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

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!!!

MrsGeneHunt

dvc1976 wrote: »

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!!!

You've got Vetting for C14 and had a dear John?
Am I reading this right. Cos if I am, I am about to sh1t a kitten. :eek:

Griffer2

i think i already have!!

dvc1976

yes indeedy do do , I sent off my vet forms mid July...... and received my "Dear John" on Friday just passed.

MrsGeneHunt

dvc1976 wrote: »

yes indeedy do do , I sent off my vet forms mid July...... and received my "Dear John" on Friday just passed.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

what was your rough merit number and background if I can be so bold as to ask.

Bl**dy Hell, it'll be like a cattery in here soon.:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

dvc1976

I'm an English scumbag!!!!!:D and I dont know about my merit number (SORRY) cos I can't use the phone whilst I'm in training fer me new job!!

Chelsea555

Im new to the board and sat my first campaign in 2005 got the whole way thru just to get a dear john so i know how that feels and said never again but im back and going to give it another go in C15 so to all of those who got thru a very well done and to those who didnt this time we will nail it next time;)

smyff

carlty888 wrote: »

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+.

carlty888

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

what was your rough merit number and background if I can be so bold as to ask.

Bl**dy Hell, it'll be like a cattery in here soon.:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Early vetting and a Dear John...... MGH, I think one or two of your recently birthed cats are now among the pigeons.

MrsGeneHunt

carlty888 wrote: »

Early vetting and a Dear John...... MGH, I think one or two of your recently birthed cats are now among the pigeons.

You're telling me. Think I'm for the scrapheap this time round.

fire6699

hi dvc1976 if you dont mind me askin is it another uniformed job in ni i may be in a similer positiion as yourself i may have got another uniformed job starting in january but i have a medical next week for PSNI

carlty888

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

You're telling me. Think I'm for the scrapheap this time round.

It would've been good to know what his merit number was.

Don't forget, I was in a similar position last year. Early vetting and Dear John. My merit number in C13 was in the 600's (much higher than yours) so dvc1976 could be around the same mark for C14.

You haven't received a Dear John yet!

MrsGeneHunt

carlty888 wrote: »

You haven't received a Dear John yet!

Aye, YET!!!!

carlty888

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

Aye, YET!!!!

Little Miss Negative, aren't we?!

You haven't received a Dear John!

Mr.Anderson

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

Aye, YET!!!!

You're not gonna get a "Dear John" either!! Something good has to happen!:D

dvc1976

fire6699 wrote: »

hi dvc1976 if you dont mind me askin is it another uniformed job in ni i may be in a similer positiion as yourself i may have got another uniformed job starting in january but i have a medical next week for PSNI

Yes it is another uniformed job in NI - and folks, sorry about the lack of merit number- I just cant get it right now, I receive no mobile signal where I am training and the only phone we have access to is always in constant use at break times. ( also I don't want any tutors hearing me phone the PSNI recruitment as they might think I'm not taking my training seriously)
Hey, look at it positively - at least I'm out of the running for a space this year , that means one more for someone else!!:D

mrsplod

Is there any advantage for potential new recruits who have a degree? Does this give them an edge over non-graduates or is recruitment based solely on performance during the Initial Selection Procedure, role plays, vetting, medical and of course the 50-50 rule?

Also, I know that on the mainland, police forces have a scheme for graduates to be promoted faster. Does this operate in the PSNI? What are the chances of being accepted on to it?

Thanks.

carlty888

mrsplod wrote: »

Is there any advantage for potential new recruits who have a degree? Does this give them an edge over non-graduates or is recruitment based solely on performance during the Initial Selection Procedure, role plays, vetting, medical and of course the 50-50 rule?

Also, I know that on the mainland, police forces have a scheme for graduates to be promoted faster. Does this operate in the PSNI? What are the chances of being accepted on to it?

Thanks.

I'm not sure whether or not a degree is of any benefit once you're in, but the initial recruitment to the PSNI is based solely on your performance at the IST, Assessment Centre, medical and vetting.

pb999

being a graduate has no benefit whether in the selection process or during your career, every bit of testing is internal so having a degree in whatever isnt advantageous.

i think you're thinking of the high potential development scheme, this has nothing to do with having a degree, if in you show the potential for rapid acceleration through the ranks then you will be given the opportunity whether you have a doctorate or not a gcse to you're name.

Chelsea555

Have to agree with carlty888 on this one 100 % the whole process from start to finish is on merit alone it dont matter what you have or dont have;) Ps does anybody happen to know when campaign 15 is kicking off the waiting is killing me though i did hear feb/mar 09????:D

MrsGeneHunt

Chelsea555 wrote: »

Have to agree with carlty888 on this one 100 % the whole process from start to finish is on merit alone it dont matter what you have or dont have;) Ps does anybody happen to know when campaign 15 is kicking off the waiting is killing me though i did hear feb/mar 09????:D

April 09 apparently.

Chelsea555

You have got yo be kidding MrsGeneHunt i heard from a good source it was feb/mar tha shows how much he knows it just keeps getting further away though a friend of mine did phone consensia and was told early new year who knows????????????:(:(:(:(

MrsGeneHunt

Chelsea555 wrote: »

You have got yo be kidding MrsGeneHunt i heard from a good source it was feb/mar tha shows how much he knows it just keeps getting further away though a friend of mine did phone consensia and was told early new year who knows????????????:(:(:(:(

Well whenever it is, I'm there for sure!:rolleyes:

Chelsea555

And me and just a few thousand more of us we will all me there were you in C14 MrsGeneHunt??;)

MrsGeneHunt

Chelsea555 wrote: »

And me and just a few thousand more of us we will all me there were you in C14 MrsGeneHunt??;)

Yep in C14 but will not get through as merit not good enough for background. Did well for first attempt, dont get me wrong, but just not good enough. Will be able to improve next year I hope and get through next time in C15.:rolleyes:

downboy

fire6699 wrote: »

hi dvc1976 if you dont mind me askin is it another uniformed job in ni i may be in a similer positiion as yourself i may have got another uniformed job starting in january but i have a medical next week for PSNI

dvc1976 wrote: »

Yes it is another uniformed job in NI - and folks, sorry about the lack of merit number- I just cant get it right now, I receive no mobile signal where I am training and the only phone we have access to is always in constant use at break times. ( also I don't want any tutors hearing me phone the PSNI recruitment as they might think I'm not taking my training seriously)
Hey, look at it positively - at least I'm out of the running for a space this year , that means one more for someone else!!:D

If this is the job I am thinking it is then I wouldn't be too worried about doing what ever possible to get in the psni. You won't be the odd one out by quitting. A family member of mine is one of the BIG bosses there and apparently they are losing staff at a rate of approximately 5 a week!!!!!! who leave to go to other jobs. They are partially blaming this on the recruitment process they have had to adopt, which is giving them a good calibre of staff (so well done guys!) but who aren't adequately prepared for what the job involves. This process is in some ways similar to the psni one and I got a bit of a hard time on one of the other threads by suggesting that the recuitment process wasn't relative enough to the role - i was merely interested to know what the drop out rate was in comparison to mainland forces due to the difference in recruitment processes, because I was shocked at the dropout rate of a, in some aspects, similar uniformed job in NI with a similar recruitment process.

Chelsea555

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

Yep in C14 but will not get through as merit not good enough for background. Did well for first attempt, dont get me wrong, but just not good enough. Will be able to improve next year I hope and get through next time in C15.:rolleyes:

The last time i sat my psni exam was 2004 got the whole way through and got the dear john so i have decided to give it another go in C15 but they do say MrsGeneHunt that you never get in first time so keep at it and you will improve next year and get in C15 hopefully we both will this time!!;)

MrsGeneHunt

Chelsea555 wrote: »

The last time i sat my psni exam was 2004 got the whole way through and got the dear john so i have decided to give it another go in C15 but they do say MrsGeneHunt that you never get in first time so keep at it and you will improve next year and get in C15 hopefully we both will this time!!;)

To be honest I am totally fed up and would rather have a Dear John at this stage when its blatantly obvious I am not going to get in this time round.

Recruitment need to be more on the ball about letting people know where they stand as its mighty frustrating!

Instead we get a letter saying they may do this and they may do that.

carlty888

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

To be honest I am totally fed up and would rather have a Dear John at this stage when its blatantly obvious I am not going to get in this time round.

Recruitment need to be more on the ball about letting people know where they stand as its mighty frustrating!

Instead we get a letter saying they may do this and they may do that.

I know exactly how you feel. Last year I had a merit number that was about 240 places higher than yours and they strung me along until January. :mad: Although, as long as you haven't received a Dear John, there's hope. In the past non-RC's have got in with higher merit numbers than yours, so don't give up just yet.

Chelsea555

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

To be honest I am totally fed up and would rather have a Dear John at this stage when its blatantly obvious I am not going to get in this time round.

Recruitment need to be more on the ball about letting people know where they stand as its mighty frustrating!

Instead we get a letter saying they may do this and they may do that.

I so know that feeling a dear john dont make it feel any better though i know believe me though as i told u last time have heard C15 up in early Feb;)

MrsGeneHunt

carlty888 wrote: »

I know exactly how you feel. Last year I had a merit number that was about 240 places higher than yours and they strung me along until January. :mad: Although, as long as you haven't received a Dear John, there's hope. In the past non-RC's have got in with higher merit numbers than yours, so don't give up just yet.

Cheers mate but its realistically game over especially as medicals seem to be drawing to a close in the near future.

Frustrating. To say the least!!!:p

Chelsea555

carlty888 wrote: »

I know exactly how you feel. Last year I had a merit number that was about 240 places higher than yours and they strung me along until January. :mad: Although, as long as you haven't received a Dear John, there's hope. In the past non-RC's have got in with higher merit numbers than yours, so don't give up just yet.

Your right there Carlty888 as long as there is no dear john there is always hope aint there;)

PEGGYSUE'S MAMA

Well folks,

I bit the bullet this morning, am sure the lovely girl at the end of the line could hear my heart pounding! So that's me confirmed as unsuccessful, am not on any of the their lists for a medical date so I know that they are therefore unlikely to proceed any further with little old me!

oh well, them's the breaks eh!

Good luck to everyone else what ever your outcomes maybe.... see the rest of you next year!

PSM xo

carlty888

PEGGYSUE'S MAMA wrote: »

Well folks,

I bit the bullet this morning, am sure the lovely girl at the end of the line could hear my heart pounding! So that's me confirmed as unsuccessful, am not on any of the their lists for a medical date so I know that they are therefore unlikely to proceed any further with little old me!

oh well, them's the breaks eh!

Good luck to everyone else what ever your outcomes maybe.... see the rest of you next year!

PSM xo

PSM, there will probably be a second batch of medicals at some point before the close of C14. Just because you're not on the current medical list doesn't necessarily mean you won't be . No Dear John = hope.

downboy

carlty888 wrote: »

PSM, there will probably be a second batch of medicals at some point before the close of C14. Just because you're not on the current medical list doesn't necessarily mean you won't be . No Dear John = hope.

I agree.... I think there'll be a second batch too. They probably don't want to do too many at the start because of the cost.

PSM..What's your merit number, if you don't mind me asking?

Penis Eye

PEGGYSUE'S MAMA wrote: »

Well folks,

I bit the bullet this morning, am sure the lovely girl at the end of the line could hear my heart pounding! So that's me confirmed as unsuccessful, am not on any of the their lists for a medical date so I know that they are therefore unlikely to proceed any further with little old me!

oh well, them's the breaks eh!

Good luck to everyone else what ever your outcomes maybe.... see the rest of you next year!

PSM xo

well done for biting the bullet! but it aint over till its over! im sure your gutted but untill you get the dear john there is still a chance. dont want to try and inspire false hope though.

besides folk are gettin smt results soon apparantly. that might take a few of the 500 who have had their med out of the running. me for one. well good luck either way!

PEGGYSUE'S MAMA

Anyone see the news tonight!!!!

Hugh Orde has admitted that new officer recruitment maybe suspended due budget f*** ups, well folks just when we thought the waiting couldn't get any worse, ta da!!!!!!
Thanks to all the irresponsible tw*ts in charge of the book-keeping within the halls of our local government, all of us busting a gut to get into the job we dream of and of course the general public who need a decent police service with reasonable staffing levels to ensure their safety and wellbeing are going to likely be the ones to suffer, not the big eejits who are sitting at home now with their feet up with their big fat wallets filled with tax payers money cushioning their big fat arses! GRRRRRRRRRRR :mad:

carlty888

PEGGYSUE'S MAMA wrote: »

Anyone see the news tonight!!!!

Hugh Orde has admitted that new officer recruitment maybe suspended due budget f*** ups, well folks just when we thought the waiting couldn't get any worse, ta da!!!!!!
Thanks to all the irresponsible tw*ts in charge of the book-keeping within the halls of our local government, all of us busting a gut to get into the job we dream of and of course the general public who need a decent police service with reasonable staffing levels to ensure their safety and wellbeing are going to likely be the ones to suffer, not the big eejits who are sitting at home now with their feet up with their big fat wallets filled with tax payers money cushioning their big fat arses! GRRRRRRRRRRR :mad:

Does anyone know if this will affect the current campaign, or is it more likely to only affect future campaigns?

integra1

carlty888 wrote: »

Does anyone know if this will affect the current campaign, or is it more likely to only affect future campaigns?

Same question is on my mind big time!:eek:

Ali08

someone posted in the waitin room thread that it was over the next 5 months but i didnt hear that on the news but then again i was in shock.:eek:

MrFug

I doubt it would affect this campaign. Can you imagine the outcry after spending so much money on recruitment for this campaign to suddenly stop it dead!

I really hope it doesn't end up like the reserves/part-time force. Where recruitment campaigns are very few and far between.