Your pay is likely to increase along with your experience on the job. Find out more: Pay and Benefits
Most Police Officers work shifts. There are typically three shifts:
- 6:30am to 3:30pm
- 1:30pm to 11:30pm
- 10:30pm to 6:30am.
You’ll work various shifts within a five-week (39 days) period, with 26 days working and 13 days off. Police Officers usually get three to four days off a week, rather than two.
There is huge potential for professional development, with lots of different career pathways you can choose from.
Once you've completed two years as a probationary constable you can apply to work in other roles such as youth education, neighbourhood policing, the dive squad, search and rescue or the criminal investigation branch to name a few.
If you prove yourself, there are a lot of opportunities to step up into leadership roles, from becoming a sergeant, all the way through to becoming Police Commissioner.
Once you have finished training at the RNZPC, you will be required to work as a probationary constable for two years. When you have completed this requirement, you are able to apply to work in specialised areas.
To become a Prosecutor you need to either (a) be a Police employee holding the office of Constable or (b) hold a law degree (LLB) and a current practising certificate.
Visit the NZ Police website for more information.
Please go to https://www.police.govt.nz/careers/non-sworn-careers/overview for more information on Communicator roles
You do not need to become a Police Officer to be a Communicator.