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Hi, we were shocked yesterday when our son came home teary-eyed to tell us that he had been approached by two younger boys on scooters, one of whom had a knife in his pocket.

The boy with the knife showed our son the blade, so he knew it was a knife. The other boy, who our son has had altercations with before, said, “You’d better run, or he will stab you!”

My son ran up the road, away from these younger boys, and into a shop. The boys soon dispersed, and my son then ran back home.

The altercation is a follow on from a fight between one of my sons friends and because my son was there the time before, he's now an enemy to these others boys.

It's scary to see how these things escalate

What do I do? I want to report this to the police but I'm really scared it will come back to my son.

They're only kids and we live in a what most would say a nice area!

For other info, we think we know where one of the boys live, it's not the boy with the knife, but the one who mentioned the other boy would stab him. Nasty words, we know he's been expelled from a primary school in the past too.

Please, any advice would be very much appreciated 🙏

from people who have done and completed the recruitment stage and became an officer
how hard did you find the OAC as i have one upcoming and it wonder how i can do well in it and hopefully pass any advice would be great

Can buying £100 of additional police pension every month from the month you join be very beneficial?

Officers, what does local resolution of a complaint actually look like from your side? Is it generally just an informal chat, or does anything usually happen behind the scenes?

As title says looking for some info on the special constable route, I have a toddler and a stable job just now but always wanted to join the police the special route seems a good insight into policing without leaving my current job and taking the leap, is it worth while applying to be a special and see what the jobs like?

Hi all,

I’m starting residential training to become a PC soon, does anyone have any advice? Things I should bring or leave behind?
I’m a female so my hair will be scraped in a bun every day, so any advice on how to help my hair not frazzle off will also be appreciated!

TIA

Does my reference from my current employer have to be hr or can I use one of my shift leaders as a reference?

Hello legends, I was a 6 year PC and I’m looking to go to Essex as a rejoiner, I was considering the met but I’ve been told to run a mile from it, Essex would actually be a shorter commute and my new Mrs lives there too.

I’ve put down Loughton and Harlow NHPT as my top choices for location and department, but I’d be happy to go response too.

Any of you work over that way and can tell me a bit about what it like working there? E.G morale, workloads, promotion opportunities and what it’s like getting courses, I was response and IPP (still in ticket) but I was waiting for taser and L2

Just wondering how much longer I should expect to wait for an offer / contract? Passed vetting mid September, medical passed in June, reference all sent off in June. I was told by recruitment I was now just waiting on final checks and if passed they'd send my details for a contract / offer from HR.

I thought once vetting had passed I'd be clear- but it's been three weeks and not had anything through yet. Met police staff role.

Also presuming it means someone has said everything is ok and now just requires additional senior sign off?