1405 campaign news

I have returned my vetting and am waiting for a PCA date but it hasnt been completed yet think it usually takes a number of months?

I hope so! The suspense is killing me but I guess at least I have more time to train for the PCA which is always a plus! I have heard some mad stories about vetting though, people getting rejected because of something their second cousin did 10 years ago etc.... Don't know if there's any weight to those stories but I can't even name you my second cousins so I have a bit of fear of the unknown

Yeah I thought so too it's probably people failing other stages and letting on it wasn't down to them!would hardly be cost effective to vet that many people for each applicant

Haven't heard anything...but like the vetting forms it will be out of the blue...does anyone have a guesstimation of the time between pca fitness invitations to the actual date of the fitness test...?

Can you actually watch this live on youtube? I tried with the last one and couldn't get it working hah!

To be honest I can't see them mentioning much on recruitment other than what we already know, that we are all in for a long wait! The main topic of discussion will more than likely be the shake up in policing model/re organising districts

I can confirm I have recieved my invite today. Very important few weeks coming up in my life.... good luck to everyone taking part in the PCA.

Any news on recruitment plans?

Sothe guys getting the PCA invites.... What kind of score was achieved in the 14/05 assessment centre? Trying to work out what scores are getting these invites?

78 and above got vetting forms, 98 got vetting forms in total, I would imagine there will be some who have since got the call from campaign 1 and with rates of attrition, they should get 1 squad of 42 possibly 2 squads if less is taken on per squad, I would say the next 100 or more will get vetting forms soon, nothing was mentioned about recruitment and I believe it's just see how we go, when you look at the cuts forces in England are having to make but yet are still recruiting you wonder why here can't make the quota.

I know you have to take in consideration inflation but pre Patten there was 12000 officers there is now 6800, and the budget pre Patten was operating at 1.1 billion now it's operating at more than 700 million, near a 3rd of the budget shaved off however near half the workforce.

I'm hoping they will take on as many as they can which I think they will, and hopefully thats the full amount. I would imagine within the next few weeks more vetting forms will be heading out, heard from someone in the know they are expecting high levels of attrition with the pca staying the same and the fact a lot of talk of budget cuts etc will put folks off, pay too. So stay the course folks, it ain't over til it's over.

Awesome! I am trying really hard to pass it on the first go but this means I can go into the day feeling a little less nervous and that should make it easier not to mess it up

Is anyone else feeling like this whole recruitment campaign has been a bit of a shambles, I want this job more than air itself. That being said it's taken a year to do an entrance exam and an assessment, I understand there is financial implications, but this is kinda crazy.

With the budget issues, and now the pca, it's all over the show, I'm assuming the PSNI don't know what they're doing, and this isn't a bashing as I am pro PSNI and I want this as my career until I either retire or I die lol.

That being said my mind is melted and I look at other forces, whom are under serious financial cuts but are still continously recruiting and recruiting recruits within a 6-9 month period, and are doing it in house, where as here it's a snail's pace. It is what it is I suppose. Incredibly frustrating. Thought I would just vent lol.

Its just frustrating for everyone, if it wasnt frustrating or worrying then id be thinking this wasnt the job i wanted anymore.
The uncertainty around 1405 is harder to deal with for me because i messed up in 1309 and then came back and massively improved on my narrowly missing out at AC but even at that it may still not be enough, despite a score which could have seen me in the 3rd or 4th squad in campaign 1

Mop a top wrote: »

Could be worse. Campaign 1 have people still waiting who haven't had a yes or no and that started September 2013 lol!!! They're testing your patience

That's a very fair point

Mop a top wrote: »

Lol you know me, I like to stir the pot for a bit of craic!!! If I didn't have a twisted sense of humour about this job I don't think I'd be fit to do the job

Lol, it is a fair point though, as you say it will happen, just have to muster some more patience.

Seen this FOI on PSNI website:

http://www.psni.police.uk/psni_2014_recruitment_process.pdf

Surely those figures can't be right....

B999B wrote: »

I think the figures shown are "equal to or less that 81.25%". Seems about right to me.

That gives a figure of 743 in total then. I thought there were 908 people on the merit list?

Would that be an updated total after people withdrawing possibly?

Well thats it, we have one saying 900? the other 750? Both freedom of Information.... so one of them is wrong.

How many got through the AC last time, i'd say numbers will be fairly similar.

So it shows about 25+ got over 81.25 and the rest below this? Doesn't give much information of use to us really unless you scored that high.

Really interesting, it could be from people pulling out too, I know of an individual who has pulled out as they accepted a post with an English force, so it could be people whom have pulled out. I say this with wishful thinking lol.