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For more information visit the Northumbria Police website at CAREER AND www.northumbria.police.uk VOLUNTEER or call the recruitment helpline on OPPORTUNITIES 0191 221 9111 WITHIN NORTHUMBRIA Landscape INFORMATION BOOKLET Portrait NP_1076 NP_1076 Contents Page No Northumbria Police Information 4 Career opportunities within Northumbria Police 5 Training and Development Opportunities 5 Area Commands 6 Why I love working for the Police 7 Working as a Police Officer 8 A Day in the Life of a Police Constable 10 Working as a Police Community Support Officer 12 Working as a Detention Officer 14 The Communications Department 16 The Business Support Team 18 Pay and Benefits 20 Recruitment Process 20 Volunteering 22 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES – THE CHOICE IS YOURS! Northumbria Police is a large diverse organisation and can offer a variety of career pathways to those who work hard and enjoy a challenge. Many Officers join Northumbria and spend the majority of their careers in the 24/7 team providing an emergency response, in a Neighbourhood Northumbria police is one of the Policing Team where a more collaborative community approach is required or as a Detective. This is perhaps the more traditional view of operational policing and some largest and top performing police Officers choose to remain in these roles where they feel services in the country, serving a they can have a direct impact upon service delivery. There are also opportunities to develop laterally by joining one of our many specialist teams. For example a Detective population of 1.5 million people from in CID may wish to pursue a career within Major Crime or Intelligence detecting a range of serious and specialised a wide range of various communities, crimes and supporting the process to closure. There are various operational policing opportunities within covering an area of more than 2,000 Northumbria Police including the below departments: square miles in North East England. Motor Patrols Police Dog Handler Unit Firearms Unit Alternatively there are opportunities to join Northumbria Northumbria Police is dedicated to building trust and Police in a semi operational capacity. Recent investment has resulted in the implementation of newer and larger TRAINING AND confidence and reducing crime and disorder in the state of the art custody suites in which Detention Officers oversee the safety and security of prisoners in custody DEVELOPMENT communities within the North East of England. across the region. In addition the Communications Department offers opportunities for those interested OPPORTUNITIES in managing emergency and non emergency calls from Whether you apply to become a Police Officer, There are around 5,600 people working at Northumbria Police and 480 more who contribute by volunteering members of the public, assessing those calls and then one of the varied Staff roles, or a Volunteer for one of our various volunteer schemes on offer. All work together to form one professional team who are deploying Officers to incidents. you will receive appropriate training to ensure dedicated to reducing crime across the North East and committed to working with partner organisations and If an operational role is not for you there are also you can carry out your job and serve our the public to make a real difference in local communities. opportunities in one of the support departments including: communities with confidence. Business Support Each role requires different types of training, for In a typical day Northumbria Police: Corporate Communications example a new Police Officer will learn about Finance the law, how they use it as part of their duties, Human Resources and how to keep members of the public and Information, Communication and Technologies • Receives 3,395 phone calls; • Makes 187 arrests; Legal themselves safe through Officer Safety training. • Handles 628 “999” calls; • Travels 44,000 miles; Professional Standards Staff and volunteers will also receive training Volunteers specific for their role, for example Detention • Deals with 1,539 incidents; • Records 154 sets of fingerprints; and Officers will learn about the responsibilities • Investigates 207 crimes; • Takes 39 DNA samples. of the job which includes training in aspects of Health and Safety and First Aid. 4 5 AREA COMMANDS WHY I LOVE WORKING FOR THE POLICE Northumbria Police provides a comprehensive policing service to communities across the North East via three Area Commands. Sarah - Business Support Administrator Sav - Chief Inspector I joined Northumbria Police in 2007 as a Support Services I joined Northumbria Police in 1993 and have since enjoyed a wide The area command includes the large urban areas Administrator in the Protecting Vulnerable People (PVP) section. variety of roles as a police officer, and gained significant project Before this I worked as a training Officer for a local bank so management and leadership experience. During my career I have Central Area Command adjoining the coast and riverside, such as Wallsend, North Central area command covers policing in my role in PVP was totally different. I then spent a year as a HR worked within 24/7 response, CID, Crime Teams, Neighbourhood Shields, Tynemouth and Whitley Bay, as well as responsibility Administrator and then joined Sunderland Area Command Policing Teams and Motor Patrols. I have also worked in roles Gateshead and Newcastle. for other well-established communities including Forest providing administrative support to CID. involving strategy and policy, including a posting as a Staff Officer to Hall and Longbenton to the west and Dudley and the Deputy Chief Constable. I’ve recently been offered the chance to become a Community Gateshead Annitsford to the north. Central area command covers the local authority area of Engagement Officer and I’m really excited about this opportunity. There are many different roles in the police service with opportunities to work in a variety of specialist areas. This has Gateshead Council. Gateshead has a population of around I’ve enjoyed all of my roles and love working for Northumbria Northumberland enabled me to develop my skills both in operational policing and 190,000 and includes the large retail and commercial Police as it allows me to interact with so many different people Northumberland Area Command has a total land area senior management. businesses at both the Team Valley Trading Estate and the of just under 2000 sq miles, with a population of 311,000. and undertake so many different activities such as supporting investigations by transcribing tapes and researching offenders on Throughout my career I have relished the challenges and MetroCentre. It is crossed by the busy A1 Western by-pass. It extends south from Berwick upon Tweed towards As well as policing the urban areas of Gateshead, Felling, the national database. I’m really looking forward to my new role opportunities available. The police service offers you the chance Cramlington and west to Haltwhistle. where I’ll be working closely with local communities. I don’t think I to make a difference, to help people on a daily basis, and to play a and Blaydon, the area has responsibility for other well- could have experienced so much anywhere else. rewarding and satisfying role in our communities. established communities including Birtley and Whickham The Area Command is the largest in England and Wales and the more rural areas of Rowlands Gill and Chopwell. in terms of area and due to its unrivalled coast line and Central area command is also proud to include one of the castles such as Alnwick, Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh, and Lyndsey - Assistant Force Solicitor Dave - Detective constable largest Jewish communities in the country. tourist attractions such as Holy Island, the Cheviots and After gaining my law degree I went on to complete a Masters in I joined Northumbria Police in 1994 and for the first three years of Hadrian’s Wall attracting more than a million visitors from Commercial Law. Thereafter I completed my solicitor’s training my career I was a 24/7 emergency response Police Officer. I then Newcastle all over the globe contract within a private practice law firm in Newcastle and joined the Retail Crime Team which I really loved and later became Newcastle Area Command covers the local authority qualified as a solicitor in September 2007. a Detective in CID. I moved around the Crime department area of Newcastle City Council. It has a population of dealing with a wide range of serious crimes such as murders and I joined Northumbria Police in 2008 as an Assistant Force Solicitor around 280,000 and both the main road and rail links high profile investigations. I’ve worked in a Major Crime Team, within the Legal Department. pass through the area command which has responsibility Intelligence, Reactive and Proactive CID. Southern Area Command I really enjoy working for Northumbria Police because each day for Newcastle International Airport, Newcastle United Central area command covers policing in Football Club, Newcastle Falcons rugby ground and is different; from providing a wide variety of legal advice across Newcastle Racecourse. South Tyneside and Sunderland. the various departments of the force to attending court or even I love being a Detective for Northumbria Police because the delivering mini training sessions to officers and staff. diversity of roles on offer is so wide and the nature of being a Detective is so stimulating and challenging. I’m able to spend time South Tyneside The work is very interesting and I can never predict what matter This area includes the vibrant city centre of Newcastle really investigating crimes and getting into the detail, identifying South Tyneside Area Command covers the local authority will arise on a particular day. I certainly don’t think I would have with its vast retail, commercial, entertainment and perpetrators, gathering evidence and supporting victims. As a area of South Tyneside Council.