PSNI Recruitment - Applying to join the Police Service of Northern Ireland

Chelsea555

hows it going Inspector 71:D

TheMoj

Alrite guys i just have a few questions to ask,

Im currently 16 and living in Armagh its been my dream, you could say to join the police since we got a visit to the school by the police when i was 4 and now as im getting older im trying to do as much research into the job as i can and i need some questions answered if you dont mind..

- What age do i have to be before i can apply to join?
- I've always wanted to get into the dog handling section, is it hard to get into?

Thats pretty much it, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Mr.Anderson

TheMoj wrote: »

Alrite guys i just have a few questions to ask,

Im currently 16 and living in Armagh its been my dream, you could say to join the police since we got a visit to the school by the police when i was 4 and now as im getting older im trying to do as much research into the job as i can and i need some questions answered if you dont mind..

- What age do i have to be before i can apply to join?
- I've always wanted to get into the dog handling section, is it hard to get into?

Thats pretty much it, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there TheMoj and welcome to the board!

Sadly for yourself you must be aged between 18 and 57 on the application deadline date, so it looks like another 2 years max til you can apply.

I'm not sure how difficult it would be to get into the dog handling section, i think you need to be out of your probationary 2 year period before you can apply to be a dog handler..someone feel free to correct me.

Hope this helps you!:D

TheMoj

Thanks,

Yeah I had a feeling it was 18 but didn't know if it really was or not and I've no problem waiting until then. Thanks for verifying that for me

I was told that I would have to wait a while before being able to apply for the dog handling section and yet again I've no problem waiting. I've grew up all my life with German Shepherds so I'm no stranger to dogs and as soon as I knew that I could work in the police along side dogs my mind was made up.

I just hope that when the time comes I wont have much difficulty in getting into the police. Have any of you guys got any advice on what sort of obstacles I could face when applying?

Mr.Anderson

TheMoj wrote: »

Thanks,

Yeah I had a feeling it was 18 but didn't know if it really was or not and I've no problem waiting until then. Thanks for verifying that for me

I was told that I would have to wait a while before being able to apply for the dog handling section and yet again I've no problem waiting. I've grew up all my life with German Shepherds so I'm no stranger to dogs and as soon as I knew that I could work in the police along side dogs my mind was made up.

I just hope that when the time comes I wont have much difficulty in getting into the police. Have any of you guys got any advice on what sort of obstacles I could face when applying?

You seem like a good kid, and i do wish you all the best when you do apply.

I checked myself and it is after 2 years probationary, that you can start applying for specialist units...ie dog handlers.

Well there are quite a lot of obstacles that you shall encounter. The first is your test at the initial selection test centre where you have multiple choice questions. Then if you pass that there is the interview stage at the assessment centre, where you are given different situations that you must role play on the spot basically. Next comes the vetting forms and medical...just make sure you don't take anything that looks like lemsip, up your nose in a clear plastic bag!! Then after all that...it's a waiting game my friend!!

TheMoj

Haha, I wouldn't worry about me taking anything dodgy I've stayed clean from that sort of stuff and plan to stay clean.

Yet again thanks for your advice I really do appreciate it, it's good to talk to somebody that has some knowledge of the job to share with me.

I guess that's pretty much me sorted, now all that's left is the wait..

Thanks again.

goodcopbadcop

best advice I have for you is work hard at school so you have a back up.... and stay out of trouble, the next couple of years there will be alot of times when it will be easy to slip up and get on the wrong side of the law when out partying etc, just stay neutral and dont get involved with anything that could affect you getting in.

Mr.Anderson

TheMoj wrote: »

Haha, I wouldn't worry about me taking anything dodgy I've stayed clean from that sort of stuff and plan to stay clean.

Yet again thanks for your advice I really do appreciate it, it's good to talk to somebody that has some knowledge of the job to share with me.

I guess that's pretty much me sorted, now all that's left is the wait..

Thanks again.

No problem mate,

This board will surely be here when it's your turn to apply! And there will be more helpful people to answer all your questions!

I'll just be finishing my probationary period when you apply, so i do wish you all the best!!:D

Chelsea555

Hi there TheMoj u have been given some sound advice there all i can add to that is as soon as u r 18 apply if i can be of any help to u like the other guys on the board feel free to give me a shout

TheMoj

Yeah i plan on applying when i hit 18, which will be in Jan. 2010 so still a fair bit to go until then..

I'm going to try my best to stay out of trouble, shouldn't be that hard for me i'm usually working weekend nights so that keeps me from partying and things, im not much of a party person anyway. All my mates are pretty sensible guys so I doubt we'll get up to anything we shouldn't be doing.

I've finished up with school now and my results are all pretty good so i don't think that will be a problem but if it is i've no problem in going back to try and better them.

No mate, there's no requirements for education for the PSNI, it's all assessment based. It doesn't matter if you left school with 3 GCSEs, or spent 4 years trying to destroy your liver and hump the leg of every girl you came across at university, a person is judged on their merits as they relate to the job.

MrFug

Judging my the medical rejections I've been reading lately I'm tempted to tell you to be careful what you visit your doctor about!!

Sadie OOO!!!

dog handling would be excellent too:-) but is that all based in belfast or has every dcu got one.

Chelsea555

Just wondering is anybody going for campaign 15 next year??:D

Chelsea555

Just wondering is anybody going for C15 next year???:D

MrsGeneHunt

Chelsea555 wrote: »

Just wondering is anybody going for C15 next year???:D

yup.

Chelsea555

Happy days thought i was on my own there!!!

carlty888

Chelsea555 wrote: »

Happy days thought i was on my own there!!!

On your own in C15?! Not likely! There'll probably be about 8,000 applying again. Including most of us from C14 who haven't been called up by March.

Sadie OOO!!!

is march the final calls. so if we haven been called by march its a dear john then.

carlty888

No. The calls will probably go on to December or thereabouts.

C15 starts March/April 09, so anyone who hasn't had a call for C14 by then would be advised to reapply for C15.

Sadie OOO!!!

carlty888 wrote: »

No. The calls will probably go on to December or thereabouts.

C15 starts March/April 09, so anyone who hasn't had a call for C14 by then would be advised to reapply for C15.

realistically its prob going to be a dear john. haven recieved vet forms yet as my merit maybe too high (830-870). what you think?.

carlty888

Sadie OOO!!! wrote: »

realistically its prob going to be a dear john. haven recieved vet forms yet as my merit maybe too high (830-870). what you think?.

People with a RC got in last year wtih merit scores in the mid-800's. Although I think they were partially dependant on vet/med failures and withdrawals. If you do get in, it probably wouldn't be until one of the later intakes.

PapaYankeeGirl

I know of a guy starting in November- RC merit 1000+

carlty888

PapaYankeeGirl wrote: »

I know of a guy starting in November- RC merit 1000+

$£*&!!!! :eek:

PapaYankeeGirl

I know!!!

goodcopbadcop

Myself and conor off here were quite close to the 1000 mark. Its best to think of it as a competition against other people of the same background, thats what it really is. So in that case i was probably about 200 on the RC Merit list... well who cares about merit lists anyways, it means nothing, if you pass the AC and get selected you have the skills needed to be a police officer, its the training that makes you anyways, not the performance in some 5 minute role play.

Sadie OOO!!!

PapaYankeeGirl wrote: »

I know!!!

je**s. thats excellent for the individual involved. and good for me to know to have faith. if you knew me you would know that patience is not one of my strong points.

MustBeCrazy

Hi everybody

Was just wondering today, as you do, and thought I'd see what everyone else's thoughts are...

I was reading through a lot of posts recently and found the ones about people 'accidently' taking drugs of some sort shortly before their medical very interesting/crazy indeed. But then I thought - there are probably quite a few who have dabbled in dope etc in the past few months as it seems to be so widespread nowadays that maybe this year people with much higher merit scores will get in (due to failed drugs tests) than in previous years?? What do you think? (and yes I am desperately trying to find some hope for myself somewhere lmao).

MBC x

Just realised I probably should have posted this in the general thread, sorry !

carlty888

goodcopbadcop wrote: »

Its best to think of it as a competition against other people of the same background....

....its the training that makes you anyways, not the performance in some 5 minute role play.

I couldn't agree more about that.

I hope my previous comment doesn't appear to be a dig at the 50:50 thing. That wasn't my intention, so I apologise if I've offended anyone. I was just a bit shocked at the spread of the merit scores. Between 1 and 1,000+.

dvc1976

Hello everyone, Mr Wastage here!!:mad: (again) DOH! anyone else get their "Dear John" yet??

It's not all bad news anyway cos I've just started in another uniformed, disciplined, organisation if you know what I mean!!:D( No difficult choice to make now!)

I guess that also puts paid to the theory of high scores in the AC = early Vet forms. I recieved mine only a week after my AC

Well done to everyone that made the grade!!;) and for others like me, don't worry -everything happens for a reason!!!