THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PASSING THE POLICE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

A handbook for prospective police officers, special constables and police community support officers

John McTaggart

• PRICE £12.99
• EXTENT 224 pages
• BINDING Paperback
• FORMAT 246 X 171 mm
• ISBN 978-1-84528-435-0
• PUB DATE 27 August 2010
• BIC CODE VSC, JKSW1
• CATEGORY Career Development
• TERRITORIES World Rights
• KEY POINTS

Over 60,000 people apply to join every year and only 1 in 6 candidates are accepted – this is extremely competitive application procedure

Every police force in England and Wales uses the same national application form and assessment centre. This book tells you not just about the process, but what you need to do to impress the assessors. This book delivers a proven method – the author runs his own training programme specializing in getting police recruits through their recruitment tests and knows that it’s all in the preparation Familiarizes you with the 7 core competencies which are the basis of every police selection procedure This book will greatly improve your chances of becoming a Police Officer, Police Community Support Officer or Special Constable

John McTaggart served 16 years as a police officer in a wide variety of roles and continues to have a close association with the police service. He has been Response Inspector in Cheshire, and commanded the Warrington Division Crime Car Unit and the Proactive Early Intervention Team. Before that, he served as a constable with Merseyside Police where he was heavily involved in training. He holds an MBA, and has police commendations for leadership and bravery. John also pioneered the original candidate training for the police assessment centre, and in 2001 founded Talking Blues, (www.talkingblues.co.uk) a national police recruitment coaching company. He is based in Heswell, Wirral in Merseyside. police recruitment coaching company.

CONTENTS

• 1.A brief outline of the application process
• 2.The core competencies
• 3.The application forms
• 4.The national assessment centre
• 5.Role plays
• 6.The role-playing and preparation phase
• 7.Role playing interactive stage
• 8.Interviews
• 9.The local interview
• 10.The written exercise – reports and proposals
• 11.Preparing for the assessment centre
• 12.The marking guide
• 13.The final word – including IQ and fitness tests
• Example role-plays
• Role actor’s instructions