2021 Applicants - Merit List

For those who have attended the medical, what all does it actually entail? Is it mostly answering questions and the smt?

Is the ear test just your standard click when you hear a beep one?

I think it’s not really to do with your online learning. You get given a medical date shortly after you’ve found out you passed the PCA date. Usually tends to be a month or two after the PCA

Alright folks.

Is anyone here NIPS?

I recently applied for a change of scenery and to bridge the gap between now and GV (360 - 400 ML) I’ve passed the initial test and been given a date for interview.

hoping since I’ve passed AC I’ll breeze though this interview, but does anyone have any tips? What they ask etc?

many thanks!

How are we all getting on with vetting? Anyone heard back yet

It’s only been 3-4 months to be fair. I think that’s about average at the best of times but imagine with lack of manpower and no rush it’s probably slowed. No news is good news!

Rather scary security breach in the news there as well🫣

Anyone think this latest data breach might finish this recruitment drive for most of us? due to the magnitude of what's happened, it has put the psni in a very vulnerable position. If claims start pouring in following whats happened, the psni will be left unrecognisable unless a huge surge of cash is made available. This is just my opinion, I have been holding out hope in the next 12 months I will be at final stages but it less very unlikely with everything that's going on

It seems a massive human error and a wonder the email wasn't double checked. It might actually have done deliberately.

I hope we are still in the running but looks as though, it will be a tough road ahead regardless given the numbers and current state of the psni. There's quite a bit of stuff coming out of woodwork with unfair treatment etc but seems to be steaming from the higher ups within organisation. Simon Byrne has been saying psni faces being left looking unrecognisable without intervention and now it seems there is no option but intervention now.

I'd say the opposite also. It'll only serve to encourage more resignations and with such a cry for more officers and lack of funds - it would be foolish to waste the money put into the 2021 recruitment campaign. It's convenient for them to have a readily avilable pool to recruit from... which moreover may shrink. I'm imagining this has to have some people quesitoning a career in the police.

I think that's what's so strange about it, you would think such sensitive information couldn't be shared publicly with the push of a button. Will be interesting to see what happens over the coming weeks. Probably going to be an influx of claims because of it and resignations from the force for fear of safety and family members safety

Naomi Long has her finger on the pulse of the rank and file within the PNSI does she? My ball****. There will be no mass resignations. Not because of this alone. Your average 'Robert' has too many financial commitments to throw a massive tantrum and just walk away. Multiply that several times over for members with families. If you're afraid for your personal security, then you're in the wrong job. If you want to stay in Northern Ireland, do you think it's better to stay within the organisation, with all its resources to protect you. Going back to civvy street, facing the same level of risk, but having no firearm to defend yourself with, nor intelligence to gauge threat, is an awfully lonely place to be.

Despite what's happened and make no mistake, heads must roll starting with Simple Simon, the level of threat faced by the average PSNI officer, is nothing like it was for the RUC officers who went before you. Compared to almost every other police service in the world, the level of threat is exponentially higher here. Especially for certain categories of officers. Which is why, the steady erosion of terms and conditions is absolutely shameful.

However the increased threat now faced by certain categories of officers as a result of this massive clusterf**k, extends to their partners, children, extended families and friends. It's for that reason amongst others, that heads must role and that must start with the compromise candidate for C/Con that the PSNI had forced upon it by Sinn Fein. The new C/Con needs to take a long hard look at the civilian clowns in the 'leadership' team.

In multinationals the rule of thumb is that in a comparable applicant pool, you lose about ten percent of candidates, for every month that you delay making offers and getting them accepted. I have no idea what the stats might be for the PSNI. Not quite as bad, I would guess. But, even if it's only 5% per month. You can do the math.

As for Simple Simon saying that without 'intervention' the PSNI will be unrecognisable. That just illustrates how weak he is. If the PSNI ends up not fit for purpose, the responsibility will be his. That what leadership means.

Had nothing myself, do u know what it was regarding?

Yeah I got the email basically was just saying none of our information was breached etc

Yes, basically just to confirm our personal information wasn't compromised.