Garda Recruitment- The Waiting to Apply Room

Santa Cruz wrote: »

Bear in mind Jim Malone's statement in The Untouchables.

"You have just complete the first rule of law enforcement. At the end of your shift, go home alive"

or more crudely "Better be tried by twelve than carried by six"

Don't let them think they have a chance or they will really put it up to you

i like that quote, "better be tried by twelve than carried by six"

billie1b wrote: »

Displayed aggressive behaviour towards my partner and I :-D

I did Nazi that coming

Santa Cruz

Scouser wrote: »

Garda Aaronmul1 - could you please explain to the court as to why you took the defendants liberty?

have a think about that little doozy

Once you have a power of arrest and decide to arrest you are fully entitled to restrict the persons liberty. It's very easy to explain that

Santa Cruz wrote: »

Once you have a power of arrest and decide to arrest you are fully entitled to restrict the persons liberty. It's very easy to explain that

aarons a big boy, he can answer for himself

smelly sock

Yis all sound like a bunch of little robo cops.

They'll have a great laugh at yis first day in the barracks!!

smelly sock wrote: »

Yis all sound like a bunch of little robo cops.

They'll have a great laugh at yis first day in the barracks!!

Defence Forces are a different crowd altogether

smelly sock wrote: »

Yis all sound like a bunch of little robo cops.

They'll have a great laugh at yis first day in the barracks!!

care to elaborate on what you meant by "robo cops" and why the will have a great laugh?

KERSPLAT!

I know it's a competition but I don't get the animosity between posters on these threads. You've the few who know "everything" and do their level best to make sure everyone knows it and the few who know a bit and help out as much as they can. Which are you!?

By the by, that's a rhetorical question, everyone can see which side of that fence ye are on

I was always led to believe that police treat each other like family, or is that just in the states? The majority of the posters are very condescending towards other posters even though many of us should have the same values if we want to join the police.

AaronMul1 wrote: »

I was always led to believe that police treat each other like family, or is that just in the states? The majority of the posters are very condescending towards other posters even though many of us should have the same values if we want to join the police.

most of them aren't police though and probably never will be .. just dreamers

AaronMul1 wrote: »

I was always led to believe that police treat each other like family, or is that just in the states?

just hollywood!

Santa Cruz

smelly sock wrote: »

Yis all sound like a bunch of little robo cops.

They'll have a great laugh at yis first day in the barracks!!

What's wrong with a bit of craic and slagging. Great way to build morale on a shift.
Would you rather a few dry old ****es lacking in enthusiasm

Santa Cruz wrote: »

What's wrong with a bit of craic and slagging. Great way to build morale on a shift.
Would you rather a few dry old ****es lacking in enthusiasm

build morale/keep you sane!

who done the assessment today? Any feedback on it? (not expecting answers or anything just whether its difficult or not)

Faith and Justice

AaronMul1 wrote: »

who done the assessment today? Any feedback on it? (not expecting answers or anything just whether its difficult or not)

The discovering rules was straightforward enough. There were two or three difficult one that stood out.

The verbal reasoning is impossible to answer you. I honestly don't know what to make of it still.

I managed to answer everything, but had to guess 2 or 3 in each one to make your I got everything done. Just stay calm and watch the time limit

KERSPLAT!

Isn't guessing bad? Obviously it's good if guessed right but with negative marking I'd rather not answer than stab in the dark

Devil08

http://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2014-01-15a.1540&s=garda+recruitment#g1546.r

I expect them to build up a very big panel from this campaign

goldie fish

OK folks, in response to an earlier post, this is how Stations are selected. It is a very scientific process.
1. Nobody will be posted in the same district where they or there family(and relatives up to first Cousin) live. This does not apply for Dublin or Cork(and maybe other cities in recent years).
2. There are 2 stacks of paper. One stack contains the names of newly trained gardai. The other stack is of stations with vacancies that rule 1 has been applied to. Names are matched with stations.

The Priority will always be given to Dublin. This is where most of those in line policing have moved to specialist units. Command and control(Harcourt Square) is also an option. Other issues with the city stations is the curse of all gardai "Posts". The unfortunates who have to stand outside government buildings, offices and even ministers homes.

All these wonders await you.

mycro89

Based on what response within that link you attached? I can't see anything of reference?

mycro89 wrote: »

Based on what response within that link you attached? I can't see anything of reference?

It's says that there isn't just 300 jobs for 25000 applicants, but that they hope to use the people left, who pass all stages, for 2015, 2016 etc...meaning there will be a large panel.

Devil08

Andrea345 wrote: »

It's says that there isn't just 300 jobs for 25000 applicants, but that they hope to use the people who pass all stages for 2015, 2016 etc...meaning there will be a large panel.

Exactly. Verbal reasoning passed for you!

Devil08 wrote: »

Exactly. Verbal reasoning passed for you!

Haha. Hang on no, if this was verbal reasoning then the answer would be " cannot say".

''I would like to say however that reports implying that there are 25,000 applicants for 300 posts are incorrect as we expect to use this competition to provide Garda recruits in 2014, 2015 and 2016''

Now he tells us ffs, There making it up as they go along. Seems to me they'll recruit from a panel for the next few years. I knew they couldnt just pick 300 out of the 25,000 that'd be next to impossible..

carzony wrote: »

''I would like to say however that reports implying that there are 25,000 applicants for 300 posts are incorrect as we expect to use this competition to provide Garda recruits in 2014, 2015 and 2016''

Now he tells us ffs, There making it up as they go along. Seems to me they'll recruit from a panel for the next few years. I knew they couldnt just pick 300 out of the 25,000 that'd be next to impossible..

That means there will be even greater pressure to get in this time round, especially those in their thirties. If you don't make it through all stages then you can guarantee you won't have another shot for another few years. That's a lot to take in but it makes perfect sense. Some people won't get another shot at it.

Andrea345 wrote: »

That means there will be even greater pressure to get in this time round, especially those in their thirties. If you don't make it through all stages then you can guarantee you won't have another shot for another few years. That's a lot to take in but it makes perfect sense. Some people won't get another shot at it.

I assume that might mean no external recruitment until 2017 so. Unless a good few drop out from thre panel. I suppose that means a lot of lads who applied have a greater chance of getting in now considering they've increased it by 2 years.

Faith and Justice

Princess Petulia Pissy Pants wrote: »

Isn't guessing bad? Obviously it's good if guessed right but with negative marking I'd rather not answer than stab in the dark

Well I had 90% of the questions done on both tests when it came to the stage of guessing. It was only 2 or 3 that I had to guess, and there was no was I was leaving them blank.

The negative marking thing doesn't scare me. Some people say don't guess because you'll loose marks if your wrong. Others say guess because if you leave them unanswered you'll loose marks.

We all have our own strategy and tactics

carzony wrote: »

I assume that might mean no external recruitment until 2017 so. Unless a good few drop out from thre panel.

That is exactly what it means. The panel will probably be large. They should have more than enough.

Andrea345 wrote: »

That is exactly what it means. The panel will probably be large. They should have more than enough.

Bad news for anyone near the age limit.. Even for myself i'd be 26 by that time:eek:.

As we all know plans constantly change with these recruitment drives and 3 years is a long time. Rough for anyone who couldnt apply this time for whatever reason.

Faith and Justice wrote: »

Well I had 90% of the questions done on both tests when it came to the stage of guessing. It was only 2 or 3 that I had to guess, and there was no was I was leaving them blank.

The negative marking thing doesn't scare me. Some people say don't guess because you'll loose marks if your wrong. Others say guess because if you leave them unanswered you'll loose marks.

We all have our own strategy and tactics

That's true, we don't actually know if they are negative marking blanks, but from what we have been told we can assume we won't be marked from leaving blanks, they never mentioned it. The instructions are like verbal reasoning tests themselves lol. What's done is done, no point worrying about it now. Congrats on finishing. Must be a relief. I'm glad to see no one mentioned not having a enough time to finish as I was sure we wouldn't get half them done. I practiced at home from paper but similar tests to the tabs and just managed to get 25 done and 2 wrong. And that was quick working.