Considering a Police Career

Abstract

A career in the police, or any organisation, can begin before an application form is obtained and completed. Expectations of future work, based on information from a variety of sources, some of which may be at variance with reality, construct a picture of us at work, albeit in our imagination. Perhaps we mull-over the way in which we will undertake our work, the style we will adopt, the values we hope to espouse. Questions about relationships between ethnic minority and majority colleagues might also figure in our thinking.