Police transfers
Constables
The Police Service does not normally have a direct transfer mechanism at the rank of Constable because of the current temporary legislation governing appointment to the Service at this rank ("50/50" as per paragraph 46 (1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000), but serving officers can, and do, apply through the external recruitment process.
If successful, training is condensed and service is usually carried forward from the previous force.
It should be noted that the Police Service has on occasions in the past sought 'set-aside' to this legislation to allow direct recruitment of Detective Constables from the United Kingdom to address an exceptional organisational skills shortage in this area. When such processes occur they are advertised in national police publications, however there are no plans to repeat this process in the short term.
Other ranks
The temporary legislation governing appointment to the Service applies at Constable rank only, and in the past the Police Service has run direct lateral transfer processes at the rank of Sergeant and Inspector. There are no plans to run these again in the foreseeable future. When such processes occur they are advertised in national police publications.
