Why?

gazzabelfast

so im bored of ice dancing on the olympics and i decided to start my first thread

why do all you crazy cats wanna become part of the PSNI? Its a job that gives very little thanks from either side of the community, can alienate you from friends (hopefully not family) and certainly in this country puts your life in real and present danger. In return you get, a good wage and a solid stable career with prospects for advancement....but you can get all that in tesco with less risk.

For me it was always my 2nd choice of career, my first being a Pilot in the RAF, unfortunately i was told at 16 i was at the very maximum height requirements and if continued to grow i could forget about it....i grew 4 inches. I went to BA and Aer Lingus but again height was a problem, Aer Lingus put me through all their aptitude tests which i aced but then at the final stage they noticed i was a bit too tall.

SO ive turned to probably the best backup in the world. I have always been a believer that you have to do what you can for your community, although im not a charity worker or anything like that, i have trained kids to play the sport i love so much and ive been involved in youth groups etc. (which is shocking for anyone who knows me as i DETEST children lol) at 6ft 6 i dont think i need to be any taller, but i cant wait to stand there in the uniform ill feel about 9ft 9 knowing that im helping my neighbors(not literal neighbors) etc on a daily basis.

anyone else have heart moving stories?

Bifbert

I want loads of money and a gun, simple as.

Bifbert

^ Joking obviously. I want a lifelong career with good prospects if you work hard. There's nothing I enjoy more than helping people. There will be times when I'm sure you will be bored ( paper work etc..) but I believe it would be very exciting and rewarding in the long run. And finally it's the only thing I can see myself doing and I'm determined to make it come true if not this year, in the next couple ( hopefully )

beca

Bifbert wrote: »

I want loads of money and a gun, simple as.

you forgot the flashy blue lights and fast cars!! :eek:

my grandad was in the RUC. now before anybody starts the whole RUC row or starts slagging off the RUC, he was in it during the war in when my mum was a young child and shes now 58! (ooops sorry mum) he left when she was about 16 and wasnt in it during the troubles. he used to pick me up after school and drive me home and id stay with him until my parents got home and I always heard stories about the good old days of the RUC and how he did his rounds on his bicycle!

since then i always wanted to be a police officer even though its a far cry from bicycles and cross border butter smuggling now-a-days!!! :cool:

Bubbles34

Im in my early thirties, and have spend the last x number of years working for myself, and for others on occasion. Everything in my work life revolves around money, and I am sick of it. People I have to answer to are motivated by money, my customers are motivated by money, my men are even motivated what seems only by money. In my working life it seems to be the only thing that matters. Every so often I sit back and think......"If I was to start again, what would I do?" I always come back to what my first carreer ambition was......to be a police officer. A job which should provide different motivations other than "money". A chance to spend your working life helping others, and hopefully making a differance for the better.

jonnym61

Grew up with both my parents, and many other family members for that fact, in the Army over here and always wanted join up, thought they were brave putting their life on the line to try help the community and thought i wanna do that, with the change of circumstances over here tho the Police was the obvious choice for me, still respect the army but im more concerned with life in NI nor Afgan or Iraq!!

Misterjay

beca wrote: »

you forgot the flashy blue lights and fast cars!! :eek:

my grandad was in the RUC. now before anybody starts the whole RUC row or starts slagging off the RUC, he was in it during the war in when my mum was a young child and shes now 58! (ooops sorry mum) he left when she was about 16 and wasnt in it during the troubles. he used to pick me up after school and drive me home and id stay with him until my parents got home and I always heard stories about the good old days of the RUC and how he did his rounds on his bicycle!

since then i always wanted to be a police officer even though its a far cry from bicycles and cross border butter smuggling now-a-days!!! :cool:

It's a shame that you feel you have to justify why and when your grandfather was in the RUC. I am not getting at you, more the circumstances in which we all find ourselves in. My father and some uncles were in the RUC in the early 70s, brother in the early 80s and still in, and several good friends in for a few years and some with not so many years service. I do not feel the need to justify that my relatives joined. Their intentions were good and honest and I respect them for that. And they have, and some continue to serve ALL the people of NI, regardless of whether they wore an RUC tunic or a PSNI Baseball Cap (or both)!!!

peter_green

tbh i want to beat these dissidents into the deck. scumbags pure and simple. that and its a good career thats different everyday. Maybe ive been watching too much roadwars/streetwars on sky lol

Fatony

I grew up in a large catholic family with no connections with police or Army. Ive always want to be a police man and Im not gonna let anything hold me back. I know alot of people who I know probably wont be too impressed with me joining the psni but this is what i want to do, they had no problem with me now and if they have a problem with me if/when i get in then they can go make new friends somewhere else. Simple..

beca

Misterjay wrote: »

It's a shame that you feel you have to justify why and when your grandfather was in the RUC. I am not getting at you, more the circumstances in which we all find ourselves in. My father and some uncles were in the RUC in the early 70s, brother in the early 80s and still in, and several good friends in for a few years and some with not so many years service. I do not feel the need to justify that my relatives joined. Their intentions were good and honest and I respect them for that. And they have, and some continue to serve ALL the people of NI, regardless of whether they wore an RUC tunic or a PSNI Baseball Cap (or both)!!!

i dont feel i have to, im proud of my grandad for being in the RUC! im just aware that there may be people reading this that have a different view of the RUC than i do and i dont want to offend them

Misterjay

beca wrote: »

i dont feel i have to, im proud of my grandad for being in the RUC! im just aware that there may be people reading this that have a different view of the RUC than i do and i dont want to offend them

Sorry I knew that is what you meant. Hope my post wasn't taken the wrong way.

beca

Misterjay wrote: »

Sorry I knew that is what you meant. Hope my post wasn't taken the wrong way.

no no not at all!!

I wish I had an inspiring story about why I want to be a police officer...but I don't! I just do, never really known why myself, my dad was in the RUC and the army, my grandad was in the army, and my cousin is in the army now but I would'nt say that's really inspired me to wanting this. I've gone through many a notions as to what I want to do in life and the army and police have always been the two that have stuck with me, the army is always still an option but the police is definately what I want most, it just sucks that it so damn hard to get in to! :rolleyes:

beca

Deleted User wrote: »

I wish I had an inspiring story about why I want to be a police officer...but I don't! I just do, never really known why myself, my dad was in the RUC and the army, my grandad was in the army, and my cousin is in the army now but I would'nt say that's really inspired me to wanting this. I've gone through many a notions as to what I want to do in life and the army and police have always been the two that have stuck with me, the army is always still an option but the police is definately what I want most, it just sucks that it so damn hard to get in to! :rolleyes:

im kinda like that, i love hearin about the police when i was wee but when i was old enough to start thinkin about careers i realised its much different now but i still want to do it! its like when kids say they want to be a ballerina or a MI5 spy, they grow up and realise its not how they imagined it

my back up is RAF/Navy/Army too :cool:

Yermucker

My old man was in from '68 right through to 2004-05, growing up i had a decent life, didnt want for anything, and felt safe as a kid with the knowledge my Da was a "peeler". If i can give my kids the same quality of life and sense of safety ill be a happy man.

Bifbert

Yermucker wrote: »

My old man was in from '68 right through to 2004-05, growing up i had a decent life, didnt want for anything, and felt safe as a kid with the knowledge my Da was a "peeler". If i can give my kids the same quality of life and sense of safety ill be a happy man.

Like your first post

unistudent2009

For me its the fact that the job has variation. I understand there is a lot of mundane tasks with paperwork etc but the job has a level of excitement! Each situation you are placed in will be different and demanding in its own way. It's a job that will keep you on your toes as long as you are proactive and enthusiastic! and obviously it provides motivation with the payscale and opportunities which is always a good thing!!!