202512 - Rejoiner Officers

The Met is working hard to restore Londoners’ trust and confidence. We aim to establish more trust, reduce crime, and maintain high standards. You can come and join the thousands of dedicated, honest, committed and hard-working officers and staff in our team. Change is happening within the Met. We want people like you to join and to help make a big difference.

The Met’s Rejoiners pathway is designed to support ex-officers, with valuable skills and experience, who have resigned from service within the last 5 years and wish to return to policing. The pathway allows for experienced police officers from Home Office police services to join or re-join the Met.

The opportunity

We are interested in receiving applications from previous experienced officers who have left their role as an officer and would like to return to a career in policing by rejoining the Metropolitan Police Service. The size, diversity and importance of our organisation means that we have a huge range of potential career paths that span different areas of policing and a variety of specialisms. Please note, that whilst attempts will be made to accommodate any preferences stated within your application, this cannot be guaranteed.

Eligibility

• Have a 3-year sickness absence record that complies with our Attendance Management Selection Criteria
• Be fully operational
• Passed probation in a UK Home Office Force, Police Scotland or PSNI
• Have UK Home Office Force, Police Scotland or PSNI policing experience within the last 5 years
• Currently serving with a non-Home Office force and have UK Home Office Force, Police Scotland or PSNI policing experience within the last 5 years

Disability Confident Statement

The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.

Please note, if you are applying for a police officer role or to become a police community support officer (PCSO) or designated detention officer (DDO), there is a minimum requirement that you must pass a job-related fitness test (JRFT) at point of entry. This does not apply to police staff roles.