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Max-Brown wrote:..., I got selected for the Gold Squad..

Wanna tell the iggerent amongst us what Gold Squad is?

Nothing special really. Just a group of 19 other recruits and I got put into the squad and basically will be training together for the 6 months. I believe there will also be a blue squad starting at the same time.

robbage - As there can often be several cadet squads progressing through the Academy together, simultaneously and overlapping, each squad is identified by a colour (gold squad, red squad, blue squad etc), as opposed to being given a number or letter (squad 1, B squad, charlie squad etc)

OK gotcha. I was imagining Gold Squad was some sort of elite team or something

robbage wrote:OK gotcha. I was imagining Gold Squad was some sort of elite team or something

Green squad are the "elite" squad lol!

it is structured as follows..

Blue and gold always go through together...
Green and Grey are together
Red and White are together.

Max-Brown wrote:I just received some good news, I got selected for the Gold Squad. Starting on the 15th November. Got a busy week ahead next week with fitting and what not.

Really excited and looking forward to it.

congrats mate. a friend of mine also got into one of those squads. not sure if gold or blue though. First time you put on te uniform at S&H is amazing mate! lap it up and be proud to wear the blues!

will be seeing you in november and no doubt you will have our squad come see you all to say gday and have a BBQ to welcome you all!

I'm still waiting for my letter.......

Max-Brown wrote:I just received some good news, I got selected for the Gold Squad. Starting on the 15th November. Got a busy week ahead next week with fitting and what not.

Really excited and looking forward to it.

w00t! Good luck for your future career, let me know once you're in and I'll give you my rego's to ignore hahaha nah be fair and honest.

Here's a quick update for anyone interested.....

I rang Recruiting because I was "double checking" they had received my required documents, and apparently I'm just waiting for the hard copy of my Medical results to be signed off by the WAPol Doctor. Once they receive that and he/she has signed off on it, I progress to the next stage.

This was sent to me today, it may be of interest to some people:

Wednesday 22 September Police Recruiting Information Evenings WA Police Academy-Raked Theatre (follow the signs from the main entrance) 81 Lakeside Drive, Joondalup. These sessions are for any students interested in pursuing a career in the WA Police. Find out about pre-requisites, entry pathways and have an opportunity to chat afterwards and ask questions over a cup of coffee. Book your place by ringing 9301 9607.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western ... 5936154503

Wasn't you, was it donks?

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I think that about sums it up good to hear kilmo, hopefully you get in soon.

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Congrats kilmo!

There's been a little rumor among the ranks that the academy is looking at pushing a large number of recruits through early next year. So much so that they are considering running afternoon/night classes to accommodate.

Seems like the best time to be in the pool is right now, so good luck!