Description

From 2020, police officers will be required to hold a professional qualification in policing to be confirmed as a police constable in England and Wales. This Degree in Professional Policing delivered under licence from the College of Policing, will satisfy the academic requirements of the pre-join programme.

This programme's modules follow the National Policing Curriculum covering the following areas; response policing, information and intelligence, policing communities, policing the roads, conducting investigations, understanding the police constable role, valuing difference and inclusion, maintaining professional standards, evidence-based policing, problem solving, research methods and skills, decision-making and discretion and communication skills.

Students will be encouraged to gain experience through working with vulnerable people across a diverse range of groups in preparation for an application to the police service. They will have the chance to focus their studies on an area of policing you are particularly interested in as part of their final year through the Evidence-based Policing project. The delivery and assessment of the programme will be based around developing skills that are directly related to the role of a police officer.

This Degree in Professional Policing programme is specifically designed for people wishing to join the police service in England and Wales. Before applying students are advised that they check their eligibility to become a police constable. If students are unlikely to meet the required criteria to apply to the Police Service then this course will not be appropriate for them, visit the College of Policing website to find out more about entry requirements. 

Successful completion of the programme does not guarantee a position as a police constable. All persons wishing to join the police service will have to go through the application process, the College of Policing’s national assessment centre and meet any other requirements set by individual police forces.