Police Officer

Authorised Firearms Officers - Home Office Forces only

 
Constable
Full Time

AFO Transferee Advert June 2020 

We are seeking Home Office Authorised Firearms Officers to join our Operational Policing Unit (OPU) within Warwickshire Police.

We are currently located within the West Midlands Region and have a number of vacancies at the Warwickshire OPU base in Leek Wootton.

Our OPU sits within the Operations Department, which also includes Roads Policing, Dog Section and Firearms Training Unit, providing opportunities to develop.

As an Authorised Firearms Officer with Warwickshire Police, you will:

  • Provide 24/7 Armed Response cover
  • Provide Tactical Team support to armed operations, on a call-out basis
  • Contribute to road safety, by traffic enforcement and support to Roads Policing colleagues
  • Respond to emergency calls, supporting Local Policing
  • Work a 4 on / 4 off 12hr shift pattern, which includes a two-week training and support period of 8hr days (You will be expected to provide some on-call Tactical Team Support in this period)

The successful candidate will:

  • Be current in all NPFTC modules contained within the ARV role profile
  • Be able to achieve Level 9.4 Job Reflated Fitness Test (JRFT)
  • Be medically fit and able to pass the AFO medical
  • Be serving in a recognised Home Office Force
  • Display full competence against the Policing Professional Framework
  • Provide a training record, endorsed by their current CFI.

Relocation expenses are payable, subject to eligibility.

For more information about the role or for an informal discussion, please contact either the Warwickshire CFI;

Sgt Wayne Jones wayne.jones@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk

or the DCFI;

Sgt Carl Beaumont carl.beaumont@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk

                                                                         Disability Confident

This opportunity is closed to applications.