The upper age limit of 35 for joining the force could increase significantly under new proposals to boost recruitment
Retired detective Pat Marry told"You would have people applying who have maybe life experience in other facets of employment," he said."If you have people applying at, let's say, 40 years of age, they have had other jobs, maybe raised a family - they will have life experience which you can't have when you join when you're 18.Mr Marry said criticism of people who may join at 50 is unjustified.
"People may have skillsets when they join at 50 years of age that they can be incorporating into other aspects of police life. "Maybe someone is into dogs... it could be dog training, there could be others that maybe are very good planners and operational people.Mr Marry said looking at the British model, the ceiling could actually be removed completely."Maybe they could look at that and say leave it open-ended?
"You could stay on beyond 60 or that, which a lot of people when they do retire - like myself - they go into another employment.Mr Marry said the idea of younger and older recruits is a good mix."They didn't have that maturity, and you could see that the little bit of power went to their head - you could see it in them."I think elderly people joining and walking side-by-side with someone younger - they can depart a lot of life's knowledge to them," he added.
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