General Policing Discussions

If we have any Chief Officers please message me i need some interview advice. Cheers

Hi all, I was wondering this afternoon what sort of duties and events all us Specials undertake with are different forces? Please select from the polls and we'll build up a picture of the different duties we all do. I enjoy working on my Neighbourhood team, either patrolling on foot or on a push bike getting to talk to the locals and helping out with any issues they are having. Then on the only hand I like to mix in a bit of response work just to keep my skills up to the correct standard. If I have missed off the type of duty you under take then please post below :-)

http://www.dailymail...ls-Britain.html 'We'll stop them grabbing a bit of the glory': Police to guard Olympic flame as it travels around Britain By TARA BRADY PUBLISHED: 13:37, 10 March 2012 | UPDATED: 14:52, 10 March 2012 Comments (1) Share A team of 28 police officers will be dedicated to protecting the Olympic torch and its bearers during a 8,000 mile tour of Britain ahead of the London 2012 Games. The unarmed officers, who were chosen after a rigorous selection process, will take it in turns to run alongside the bearers for as long as 12 hours a day and will take in the outer reaches of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as the…

After a discussion with someone, I was wondering what people thought of individual police forces websites. Whose is the best for information, ease of use, look and feel? Do you think forces need to invest more in websites or are they no longer a relevant need due to other social networks Also which one is the worst? Discuss

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Hi All, I'm trying to find a thread which had an interesting post about the stages some go through mentally as a police officer in their career. It was broken down into something like: YEars 1 - 3 : Like a puppy dog all excited running around with a new toy years 4-6 - Settles in and with knowledge and confidence you really enjoy it Years 7-?? Can become dissilussioned.. These are just examples by the way in order to give you the jist of what I'm looking for and not exactly what I remember. I'm using the search function but am having trouble finding it. Can anyone help with this? Cheers B.M.

Hi all, I was just wondering if any of you guys had any regrets or doubts as a special/reg on joining or leaving the force? Cheers

Hi All. This is probably a question for the supervisors out there. I am looking at creating an online calendar when we can place events etc that our happening our district that specials can look at whilst at home. It needs to be free and a simple web link that doesn't require a logon to view the calendar (Like gmail does) People will need to be able to make changes when they view the calendar to add in holidays etc. Can anyone think of a service out there? I work in IT as my day job but cannot find anything!

Hey Guys and Gals, I was wondering if any other forces use the NCALT online E-learning system and if so what do you think of it? I am currently trying to do my First Aid freshers from my home PC and my god its pants, it crashes every 2 minutes and some of the coarse won't even launch.I've tried to use NCALT at the Nick to but it seems to be a repeating problems what ever PC I am using :new_no: Having completed 2 out of 5 sections and none of them are showing as complete :-S Interested in hearing anyone else views on this.....

Over the past 15 years we have seen a large increase in the number of armed police officers deployed on the streets of every UK Police force area. Sadly during the same period we have seen a steady increase in the number of innocent members of the public (unarmed) being shot and killed by the police. I appreciate there being a need for armed police in certain circumstances, but I am worried by the number of cases of people being shot. Should there be tougher rules on armed police ? Do the rules of engagement need to be changed to avoid civilian deaths, part of the reason for bringing this topic up is the death last year Mark Duggan who was unarmed and lead to civil un…

Hi all, I was just wondering if any of you guys had any regrets or doubts as a special/reg on joining or leaving the force? Cheers

How much break entitlement are given to specials in a shift? Do you have to do x amount of hours in a shift before you can incur a break?

...is back. Featuring Lancashire this week, today it showed policing the night time economy in Preston.Specials were shown as part of the team, doing the job, and came across well, as team members .

I'm putting in for it. Anyone else?

During the current recruitment freeze experienced by many forces I'm sure many people have, like my self, joined the specials as a way in. I'm currently with Kent and wondering how the move on up to regular PC works when the vacancies become available? I know for example Kent run a condensed Special to PC corse, however what is less clear is the need to re-sit the assessment centre? or re-do medical/fitness? or is it all based on weather you have achieved IPS or not? Even if their isn't a specific answer for Kent how dose it work elsewhere? anyway first post, happy to be here, look forward to the replies. cheers.