Thread: Re applying for expired FAL

The police website suggested 6 months at the time I applied. I doubt they would have been able to meet that. The officer that called me did say that resourcing will be vastly better going forward, but that is cold comfort for me and you.

I should add that the police are becoming very frustrated with interviews being cancelled by applicants. If they call to schedule an interview, (either as a referee or as an applicant) whatever you do, be as accommodating as possible. Missing or cancelling your interview means some other fool like me gets pushed back even further. An example of one vettor - Out of eight interviews set up for his day, only one was completed. That is 12.5% of his workload completed for the day - and that is not Police's fault. 7 interviews have to be rescheduled, backing the entire system up another day. Throwing more money or staff at the problem won't make any difference.