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Are you looking for a challenge in a state institution that stands for law and order, equality, openness, responsibility, reliability and trust? Then start your career with us. As a police commissioner, you've come to the right place!
Police officers ...
- are all-round professionals
- work in a team
- are always approachable
- represent law and order
- keep themselves physically and mentally fit
We rely on your ...
Team spirit - everyone must be able to rely on each other. Not only in dangerous situations, but also in everyday life. At the same time, our teamwork offers space to develop your personality.
Communication skills - You often have to act quickly and flexibly. Your communication and improvisation skills are in demand. Empathy is a great help here.
Resilience - You should have good athletic ability and skills in endurance, strength, speed, agility and coordination. Stress resistance and the ability to deal with conflict help to absorb psychological stress.
Neutrality - You must apply justice and the law. Unrestricted neutrality is the highest good.
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THAT'S WHAT WE OFFER!
What we stand for
Equality, equal opportunities, protection against discrimination and the recognition of individual differences are binding guidelines for us - not only with regard to your studies. These values and convictions also play an important role in our assignments. In addition, we make you very specific offers that you can hardly refuse:
- Exciting and responsible jobs - After your studies and initial employment, many paths are open to you. You have a wide range of opportunities for employment and specialization.
- good money - During your studies you will receive around €1,000 (net) per month. After your studies, your starting salary will be around € 2,500 (gross). You are guaranteed to be taken on after your training. Your medical expenses will be covered - and later you will receive a pension.
- secure job - After three years of service, you will be appointed as a civil servant for life. You will progress through the civil service career path of the higher civil service.
- equal opportunities - Women and men are integrated at all hierarchical levels with equal opportunities. There are no differences in pay.
- No discrimination - We are home to people from different cultural backgrounds with different lifestyles and religions.
- Sports promotion - Are you in a national or state squad, an Olympic discipline or a member of a selection team? Then your training can be individually adapted to your training and competition schedule and extended to five years.
Develop your potential!
Patrol duty? Investigation service? Task force? After your studies and your first assignment, you have many options. You can specialize in different areas of work. For example, in the investigative service of a criminal investigation department, in the special units, as a service dog handler, in the helicopter squadron, police riding squadron or as a teacher in basic and advanced training. It's up to you to make something of it.
Now it's time to get started!
Your apprenticeship starts on September 1 and lasts three years.
You will study at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in the Police Enforcement Service department. You will train to become a police commissioner on a Bachelor's degree course. In theory, training and practice, you will be optimally prepared for your profession. Once you have passed the examination, the university of applied sciences will award you the academic degree "Bachelor of Arts". During your studies, you will go through a wide variety of exercises in our training centers and gain your first practical experience in the patrol service of your training authority. After completing your studies, you will start at a district police authority. This can also be your training authority. You can specify your preferred locations, but the assignment will be based on official requirements. Your marital status and other social criteria will be taken into account. As a rule, you will initially spend several years on guard duty at a police station. You will work alternating early, late and night shifts. If you are assigned to the district police authorities in Aachen, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Mönchengladbach, Münster, Recklinghausen and Wuppertal, you can transfer to a riot police unit for two years after one year on guard duty.
If you are not assigned to your desired location immediately after completing your training, you have the opportunity to take part in the nationwide transfer procedure.
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YOU NEED THIS!
Your requirements
- Successfully completed selection procedure
- German nationality or nationality of another member state of the European Union (1.)
- You have not yet reached the age of 37 by the recruitment date (September 1)
- No previous convictions, no pending criminal or preliminary proceedings
- General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur), an equivalent level of education (e.g. full entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences) or completion of advanced vocational training in accordance with BBiHZVO (2.)
- Six years of English lessons (or four years with an increased number of lessons) or a certificate for an examination taken in accordance with the European Framework of Reference for Languages, level B 1 (corresponds to the level of achievement in grade 10, secondary level I)
- German sports badge (at least bronze), not older than twelve months at the time of application, including an age-dependent endurance exercise. Youths: 800-meter or endurance/cross-country run, adults: 3,000-meter or 10,000-meter run (3rd)
- German lifeguard badge in bronze, German swimming badge in gold or German youth swimming badge in gold (depending on age), which is not older than twenty-four months at the time of application. Otherwise, proof must be submitted by July 1st of the year of employment
- Driving license class B or accompanied driving license from the age of 17 for vehicles with manual transmission, obtained by 01.07. of the year of recruitment. The category B driving license must be obtained by 01.05. of the following year
- Minimum height: 163 cm (women and men)
- Body mass index: not smaller than 18 and larger than 27.5
- Fitness for police service from a police medical point of view (4.)
- Willingness to stand up for the free democratic basic order
- Character and mental dispositions suitable for police service
- Lifestyle in orderly economic circumstances
1. Special requirements apply to applicants with non-EU citizenship. In principle, only those who are German within the meaning of Article 116 of the Basic Law or who are nationals of another member state of the European Union may be appointed as civil servants. However, other nationals may also be appointed to the police service if there is an urgent official need to recruit the applicant. This requirement is generally met if the selection procedure has been successfully completed, a high proportion of the population of the relevant nationality lives in North Rhine-Westphalia, the applicant speaks the respective home language as well as German and if a residence/residence permit for the Federal Republic of Germany is available.
2. The BBiHZVO regulates the "Access to the Bachelor's degree program at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration NRW" for professionally qualified persons. Please therefore note our information on the application procedure on the applicant portal.
3. Proof of the acquisition of the German Sports Badge can only be recognized if it was issued by organizations, institutions or other organizers that are authorized to issue certificates. Some district police authorities also offer the German Sports Badge for police applicants. Please contact your local police station for more information. Proof of having acquired the German Lifeguard Badge can only be recognized if it has been issued by organizations, institutions or other organizers that are authorized to issue certificates. These are, for example, the German Life Saving Society, the Water Rescue Service of the German Red Cross and the Workers' Samaritan Federation. The German (youth) swimming badge in gold can be taken by certified lifeguards in your swimming pool. Please contact your pool in good time to clarify the acceptance modalities.
4. The police medical examination also includes the documentation and assessment of body jewelry (tattoos, piercings, ...). Please therefore note our "Notes on the assessment of body jewelry" in the information on the application procedure on the applicant portal.
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You have to overcome these hurdles
Our selection process consists of several stages: the pre-selection, the PC test, an assessment center, the police medical examination and the post-selection. Once you have successfully completed all stages, you are almost part of the team.
The documents you submit with your application will be checked as part of the "pre-selection" process. If necessary, you will be asked to provide further documents. You will undergo the PC test and the police medical examination at the Münster training center of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Office for Police Training, Further Training and Personnel Affairs (LAFP NRW). You will be invited electronically by the LAFP NRW.
The PC test checks your analytical skills, your learning ability, your memory and your (written) communication skills. The test lasts around two hours and consists of various groups of tasks. The tasks deal with word analogies, figure sequences, number symbols, syllogisms, spelling and punctuation as well as your memory. You should prepare well for this test. Specialist literature in which the types of tasks are presented is available in bookshops. The PC test is followed by a "formal interview". Here your application documents will be checked for completeness. Among other things, you must state whether you have tattoos or whether criminal proceedings are currently pending against you. You will then receive the result of the PC test. If you pass this test, you will have to take another computer-based test to check your reaction speed, attention and ability to concentrate. If you fail a test, the selection process is initially over for you. You can then reapply for the following recruitment year at the earliest.
You will complete the assessment center at one of our recruitment and training authorities in Aachen, Bielefeld, Bonn, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Cologne or Münster. You will be invited by the respective authority. Where you attend the assessment center depends on where you live. If you live outside North Rhine-Westphalia, a selection authority for the assessment center will be determined together with you. During the selection process, you will only be invited to the subsequent stages if you have successfully passed the previous stage. Your social and communication skills will be tested in the assessment center. You will have to complete two role plays, give a presentation and take part in an interview. The first role-play is a conflict discussion that you have to conduct with a trained role-player (police officer). The aim is to deal with a conflict that may arise in a police environment. This interview lasts about five minutes. You will have 15 minutes to prepare for the following presentation. It is about current everyday topics. The presentation should last about five minutes. In the second role play, the situation in a police headquarters management office (comparable to a secretariat) is simulated. Here you have to process written documents and respond to telephone calls. In the final interview, you will be asked to talk about your previous educational and/or professional development and answer questions about your career motivation and other aspects of the police profession.
The police medical examination
This medical check-up checks whether you are fit for police duty. Among other things, your hearing and eyesight as well as your physical fitness (ECG) will be tested. Your height will also be measured and your body mass index determined. Finally, you will be examined by a police doctor. It is possible that further specialist medical reports may be required. However, this will be discussed with you in detail.
Once you have successfully completed all sections up to this point, your application will be processed further as part of the so-called "post-selection" process. All documents will be checked again for completeness and accuracy. If necessary, you will be asked to submit documents again. Depending on your result in the selection process, you will also receive further information in this section about a possible appointment to the police civil service of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Questions? Ask!
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the recruitment department at your local authority or the central applicant support office at the LAFP in Münster on 0251 7795-5353 or send us an email: polizeiberuf [at] polizei.nrw.de. You can also contact the recruiter responsible for you directly. Here is the link:
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Many opportunities, many tasks, do a lot of good.
In the police service, we think in terms of performance. We know from experience that good performance can only be achieved if our colleagues feel understood. That is why we focus on mutual appreciation and constructive debate in police work. We know no cultural or national barriers. And team performance is more than just the sum of individual achievements. We value a balanced relationship between professional and private life. This is the only way you can deliver the performance we expect and reward from you.
Develop your potential!
Patrol duty? Investigation service? Task force? After your studies and your first assignment, you have many options. You can specialize in different areas of work. For example, in the investigative service of a criminal investigation department, in the special units, as a service dog handler, in the helicopter squadron, police riding squadron or as a teacher in basic and advanced training. It's up to you to make something of it.
Police work is basically divided into the following areas:
Emergency response and operations as well as crime control and traffic accident prevention.
Danger prevention and deployment
Most police officers work on patrol duty. This patrol service is there for citizens around the clock: with the patrol car, motorcycle, bicycle or on foot. The missions you have to deal with on patrol duty are varied. You will record traffic accidents, secure the scene of the accident, secure evidence and traces and reconstruct the course of the accident. You will have to settle disputes, rescue people from emergency situations, protect endangered properties, stop vehicles, check people and vehicles, arrest and search people, secure or confiscate property, search buildings, pursue fleeing people and vehicles, question people, search for offenders, order blood samples and write reports. If you join a riot police unit, you will support the district police authorities and other federal states. For example, you will be deployed at demonstrations, soccer matches, nuclear transports and state visits. You should keep yourself physically fit by doing lots of sport. Special tasks require special knowledge and equipment. These include special units, police riders, service dog handlers, helicopter pilots and the water police. You can apply for these tasks after you have gained a few years of experience in patrol duty and in the riot police.
In the Criminal Investigation Department, you investigate crime scenes, secure evidence and traces, establish connections and interrogate perpetrators, witnesses and injured parties. You arrest perpetrators and solve crimes. The spectrum ranges from property and drug offenses, robbery and assault offenses, motor vehicle offenses and fraud, violent and sexual offenses, arson investigations, economic and computer crime to politically motivated crime.
Traffic accident investigation
An important task here is to prevent traffic accidents. Preventive traffic information and education should make the public aware of the risks and personal responsibility in road traffic. In addition, positive behavioral patterns should be conveyed and cooperative behavior should be emphasized. The target group for road safety education is primarily children, young adults and senior citizens. Another instrument is traffic monitoring. You check whether the traffic rules are being observed and whether vehicles meet the technical requirements. You also check whether drivers have drunk alcohol or taken drugs, whether they are wearing their seat belts and are not using their mobile phones. You check truck drivers for driving and rest periods, compliance with speed limits and safety distances.
All in all, the police service consists of extremely varied tasks in which you take on a lot of responsibility and can have a positive impact.
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