Recruitment competitions will not be frozen in police sector

General Directorate for National Security announced on the continuation of the employment competitions to join the police sector, in various grades, stressing that the leadership did not occur any change in the employment policy.

Services of the Maj. Gen. Abdelghani Hamel, said in a statement that was published on its website, describing it as “tasks”, due to the many questions that were received by the General Directorate of National Security, through the various social networks about launching the date of employment in the ranks of security services, as the website’s administration informed its followers that it will announce the start of recruitment contest in the next few days.

Communication cell of the same services told Echorouk that the date of opening employment has not yet been determined.”

Official explanations of the General Directorate of National Security, comes as a result of the fear of dozens of youth who wish to affiliate with the security corps of the possibility of a recruitment freeze in the same services, in accordance with the directions of the government, to follow the austerity policy as a result of the sharp decline in revenues due to the decline of oil prices.

The Prime Minister, announced at the end of last year, the taking of a set of decisions by the government to face the repercussions of the drop in oil prices in global markets, including freezing employment in the public service, and stopping some of the projects that do not take are not urgent, calling upon citizens to “tighten the belt” and not to pressurize the government, but Sellal came back and announced that the process of freezing employment in the public hiring would not affect some public sectors such as education, health, vocational training and security.

General Directorate of National Security annually hires thousands of agents and officers, seeking to reach international standards in security coverage through the allocation of a police officer for every 300 citizens, and to reach up to 200,000 cops in 2016.

They are chosen to associate the security corps for police officers on the basis of a certificate proving the level of the third year of secondary, and the top lieutenants for a police certificate to prove to get bachelor, engineer or state or postgraduate degree or equivalent certificate. This is the selection of the top lieutenants of the police on the basis of certificates according to three criteria from among the candidates admitted to the medical examinations and tests psychological as follows: the study and configuration path, match the qualification or certificate allocated with the qualifications required of the composition (from 0 to 4 points), corresponding with the selection committee ( from 0 to 4 points).