November Intake

Smilo89

Johannes_Cabal wrote: »

Smilo89 wrote: »

Yay. Congrats guys.
Now phone and make mine confirmed!!! Pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaase

Did you get a call Smilo?

I did!!!! I'm shaking again! Lol

blueboat

Unbelievable!!

shanevendrell

Wow. Brilliant news.

One of yous better do a headcount at the induction day

Either class sizes are creeping up again or people have just moved on with their lives.

Homer01

Smilo89 wrote: »

Just CONFIRMING that seat on the bus to GV guys!!!!!
What a week

Last one on the bus buys the carry out

Well done!!

Johannes_Cabal

Smilo89 wrote: »

I did!!!! I'm shaking again! Lol

That's great!

Smilo89

Homer01 wrote: »

Smilo89 wrote: »

Just CONFIRMING that seat on the bus to GV guys!!!!!
What a week

Last one on the bus buys the carry out

Well done!!

On it!!!!

letsdoit2013

Smilo89 wrote: »

Just CONFIRMING that seat on the bus to GV guys!!!!!
What a week

Great news Smilo !

blueboat

Is there a bleep test ahead of us?

TERRYFOLDS

blueboat wrote: »

Is there a bleep test ahead of us?

Yes try not to swear

goodburger1

shanevendrell wrote: »

Wow. Brilliant news.

One of yous better do a headcount at the induction day

Either class sizes are creeping up again or people have just moved on with their lives.

Or people have deferred to next intake.

goodburger1

Homer- think we need another list for this intake please

Homer01

goodburger1 wrote: »

Homer- think we need another list for this intake please

On it like a police car bonnet

blueboat

shanevendrell

So for those of us keeping score we are down to 60.25 with definite Novemeber starts?

Exciting!

Homer01

**November 2017 Intake**

Alfie12345
blueboat
goodburger1
Homer01
Johannes_Cabal
letsdoit2013
metallicakid86
Smilo89
titusmanlius
Waiting2017
wee scotty
Winterfell01

All updated

Homer01

I assume everyone will be having some celebratory drinks tonight along with some Road Wars and a marathon session of Police Academy

blueboat

Yea gonna make a flak jacket out of a body warmer and some sticky labels while watching too! lol

Homer01

blueboat wrote: »

Yea gonna make a flak jacket out of a body warmer and some sticky labels while watching too! lol

Good idea; I'll get my missus to yell at me because I'm not dressed properly.
Oh wait, that happens anyway lol

blueboat

Did you manage to get your forms sent back yet Homer?

letsdoit2013

Just received my pack getting very real now!

Homer01

I just need photos and I'm done

I've handed in my notice so the boxes are getting ticked on the road to GV.

blueboat

Homer01 wrote: »

I just need photos and I'm done

I've handed in my notice so the boxes are getting ticked on the road to GV.

Photos only required at induction, no?

blueboat

I’ll be handing in notice this week. It’s a little scary leaving stable job to effectively ‘study’/ take a pay cut but there’s nothing else I wanna do.

Homer01

blueboat wrote: »

Photos only required at induction, no?

And the power of the Boards shows itself once again

In that case I'll have it in the post tonight. Thanks blueboat

Johannes_Cabal

Hey guys, anyone able to tell me, in the booklet where it says appointment date, is that induction date or 1st day?

Homer01

Johannes_Cabal wrote: »

Hey guys, anyone able to tell me, in the booklet where it says appointment date, is that induction date or 1st day?

I say first day as that's when your service starts and start getting paid.

blueboat

There wasn’t a uniform size form in your induction pack?

Homer01

blueboat wrote: »

There wasn’t a uniform size form in your induction pack?

Not mine; did you get one?

I thought they measure at induction.

blueboat

Nope Homer, just wondering. Must be induction then. Cheers pal.

blueboat

Check out valley cops on iPlayer. It’s very good. Wee doc on day to day lives on welsh police.

majgreen

blueboat wrote: »

There wasn’t a uniform size form in your induction pack?

You get measured up on induction

blueboat

Thanks maj

Homer01

blueboat wrote: »

Nope Homer, just wondering. Must be induction then. Cheers pal.

Phew, was getting a sweat on lol.

blueboat wrote: »

Check out valley cops on iPlayer. It’s very good. Wee doc on day to day lives on welsh police.

I'll do that

I recommend Babylon with Jimmy Nesbitt. It follows the big wigs, an armed response team and a TSG crew in the met.

If you want some comedy the Brooklyn Nine Nine is great.

This one is military based but still worth a watch; Bluestone 42. It's a comedy drama following bomb disposal in Afghanistan. Lots of black humour as they cope out there.

And of course Line Of Duty. Only started watching it a few months ago. Did a double take when they were driving down the York Road in Belfast lol

All on Netflix

blueboat

Homer01 wrote: »

blueboat wrote: »

Nope Homer, just wondering. Must be induction then. Cheers pal.

Phew, was getting a sweat on lol.

blueboat wrote: »

Check out valley cops on iPlayer. It’s very good. Wee doc on day to day lives on welsh police.

I'll do that

I recommend Babylon with Jimmy Nesbitt. It follows the big wigs, an armed response team and a TSG crew in the met.

If you want some comedy the Brooklyn Nine Nine is great.

This one is military based but still worth a watch; Bluestone 42. It's a comedy drama following bomb disposal in Afghanistan. Lots of black humour as they cope out there.

And of course Line Of Duty. Only started watching it a few months ago. Did a double take when they were driving down the York Road in Belfast lol

All on Netflix

Nice one, I’ll check these out! Babylon sounds good.

Homer01

blueboat wrote: »

Nice one, I’ll check these out! Babylon sounds good.

It is; makes you think about the challenges faced by armed response. And then the politics of the higher ups.

blueboat

Nice. Valley seems like everyday Constable stuff. Really down to earth and different from a lot of cop action programmes on. Statements, looking at cctv, policing on the ground and an insight into the people they are policing.

Homer01

blueboat wrote: »

Nice. Valley seems like everyday Constable stuff. Really down to earth and different from a lot of cop action programmes on. Statements, looking at cctv, policing on the ground and an insight into the people they are policing.

I'll get on that as I'm pretty sure it's on Netflix too. May get our TV bingeing in now

blueboat

haha your right, something tells me we're gonna be busy for the next while.

Smilo89

I've celebrated last week now. It's out of my system. From this day forward it's running, gymming, and Netflix cop shows.

Oh and I'll fit a passport photoshoot in at some stage too

Psni26

Well done everyone! Iv been in station about 3 months now... I thought GV was tough but on the ground is tougher! Stick with it because there will be so many times were you rethink the career it’s relentlessly hard! Just stick at it

blueboat

Good to hear! What’s been your highlight so far?

Psni26

Getting out of GV! It was so tough!

shanevendrell

In what sense? Would love a little more insight?

Psni26

I found it stressful there would be a few weeks that would be ok and then weeks in a row that were just so intense like exams practicals and assessments seemed to all be at once!

blueboat

Stay safe with the storm today folks, sent home from work early as a result which is always a winner!

Homer01

blueboat wrote: »

Stay safe with the storm today folks, sent home from work early as a result which is always a winner!

Well it was certainly windy around teatime but nothing hair raising with me.

Was chatting with some police friends who agreed that joining the police is a great career; it's the first 20 years that suck lol

blueboat

Homer01 wrote: »

blueboat wrote: »

Stay safe with the storm today folks, sent home from work early as a result which is always a winner!

Well it was certainly windy around teatime but nothing hair raising with me.

Was chatting with some police friends who agreed that joining the police is a great career; it's the first 20 years that suck lol

Wasn’t much happening my way. Good to see a lot of prevantative action getting people home early. Popped onto some of the traffic times around half five and the roads were empty, handful of cars of the m1! Something like 28 days later.

Smilo89

Any of the "reserves" who got "confirms" receive a letter confirming the confirmed? (I like typing confirmed :P)

letsdoit2013

Smilo89 wrote: »

Any of the "reserves" who got "confirms" receive a letter confirming the confirmed? (I like typing confirmed :P)

Not yet Smilo what about yourself?

blueboat

What letter? Was there something beyond the induction pack confirmation letter?