West Midlands Police

police constable

Varied day to day Full on Busy everyday Learning all the time Chance to make more friends

Role is as expected and exciting. Constantly learning through on the job hours as well as university inputs.

I feel as though the apprenteship is very good, you earn a full salary whilst earing a degree for free! You get to learn on the job whilst earing your degree.

my role involved studying and passing exams then going out and learning the trade and developing my own policing style and reacting to what was in front of me , this was something entirely rewarding . Day to day you would not know what you would deal wit...

3 The job is exciting and you always learn something new, however as a mother of three; the job, degree, workload and portfolio can be overwhelming.

its not too bad but the workload can get too much

Its alright. I don't like the workload aspect.

Everything provided by the role is supportive and well suited. All staff and other members of the force help you when needed and guide you in the right direction. The university provides clear direction and support to achieving your goals and meeting the...

My role involves attending to reports of crime and dealing with what I see in front of me. It is safeguarding victims and witnesses and dealing with offenders.

Upgrading devices, working on Service Desk, phoning users to help and resolving Microsoft, Windows or Android style tickets. I also do many site visits across the force to assist in IT related issues / projects.

A usual day within my apprenticeship changes depending on which part of the rotation we are on as we access 4 departments however some tasks such as booking in receiving and making movements of exhibits remain the same.

Mobile phone extractions, interactions with OIC's, answering phone calls, answering door calls.

Currently, my day to day job involves getting acquisitions from devices in our case queue using advanced tools. sometimes we are also tasked with doing urgent jobs that come in.

My role is within the Polices IT and Digital department helping out with IT Support to the Police officers and staff, this includes, dealing with incidents and requests, delivering services and aiding with IT issues and IT Customer services, to ensure the...

I work on the SAT (scene attendance team) and this role requires me to triage devices either at scene or a police station. Triage involves examining devices to determine the urgency in which a device has to be submitted to the lab or equally what devices...