West Midlands Police are currently accepting registrations of interest for their upcoming recruitment of 450 new police constables starting in April 2014.
Eligibility
You must have a level 3 qualification.
Pay
Starting salary of £21,999.
https://www.west-midlands.police.uk/join-the-force/PC-recruitment/
Seriously???
I know every new generation of cops won't have to wait around long to hear their peers use the age old expression, "THE JOB IS F**KED" but in reality it seriously is.
After a series of 'breaks' and thefts from vehicles in my area, I responded to one of the Safer Neighbourhood Team's (SNT) emails last week, and asked them why nothing was being done about it.
It was the same MO, same time window, same area, week in and week out for over a year! Surely even Mr Bean could catch them!
I had a visit from the SNT to discuss the problem. What did I get?
Not one, but 2 PCSOs!!!
Nice blokes for sure, but, I asked them why they weren't able to set up an Operation to catch such prolific and predictable thieves? They told me apologetically that;
1. They weren't allowed to work in 'plain clothes', so no Obs or OPs or even use of an unmarked car
2. They weren't allowed to work 'nights'
3. They have no additional Police powers or powers of arrest beyond a normal citizen
Since they now make up the bulk of all police patrol work, where the F*ck does that leave us??
And they weren't that interested in becoming Police Officers, as they are better off as PCSOs, as they explained to me;
The pay isn't that different
They don't work unsociable hours
They get every Christmas and Bank Holiday off
That is todays modern police force.
Truly the 'Job is not F*cked' it is extinct