PSNI Recruitment - Stage 3 - Vetting

MrsGeneHunt

Gee-22 wrote: »

Hi folks, its been a while since ive been on as im trying to forget about it to ease the wait.

I did my a/c on the 12 June and told i passed on the 24th July and i still have not had vetting forms yet. Were as a friend of mine got vetting forms 2 weeks after his a/c.

Just wondered if anyone is in the same boat as myself and if anyone had any ideas to why i have not recieved vetting forms?

Also is there anyone you can ring to ask the question? Have i been forgotten about?

Its alright we are all going stir crazy. My ac almost three weeks ago and no vetting. Loads of passes at ac with no vetting forms.

Gee-22

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

Its alright we are all going stir crazy. My ac almost three weeks ago and no vetting. Loads of passes at ac with no vetting forms.

Congats on the pass MGH.
Its just that its been 11 weeks today from when i did the a/c and still no vet forms.

Just seems odd that some people have recieved vetting forms.

Ive never know a process to be dragged out such as this - I know im not alone and we all have our stories fustration :mad:

MrsGeneHunt

Gee-22 wrote: »

Congats on the pass MGH.
Its just that its been 11 weeks today from when i did the a/c and still no vet forms.

Just seems odd that some people have recieved vetting forms.

Ive never know a process to be dragged out such as this - I know im not alone and we all have our stories fustration :mad:

Thanks for the congrats. Delighted to have passed first time round.
Myself and PYG are going slowly mad....to think theres months and months of this to go.....oy vey!:eek:

faceman08

hey people,

just looking a little bit of advice, one of my referees is a director of a company, and i have put his buisness address on the form, he has since informed me that at the moment, he is not always there.

do you think it would be worth my while phoning vetting and providing them with his home address? will they accept any additional information that wasnt origionally included on the form?

does anyone actually have a number for vetting?

Sadie OOO!!!

Did anyone else do there a/c on the 20th August there past and have you recieved vetting forms form PSNI?

BoutYe

faceman08 wrote: »

hey people,

just looking a little bit of advice, one of my referees is a director of a company, and i have put his buisness address on the form, he has since informed me that at the moment, he is not always there.

do you think it would be worth my while phoning vetting and providing them with his home address? will they accept any additional information that wasnt origionally included on the form?

does anyone actually have a number for vetting?

I dont think it will matter too much. Neither of my references have been contacted for C13 and i used the same ones again for C14. Saying that, my vetting still isnt completed from C13 and is now going into its 9th month!!!

goodcopbadcop

faceman08 wrote: »

hey people,

just looking a little bit of advice, one of my referees is a director of a company, and i have put his buisness address on the form, he has since informed me that at the moment, he is not always there.

do you think it would be worth my while phoning vetting and providing them with his home address? will they accept any additional information that wasnt origionally included on the form?

does anyone actually have a number for vetting?

I honestly wouldnt worry too much about that, it wont fail your vetting

faceman08

goodcopbadcop wrote: »

I honestly wouldnt worry too much about that, it wont fail your vetting

ok thanks. my other referee has told me that he has been contacted so i know that the process, whatever it may be, is going through.

I just thought that if theyd contacted one they would definitly contact the other.

ill hang tight...... im getting used to it now, lol.

thanks

inspector71

faceman08 wrote: »

ok thanks. my other referee has told me that he has been contacted so i know that the process, whatever it may be, is going through.

I just thought that if theyd contacted one they would definitly contact the other.

ill hang tight...... im getting used to it now, lol.

thanks

hey faceman08, is that your vetting for C14 your talking about?
I was kinda curious if they'd have started our vetting yet (i'm in C14), and if your in C14 then I guess that answers my question.

faceman08

inspector71 wrote: »

hey faceman08, is that your vetting for C14 your talking about?
I was kinda curious if they'd have started our vetting yet (i'm in C14), and if your in C14 then I guess that answers my question.

Hey, yeah im in campaign 14. he didnt tell me any particulars only that he had recieved forms to fill out with reference to my vetting.

did you say in an earlier post that you had your AC beginning of July? thats when i did mine, hopefully ill get a medical date though soon!keeping my fingers crossed.

inspector71

faceman08 wrote: »

Hey, yeah im in campaign 14. he didnt tell me any particulars only that he had recieved forms to fill out with reference to my vetting.

did you say in an earlier post that you had your AC beginning of July? thats when i did mine, hopefully ill get a medical date though soon!keeping my fingers crossed.

Whoops, I must have miss-typed it, i did it on friday 13th june!
Good luck, hope you hear soon

suziesaysso

howdy.

i haven't got to the vetting part yet (still waiting on my fracking ac result) BUT i have a question.........does anyone know if having immediate family as ex-RUC count against you? i've heard once or twice that they would prefer fresh blood with no connection to the past.

any info or thoughts on this appreciated.

JVB

suziesaysso wrote: »

... does anyone know if having immediate family as ex-RUC count against you? i've heard once or twice that they would prefer fresh blood with no connection to the past.

any info or thoughts on this appreciated.

I would be very suprised if this is so. Infact I can't even imagine it. The fact you have immediate family with RUC/PSNI connections would only bolster your vetting in my opinion. Connection to the past is part of who we are. There are many ex-RUC who now serve in the PSNI. If what you say was to be true then surely they would want to pension all of these off? I'm sure it's not the case Suzie.

ciaran2008

JVB wrote: »

I would be very suprised if this is so. Infact I can't even imagine it. The fact you have immediate family with RUC/PSNI connections would only bolster your vetting in my opinion. Connection to the past is part of who we are. There are many ex-RUC who now serve in the PSNI. If what you say was to be true then surely they would want to pension all of these off? I'm sure it's not the case Suzie.

This would be illegal too. .

pb999

suziesaysso wrote: »

howdy.

i haven't got to the vetting part yet (still waiting on my fracking ac result) BUT i have a question.........does anyone know if having immediate family as ex-RUC count against you? i've heard once or twice that they would prefer fresh blood with no connection to the past.

any info or thoughts on this appreciated.

got to agree with JVB, theres no way they could discriminate against you if you had family who were in the RUC, i have a couple of mates and extended family who are in PSNI, all with former RUC officers as parents, plus if you read the starting garnerville thread its very clear that all officers/trainers etc are fiercely proud of the RUC and their achievements (and rightly so!). Plus if the media were ever to find out about any such discrimination they'd have an absolute field day! i would say that any rumours of such discrimination probably originates from those bitter at not passing the selection process.

meathstevie

BoutYe wrote: »

I dont think it will matter too much. Neither of my references have been contacted for C13 and i used the same ones again for C14. Saying that, my vetting still isnt completed from C13 and is now going into its 9th month!!!

Same here. The fact that the good people in the vetting dept. need info from An Garda Siochana just as well as from the Belgian Federal Police probably isn't exactly speeding things up.

Sadie OOO!!!

Phoned vetting there and the girl on the other side of the phone told me that the next batch of vetting forms where being prepared and would be posted to the candidates that have scored high enough only.....so not a good sign. I would say there will be "Dear John" letters in the post in the near future!!!!

MustBeCrazy

Sadie OOO!!! wrote: »

Phoned vetting there and the girl on the other side of the phone told me that the next batch of vetting forms where being prepared and would be posted to the candidates that have scored high enough only.....so not a good sign. I would say there will be "Dear John" letters in the post in the near future!!!!

Hi Sadie

Sorry if I'm being thick - but what is not a good sign? Maybe I'm not reading your message properly. Did the girl say the vetting forms were being prepared to be sent out or that they've already been sent out? I haven't received any vetting forms yet so I can understand it wouldn't be a great sign if they've already been sent to those who have scored high enough but I'm hoping they haven't been sent out yet??
Sorry, I'm freaking out a bit everyday waiting for the postman so all titbits of info are most welcome!

MBC x

Sadie OOO!!!

Hi must be crazy!

The girl in question just said that they ehere preparing the next batch of vetting forms for posting out to candidates with a high enough mark.

carlty888

Sadie OOO!!! wrote: »

next batch of vetting forms where being prepared and would be posted to the candidates that have scored high enough only

So I guess this would appear to confirm the theory that vetting forms are being sent out to those with high A/C scores. Not at random as initially suggested by Consensia.

goodcopbadcop

I never for a second believed they would send them out randomly. would have been a waste of money and time there.

Sadie OOO!!!

Girl from PSNI told me that next batch of vetting forms where being prepared and would be sent out in the near future. Gospel truth!!!

pb999

carlty888 wrote: »

So I guess this would appear to confirm the theory that vetting forms are being sent out to those with high A/C scores. Not at random as initially suggested by Consensia.

thats a lesson i learned in campaign 12, never believe a word consensia tell you unless you get it from them in writing, and even then!

carlty888

goodcopbadcop wrote: »

I never for a second believed they would send them out randomly. would have been a waste of money and time there.

I didn't buy that eiher, but there were others who kept insisting that getting vetting forms was not a) a sign of passing the A/C and b) a sign of a good A/C score. They used Consensia's "random" statement to back up their argument.

carlty888

Sadie OOO!!! wrote: »

Girl from PSNI told me that next batch of vetting forms where being prepared and would be sent out in the near future. Gospel truth!!!

Nobody's doubting what you say. We're just suggesting that it backs up what some of us believed from the start ie. Getting the vetting forms is an indication that you've scored reasonly highly in the A/C.

suziesaysso

hooray...passed my ac. so whats next? score from consensia or merit list thing from psni? vetting forms? argh! this is the first time ive done this so bit confused.

its a bit annoying because you want to be happy about passing the ac but still might not have scored highly enough or fail vetting or medical......its a jungle out there!

owen1976

suziesaysso wrote: »

hooray...passed my ac. so whats next? score from consensia or merit list thing from psni? vetting forms? argh! this is the first time ive done this so bit confused.

its a bit annoying because you want to be happy about passing the ac but still might not have scored highly enough or fail vetting or medical......its a jungle out there!

Congrats!! Did you get a pass letter or vetting forms today?

suziesaysso

well, funny story.........i did my ac on 15th august, and was persuing these boards thinking 'where the frack are my ac results?!', so rang consensia and, cut a long story short, have moved house and had not updated consensia (oops) so results sent to old address. so got results today, later than scheduled. whoopsies.

anyhoo.....just got a nice letter saying you have been successful blah blah something about feedback form in november and hearing from psni not before sept 08.

no vetting forms as off yet! back to stalking the postman!

Louisiana 1927

Hey guys, this is my first post on this forum. If what i am hearing is true then this is sweet! I done my AC on 3rd July & got my vetting forms on 14th July, so if it is the case that they send out VF's to those with high scores then this is excellent. I'd heard something of a similar nature elsewhere but only on this thread have i heard so many others talking of it.

I was told be Rec Branch that PSNI would not be in a position to form a merit pool until September.

I also heard from a reliable source that some peeps from past campaigns who were discarded from the merit pool are being called back. Why? I don't know, that's what i heard.

good luck to all who are awaiting word about the next stage like myself!

MrsGeneHunt

All those who have had vetting forms to date seem to have completed their ACs fairly early on, June and July. Has anyone who did an August AC had vetting yet?

I'm getting more depressed by the minute...:(

carlty888

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

All those who have had vetting forms to date seem to have completed their ACs fairly early on, June and July. Has anyone who did an August AC had vetting yet?

I'm getting more depressed by the minute...:(

I wouldn't let that depress you. Given the date you did your A/C, there's no way you'd have gotten vetting forms by now. This is no indication as to how well you've done. Just means you'll have to wait for the second or third batch to be sent out.

The very last person to get the forms could still be number 1 on the merit list.

carlty888

Louisiana 1927 wrote: »

I also heard from a reliable source that some peeps from past campaigns who were discarded from the merit pool are being called back. Why? I don't know, that's what i heard.

Now why did you have to go and say a thing like that?

You've gone and got my hopes up about C13 even though I've received a "Dear John.". Im gonna go demented!!! :eek:

If they are doing this, it's probably because more people than they anticipated are failing vetting, medicals, or for some other reason aren't taking up places.

goodcopbadcop

I have a feeling alot of people have been put off recently due to the increased in attacks on officers, Im sure PSNI know for sure but im guessing this might have something to do with it.

gaz1234

Hey everyone, I knew someone who got in on the last campaign, even though he had not applied since camp 11! This annoyed me big time but apparently some recruits were 'poached', so they needed to fill up the campaign fast with recruits who had already been vetted etc!

bullslinebacker

gaz1234 wrote: »

Hey everyone, I knew someone who got in on the last campaign, even though he had not applied since camp 11! This annoyed me big time but apparently some recruits were 'poached', so they needed to fill up the campaign fast with recruits who had already been vetted etc!

This stands to reason. These poachees had passed everything and were 'ready to rock'. Although it turns the whole process on its head!!!!

With regards to the whole 'intimidation' scenario. If you are applying - TELL NO-ONE. I know this sounds like simple advice but its easy to let it slip to someone you think you know well. I live in an area where it would not be good if people found out - when posting all forms back i actually waited at the postbox until the postie turned up and handed them to him! Sounds excessive, but you can't be too careful.

given1

bullslinebacker wrote: »

This stands to reason. These poachees had passed everything and were 'ready to rock'. Although it turns the whole process on its head!!!!

With regards to the whole 'intimidation' scenario. If you are applying - TELL NO-ONE. I know this sounds like simple advice but its easy to let it slip to someone you think you know well. I live in an area where it would not be good if people found out - when posting all forms back i actually waited at the postbox until the postie turned up and handed them to him! Sounds excessive, but you can't be too careful.

i second that, when i went to collect my medical questionaire from my GP, she had walked into the waiting to hand me it and it wasnt covered lol i had to do a shuttle run to get it of her, dont think anyone noticed!! its in an area where the police are still detested and probably always will be, it just shows ya the fear that you have about joining even at this stage!so discretion would be the best way forward...

punchestown

Just got a very soggy vetting form through the door this morning. Did the ac around 22nd July.

carlty888

punchestown wrote: »

Just got a very soggy vetting form through the door this morning. Did the ac around 22nd July.

Congratulations.

Sadie OOO!!! was saying the next batch of vetting forms were being prepared and here they are. I assume we'll be getting some more positive news from boardies over the next few days.

punchestown

fingers crossed for everyone!

although these particular vetting forms are of no use whatsoever as they are completely soaked through and are coming apart in my hands.

Gee-22

Reading the last few posts the writing is on the wall for me.

Did my a/c on the 12 June, passed but no vetting forms yet.

Dear John
Blah blah blah blah blah.......

carlty888

punchestown wrote: »

fingers crossed for everyone!

although these particular vetting forms are of no use whatsoever as they are completely soaked through and are coming apart in my hands.

Probably wouldn't hurt to contact Recruitment Branch to ask their advice. They may or may not send out other forms, so I'd try to get those ones dried. Press them and leave them in a warm room/hotpress for a few hours.

carlty888

Gee-22 wrote: »

Reading the last few posts the writing is on the wall for me.

Did my a/c on the 12 June, passed but no vetting forms yet.

Dear John
Blah blah blah blah blah.......

It ain't over 'til the *big-boned* lady sings. In C13 I got vetting forms months before some boardies. They are starting in Garnerville, while I, I'm afraid, am not.

Most of what's written in these posts is speculation, with a few facts thrown in. None of us are entirely clear on how the whole process works. So don't be throwing the towel in just yet. We'll get a clearer picture once the merit list is released.

MrsGeneHunt

Gee-22 wrote: »

Reading the last few posts the writing is on the wall for me.

Did my a/c on the 12 June, passed but no vetting forms yet.

Dear John
Blah blah blah blah blah.......

Think I'm joining you, nothing in the post for me this morning, did AC at end of the first week of August.

That big boned laydee is singing my tune.....:(

Gee-22

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

Think I'm joining you, nothing in the post for me this morning, did AC at end of the first week of August.

That big boned laydee is singing my tune.....:(

MGH
Ive been waiting since mid June. You could still be in the second batch. You still have a shout.

goodcopbadcop

be patient people. Last time round a chap I know didnt get vetting until February, 4 months after ac and his merit number was 250's. So dont worry too much yet

carlty888

Gee-22 wrote: »

MGH
Ive been waiting since mid June. You could still be in the second batch. You still have a shout.

Or a 3rd, 4th, 5th or even 6th batch.

Gee-22

goodcopbadcop wrote: »

be patient people. Last time round a chap I know didnt get vetting until February, 4 months after ac and his merit number was 250's. So dont worry too much yet

I know goodcopbadcop. Just stressing, been so long since A/c with no vetting forms and to hear on here and to know people who have filled out vetting forms, waiting on medicals etc.:(

gaz1234

got med forms this morning!:) trying not to get my hopes up!! Does anyone know how many they put through that turn out to be wastage?

inspector71

gaz1234 wrote: »

got med forms this morning!:) trying not to get my hopes up!! Does anyone know how many they put through that turn out to be wastage?

woohoo! Join the medical forms club (so far including myself and pb999)!
Congratulations

MrsGeneHunt

Did anyone else get Vetting forms this morning? If so can I ask when your AC was?

I didnt:(

Expecting Dear John in the very near future....