Introduction
The degree holder entry programme to the Police is for graduates with a degree in any subject. At the end of the two year Degree Holder or Detective Degree Holder programme you will have gained a graduate diploma in professional policing and the opportunity to follow specialist pathways in neighbourhood policing and investigation. Each of the UK’s 45 regional police forces may recruit graduates within this framework so it’s best to check yourself for the region in which you may wish to be located as either a police officer or detective e.g. here’s the one for Cambridgeshire. Here’s a map of the regional forces.
Alternatively, Police Now, an independent social enterprise that works in collaboration with police forces across England and Wales, offers two award-winning national programmes for graduates. Graduates work on big societal issues, help create safer communities and drive a positive and fair internal culture in policing. Police Now programmes offer graduates a salary from day one while they train to become neighbourhood police officers or police detectives. Hear from Miriam, an Oxford Alum, who completed Police Now’s National Graduate Leadership Programme where she trained to become a neighbourhood police officer in the Metropolitan Police Service and is now an Acting Inspector. She shares her experiences of the programme and her aims to bring about positive change within the police and on the policing frontline.