Hi there. It's Richard McMunn from the police recruitment training website, How2Become.com!
And in this tutorial, I'm going to cover the police officer core competency, IMPARTIALITY
with regards to the police officer interview element of the selection process. So, if you
are applying to become a police officer and you're getting ready for your interview, I
strongly recommend you watch this video from beginning to end, because it will make a big
difference to your preparation. Please don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the channel by clicking
the red button below the video. And I'd also appreciate it if you gave the video a LIKE,
because that tells me you enjoy the content and I'll create more for you. Now, these video
forms part of a four video series. I have put the other three training videos in the
description below the video. So please do check them out once you've finished watching
this particular video. There are four latest police officer core competencies, and they
are integrity, public service, impartiality, which I will cover during this video, and
transparency. The other three are covered in the other videos that I've uploaded for
you. You will be assessed during the interview against IMPARTIALITY. What does that mean?
Well, police officers must be capable of acting with impartiality at all times whilst undertaking
their role. As a police officer with any of the UK police forces, you will be required
to operate under a code of conduct that encompasses values and ethics. You need to be fair in
all that you do. Act with objectivity when dealing with the public. So you must never
let your feelings get the better of you. You must always act in line with a code of conduct
laid down by the police, and you must always follow all rules and procedures appropriate
to your work. Let's take a look at a number of example police officer interview questions
that are based on the core competency of impartiality. I will give you one question. I will give
you a sample answer. I will then give you further questions to prepare for, and I will
tell you where you can download my full set of answers to all of the competencies. So
the first question around this core competency is: Describe a time when you took into account
someone else's needs? Here is my suggested answer. “In a previous job, I noticed a
work colleague was not performing to her usual standard. I could detect something was not
right. And so I decided to do something about it. I felt it was my task to speak to her,
to find out if she was OK and to try and help her get back to her usual standard of working.
I was concerned for her welfare, and so I decided to take action. I spoke to my colleague
in private and asked her if everything was okay. I told her I had seen her work performance
deteriorate and that I was concerned. She confided in me that her partner had left her,
and she was feeling depressed. At that stage, I sympathized with her situation and suggested
we speak to our human resources department to get some support through counselling, which
she agreed to. Now, my intervention and my ability to remain impartial and non-judgmental,
resulted in my work colleague feeling supported and getting the help she needed during a difficult
time. Two months after I first spoke to her, she was back to a normal self, feeling better
and also working back to full capacity.” So that shows that you've identified there’s
a situation. You've decided to take positive action. You've remained impartial and you
have also been non-judgmental, and you've taken into account their specific needs during
that situation. Let's take a look at some more sample questions I recommend you prepare
for. Tell me a situation when you communicated an important message to the same group of
people? That's a tough question! Describe a time when you used the information available
to make an objective decision? Explain a time when you listened to someone else's perspective?
Describe a time when you demonstrated equality or fairness? Explain a time when you supported
or promoted equality and diversity at work? If you want to download my FULL SET of core
competency interview questions and answers for the police officer selection process.
If you click the link in the top right hand corner of the video, it takes you through
to my website her: How2Become.com. We've been going for about 15 years now. We've helped
many people past the police officer selection process. Scroll down to the bottom of the
page and you can download all four PDF guides of all of the sample interview questions and
answers contained within it for just £17 plus vat. So, for basically around about £20,
you can get all of my suggested answers in your inbox within two minutes from now! Don’t
forget to check out the other three videos in this series. The links are in the description
below the video and they will really help you to create your own answers for the police
officer select process. Thank you very much for watching and have a brilliant day.