Every year more people decide to appear at the opposition to the National Police. Perhaps the job insecurity that we currently suffer or the fact that the famous permanent positions in private companies no longer exist as such, make us rethink the idea of getting a position as a civil servant and thus ensure a fixed position and salary forever.
Next, we tell you everything about these examinations to the National Police: requirements, agenda, etc.. Don't miss out on anything and make sure you can introduce yourself to them.
Requirements to present
According to current legislation Royal Decree 614/1995, of April 21, published in the Official State Gazette number 118, of May 18, which regulates the selective processes of Admission to the National Police, and in accordance with Organic Law 9 / 2015, of July 28, of the National Police Personnel Regime, in order to be admitted to the practice of selective tests to applicants for a position as a police officer, it will be necessary to meet, by the end of the submission period of applications, the following requirements:
- Having the Spanish nationality.
- Having turned 18 years old and not exceed the maximum retirement age.
- Not having been convicted of a malicious crime, nor separated from the service of the State, the Autonomous, Local or Institutional Administration, nor be disqualified from the exercise of public functions.
- Not be included in any of the causes of physical or mental exclusion that impede or impair the functional or operational capacity necessary for the performance of the tasks of the National Police that are established in Annex III of this call.
- Commitment to bear arms and, where appropriate, get to use them, which will be provided through the applicant's statement.
- Having an minimum stature 1,65 meters for men and 1,60 for women.
- Be in possession of the class B driving license.
Evidence of opposition to the National Police
This opposition consists of a total of four tests:
- Physical: It consists of performing various physical exercises. Obtaining zero points in any of them supposes the elimination of the applicant.
- Knowledge test. It will consist of three exercises:
- Written answer in fifty minutes to a questionnaire of one hundred questions, with a statement and three alternative answers of which only one is true, related to the agenda. Errors are penalized, according to the following formula: A - [E / (n-1)], where "A" is the number of hits, "E" is the number of errors, and "n" is the number of response alternatives.
- Written and oral exercise of the French or English languages at the Baccalaureate level. The writing, for which the opponents will have forty minutes, will consist of the comprehension and grammatical knowledge of a text in the chosen language and oral in a conversation in the same language.
- Written resolution in ninety minutes of a case or cases in which the subjects on the agenda must be interrelated. It consists of two parts:
- Psychotechnical test. Carrying out one or more tests aimed at determining the personality and aptitudes of the applicant for the performance of the police function in relation to the category to which it is aspired. Includes a spelling test.
- Personal interview. From the result of the personality tests, the factors of the same determined by the court will be investigated in the applicant.
Both parties are assessed jointly and the court sets the minimum score necessary to pass each one of them, making public the list of applicants who, having achieved at least the indicated scores, must be summoned to take the fourth test.
- Medical examination. To carry out this test, the medical techniques of conventional use that are deemed appropriate are applied, including blood and urine analysis.
Syllabus to study
- Topic 01. The law: Concept and meanings. Positive legal norms: Concept, structure, classes and characters. The beginning of normative hierarchy. The person in the legal sense: Concept and classes; its birth and extinction; legal capacity and capacity to act. Acquisition, conservation and loss of Spanish nationality. The domicile. The civil neighborhood.
- Topic 02. Spanish Constitution (I): Structure and characters of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The values of the Constitution. The principles of the constitutional regime: democratic state, rule of law, social state, parliamentary monarchy and autonomist state. The fundamental rights and duties established in the Constitution: Special reference to fundamental rights and public liberties, as well as their guarantees and the suspension of rights and freedoms. The Ombudsman.
- Topic 03. The Spanish Constitution (II): Of the Crown. Of the Cortes Generales. Of the Government and the Administration. Of the relations between the Government and the Cortes Generales. Of the Judicial Power. Of the territorial organization of the State. Of the Constitutional Court. Of the constitutional reform.
- Topic 04. The European Union: Historical reference. The derived right. Most important institutions of the European Union. International police cooperation.
- Topic 05. The organization and operation of the General State Administration: Principles of organization, operation and relations with citizens; higher bodies and governing bodies in the central organization. The Government: Composition, organization and functions; the acting Government.
- Topic 06. Public officials: Concept and classes. Acquisition and loss of official status.
- Topic 07. The Ministry of the Interior: Basic organizational structure. The Secretary of State for Security: Structure and functions.
- Topic 08. The General Directorate of the Police. Organic structure and functions of the central and peripheral services of the National Police. The National Police: Functions, scales and categories; access systems; disciplinary regime and administrative situations.
- Topic 09. Organic Law 2/1986, of March 13, on Security Forces and Bodies: General provisions; basic principles of action; common statutory provisions. Of the State Security Forces and Bodies: The rights of collective representation; the Police Council; organization of the Judicial Police units; of the Police of the Autonomous Communities; of the collaboration and coordination between the State and the Autonomous Communities; of the Local Police.
- Topic 10. Entry, free movement and residence in Spain of citizens of the Member States of the European Union and of other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Rights and freedoms of foreigners in Spain and their social integration. The entry and exit of the Spanish territory. The authorization of stay and residence.
- Topic 11. Of the infractions in matters of foreigners and its sanctioning regime Types of offenses: minor offenses, serious offenses and very serious offenses. Sanctions Prescription of infractions and penalties. Effects of expulsion and return. Effects of refusal of entry.
- Topic 12. International protection. Procedural rules for the recognition of international protection. Of minors and other vulnerable people. Refugee reception centers. Stateless and displaced persons.
- Topic 13. General provisions on Private Security in Spain. Coordination. Private security companies and private detective offices. Private security personnel. Services and security measures.
- Topic 14. Measures for the protection of critical infrastructures. The National Catalog of critical infrastructures. The critical infrastructure protection system. Cybersecurity
- Topic 15. Criminal law: Concept. informing principles of criminal law. The criminal offense. Material crime concept. Degrees of execution of the crime. Criminally responsible natural and legal persons. The legal consequences of the criminal offense. Temporal and spatial validity of the Criminal Law. The criminal age and its effects. Modifying circumstances of the criminal responsibility.
- Topic 16. Notion of criminal procedural law. Concept of jurisdiction and competence. The organs of criminal jurisdiction. Concept of complaint and the obligation to report. Detention: Concept and duration. The obligation to stop. The rights of the detainee. The habeas corpus procedure. The Fiscal Ministry: Functions. The Judicial Police.
- Topic 17. Comprehensive protection measures against gender violence. Guiding principles. Awareness, prevention and detection. Rights of women victims of gender violence. Regulatory framework and actions aimed at promoting equality between men and women.
- Topic 18. Introduction to the Prevention of Occupational Risks. General Concept of Work. Concept of health and working conditions. Work and health. General concept of occupational hazards. General principles of preventive activity. Prevention and protection concepts. Consequence of risks. Damage to health.
- Topic 19. Basic regulatory framework in occupational risk prevention. Law 31/1995, on the Prevention of Occupational Risks. RD 39/1997, Regulation of prevention services. RD 2/2006, on Prevention of Occupational Risks in the officials of the National Police Corps. RD 67/2010 on adaptation of the Prevention of Occupational Risks in the General State Administration. Basic rights and duties in matters of Occupational Risk Prevention.
- Topic 20. Human rights. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Convention against Torture. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture of the Ombudsman.
- Topic 21. Globalization and anti-globalization. Concepts and characteristics. Consequence of globalization. Reactions to globalization. The Anti-Globalization Movement: Organizations, Objectives and History. The World Social Forum.
- Topic 22. Social attitudes and values. Formation of attitudes: Concept, components and functions. Stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination. Authoritarian personality attitudes: Xenophobia and dogmatism. Social groups.
- Topic 23. Ethical principles of today's society. Transmission of values in today's society: Socialization process. Freedom responsibility. Equality-solidarity. Tolerance. Countervalues, social reactions to majority values: Racism, fanaticism, fundamentalism, sectarianism, hooliganism.
- Topic 24. Immigration. Migratory movements: Concept and causes of migration. Types and effects. The great migrations through history. Nowadays migrations. Social integration: Essential factor of social cohesion.
- Topic 25. Human geography concept. The city, currents of study of the same. Population, structure and social groups. Demography: Population density, birth and mortality rates, natural growth. The mass society. Pollution and environmental protection.
- Topic 26. Safety. Concept. individual security and collective security. Public security and private security. The insecurity. Explanatory theories of crime: Concept, explanatory models and types of crime.
- Topic 27. Drug addiction. Concepts of drug, consumer, methods of administration, addiction, dependence, tolerance, polydrug. Classification of drugs. Latest trends in drug use in our society.
- Topic 28. Sustainable development. Concept. International coordination and cooperation. Society and sustainable development. Environmental management instruments.
- Topic 29. Spelling of the Spanish language. Spelling rules. Use of letters or graphemes. Use of the accent, of the orthographic signs and of the uppercase and lowercase letters. Graphical representation of the lexical units. Spelling of expressions from other languages, of proper names and numerical expressions.
- Topic 30. Basic parts and functions of a computer. Windows operating system. Definition and basic operation, icons and objects, management of storage units, organization of data in units, parts and operation of the desktop, Windows explorer, recycle bin, control panel, accessories. Open Office.
- Topic 31. Microsoft Word word processor: Basic elements, the assistant, basic operations, character, paragraph and page formatting, correction of a text, printing, columns, tabs, tables and graphics.
- Topic 32. Introduction to computer networks and types. Internet and Intranet. Basic knowledge of Internet browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. Social media.
- Topic 33. Computer crimes (Cybercrime). Data Protection. Special consideration of the right to privacy. Digital evidence in criminal proceedings.
- Topic 34. New Technologies for environmental research. Computer systems and environmental simulation. Remote sensing: systems. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Telematics supported by remote sensing.
- Topic 35. Origin of firearms. Definition, classification, categories and operation of firearms: special reference to the regulation of firearms. Cartridge: Definition and components. Prohibited weapons. Documentation that protects the possession and carrying of weapons. Forensic ballistics.
- Topic 36. The priority vehicle. Definition of priority vehicle. Powers of priority vehicle drivers. Behavior of other drivers with respect to priority vehicles. Driving vehicles in an emergency situation. Use of emergency signals.
- Topic 37. Safety in Driving Priority Vehicles. Definition of Active and Passive Safety. Active and Passive Safety Systems in passenger cars and motorcycles. Influence of Safety Systems in traffic accidents. Repercussion of Security Systems on police conduction and transfer of detainees.
- Topic 38. Prevention of Occupational Risks in Road Safety. Traffic factors and their influence on road accidents. Human Factor, Environmental Factor and Vehicle Factor. Occupational Risks in driving priority vehicles. Individual Protection Equipment for the driver and passengers of police vehicles. Strategies and preventive maintenance of the priority vehicle.
- Topic 39. Planimetry: definition. Reference plane, Cartesian coordinates and polar coordinates. Urban planimetry: orthogonal plane, radiocentric plane, irregular plane. Expert planimetry. Forensic planimetry.
- Topic 40. The accounting. Company accounts: balance sheet, profit and loss accounts, memory. The balance sheet and its content: assets, liabilities and equity. VAT: accounting operation.
- Topic 41. Energy. Definition. Measurement units. Forms of energy. Energy transformation: performance. Energy sources: classification.