Miss last night’s Weekly Police Recruitment Workshop?
Did you miss last night’s weekly Police Recruitment Workshop?
We covered so many subjects:
Vetting, Interview Technique, The NEW OAC Stage 3 Briefing…
And so much more!
Here’s the recording!
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