Recruitment 2021 (Closed)

It will vary hugely on vetting mainly. I would say some top scorers will possibly overtake people from the previous campaign, if their vetting is quicker. I think the recruiting will become integrated to some degree, between the 2 campaigns.

This campaign will be exhausted. The amount of people that have been lost over these 2 years, and lack of new recruits (COVID), and there isn't really too many from the 1st campaign left (people will have pulled out and have pursued other careers etc).

To end this campaign now would'nt be viable. By the time another is started, the force would be dangerously undermanned.

Does anyone know if having a family member with a criminal conviction could stop you passing the vetting?

@georgie1305 thats not true about people in this campaign being able to overtake other campaigns, you can read about this on a freedom of information act online.

I meant if 2020 have prolonged vetting cases.

Some of this campaign will surpass them if that is the case.

Hard to know anything for sure

Me too zx10r. Once we have a merit position, then we have a general idea.

From what I've gathered, the ML position is given on the 13th??

The hardest part is over. Thats the main thing! 😃

Yes, thats right!

Is the vetting sent out for everyone at the same time and processed based on merit etc or will people receive vetting forms based on merit?

Judging by what was posted in the 2020 thread having 160 people currently to enter GV isn’t an extortionate amount. Hopefully they will kickstart the remaining stages for us as for when the above people have started they can start moving onto whoever is successful in the remaining stages

Yeah I seen that to. 164 people.. I believe I seen in there also that some of them have been told that it’s a possibility of a late 2023/24 start date for those appointable in the 2020 recruitment. We’d most likely get started and be in by mid to late next year all depending on how fast the funding comes

Hi all. Also just passed my AC so I am delighted. I actually withdrew an application last time due to circumstances changing and always regretted it. However reading the above comments on how slow the process can be currently is quite disheartening. Am I right in saying if you are high up the merit list and vetting goes smoothly the process could be fairly quick? Obviously depending on what happens with funding

Congratulations!

Providing you pass the fitness and SMT you will be quicker than other candidates below you on the merit list, but I wouldn't say fairly quick. There is currently a trickle amount of students going into Garnerville, there are also a couple of hundred still on the previous merit list campaign which will be be ahead of us too. But yes, higher up the merit list and having no issues with the remaining stages will be to your advantage.

The best we can hope for, is a functioning executive next week to agree the Stormont budget. Recruitment for the PSNI could pick up fairly quick if that is the case! I believe in the the draft budget in January they had funding for additional officers.

Fingers crossed.

Just out of curiosity, did everyone get their results at the same time? Mine came in Friday around 3pm. I only ask as previous campaigns ppl were finding out at different times and it’s led me to wonder does merit list have anything to do with it? I think previous years the later u ur result was higher merit ranking. Think I read previous campaign threads when I was bord but dnt remember lol

I don't think the merit list can be fully calculated until all 'right to work in UK' evidence is handed in. Then the list is created and given out.

So I don't believe email receipt timings mean anything. Could be alphabetical 🤷‍♂️

Somebody said 9-5, Monday to Friday.

If you have to travel for very long, everyday it's better to stay. I will travel everyday as I am close enough.