I'm amazed that any public body can afford to maintain a TFO selection & training process that can only be described as '70s or '80s military style (& cost), from the description above.
I understand most Forces had already put together more cost effective, but certainly shorter & realistic, selection & training processes pre-NPAS . . . although, reading between the lines, current selection may be accepting a lower pass-mark, & I get vibes that training is minimal, possibly unrealistic, not uniform and even maybe more expensive, certainly when local procedures (to make up for the minimalist course) are taken into account
Don't you just love organisations set up to save tax-payers's money?
Emoticons still not working or the head would be banging the wall. . .