Do you have what it takes to become a police officer? John talks to student officer Simon Redman The Safer West Mercia Podcast

PCC John Campion talks to student police officer Simon Redman about police recruitment and training and his aspirations for his future. 

Simon is 36 and has been in training for around a year, he talks to John about his experience of joining the police force,  training with Dyslexia and the best routes for entry.  Simon, who spent his early career as an electrician,  also explains how one single episode in his life gave him the inspiration to join up as a volunteer special officer, and later, the will to apply four times to become a regular officer. 

West Mercia Police has successfully recruited an additional 105 officers, and is on target to recruit 93 officers by March 2021, meaning that it  has 116 more officers than this time last year.
Find out more about joining West Mercia Police: https://www.westmercia.police.uk/police-forces/west-mercia-police/areas/west-mercia/ca/careers/