What we do

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

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.

The Times

Top 100 graduate employers

The Guardian

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.

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

Meet the team

David Spencer

Co-Founder and CEO

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

Director of Communications, Pride in London

Helen Ball QPM

Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service

James Bowler CB

Second Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office

Miriam Chapman-Rosenfeld

Neighbourhood Police Officer

Judith Clegg

CEO and founder, Takeout

Martin Coleman

Vice Chair, Office for Students

Dominic Fry

Samiullah Halepota

Neighbourhood Police Officer

Tariro Kufa

Trainee Detective Constable

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

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.

What we do

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.

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