Please note that due to the current reduction in the recruitment requirements for Central Scotland, Lothian and Borders and Tayside Police, and the high number of applications that have been received, no further applications for Police Constables will be accepted by these Forces at present. Any changes to this position will be notified on the appropriate section of the relevent Force Website.

Central Scotland Police, Fife Constabulary, Lothian & Borders Police, and Tayside Police are currently running a Shared Recruitment Service Pilot where all applications to these Forces will be processed at the Scottish Police College.

If you’re looking for a varied career where teamwork and job satisfaction are the order of the day, then we’d like to meet you.

We look for people who can:

• Communicate instructions and decisions clearly, and can communicate to a variety of audiences across a range of issues.
• Build good relationships with members of our communities.
• Take responsibility for your own actions and can tackle a range of issues and problems.
• Stay calm, confident and logical in sensitive and problematic situations.
• Gather accurate information from a range of sources to help understand situations and resolve problems.
• Identify potential issues and consider alternatives.
• Understand different perspectives and take them into account.
• Work well in a team and build relationships within teams.

All applicants will be treated fairly and without bias regardless of ethnic origin, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital, family or part-time status or staff association/trade union membership/non membership/activities. However applicants for police officer must meet the minimum recruitment requirements as specified.

The Scottish Police Service strives to reflect the needs of the community it serves by employing more female Police officers and representatives from ethnic minority communities.

We welcome applications from all under represented groups and work closely with the membership of the following groups;

• Supporting Ethnic Minority Police staff for Equality in Race (www.semperscotland.org.uk),
• Women’s Development Forum
• Gay Police Association (www.gay.police.uk) or their Scottish section (www.gpascotland.com).

Further information

All the information you will need in relation to the recruitment process is contained within this website.  Please follow the links on the left menu to access the information you require.

If you require further information on Police Recruitment please contact us.