Twenty-one new trainee detective constables land in Humberside Police today, having just completed Police Now’s National Detective Programme academy.
The 13-week residential academy began in March when almost 230 new officers – who all join their respective forces across England and Wales today – began their intensive training together.
The new officers will now spend 10 weeks on the force’s Response teams where they will achieve Independent Patrol Status, before working in Criminal Investigation Departments for the remainder of the two-year National Detective Programme. They will also work towards their Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, in partnership with Liverpool John Moore’s University
They have developed the core policing skills and knowledge required for complex investigative work, in a mix of practical and classroom-based sessions led by experienced sergeants seconded from Police Now’s partner forces. They have also completed field training shifts in their force Response teams and Criminal Investigation Departments. Police Now officers also sit the challenging National Investigators’ Exam at the academy and consistently achieve a higher-than-average first-time pass rate. At this year’s detective academy, there was an average first-time pass rate of 75% compared to the national average of 59%.
They now continue Police Now’s two-year training and development programme in force, where they will play an integral part in solving cases and supporting victims of crime across Humberside. Supported by their experienced colleagues and Police Now Performance and Development Coaches, they will be Professionalising Investigations Programme Level 2 (PIP2) certified by the end of the two-year programme.
Trainee Detective Constable Sophie Maw, who joins Humberside Police today via the programme, said:
“I have always wanted to join the police but thought it would be later into my working life than it has been. From loving my job in a secondary school to starting this programme, Police Now has ensured I have not regretted my decision to switch career pathways.
The academy has been an incredibly rewarding experience, it has not only taught us invaluable skills for policing but also how to look after our welfare, look out for colleagues and be confident to stand up for what is right - the latter being so important in the challenging time policing is facing.
Police Now has given us all a strong foundation, which I am excited to build upon back in force. We are all ready to get stuck in at Humberside Police and make change in communities through trustworthy and honest policing.”
Founded in 2014, Police Now is now an independent charitable social enterprise with a mission to transform communities, reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, and increase the public’s confidence in the police service by recruiting, developing and inspiring outstanding and diverse individuals to be leaders in society and on the policing frontline.
Police Now is a Times Top 100 Graduate Employer and has partnered with a total of 36 forces to recruit and train over 2,680 police officers and detectives nationally.
Applications for the next intake of the National Detective Programme are currently open.
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