Ok the story so far.............
I first became interested in the police around the age of 14. I was about to pick my GCSE courses so obviously you start thinking about careers in the future. When I turned 15 I discovered this site and therefore discovered the special constabluary, I had no idea what it was before! On here I met a forum member from Humberside Police specials, after some talking I was invited to go down to my local policing team and have a look around and a chat etc. At this point I decided the police was for me, it all seemed so exciting and I just wanted to be involved.
For the next year my only real involvement with the police was through this site. I then discovered an organisation called the Humberside Association of Neighbourhood Watch Groups who had begun a program to train volunteers to work in police stations. I had finished my GCSEs and began my A levels and was now 17 and a bit more mature and realised that the police wasnt just about driving round on blues chasing cars!
I applied for the course and was accepted, it was 8 weeks long but I gained an NVQ by the end of it.
I did my observations at a local police station and was then plonked on the front desk of a local policing team at 17 having not much idea what to do to be quite honest! I was 17 fairly shy and not that confident and sometimes I was the only person in the station when members of the public came in!!!I had to learn really fast and grow up alot as well, this was my first real experience in the working world and I had alot of challenges to cope with, some of them from people within the organisation.
However Im still there a year and a half later and I know loads more, have grown in confidence so much and learnt loads of skills. A few months ago I sent away for an application for the specials and filled it in.
Basically to cut a long story short I passed the papershift followed by a written competency based test and finally heard last week that I passed the interview! My medical questionnaire is now in with my GP waiting for his signature.
Hopefully I will get my training dates after that, sorry for the long post, I will keep you updated when I find out more. I have all my A2 exams next week so I have to sit in and revise!
