Police Training Courses, Right Or Wrong?

Police training courses or police recruitment courses are specific courses which

have been designed to train candidates how to pass the police recruitment process. These courses are often taken or designed by current serving police officers or those who have an understanding of the police recruitment process. Therefore they are able to train candidates who are currently going through the recruitment process exactly what is required of them at each stage.

Police courses typically take candidates from the police application form stage all the way through to the final one on one interview. The sole aim is to help candidates secure the dream job as a police officer by helping them demonstrate that they have the qualities of a police officer. The courses will often take candidates through the application form and show them what type of responses the police recruitment staff look for and how their answers are marked. The course will then move to examine the police role play, the police tests and the police interview, and at each stage providing tips and advice on what is required from candidates.

These police courses are typically one day courses where a candidate spends the day in a room with other candidates learning from a tutor what is required. However, the question arises is this right or wrong? Should people be allowed to attend these courses and doesn't it give candidates an unfair advantage?

While the answers to these questions are not straight forward it is worth looking at both sides as there are arguments in favour of both. Some may suggest that these courses are not irrelevant as candidates stand just as much chance if they do or do not attend the course as long as they put in the right amount of preparation beforehand and most of the information shared on the course can be found out through research. However, others have suggested that the type of information revealed is not something you would be able to find through research and it can give you the edge over the other candidates.

The other issue these police recruitment courses raise is the concept of money giving you access to information otherwise not available to candidates. Is this really fair? Should those who are willing to pay to learn from ex police recruitment staff be allowed to do so? Well, in theory yes, if the demand for these types of police recruitment courses is strong enough but to really answer the question you need to put yourself in the position of the candidate applying for the job. If you wanted to become a police officer and there was an opportunity to learn from those who know what is takes to succeed then this author feels most candidates would jump at the chance, if not to gain an advantage but more to ensure they are fully prepared for what the assessment process throws at them.

by: Tobay Dytham Swifft

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