Careers

The Police Service of Northern Ireland employs approximately 7,500 full-time regular police officers and 2,700 police staff.  We are committed to creating a police service that reflects the diversity of the community we serve.  We must use the skills and talents of all our police officers and staff to make Northern Ireland a safer place for all.

Whether you are interested in becoming a police officer or a member of police staff, we can offer you an exciting and challenging career with a competitive reward package and opportunities for development.

The Report of the Independent Commission on Policing (the Patten Report) recommended that an independent, professional recruitment agency should operate the Police Service recruitment process.  As a result, Deloitte (previously referred to as The Consensia Partnership) manage police officer recruitment and a specialist division of Grafton Recruitment manages police staff recruitment.

This section gives an overview of what careers the Police Service has to offer and how you can make an application.