West Yorkshire Police
Location
West Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
DC Farooq Ahmed tells us about his role with Crime Division at West Yorkshire Police. Farooq talks about how he started his career as a uniformed officer, and through attachment to a role in CID dealing with Serious and Organised Crime how that lead to his current position. He goes on to talk about the variety of options available to officers, and how the option to study allows access to different managerial roles. DC Farooq also talks about some of the negatives of working for the Police, but also how for him, the positives outweigh the negatives.
DC Shakil Ahmed discusses his experiences of being a Detective Constable and his experiences of working for the police over his current 14 year career.
PC Akash talks about his career as Police Officer so far and gives his advice to anyone who is considering applying to join the Force.
Inspector Najma Akram talks about being a Police Officer for West Yorkshire Police and particularly what it's like to be a woman working for the Force. She talks about the various roles she has had within the Force over her twenty years with the Force. She also talks about some of the misconceptions about being a female Police Officer.
Inspector Nicola Brown talks about being a Police Officer for West Yorkshire Police and particularly what it's like to be a woman working for the Force.
PC Sara-Jayne Edkins of the West Yorkshire Police Leeds District Off Road Motorcyclist Team talks about her role within the force. The pros and cons of being a Police officer and talks about the opportunities for women available within the Force.
ACC Catherine Hankinson talks about her role at West Yorkshire Police being responsible for the Operational Support department. ACC Hankinson explains the variety of roles in the Operational Support department, from Roads Policing, through to the Air Support Unit, Police Dogs, Horses and more.
Trainee Bobbie Hudson is a student officer, training to be a Detective Constable. She talks about why she applied to join West Yorkshire Police and her experiences so far.
PC Amreen Iqbal talks about her role within West Yorkshire Police. Amreen originally joined West Yorkshire Police as a Special Constable, before joining as a Police Officer.
Sergeant Anna Law talks about being a Police Officer for West Yorkshire Police and particularly what it's like to be a woman working for the Force.
Chief Inspector Helen Madden talks about being a Police Officer for West Yorkshire Police and particularly what it's like to be a woman working for the Force. She talks about the various roles she has had within the Force, and also discusses how she manages childcare and talks about also her work life balance. Helen also talks about some of the misconceptions about being a female Police Officer.
PC Dharmesh Mistry talks about his role at West Yorkshire Police as a Internal Quality Assurer within the Central Assessment Unit. He talks about why he joined the Force, where he started out, his previous roles and the career path he took - moving into the training world, becoming a tutor and on to become an Internal Quality Assurer.
Inspector Claire Patterson talks about being a Police Officer for West Yorkshire Police and particularly what it's like to be a woman working for the Force.
PC Rahmaan talks about his experience so far working as an officer for West Yorkshire Police and gives his advice to anyone who is considering applying to join the Force.
PC Nuno Da Silva discusses his experience of the DHEP programme at West Yorkshire Police and why you should consider applying to become a Police Officer.
Police Constable Muhammad Tahir talks about being a Police Officer for West Yorkshire Police.
PC Gemma Wilkins talks about her role within the Positive Action Team here at West Yorkshire Police. She explains what her role involves, and how as part of her role Gemma assists people when applying to become a Police Officer - from online recruitment sessions to events out in the community. Gemma talks about how she became inspired to become a Police Officer along with some of the positives and negatives of being a Police Officer.
Tanya talks about the day-to-day aspects of the role, and explains the reasons why she joined West Yorkshire Police. She goes on to explain the advantages of being an officer and talks about the various roles available within the Force. Tanya highlights some of the disadvantages too and also some of the common misconceptions about being a woman in policing.
In the below video some of our Safer Schools Officers and the teachers from the schools they work in, talk about the role. When a student officer has passed their probationary period they can apply to specialist roles, such as Safer Schools.
Page last reviewed January 2024.
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