C3 Delays & Updates

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Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

1. (a) Has Campaign 2 been exhausted and officially closed or are there some candidates from this campaign that you are still to offer a start date to before beginning with C3 candidates?
1 (b) Has anyone from C3 been given a start date or induction date yet?

2. Can you provide any updates or information regarding the review that is taking place in connection with the cheating scandal? Estimated time of completion, any outcomes or decisions so far, consequences for C3 candidates etc?

3. If all 5 stages have been passed and the candidate has a score of 75% and higher, how high of a possibility is there for a job offer?

4. With regard to the current delay that's occurring, would candidates potentially have to redo any stages due to the validity running out after 6 months? The earliest to run out of validity would be fitness and it would be December.. would the delay potentially last that long?

Yours faithfully,

Michelle King

Police Service of Northern Ireland

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22nd August 2016

Dear Ms King ,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 20th August
2016 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
on 20th August 2016.  I note you seek access to the following information:

 

Recruitment Campaigns 2 and 3

 

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Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

Just a reminder that a response is still due with the deadline being today.

Yours faithfully,

Michelle King

Police Service of Northern Ireland

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Subject:        FOI-2016-01066
21st September 2016

Dear Ms Michelle King ,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 20th August
2016 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on 20th
August 2016 concerning:

Recruitment Campaigns 2 and 3

I regret to inform you the Police Service of Northern Ireland have not
been able to respond to your request within the statutory timescale. 

I now advise you that the amended date for a response is 30th September
2016. I can assure you that every effort will be made to respond to your
request within this new timescale.

May I apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any queries
regarding your request please do not hesitate to contact me on 028 9070
0164.  When contacting the Freedom of Information Team, please quote the
reference number listed at the beginning of this email.

 

Yours sincerely,

Tracey

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Unit
PSNI HQ Brooklyn

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Subject:        FOI-2016-01066
19th September 2016

Dear Ms Michelle King ,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 20th August
2016 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on  20th
August 2016 concerning:

Recruitment Campaigns 2 and 3

 

Please find attached response to your request.

 

Yours sincerely

Tracey

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Unit
PSNI HQ Brooklyn

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Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

Thank you very much for the response, it was very informative. However, may I ask that you revisit the final question with a different approach perhaps. If one's fitness validity were to expire on 15th December and one has not yet begun employment, would one have to redo this test or will there perhaps be some form of extension on the validity or a "freeze" applied to the validity as was to recruitment?

Yours faithfully,

Michelle King

Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

Can you also clarify how many candidates in total from C2 that you are still intending to take on?

Yours faithfully,

Michelle King