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deanr201

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hi all
does anyone know how long it is before you find out if you have passed the initial sifting phase to join west mids police.
cheers
 
Dean
I joined Beds Police in 2005, whole process took 2 and a half years.
i recently resigned due to sheer amount of paperwork along with the fact that human rights stop you doing your job properly.
Good luck tho.
CPete
 
How long is a piece of string.. it depends on force to force, how organised and decent they are.. but usually expect to find out in 2-4weeks.

Don't know if you know how tricky the app procedure is now, but most ppl fail first time round. The time i applied and passed they had 4'000 applications... If you do have trouble, there's a couple of good police sites around that can help you out, also with the centrex centre. PM me for details - the intotheblue courses are also v highly rated by most who go on them...

All the best, hope you get through.

Shortty
 
Our force states that it will be a month from recieving your application form to informing you that it has passed the papersift.

The entire process will vary massively, but 12months is not uncommon. Our new recruits are being told it could be upto 18months from start to finish.
 
so long as you hav'nt got that disgusting , worthless and offensive word 'england' tattoed on your body it could be any day now!

if you have..then you'll be rejected anyway, cus we dont wanna upset anyone do we now?....
 
Ive been waiting since December to find out if ive passed paper sift for West-mids. Apparently there a nightmare at admin. Ive been ringing up constantly to find out whats happening but to no avail. Hope you have better luck with yours mate.
 
Guys several forces have got into recruiting difficulties at the end of the financial year, mainly due to the influx of PCSO's into real Police jobs. I know a couple have put the brakes on the recruiting process waiting for the new financial year. You may find now that April has come things start moving quicker - then again this is the Police and if you think it is going to be fast and efficient you're applying for the wrong job !
Good luck with your applications

Nephilim
 
Personally I do not know why anyone wants to join the police today, the job is going down the drain and is full of compete tossers, who are only intrested in getting their next promotion or dropping some poor sod in it. If you like working your arse off for some dickheads, getting nothing but a stressed out, dealing with the spineless CPS knobjockers and spending all your time sat in a station looking at endless pointless emails, crime complaints from Chavs, listening to senior officers giving you endless shit sandwiches then crack on. You are surely going to find out quickly what a bad life choice you have made. Do yourselves a favour rip up that application form and get a real job!
 
The future of the police seems to be civilian staff and PCSO's.

There's far too many lazy PC's and far too many undervalued excellent PC's, I just wish the lazy ones were dealt with appropriately!
 
valor said:
Competent or not the only way (for most) to become a PC is by starting off as a PCSO.
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No way, PCSO in my area are a joke in a uniform, one up from a security guard in Tesco's.
I would not waste time being a PCSO, too much shit too take off dickheads that do not know what they are talking about. If you are not passingf the basic standards to get into the police and they are frankly a joke these days, then you are obviously a tosser and should stay away... take the hint you are useless.
 
No name drops here, but I was chatting with a guy in charge of c.7,000 officers and staff. He is extremely dismayed with the gub'mint line, but the inevitability is that one highly-trained Constable is likely to take control of a small group of PCSO's covering a small district, to give the public the uniforms they want to see along with the Constable as the 'teeth' arm. It is for this reason they have been given the 30-minute detention rule.

The likely process over a period of years will involve the Constable needing some management skills above the current skills profile.

I think the future Constable will fulfill the role of Sergeant, the PCSO's that of Constable, and the gubmint saves more money. Not all PCSO's will prove to be futile uniform carriers, the exceptions will follow a training path to become Constables. 15 years time, it will be rare to find a Constable who was not a PCSO first.

There, that's cheered everyone up, now who'd like to hear some of my Viking war poetry?
 
hmmmm you sound like my long lost twin brother ;-)

9 years RMP 17 years a Civvy cop and I must agree I would not recommend it to anyone... hence I ended up here today!
zatoichi said:
Personally I do not know why anyone wants to join the police today, the job is going down the drain and is full of compete tossers, who are only intrested in getting their next promotion or dropping some poor sod in it. If you like working your arse off for some dickheads, getting nothing but a stressed out, dealing with the spineless CPS knobjockers and spending all your time sat in a station looking at endless pointless emails, crime complaints from Chavs, listening to senior officers giving you endless shit sandwiches then crack on. You are surely going to find out quickly what a bad life choice you have made. Do yourselves a favour rip up that application form and get a real job!
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