Problems at Cleveland are continuing to mount after a panel was unable to find someone capable of being its new Chief Constable. The force and its Police and Crime Commissioner will now make temporary arrangements to replace Richard Lewis who is moving back to Dyfed Powys as chief. After two… Cleveland admits 'setback' in Chief Constable search after failing to find suitable candidates, despite offering a 'golden hello' deal....
Paul Sanford has been announced as the preferred candidate to lead the force by Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk Giles Orpen-Smellie. CC Sanford has been the Temporary Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary since Simon Bailey retired from the force at the end of June. The decision brings to an… Norfolk has confirmed its temporary Chief as the force’s new leader....
GMP Assistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain MBE has been announced as North Yorkshire's new Deputy Chief Constable. He will be leaving the force that he joined in October 2018 to replace current Deputy Chief Constable Phil Cain, who has served with North Yorkshire for over 20 years. He will be… Mabs Hussain is returning to Yorkshire to be deputy chief constable ...
Sarah Crew is the force’s first female chief and brings the UK tally of women chief constables to 16. She joined Avon and Somerset in 1994 and was Deputy Chief Constable from 2017 before becoming the Temporary Chief Constable this year. The announcement follows a two day selection process by… Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Mark Shelford has announced that Sarah Crew is his preferred candidate to be the next Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police....
The government and Chief Constables will be told in January that hoping degree students will opt to go straight into investigator roles will not be enough to fill the 5,000 vacancies across the country. The Police Foundation’s strategic review of policing, which is set to be published in the New… Forces should consider paying detectives more in a bid to reduce the shortage of investigators, according to the police think tank....
Getting equal Catholic and Protestant numbers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland could take another decade, the force has warned. And Deputy Chief Constable Mark Hamilton added that its role in investigating killings committed during The Troubles could be a hurdle to more Catholics joining the force. He said:… The PSNI’s role in investigating historic crimes may be a barrier to Catholic recruitment, according to one of its senior officers....
Fitness, age, height and disabilities are common issues that concern people considering a career as an officer, the force said, so the campaign will feature case studies of successful new recruits who previously thought it would hold them back. PC Megan Gwynne, who passed out in the summer, was diagnosed… Cambridgeshire Constabulary is launching a new campaign to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions around what it takes to become a police officer....
In last month's article, I mentioned why you should try and avoid using 'Easy Apply' on LinkedIn or applying for roles directly through the bigger recruitment websites. This is because of the use of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). If you’re not aware, ATS is a software system that collects applicant’s… Andy Labrum explains why 75% of CVs don't get viewed by a human and what job applicants can do to overcome the problem ...
A “pioneering” new recruitment pathway aimed at widening access to front line policing has delivered its first cohort of new recruits Nottinghamshire Police is piloting the fast-track course for the College of Policing. The force said it wants to “give full-time career opportunities to a more diverse range of candidates… Eighteen former volunteer Special Constables have recently completed the Specials to PC training course – the first recruits in the UK to complete the new ten-week conversion....
Uncertainty surrounds one of the top jobs in policing after a recruitment process was met with a lack of interest from enough suitable candidates. Norfolk has re-opened applications for its Chief Constable because not enough candidates applied. That was despite the College of Policing contacting every qualified senior officer in… Norfolk is targeting the Strategic Command course after re-starting its search for a new Chief Constable....