What we do

Police Now’s mission is 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.

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Police Now attract, recruit and train outstanding graduates with leadership potential to be inspirational detectives and police officers who transform communities. Not just for people today, but for generations to come.

We believe that given the highest levels of support and freedom, detectives and police officers can contribute to changing lives. Equipping participants with core policing skills, our two-year leadership development programmes help develop leadership, communication and problem-solving skills that will serve graduates, and the wider community, for a lifetime.

Our National Detective Programme is designed to equip graduates with the core policing skills required in modern investigative work. Throughout the two-year training programme participants play an integral part in solving crimes while developing leadership, communication and problem- solving skills. During our pilot, last year, 93 participants were deployed across eight police forces.

Our National Graduate Leadership Programme trains and develops graduates to become leaders in neighbourhood policing. Participants are placed in some of the most challenging communities in England and Wales, getting to know the issues up close and developing innovative ideas and techniques to tackle the challenges residents are facing.

WHY WE DO IT

We’re looking for talented graduates from all degree disciplines to join our National Detective Programme and National Graduate Leadership Programme to make a lasting difference in some of the most vulnerable communities in England and Wales.

Supporting
The police service

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Police Now works with over 30 forces throughout England and Wales to find outstanding police officers and detectives. We select and recruit highly competent graduates to play an important role in supporting the nation’s police in their efforts to increase the number of officers across England and Wales.

Police Now is an independent social enterprise, supported by the Home Office. That means we’re an organisation that aims to bring about improvements in society rather than profits for our organisation.

Through our attraction, recruitment and innovative training programmes, we supply our partner police forces across England and Wales with the talented, driven graduates they need to drive results.

Our awards

Since our inception in 2015 we have won more than 20 awards, from our market leader diversity and inclusion strategies to our innovative marketing campaigns and recruitment process, through to our two-year training and development programme. We’re also delighted to share that we are the highest climber in 2019-2020 Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, as voted for by university finalists.

Times Top 100 graduate employers
Top 100 graduate employers
UK 300
Most popular 300 graduate employers
CIPD 2021
Best Learning and Development Initiative (public/third sector) and Best Inclusion and Diversity Initiative
Recruiter Awards 2021
Best Graduate Recruitment Strategy
TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2021
Rising Star Award
TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2021
Best Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
Institute of Student Employer (ISE) Awards 2021
Commitment to Improving Diversity through Student Resourcing, Innovation in Attraction and Best Single Purpose Attraction Activation
TARGETjobs
National Graduate Recruitment Awards
EBMA 2019
Employer Brand Management Awards
Institute of Student Employers
Student Recruitment Awards 2018
The RAD Awards
Best of recruitment communications
Personnel Today Awards
Celebrating the best in HR
CIPD
People Management Awards
The Drum
Recruitment Business Awards
Recruitment Marketing Awards
Recognising excellence in recruitment marketing
Recruiter Awards 2017
Recognising outstanding achievement in recruitment
EBMA 2017
Employer Brand Management Awards
Commissioner's Excellence
2016

Reports

The Case for Change report explains how we seek to break the cycle of crime and deprivation as well as provide high quality day-to-day policing.

CASE FOR CHANGE REPORT

Our Impact Report demonstrates the impact Police Now participants, alumni and partners are having in communities across the England and Wales.

IMPACT REPORT

Meet the team

David Spencer

Co-Founder and CEO

Joni Ferns
Joni Ferns

Chief Operating Officer

Peter Borley

Programme Director

Kurtis Christoforides

Policing and Home Affairs Director

Clare Power

Recruitment and Marketing Director

Meet the board

The Police Now board draws on commercial and policing experience across a diverse range of individuals from different backgrounds. The board helps to steer the strategic and operational direction of the organisation.

Sir Ian Powell

Chair

Rhammel Afflick

Freelance consultant

Helen Ball QPM

Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service

James Bowler CB

Permanent Secretary, Department for International Trade

Judith Clegg

CEO and founder, Takeout

Martin Coleman

Vice Chair, Office for Students

Dominic Fry
Joanna Tilley

Neighbourhood police officer

Tariro Kufa

Trainee Detective Constable

DCC Louisa Rolfe OBE board member | Police Now
Louisa Rolfe OBE

Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service

Bob Rothenberg

Chair, Finance, Audit, Risk & Resources Committee

Jennifer Tsim

Partner, Oliver Wyman

Lord Simon Woolley of Woodford

Director, Operation Black Vote

Customer Insights,
Futures and Impact Board Committee

Helen Ball (Chair)

Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service

Louisa Rolfe

Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service

Gavin Stephens

Chief Constable, Surrey Police

Jason Hogg

Deputy Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police

Phil Cain

Deputy Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police

Sarah Crew

Deputy Chief Constable, Avon & Somerset Constabulary

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Richard Leicester

Assistant Chief Officer, Kent Police & Essex Police

Mike O’Hara

Chief Superintendent, West Midlands Police

James Darley

Chief Executive Officer, Transform Society

Rhammel Afflick

Freelance consultant

Millie Tanner

Inspector, Thames Valley Police

Upile Mtitimila
Upile Mtitimila

Detective Sergeant, Cheshire Constabulary

Tariro Kufa

Trainee Detective Constable, Greater Manchester Police

Miriam Chapman-Rosenfeld

Police Constable, Metropolitan Police Service

Partner with us

Partner with us and together we’ll have the power to make a sustainable long-term impact on society. Police Now’s mission is to transform communities by recruiting, developing, and inspiring leaders in policing.
PARTNER WITH US

David Spencer

Co-Founder and CEO

David was an officer in the Metropolitan Police Service from 2003 to 2016. David began leading Police Now in 2013.

He has been the driving force in building Police Now into an award-winning programme.

Joni Ferns

Chief Operating Officer

Joni is responsible for daily operations and is focused on developing Police Now’s Strategy, Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Compliance, Research & Insight and Operating Model.

Peter Borley

Programme Director

Peter is responsible for leading the planning and delivery of the Police Now leadership development programmes. Peter’s responsibility spans from academy planning and delivery through to programme curriculum and leadership development.

Kurtis Christoforides

Policing and Home Affairs Director

Like many others, Kurtis first joined the Police Service as a special constable before diving into policing full-time a few years later. He spent most of his service in East London, working in various roles including emergency response, neighbourhoods, investigation and senior leadership support. Involved in the earliest stages of Police Now’s development, Kurtis performed the role of syndicate lead at the first Police Now Academy. As Programme Director, Kurtis is responsible for the coordination of Police Now’s programmes and the organisation’s work with police forces and the wider policing sector.

Clare Power

Recruitment and Marketing Director

Clare is passionate about recruiting the very best graduates into policing from a diverse range of backgrounds. Clare’s responsibility spans marketing and attraction of graduates through to selection, assessment and onboarding of candidates to Police Now’s national graduate programmes.

Devon & Cornwall Police

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Shaun Sawyer

Chief Constable

National Graduate Leadership Programme

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National Detective Programme

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Case studies:

Visit the Devon & Cornwall Police website www.devon-cornwall.police.uk