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Tough Ride Ahead For Wannabe Police Officers

Written by Pio Sioa
Saturday, 28 June 2008
RECRUITING : Assistant Police Commissioner Papali’i Li’o Masepa’u explains the process of recruitment. More than 400 applicants will be put through a whole series of tests where only 40 or so, are expected to finally emerge as new police recruits to be added to the force. The new constables will add to the more than 500 officers in the service including those who are away on international duties overseas. “The majority of the new applicants are boys but we do have girls as well,” Assistant Commissioner, Papali’i Li’o Masepa’u. “We have a lot of young people who want a career in the force as shown by the number of applications coming through every time we look to recruit new officers.” All applicants will be grounded on how to act and react as an officer by taking part in various scenarios where they have to argue the merits of a case under investigation. Pass this first step and next up will be an entrance examination . Survivors will then have to go through a tough physical test that involves pounding the road or climbing exercises for strength and stamina. Those who are still hanging on afterwards are then allowed to move to the final hurdle of a 3 months intensive training. “The numbers start dropping off all the way through even those who make it to the intensive course, so by the end we are left with about 40 or thereabouts who will join the force as constables.” The fresh new officers should be in the clear to become the new recruits for 2008 by next October when the process dust finally settles. “ The new recruits will fill in for officers who have left the force either by retirement or resignation. “We try to keep to a ceiling of just over 500 officers because of budget constraints, so our recruitment process depends on places we need to fill, that is why we don’t do it every year.” Comments (2) Subscribe to this comment's feed um huh??? written by Malia, July 01, 2008 okay i love the article and the people that are applying for the job, but what is going on with the headline...HELLO????.........i mean whats up with the WANNABES.....e magaia pega lae fai mai le headline " TOUGH RIDE AHEAD FOR FUTURE POLICE OFFICERS OR TOUGH RIDE AHEAD FOR NEW POLICE OFFICERS" you know something something like that.....i dont really like the haedline for this article...what if someone wrote " TOUGH RIDE AHEAD FOR WANNABE JOURNALISTS"..you know something like that..ele magaia ia au le faalogo aku ae fai lea kala e uma ai le fia apalai o le kagaka i ia kuaiga fai ga upu...oh well i know your just doing your job but do it with more diginity.. true true written by Mentz, July 05, 2008 Here Here I must agree with the above comment, Write comment Name Email Title Comment
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