1. Mary: So ... so how do you become a police-officer? So then you said about ten months after your [1] a) decision b) probation c) various then you were there in the [2] a) deal b) different c) police d) somebody [3] a) deal b) force c) police d) various .

2. Carole: Yeah. Well it can take ... some people have taken two or three years to get through the recruitment process.

3. Mary: Right.

4. Carole: ...depending on how much money the [4] a) decision b) depending c) force d) support has got from the home office to spend on recruiting, and [5] a) deal b) decision c) depending d) somebody on how fast things are going through at the time. So the initial stage is just to apply for an [6] a) application b) deal c) depending d) support form, fill in the [7] a) application b) decision c) patrol form which is quite a daunting task in itself.

5. Mary: Yes.

6. Carole: It's quite a long [8] a) application b) decision c) depending d) somebody form to fill in and then there's a fitness test to do, there's a medical, there's what we call a carousel where you [9] a) deal b) different c) force with [10] a) deal b) decision c) force d) various [11] a) different b) police c) somebody d) various situations; there's [12] a) application b) patrol c) probation d) various [13] a) different b) somebody c) various rooms and on the door of the room, there's a scenario and then you go in and there's [14] a) application b) deal c) depending d) somebody role playing and you're told which role you've got to take.

7. So for example, one that I did, I had to be a manager of a bus station and there was a lady who was lost and she couldn't. she couldn't remember where she was or who she was or anything and I had to sort out. sort it all out. So all those sorts of scenarios and there's a number of those that you have to [15] a) deal b) depending c) probation d) somebody with and you're marked on how well you [16] a) deal b) different c) police with people. It's all about communication, decision-making.

8. Mary: Yes.

9. Carole: And what [17] a) application b) decision c) probation d) various you come to, it doesn't matter, the fact that you can make a decision.

10. Mary: Yes.

11. Carole: ...and decide where you're going to go and using other people who are around you as well, so testing skills.

12. Mary: Yes. Yes lots of [18] a) application b) deal c) different skills there.

13. Carole: There are a lot of different ... [19] a) application b) different c) force d) various skills and ... and they're tested throughout the whole of the [20] a) deal b) different c) patrol d) probation period which is two years.

14. Mary: Right.

15. Carole: So once you're in, you're in [21] a) application b) different c) probation for two years and

16. Mary: So what does that mean? Probation?

17. Carole: Well it's a period during which you learn the job.

18. Mary: Right.

19. Carole: So they've changed the system recently whereby the student officers now spend some time doing a foundation degree at Huddersfield University on policing. So there's a lot of academic work involved, but also on ... on hands [22] a) deal b) decision c) force d) patrol work, so working with the tutor for ten weeks, one to one tutor who teach you how to do the job for real after learning it at training college and then going out on independent [23] a) different b) patrol c) somebody d) support with the [24] a) deal b) different c) police d) support of a [25] a) application b) different c) force d) probation group. So you have a tutor who works with however many people are on that group, so it maybe sort of eight or ten. I did it a while ... a couple of years ago, and that's good fun, but, you know, you're learning how to do it by yourself but with [26] a) decision b) different c) support d) various of [27] a) different b) probation c) somebody who can come and help you when you get stuck.

20. Mary: Excellent.