2021 Applicants - Merit List

Just home to receive mine, that’s the homework for this week! 🤣

For those who’ve done a speed awareness course, I phoned 101 there and they were unsure whether it had to be included in vetting but I’m going to just in case. If you need to get the details you’ve to ask for the fixed penalty notice branch on the same number

Put it in, any dealings with police unless your a victim should be in there. Hide nothing

Even Gardai?

Anyone finished theirs yet? I’m trying to get this out of the way as soon as possible

I’ve used most of the continuation of the PSNI pages and the CTC I may run into it with listing old jobs etc.

might be able to staple on an extra page if you’ve run out of room or contact vetting to see?

Submitted now, all that effort to realise it’s a bank holiday weekend and it won’t arrive until Tuesday. Good luck everyone else

Joe Bidens 1 hr visit to NI cost the psni/tax payer £7million. Now talks of another £100m being cut from the psni budget next year. You literally couldn't make this stuff up

I fully understand this predicament and it is a decision that shouldn't be taken lightly.

I joined at 24, having ended up in quite a fortunate position with a public sector job, good work/life balance, public sector pension, good prospects and would be taking a pay cut to join the police and forego an opportunity to go into a scheme which would take me to the same gross pay as a top scale constable in 3/years

But it was something that I always wanted to do and I'd hate to have passed up the opportunity.

4 years in and I have zero regrets. The work is stressful, the hours are long, you get assaulted, you get spat on, you get injured, you have to deal with personality conflicts inside and outside the organisation. But that's just life and human nature.

It IS the best job in the world, and the pay for stress disparity is pretty grim until you're out of probation and on top of the pay scale, which is a little bit away for me.

BUT the pension is very good and unlike other public sector schemes we can retire at 60 instead of state pension age. Defined benefit and uplifts each year based on CPI+ 1.25%. This year it's like 11%.

The general vilification of Police in the media at present is depressing and unfortunately means the Federation has an even more up hill struggle to get us the pay and conditions we really need but that's another matter.

The austerity thing, that's a worry but unlike other workers police officer CANNOT be made redundant, so the job security is pretty solid once out of probation unless you do something really stupid.

Don't come into this for the money (aside from the pension) it really is a vocation, there's over a 100 different jobs in the police outside of response where we all spend our first few years. You will find the right fit for yourself in the organisation it could take you 3 years it could take you 10 but you'll get there.

Anyone who is coming into the PSNI from another public sector body, your pension transfers.

Anyone coming in from the private sector, you'll have the biggest culture shock.

All in all I'd not go back in time and tell younger me not to do it.

Hello all!

I am still here, 360 - 400 ML. Keeping the dream alive!

I had a few queries regarding vetting. As far as I’m aware police are only CTC cleared. Which I already am. This was a 60 page form, job history, previous partners, addresses and so on. Will this help speed up PSNI vetting? I know there are separate vetting forms specific to the PSNI. Is there two forms, police vetting and counter terrorism forms? Any advice is helpful!

Possibly, although I did it while I was still in the running for police officer and had to redo it a month later for police staff! It definitely didn't take as long, but they do still recheck everything!

Does anyone know if the NITA allowance starts from garnerville or from start of probation period

Hi everyone - I am new here. I have been following this thread for a while. I'm around 400+ on the merit list. Just wondering - does anyone know how far back we have to declare ex partners? What if we dont have their address etc now?