daily duties were delayed which in turn I suppose isn't great practice. (gross misconduct). This resulted in an investigation being carried out w…

Anyone heading to Tulliallan on Thursday for a few days?!!!

Can anyone tell me the main factors affecting policing, namely Scotland?

Had mine last week and passed, got a fitness test coming up. anyone else in the same boat?

Hi all Wondered if any recent merpol recruits could let me know what the training is like? Got my fitness and vetting early may and getting quite excited now. Intakes hopefully are in Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec...I'm going to be moving to liverpool and just wondered the following: - how long are you at Lea Green for and what are the hours? - are you told when leave is at start of training (just for booking holidays etc? - how is your BCU decided and do you get any choice? Thank you Stacy

Hi guys, I failed my a/c with 58%, totally gutted. I got 73% in respect for race and diversity. 93% In oral communication and 78% for my written. I am totally gutted, as it seemed to be one area which has let me down, and I really can't understand why, as I thought that I did ok. Just wondered where to go from here, with regards to re-applying, or if I can do that. As I gather it will be another two years before Lincolnshire is recruiting. Thanks for any suggestions

Hi All, I passed my fitness test some months ago and having not heard anything i called the recruitment department at TV. I was told the January '10 intake dates were now full and they had not yet been given the next lot of intake dates so could not tell me when my application would move forward Has anyone heard the same thing / does anyone have anymore information? Thanks for any replies