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Application Process

Check below to see current status of application process.

  • 2025
Online Application Stage
Apply in 2025 - Exact Date TBC
current stage
Online IST / Evidence Uploader
Evidence Uploader date TBC.
Assessment Centre
Assessment Centre phase date TBC.
Merit List Passed to PSNI
Merit List transfer date TBC.
**Recruitment currently closed**. Please check this website regularly for updates on future recruitment. If you wish to join our mailing list (to be informed in advance of recruitment opening), please email info@joinpsni.co.uk to opt in.

Recruitment News

  • Future Recruitment
  • 2021
Police Officer Recruitment News - Future Recruitment


Thank you for visiting our recruitment website.  We appreciate your interest in a role within the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

We are not recruiting for Police Officers currently. However, we expect to do so again in 2025. At this time, we cannot confirm on the exact date when recruitment will be open. We would encourage you to check back here regularly for news on future recruitment.  If you would like to be included on our mailing list*, please email info@joinpsni.co.uk from your preferred email address, and highlight that you wish to be included on the ‘future recruitment mailing list’.  In the interim, please check the various other sections of the Police Officer recruitment websiteLink to 'Police Officer recruitment website' where you will find further information on our recruitment process.  You can also check our Police Staff recruitment websiteLink to 'Police Staff recruitment website' where we regularly advertise Police Staff roles that may be of interest to you.

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