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[Cardiff Bluebirds]

How does that work? The AC is a national SEARCH assessment which is for all forces? How can this count for nothing?

Dont shoot the me mate, thats from the BTP HR people, Im gutted to I was/am in the same situation. It is not on the website under the advert about how AC transfers are not accepted.

Bluebird.

I cant believe they havent put a limit on number of applicants, they should have done a telephone recruitment and put a cap on it.

I feel sorry for the poor recruitment team having to sift through as I doubt it will only be a couple of hundred applicants......hey the ammount of emails might crash the force networkd

Number of applicants or applications ? The advert is still on the recuirtment website.........Ive managed to pop mine back this morning so fingures crossed.


Bluebird.

Edited by Cardiff Bluebirds, 17 June 2011 - 09:03 AM.

[zoo55]

Does anyone know how many positions are on offer??

Also, where and how to BTP train their new officers? I am hoping that they will not follow the PLC route that the Met are now taking for their new recruits.

[Headset57]

we'll lose around 50 on the LUL this year alone through retirement etc, so there's one place to look!.
Was told they aren't taking AC transfers?.

The City Police section house may well put some people up, or they go to a hotel, as Tadworth's gone now!
Mind you, you had to have to travel over 2 hours a day to qualify in the past?.
Intake on the 27/06 is the next one.
The metal theft teams are being expanded too and some of the outer London posts are looking to go 24/7,
Reading, Southend, Peterborough, Colchester are already with Norwich, Cambridge, 'in the pipeline'.
The NPT teams have been expanded over the last 2 years and Boris wants another 200 bobbies on the TFL system alone, but that would be split between btp and met.
The recruitment for AFO's is internal, though a good interest was shown, not sure it appealed to many people as it isn't all 'guns and glory'; more cnc / mdp style!, and this recruiting phase is nothing to do with the AFO role.
Quite a few internal SC /PCSO's going for this round of recruiting and not sure if they are taking external AC's...

Edited by Headset57, 17 June 2011 - 11:24 AM.

[Police Constable 1]

Does anyone know how many positions are on offer??

Also, where and how to BTP train their new officers? I am hoping that they will not follow the PLC route that the Met are now taking for their new recruits.

PLC? The training should be held at Springhouse Training Centre Central London

Accomodation (should be provided) should be at Bernard Morgan House (*shudders )

[TCambs]

I have heard they are looking to recruit 100-200 before the Olympics.

[Police Constable 1]

I have heard they are looking to recruit 100-200 before the Olympics.

Thats a lot! would mean since 2009 they would have taken on almost 400 new officers

[jayjay21]

The mets new way of recruiting new PO is a great way straight from specials and PCSOS. I can't see why btp aren't trying this?

[SkinSte]

Is there no London weighting even if you work within London?

[Police Constable 1]

Is there no London weighting even if you work within London?

There should be, I think the advert as its listed for nationwide just has the basic payscale but I know when I was on training, those on my course going to London were on 6k more so they qualified for it

The mets new way of recruiting new PO is a great way straight from specials and PCSOS. I can't see why btp aren't trying this?

They are and they do, but this I assume is being advertised externally as they need a large number of recruits,

I was a BTP SC who joined internally to be a PC and I think BTP were the first force to do this

[jayjay21]

There should be, I think the advert as its listed for nationwide just has the basic payscale but I know when I was on training, those on my course going to London were on 6k more so they qualified for it



They are and they do, but this I assume is being advertised externally as they need a large number of recruits,

I was a BTP SC who joined internally to be a PC and I think BTP were the first force to do this

If your a special is there chance to become a regular at some point rather than having to apply only when it's advertised publicly?

[HerrComm]

If your a special is there chance to become a regular at some point rather than having to apply only when it's advertised publicly?

Vacancies for PC positions are advertised internally within BTP fairly often.

[jayjay21]

Vacancies for PC positions are advertised internally within BTP fairly often.

Oh right. Thanks.

[Headset57]

Is there no London weighting even if you work within London?

add on 2000 for home counties Colchester, Guldford, Reading, Milton Keynes, Southend, Ashford,

1000 for Ipswich, Cambridge, Peterborough, Brighton, Southampton

add about 6000 on top of basic salary, 4440 london weighting and 2000 s/e allowance so just around 31000 for london + free travel on tfl services ( tube, bus, tram ).

Edited by Headset57, 17 June 2011 - 12:47 PM.

[Skeptocynic]

These boxes are a nightmare :-S

[Bluestreak]

These boxes are a nightmare :-S

Indeed. Overcoming the formatting on the BTP application form is the first test in our recruitment process.

[SkinSte]

add on 2000 for home counties Colchester, Guldford, Reading, Milton Keynes, Southend, Ashford,

1000 for Ipswich, Cambridge, Peterborough, Brighton, Southampton

add about 6000 on top of basic salary, 4440 london weighting and 2000 s/e allowance so just around 31000 for london + free travel on tfl services ( tube, bus, tram ).

Ta. Makes it comparable to Met wages then.

[Police Constable 1]

Ta. Makes it comparable to Met wages then.

It should be the same as Met wages

[29xThePain]

Aren't BTP officers paid exactly the same as their HO counterparts, with their only difference being slight in pensions?

[Police Constable 1]

Aren't BTP officers paid exactly the same as their HO counterparts, with their only difference being slight in pensions?

Yeah we pay more into pensions, ours isnt a Police pension, its a railway one I think

Edited by Police Constable 1, 17 June 2011 - 01:50 PM.

[Cardiff Bluebirds]

So I could buy years with my current railway pension then ? Sorry I know your not a pensions adviser !

Bluebird

[Police Constable 1]

So I could buy years with my current railway pension then ? Sorry I know your not a pensions adviser !

Bluebird

To be honest Im not to sure on that, but with any pension you can transfer it into another scheme and buy time

However with your current pension, dont you qualify for free travel when you retire? I think even though ours are railway pensions we dont qualify for that

Im sure ours are railway, I know theyre not the typical Police one

[j.brunt]

Just so everyone knows 1500 applications is the cut off point so hurry and get apps in!

[Police Constable 1]

Just so everyone knows 1500 applications is the cut off point so hurry and get apps in!

How did you find that out?

[Ezra Addle]

Just so everyone knows 1500 applications is the cut off point so hurry and get apps in!

Jigga-ma-what?! *Types furiously!*

[Burnie]

if you noticed when you downloaded your form it was numbered in the file name

ApplPack****.doc



Though strangely I registered for the BTP recruitment website so that I have a login for the future and it gave me an application pack for the PC recruitment without me asking for one... I ended up with ApplPack1217


I suspect it means they're giving out 1500 application packs as opposed to only accepting 1500 applications