Q. How will 'insider knowledge help us succeed?

By providing you with insider knowledge from current serving police officers and police recruitment staff. This will ensure that you are fully prepared for every stage of the police recruitment process.

The traditional belief was (still is in many cases) that the only real way to gain an advantage in the whole process was by having a member of your family or a friend who had been through the police recruitment process and new what to expect.
 

Q. Does everyone who applies have an equal chance of success?

Many candidates fall into the trap of believing that everyone who applies to the police has an equal chance of becoming a police officer. While its must be stated that the police recruitment process itself is very fair and equal and people from all walks of life and all backgrounds are encouraged to apply not all applicants who apply have an equal chance of success.

You are competing against all the other candidates who have applied at every single part of the police recruitment process and if you are not using the insider information then chances are they will well be.

The difference between you and the competition will be that you will have prepared based on what you will think will happen but they will have prepared based on what they know will happen. So the question arises "Why leave anything to chance when you don't have to?"
 

Q. How can this website help me improve my chances of success?

The rapid development of the internet and websites like this one now enable candidates like yourself greater access to what is called insider knowledge.

This type of insider information allows you to really discover what happens throughout the police recruitment process, how you will be marked before you even begin and thereby enabling you to prepare more effectively.
The better prepared you are, the stronger your answers will be, the higher marks you will score and the more likely you are to stand out from the other candidates and become a police officer.

If you have a question you would like addressing please send an email to info@howtobecomeapoliceofficer.org.uk and we will respond to you and add it to this page so that other applicants can benefit from the response.