There’s a few police forums about that may be a better bet to be honest. I can answer several aspects as I have an intimate knowledge of the work and how it impacts family life
Let’s just say with a family, I’d not join now. Rest days cancelled, A/L cancelled, unsociable hours and a general lack of staff morale are the main reasons. They’re losing staff hand over fist to the likes of TOCs/NWR and even the Met. If I was a young, 20 something without a family, I’d probably have joined a few years ago. I’m glad I didn’t though. Others may have better experiences of course, and as I said, without a family to consider it’s not a bad number to be fair, but this is what I’ve witnessed first hand from a job very similar, with a TOC.
Plus sides - the money is good (even for a student officer if you’re inner London based), loads of overtime and at outpost type response locations it’s an easy job (better if you like not having much happen, then driving 72-miles on blue lights when it does)