General Policing Discussions

Hello all, I'm not a serving officer, but I believe that PCs generally work either Neighbourhood policing or Response now, at least in GMP, if not all over the UK? I wondered which role most PCs choose, response or neighbourhood? I know this will be a personal choice dependant upon a number of factors but I wondered if there was more competition for one over the other? As I understand it, response officers cover the 24hr period whereas neighbourhood officers cover 07.00-00.00 (no shifts between 00.00 and 07.00).

Hi All, What are your thoughts on specials being tied to a particular patrol team? Where I'm based we are not allowed to go out with a different team. There are 5 teams, A-E, which rotate round on a 2Early,2Late, 2Night, 4 rest day rota. It causes quite a lot of grief with the non 'ranked' specials, who think it's rather unfair and massively restricts when they can go out. The regular supervision don't enforce it, and all reg sgts I've spoken to seem to want the extra support. However the special supervision are insistent that we must follow their rules/orders. For me, who works Monday-Friday 9-5, I can rarely go in, but if I was allowed in every Friday la…

I have completed all pre employment checks for HP. Was wondering how you get an offer of an intake? Is it email, or is it via a letter?

I'm interested in people's experiences undertaking their force's standard response course (as per CoP) From personal experience, what are the course failure rates in your force? How long is your course? How long ago did you do it?

Hi There, I will be having my basic driving test soon to drive Police vehicles A to B. I'm just wondering what I should expect and whether a competent and confident approach should suffice? I'm expecting a sort of relaxed/watered down version of the initial driving test we all take.... Any light shed would be appreciated.

A few recent articles regarding the cuts have quotes which point to a possible change in the Home Office's stance on police funding. It isn't very clear but hopefully the Chief's that they are apparently consulting with, will tell them the truth, and they will be listened to at long last (unlikely as the Gov seem to have their fingers in their ears). The quotes read as "we didn't make a mistake by cutting police budgets, it's just that times have changed and terrorism is eating up resources". Most recent article: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/18/police-missing-terrorist-tip-offs-lord-condon-because-of-cuts-says-former-met-chief https://www…

Hello, I'm organising an event in West Dorset on 29th July. It's a policing competition for cadets and although we've got quite a few staff we could do with some extra role players for the day to take on various acting positions for the scenarios. Police Officers/Staff/Volunteers only I'm afraid (for obvious safety reasons). If you're free and in the area and fancy a fun day scaring cadets please drop me a message. It'll run morning until mid afternoon with lunch provided.

Tasking - How much is too much? As a Responce officer, I carry no crimes to investigate... I attend calls for service, establish if a crime has been committed, arrest if nessessary and gather evidence. I then creat the crime report and task it to be quality checked... It then gets allocated to a uniformed officer or to CID to investigate depending on the complexity. From time to time I like to check on the progress of an investigation I have been involved in. I noted that one of my jobs had not been actioned or even commented on for a good couple of weeks so I decided to check on the officers work load and the amount of crimes they had been allocated to inve…

Hi, If you're applying for the police should you have social media accounts? I have heard its best to close them down but unsure if this is true? Thanks

I feel the use of audio visual aids greatly enhance one's understanding of how to handcuff a suspect. I found this really good though brief one on YouTube and can't thank this guy enough LOL. Please comment on the use of techniques as I'm using it to revise for OST; thanks. 1. The officers have approached from outside the suspect's fighting arc and the suspect can't see what they're doing. 2. The female officer applying handcuffs has come in from underneath the wrist knuckle. 3. She has 'touched and cuffed' by clasping the thumb or fingers. 4.They have got the suspect to bring his other arm round his back 5, Then checked for tightness. Any other comments appre…

Hi all, just been given my start date with Lancs and wondered if anyone could tell me how much choice we have on where we're posted. I put my preferences in my application form and have a young family so would ideally like to be in Blackpool, which leads me onto my second question Are we allowed to work in the same city we live in or is just a personal choice there?

Not wishing to take the other thread further off topic Is successful policing about arresting people? Or looking at alternatives that may bring about the same conclusion? I remember a conversation where a Regular officer in company with a Special picked up another Special to take them somewhere. This Specials first comment was ' So how many people have you arrested then? ' Before the other SC could reply the Regular jumped in and said 'It's not about arresting people it's about how many you haven't arrested and finding other solutions as well ' That conversation took place over 20 years ago . When I take part In role play, the new recruits are expected …