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19/09/2013
Recruitment Drive Begins For PSNI
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has launched a new recruitment campaign.
Initially, 100 new constables will be recruited, with hopes to employ a further 378 within 2014/15.
It is the PSNI's first recruitment drive in more than three years.
Welcoming the recruitment campaign, Deputy Chief Constable, Judith Gillespie explained: "Becoming a police officer is a challenging and rewarding career, but it is not just a job, it is a vocation. Policing with the Community is at the very centre of everything we do as a police service and I encourage people from all sections of the community to consider applying.
"The officers appointed will work directly with and make a very positive contribution to communities across Northern Ireland, so it is vitally important that these officers are fully representative of the communities they will be working in.
"Successful applicants will attend the Police College, Garnerville for an initial 21 weeks of intensive training which will include practical and operational policing skills, to ensure they are mentally and physically equipped to perform the important role of police constable."
She added that the PSNI were encouraging applications from Catholics, women and young people.
"We believe we need to deliver a police service for the whole of Northern Ireland to keep people safe, and to deal with the surges in demand we've seen recently and the potential surges in the future," she said.
New recruits will start on a salary of just over £23,000 a year.
The closing date for applications is 11 October 2013.
(JP/CD)
Initially, 100 new constables will be recruited, with hopes to employ a further 378 within 2014/15.
It is the PSNI's first recruitment drive in more than three years.
Welcoming the recruitment campaign, Deputy Chief Constable, Judith Gillespie explained: "Becoming a police officer is a challenging and rewarding career, but it is not just a job, it is a vocation. Policing with the Community is at the very centre of everything we do as a police service and I encourage people from all sections of the community to consider applying.
"The officers appointed will work directly with and make a very positive contribution to communities across Northern Ireland, so it is vitally important that these officers are fully representative of the communities they will be working in.
"Successful applicants will attend the Police College, Garnerville for an initial 21 weeks of intensive training which will include practical and operational policing skills, to ensure they are mentally and physically equipped to perform the important role of police constable."
She added that the PSNI were encouraging applications from Catholics, women and young people.
"We believe we need to deliver a police service for the whole of Northern Ireland to keep people safe, and to deal with the surges in demand we've seen recently and the potential surges in the future," she said.
New recruits will start on a salary of just over £23,000 a year.
The closing date for applications is 11 October 2013.
(JP/CD)
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