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Ive got my assassment centre date today 18th Jauary, im sooooooooo excited!! Ive waited over a year for this!

Hi guys I'm new to this website but would like to know if anyone can give me any information on the medical test. I have just passed my fitness bleep test etc... and awaiting a date for the assesment date in march, can anyone tell me for the medical if they will be looking into my medical records with the doctor or if on the day you just get bombarded with questions and tests etc.. Thanks guys!!!!

Hi all, I have passed the papersift and assesment stage of Police Recruitment. I am currently awaiting a date for my physical and medical assesments. I am currently on medication for my asthma (one dose of becotide am and one pm). My condition is completely under control and I often forget that I have it. I am 26 years old and I've not had an attack since the age of 5. Yet, I am still nervous that I am going to be rejected because of this. Is there anyone that can put my mind at ease, antoher asthma suffer who has passed the assesment and can advise me. Cheers in advance....

At just 5'9 and just over 11 stone (69.8KG) I feel that I'm a little light at the moment to pass the push and pull test comfortably. I'm currently doing press-up's, but when I get to about 10 my arms feel like they are going to give way, so I have to stop and come back to them after a while. Does anyone else have any tips for improving strength up top? At work there are a set of weights in the Jan Sales so I was thinking of getting these to try and help out more. I'm not keen on gyms so I try to avoid them at all costs, tends to be full of people who love themselves to much in my expirence. :?

Hi. I have my physical on the 11th of january and was wondering about the bleep test. The required level is 5.4. Will they stop the test at 5.4 or are you meant to keep running until you can no more? Do you gain any credit for reaching higher levels? Thankyou in advance

Hi, i have recently been rejected at the paper sift stage for GMP. I know why, my application form was rushed as i was going travelling for 4 months and wanted to get an app form in before i went so it wasnt a great suprise. Anyway, i really want to join Notts Police as its where i went to University and would really like to live in the area. Does anyone know or have any idea when they are next taking on? I cant apply until April because of my rejection but im hoping by this time, they will be taking on as i would do anything to be on the Notts force. thanks guys

Thanks for the prompt replies to that previous post. I have another few questions now though! What is the crack with people in reserve forces when it comes to joining the police? I have heard from someone that they sometimes make you ditch the TA/RMR until your probation is complete. I spoke to the recruitment poeple and all they could tell me is that they have a quota for how many poeple they will let go on a tour of duty at any one time. That doesn;t really answer my question though.

Hi, A few years ago I was a director of a limited company. Things didn;t go well and we had to close the company. We owed the enterprise company about £2K and another company around £500. We wrote to everyone and said very sorry etc but can't continue to trade. Company owed me and partner quite a lot too! No one asked us for the money as they knew we were a startup (and therefore a risk) and was no way we were ever going to be able to come up with it. I want to apply for police now and am worried by what I read in section 9, under financial vetting on http://specials.homeoffice.gov.uk/document...ent?view=Binary Is this likely to be a problem? The company has be…

hi in the welcome back that were are sent it says that we will be tested on 5 competencies Personal Responsibility Resilience Teamworking Respect for Race and Diversity Effective Communication but there are 4 questions. On the applicaton form we are tested on 4 competencies, teamworking, resilience, communication and RRD but not personal responsibilty! how would this work

Hello, I am currently in the recruitment process for Lothian and Borders Police and having passed my medical am now waiting for a date for my home visit. I was just wondering if anyone knows how long the wait is if you are accepted into the college from getting accepted to actually starting at the college? Is it possible to defer your start date for any period of time?

do we need to learn or the core competnecies heading for example: personal responsibility takes personal responsibility for making things happen and acheving results. Displays motivation, commitment perseverance acts with high degree of integrity. would this be enough to learn for the competency or do we need to know the sub headings ie. takes personal responsibility for own actions uses inititative etc???

I originally applied to Cambridgeshire back in August of 2005. I got the assessment day, fitness and medical over within the first 5 months of 2006! After then its been a long waiting game... i finally get a phone call today asking me to come to retake my fitness (has to be done within 3 months of start date im told), only problem is all of the dates (Jan 16/17/18) for the test are next week.... when im on holiday skiing! Which is all paid for (and i cant change the dates). So they are going to have to push my fitness test back a month or so, problem is this also pushes back my start date by a month! Talk about bad luck!

Do they all give you a copy of the question so you can look over it whilst answering?

Hi guys, has anyone here transferred to Essex during the application stage? Currently I'm awaiting a start date with another force and am seriously considering the move. If anybody has done it I'd be interested to hear how smooth it was and also whether they had to redo anything like medical or fitness with Essex. Also, do they hold a final interview at all? I know contacting recruitment would be my best bet but while I'm at work I thought I'd ask on here first