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Unless u have financial problems and can't stay 2 months without work, the internal one is worthing... first as the level of knowledge gain and second as internal students seems to secure their places faster Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk

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Hello Anyone have their final interview coming up shortly? How are you preparing for it and what should be expected? I've got mine next week with Merseyside Police, not sure what to expect, also should I have received an email with information to study on?

Try being less of an ass and get on with your neighbours.

Hi, I stumbled across this forum so I thought I'd give you my perspective... I transferred to NZ Police in Sept '08, the second to last UK recruitment campaign. At the time of writing I have had several colleagues from my old force asking if they are going to do another campaign, the answer is no. The reason being they had been suffering from a lack of home grown recruits, partly down to the poor wage for a recruit to start on. They seem to have put a lot of work into improving the situation, and have vastly improved the numbers they're getting. Coupled with a few ex-UK officers going home before giving it a good go, it's kind of put them off. They do value UK officers here, I don't get any grief from Kiwi cops, they're very accepting in general. There's also cops from South Africa, Fiji, Malaysia, so they're used to a mix! Perhaps one thing some people don't realise is NZ only one force covering the whole country, split into districts. I work in the Counties-Manukau district, which has just finished boosting the numbers by 300 officers, all fresh Kiwi recruits (with the exception of some 'retreads'). There's a MASSIVE difference in the many areas, from the usual city centre policing we're used to in the UK, to being a sole officer in a rural area or island somewhere - some great spots for the latter years! I know a few ex UK officers who have still come over despite there being no specific UK recruitment, and they have started as a fresh recruit at the college. This means they start on the same wage as a new recruit (rather than having your service recognised and starting on an equivalent salary as we did) they have to complete 19 weeks at college (rather than the 8 week conversion course we did). Despite this, they seem to have stuck it out, and are coming out of the other end. I am surprised as I would not have been able to manage financially on anything less than I was on, and that was with 10 years service in the UK. (Another benefit we had is our UK rank is recognised, so I don't have to do any additional exams to get my stripes back). The main thing we struggled with was that my wife couldn't get a job for about 18 months, partly down to her experience being in a field that is not really in existence here - she's working now but seriously considering retraining as a teacher). This meant we were restricted in our activities, which was frustrating being in such a beautiful country, a 3 hr drive away from ski fields and not being able to afford to ski! Overall I love NZ, and I love working here. The lifestyle suits my family, outdoors stuff, but miss some of the activities for the kids such as museums, theme parks etc. Basically NZ history/buildings only extend back to the 1840's (I used to life in a cottage in England which was of that era, here it would be a museum piece!) So the reality is there are no plans to have a UK recruitment drive again, though never say never. If you have the financial security to take the hit for a few years on a low salary, or your other half happens to be a nurse (they get paid better than us!) or another profession which is sought after (check out NZ immigration for their list of desired professions) then I would say go for it. If not, wait to see if they do another campaign. ~If you are still interested, I can give you any info you want, immigration, college, what it's like working here etc etc just ask away! Cheers, Ian.