In my latest podcast I describe 6 Things which WILL happen in respect of Police Recruitment in 2022. Each one of these things has the ability to impact on your Police Recruitment Journey Download the podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/873628/episodes/9867338 Or watch the YouTube version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwfXVWgNOK8 Let me know what you think, have I got this right?!? […]
Police Recruitment: Top 10 Direct Entry Detective Skills to adopt NOW even if you have no experience
Listen to the latest podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/873628/9697049 Over the past few years I’ve coached and supported 100’s of recruit candidates for the various Direct Entry Police Detective pathways with a success rate of around 95%. Recently I asked several of my clients what aspects of my tutoring helped them the most – out of this […]
Download the latest Bluelight Podcast – Police Recruitment Guidance – ‘7 Things’ you MUST do to pass the NEW Online Assessment Centre Stage 3 Briefing In the podcast I’ll share with you the ‘7 Things’ you need to do to pass the NEW Stage 3 Briefing exercise You can download the Podcast HERE Join over […]
Did you miss last night’s weekly Police Recruitment Workshop? We covered so many subjects: Vetting, Interview Technique, The NEW OAC Stage 3 Briefing… And so much more! Here’s the recording!
The past year has been an interesting and some might say an unfortunate one for Neighbourhood Policing. Frontline officers have been saying for some years how this bedrock of our police service is being slowly eroded due to increasing cuts to funding and police numbers. Now we are starting to hear more Chief Constables espouse […]
So there we were, police, council and housing officers together with resident street champions and councillors, all gathered outside of the Oaktree Sports Centre in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on a freezing cold December’s evening. In less than an hour it would go dark which left us with about 45 minutes to be briefed and to venture […]
On my travels and during my workshops I often hear individuals in ‘agency world’ discussing how no-one in the communities they work in (you know, the ‘deprived ones’) wants to get involved in volunteering activities that will make their area safer. Do any of these common complaints sound familiar? ‘No-one wants to get involved in […]
In my last three blogs (here, here and here) I explored some of the issues and challenges around Bishop Desmond Tutu’s famous quote about pulling people out of the river, finding out why they are falling into the water in the first place, and then taking action to stop them. But what if we could […]
‘There comes a point where we need to stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.’ Bishop Desmond Tutu But first, we need to discover the ‘silent working’ in our organisations. Getting upstream and stopping people falling in – sounds like an easy journey doesn’t […]
‘There comes a point where we need to stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.’ Is Bishop Desmond Tutu describing Early Intervention here? Or is there another path we can take? In my last blog on getting upstream of the river to stop people […]
