Transferees
Durham Constabulary are not currently accepting transferee applications.
Stuart Thompson
Police Constable
Professional Development Unit
Criteria to transfer
- Be a police officer in a Home Office Force or the British Transport Police.
- Have completed your probationary period.
- Be able to meet the national standards in medical criteria
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- Have a good sickness record
- Have no outstanding complaints or discipline matters and a history that indicates high professional standards and conduct.
- Be financially solvent.
How to apply
Selection Process
- We will review your application to ensure it meets our criteria.
- We will write to your force for copies of your personal records, conduct record and appraisals if not already provided.
- We will ask you to complete a medical questionnaire and also forward a copy of your Occupational Health Records to our Occupational Health Unit.
- If you have met the requirements you will be asked to have the information provided on the medical questionnaire validated by your GP, then invited for interview.
- The interview lasts for 40 minutes and allows the opportunity for you to evidence your skills and abilities in the role of a uniform PC in Durham Constabulary.
- You will be told of the outcome after the interview and if successful, subject to a satisfactory medical exam with the nurse, you will be offered an appointment.
- Once successful at interview transferees will be allocated a place on the next available course.
Firearms officers in Durham Constabulary
Durham Constabulary does not have a centralised Firearms Unit. The majority of AFO`s are posted to the RPU providing or backfilling the ARV function.
Durham Constabulary is half way through a `joint project` with our neighbouring force Cleveland Police with a view to achieving harmonisation and greater interoperability in the provision of operational firearms services. The project aims to achieve standardisation of all policies, procedures and equipment ranging from the firearms used by and personal protection equipment issued to all AFO`s across both forces. For 6 years AFO`s of both forces have trained together and `harmonising` operational practices is seen as a natural progression of this close working relationship.
The project will culminate in the submission of a business case to the Executive officers of both forces. One of the options presented in this business case will be to create a `joint` full time firearms unit with Cleveland Police, but this is outside the remit of the current project.
Transferring to Durham as an AFO?
Transferring to Durham Constabulary can only happen at a time when the force is recruiting. There is no direct route to transfer as an AFO to bypass the normal transfer application process.
However at the time of transfer to Durham Constabulary, if there are any vacancies within a firearms role, you may be able to retain and enhance your aquired firearms skills within the force, subject to satisfactory assessment by our Chief Firearms Instructor.
Acquiring AFO status within Durham Constabulary.
On joining Durham Constabulary any officer who is not a current AFO will be able to apply to become an AFO in response to any advertised vacancy for such. The success of any initial application to become an AFO will be dependant on the officer meeting all of the requirements of the following selection criteria.
- Successful completion of probationary period.
- Written application fully supported by Supervision and Area Commander.
- Health Screening by the Force Health Management Unit.
- Physical fitness test/Assessment.
- A firearms assessment day overseen by the force Chief Firearms Instructor.
- Final Interview.
Any officer requiring further information in relation to becoming a firearms officer within Durham Constabulary should, in the first instance, contact the Firearms Logistics Department at Police HQ Durham on 0191-3752109/3752366 or Inspector Ken Cook (Ken.cook@durham.pnn.police.uk) or Sgt Jon Curtis (Jon.curtis@durham.pnn.police.uk)
