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You try and ring the office and you get fobbed off to sum special constable volunteer shit, it’s a joke. To b honest I don’t want to run round being a total mug taking peoples names like a school teacher, might provide experience but not for me. I would want to d something about it. In the end...

A certain individual I know had a problem entering the police force, and was being rejected for no evident reason, he had great skills such as: understanding and talking to the public, had worked security, he knew how to resolve dangerous situations, Had a clean record, Experience working with...

haha on this topic..... Steve Collins....legend.................end of :D

Sentinel: well I agree with you there when you talk about roger grays books, and how it gives a great insight and captures the department in the most accurate way possible, not like I know not being a officer just as I reader but I know were you are coming from. I found Roger’s book great, and I...

Co19 That’s good that your claim to fame? haha Yes Roger’s book is great, makes you realize a lot about the job those guys do. I also read Steve Collins books, I find them more appealing to read, just the language used makes a lot more sense to me, (non stop swearing and jus a lot of banter)...

helllo mate i have the same problem i am in university and i applied in Augest i think, i still have not heard anything myself, but it takes a varied amount of time, pending on security checks and stuff. can take weeks or months, but like dark horse said no news is good news. so keep your head...

SENTINEL I bought those books you recommended by Roger Gray and Steve Collins, on Amazon for a very reasonable price on Amazon, they are a great read and had me gripped, I even done a project on one of the books in university, very helpful, thanks for that mate.

STU you do not sound out of turn, Thanks for your post, I truly understand were you are coming from, and I know I am not even a police officer yet, but I am just asking questions about a profession in the police force. I have always wanted to take this route since I was a young boy. I have been...

Yer mate I really agree with you there Ross kemp got out in the action with the gangs and asked them questions Vinnie Jones never really done it for me either, but stil a intresting show, Yer Colombia 4 murders a day did you see there police, makes you think, they are in the job to make a change...

Just thought about creating this thread after watching Vinnie Jones’s toughest cops, if any you have not seen or heard of it, it’s a new Itv 4 show were x footballer Vinnie Jones travels the world looking at the worlds best police forces (mainly firearms) its really interesting, so if any...

Hahahaha your posts make me laugh, Yes I was actually thinking on dropping out of university and just joining the force as university is not really for me, as then I can work hard for the next few years why I am still young, I don’t really mind if it takes me ten years to get were I want to be...

To be truthful your last post has made me realize a lot of things, such as the journey and doing the groundwork, gaining credibility and having valuable knowledge, these are all valuable experiences, and gives you a goal at the end, What’s your opinion on university is it a waste of time going...

I understand you saying general policing in minimal and are unlikely to succeed first time round but it is not impossible, I respect your view and opinion but if you tick the boxes they want ticking, have knowledgeable experience, join the force with a degree, and pass the fitness tests with...

earning 40k in any job is hard, and u want to earn this by d time ur 26, , you say its the ideal job bu the money is a problem, i dnt think this is the ideal job for u then, as it intails longs shifts for reasonble pay, many other jobs out there that offer a similar wage for half the effort, its...

university is good to gain the experiance they are asking for ....people skills, as uni has a great social side and talking and adaping to diffrent people from diffrent backgrounds aswell as gaining a degree to help you afterwards ,yer i think we personaly know when were ready 4 the job, i...

i was looking for answers also to this question.. and have recently gained my place in uni for crimnology..bu again i have heard the same answers life experiance is more important in policing..as having a degree may meen u have all d brains..but no common sense and knowing how to tlk and adapt...