General Policing Discussions

Hi all, due to start my SC training within the next few days (so excited!) Theyve said to turn up to my first day in smart casuals but no jeans! What would you wear?

Hiya everyone! I posted a similar question on a sub question on here, but thought I would open it up for more people as well. I work for a medium sized agency on the west coast of the US (about 100 commissioned cops) and am a defensive tactics, use of force and Taser Instructor for my department. It's a subject I'm really passionate about. We can (hopefully) go a career without having to shoot anyone, but in some form or another we go hands on with subjects every day while on duty. This can be anything from compliant handcuffing of the non resisting suspect to a full blown fight for your life on the ground. Most law enforcement academies in the states don't have enou…

Right... hear me out before you zero in on my position... I think all US police forces and many others throughout the world have 'Patches' which are sewn onto uniforms... Some people however collect or 'swap' these with friendly forces... In the UK we seem to have nothing of the like. The only thing I can think of is a mate gave his flatcap to the NYPD when he was over there visiting, but that's going to set you back a few points on the internal kit puchasing system and doesn't seem viable. So I was wondering has anyone ever 'traded' or given some sort of kit or whether your force even has a 'plaque' ? Yes this is super sad.....

I was hoping someone could confirm. I recently ready somewhere that the South Eastern Allowance provided to Herts,TVP,Essex, Kent, Surrey has increased from £2000 to £3000? Can anyone confirm as I can't seem to find the original post I read. If someone could provide a link that would be great. Sent from my iPhone using Police Community

So, As above really! I think with a hopeful future career change it would be beneficial for me to pick up a second language, and due to the area I'm thinking Polish. I'm asking if anyone has any experience with online learning, or would classes or 1 on 1 be better? I'm not looking for degree level stuff, conversational and reading it would suffice really. I'm completely out of the education loop, and the last time I studied a language was 20+ years ago. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks! mods, apologies if you see this suited somewhere more appropriate

Hi there. I am a probationary constable but I have decided to leave due to a number of factors, mainly financial. I have a good job on offer to me, but it hinges on how long my notice period is and nowhere in my contract does it tell me. Does anyone know what the notice period is, if any, for someone still in their probation period?

Hi all, I came across this while looking for another article, and thought you might find it interesting: Peterborough Today article - No handcuffs for Tesco security guard Couldn't find a job related but non-job forum sorry, thought this was most relevant.

Hello, Been a while since i posted on here as was moving from somerset back to milton keynes. However this was well over 9 months ago. Before i moved i got rejected from Avon and somerset during vetting, i got to milton keynes and applied for bedfordshire police. Passed everything once again but before vetting i had applied to do the thing where you get to go follow the police around for a while. However i suddenly got rejected from that which then in turn also rejected my application. I asked for the reasons and got told to get my record as they could not disclose Just over a month ago i applied to the acro for record which took well over a month to arrive in let…

I'm just curious to what your most scary / worrying moment has been as a police officer, how you coped at the time and how you got over it after.

What driving courses have you completed and how beneficial has it been when on duty? We have the opportunity for a non operational driving assessment prior to training followed by the 1 day basic operational course later on. Also had the chance to complete skid pan/ice hill training.

Everyone's favourite subject I'm sure. Can anyone confirm our powers of detention and if necessary use of force in relation to juveniles? Assuming they're not wanted and are not committing offences. 1. If they're in local authority care? Are we allowed to detain if required and force them to return to a/their "place of safety"? 2. If they're not in care but have gone missing from their family home (assuming there's no disclosure meaning you can't return them)? Or would you ring parents tell them the location of their child and leave it to them (sorting out the safe and well check at your leisure)? The reality is most kids don't want to come with you when you find them.…

I was driving on the A1 and I saw a tractor with an amber and a green flashing light. I thought however, could be wrong that only Doctors can display a green light in their vehicles.

So this is a pretty personal matter and just want to ask what everyone else thinks about it. I have been suffering from mild/severe acne now for the last 6 years, been on all medication but nothing so far has worked, ill hopefully going on roacutane later on this year which i hope will work. my question really is, will i still be treat the same in the police force just as much as everyone else even though i suffer from acne? hopefully other officers out there suffer the same condition as my and can relate.