Bike Police

bonehead · Scooby Slapper Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Karma :

Im really interested in finding out about joining the traffic police bike dept.
Im really looking for a career change and think I would really enjoy this (revenge on cagers).Can anybody give me any information as I have already looked up all the recruitment sites but cant find anything about traffic division.
does anybody know much about this and how it all works?

Bezzer · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Karma :

You won't be able to just join Traffic. Everyone has to start at the bottom so to speak then specialise after you have some service and experience. Might as well forget traffic there's next to bugger all of them nowadays, the majority of forces have run them right down in proportion to the increase of tossers you see now on the roads. Even the motorways are now being patrolled by the Highway Agency "Police" with regular police just there as a token presence.
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loply · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Karma :

As far as I understand you need to be a normal cop for 2 years before you can join traffic division, and you need to be in traffic division for a while before you can become a bike cop.

But don't quote me as I could be completely wrong.
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Bezzer · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Karma :

The 2 years probation period is right, but it takes a fair bit longer to get into the specialised departments as everyone else is also trying to escape to them, so join the queue. Mr. Green

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85rob · Derestricted Danger Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Karma :

youve got to be in the police force for at least two years and and then i think u can do some specialised training then apply for a position when there available

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XS1954 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Karma :

Traffic Police are pretty much a thing of the past. It is now "Roads Policing" which basically means you respond to the same jobs as beat officers, ie fights, domestics etc etc. The only difference is that you would also be the first choice patrol to attend accidents etc.

You would need to do your 2 years as already mentioned and then apply for positions as they come available. The problem is that to get into Roads Policing you need to be a class 1 advanced driver.

That sort of training is generally not provided for beat officer duties.

In short these specialist areas are fairly difficult to get in but your real problem is actually joining in the first place.

Who knows what will happen in 2-3 years though. There are talks of police force mergers to drastically reduce the current number.

One day it may all be the Met.
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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

I remember in Manchester a couple of months ago literally 30 police on 50cc peds at some traffic lights... was bloody awesome Very Happy

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natv4 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Karma :

I believe the MET get £29K which is not so bad.
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

National pay is as follows:-

Starting 19,803
Wk 31 22,107
2 23,388
3 24,819
4 25,599
5 26,421
6 27,147
7 27,849
8 28,740
9 29,781
10 30,477
11 31,092*

So basically £22k once out of training. Add £6219 for a London weighting. Also free rail travel in London for the met. Overtime is pretty good (especially good fiddles to be had there, such as the time off in leiu schemes). 22 to 30 days holiday depending on length of service.

All the best

Keith
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instigator · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Karma :

T.C, a member on this board is a retired traffic policeman, with some 20 years of experience behind him.

He should be able to put you right. Although he doesn't post a lot here. I believe he got in a little quicker than most because he had contacts that were in the same field but usually, it takes you a good few (5?) years to get anywhere near a bike. Seems everybody wants to be a policeman these days so that no doubt makes it harder to get in in the 1st place.