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[mac75 0]

I am trying to study for the Ospre Part 1.

I started with Blackstones but more and more people are telling me to ditch it and go with Tom Barron's Crammer book. I have bought that now but don't know which to go with.

I haven't really got the cash for those online cds although they look the business, I fear I will spend more time deciding which way to go than study at all!

Any help much appreciated, and Happy Chrimbo.

[Stan Still 1]

Crammer

My advice is to read the crammer out loud and record it onto an MP3 player, then play it back to yourself. You'll find that after a few plays, you begin to remember what is coming next and it gets committed to memory.

Don't bother with the CDs - I found that when you sit on the computer trying to revise, there are too many distractions. This forum being one of them.

[theoldman66 0]

Neither.

I passed by taking out a subscription to www.police-training.co.uk (on recommendation from 3 colleagues) and doing a minimum of150 questions per week, starting just after xmas. I don't know how much it costs now, but when I did it, a 6 month subscription cost less than blackstones.

[carrotchomper 0]

Neither.

I passed by taking out a subscription to www.police-training.co.uk (on recommendation from 3 colleagues) and doing a minimum of150 questions per week' date=' starting just after xmas. I don't know how much it costs now, but when I did it, a 6 month subscription cost less than blackstones.
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Same here. Site is really worthwhile to get you in the mindset of what is required in the questions. I used to study a Blackstones chapter, then do lots of questions. And I passed...

[diddly 80]

I passed the Pt 1 years ago, but could not get through the Pt2. I'm studying again. I found last time that there were quite a few questions based on the keynotes & case law you get in Blackstones but not elsewhere. I, too, have had it from many people"  You need to, I passed doing..." well meaning but ultimately futile.

The important thing is to do enough that you cover any syllabus and go into the exam feeling reasonably confident rather than thinking you've missed too much

[CID1 0]

use a mixture of both the Crammer book and the Blakstone books not to mention using the Police training site. Just keep doing to questions and remember to RFQ. Enough of this back to study

[mac75 0]

Cheers , I have been using that police training site as well but last week bought the Blackstones Q and A books. On the website I was doing really well, 70% on most knowledge checks, but am finding the questions on Blackstones Q and A books A LOT HARDER!!!! am sinking into the depths  and am scared I will make an idiot of myself and get a low mark on the day. I know the law of what they are asking but am struggling on picking the right answer on the tricky questions.

[CID1 0]

Just relax when you do the Q+A, beter to be getting the A wrong in the books but just keep going over them again and again. Dont study all the time you dont say how many hours you are putting in per day.

[diddly 80]

Finishing off Blackstones next week; followed by a 3 day crammer course in Guildford and 2 weeks of revision and online Q&A per day. I've taken the month off before the exam, hoping not to peak too soon!

[mac75 0]

I've just got the last 50 or so pages of E&P to do and then full on with the questions, Ive been doing them as I go along and am getting a little bit more confident, I know I have put the hours in I guess its all down to what happens on the day.

[Penbwlch 810]

It is many years since I studied for the promotion exams; 31 year to be precise (ish). The book were different then but I am sure that the principle isn't.

Just get into a routine. So many hours a day at fixed times. Tell friends and relatives (particularly relatives) that you are not available for social occassions until after the exams. They will soon learn not to distract you.

When I took my Inspector's exam, the hardest thing was to put the books down afterwards. Learning had become a habit. In the end, the dedication to study became easy; I was addicted to it. Create those circumstances yourself and I'm sure you will pass. Those that can't, or won't, dedicate this part of their life to study are the ones who will fail.

[mac75 0]

Wish I could do the fixed time study unfortunately not practical on shifts, still I have been quite disciplined and getting up early on my days off and lates / nights. Not long to go now,

Diddly - how was your crammer course? Worth it?

It will be weird once this is over, I will have loads of time back on my hands.

[diddly 80]

mac75, the crammer course was well worth £150 and, if I was a County-Mountie I would be back for their Pt2 Course, presumptuous I know.The trainers, including an ex-colleague when I first joined, now Insp, have taken Blackstones apart & simplified the most important bits (in their opinion) down to bullet points. Some very useful exam tips...RTFQ and read the last line first(of a question) to give you more time. Also consider "Head & Hand? for every time a door opens" & Burglary/aggravated should be simple

 

Good luck!

[mac75 0]

Cheers for the hints Tom. May the force be with us two weeks today.........

[diddly 80]

Indeed... the other one I forgot in my last post: A Supt "believes" a PC "suspects" i.e. reasonable suspicion etc. Apparently "belief" is a tighter restriction at law and due to the weight of their decisions, a Supt must have more than reasonable suspicion before making a judgement call!