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Lincolnshire Police
Join Lincolnshire Police via Police Now’s National Graduate Programme
Current vacancies
2027 Police Now National Graduate Programme - Detective
Start date: March 2027
Salary: £31,164
Locations: Devon and Cornwall, Dorset, Lincolnshire, North Wales
Detectives work on varied investigations, support victims of crime; and bring offenders to justice.
2027 Police Now National Graduate Programme - Economic Crime
Start date: March 2027
Salary: £31,164
Locations: Dorset, Lincolnshire
Become a detective in economic crime and defend society’s financial wellbeing against fraud, cybercrime, and economic abuse.
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Lincolnshire Police jobs
Police Now has recruited, trained and developed graduates in over 30+ forces to become police officers and detectives on our national graduate programme since 2017.
- Chief Constable: Paul Gibson
- Headquarters: Nettleham
- Areas include: Gainsborough, Grantham, Sleaford, Boston, Skegness, Mablethorpe, Stamford
Lincolnshire Police
Lincolnshire is one of the largest geographic areas in the UK, covering 2,284 square miles, with a population of over 789,000.
Lincolnshire Police officers are dedicated to the diverse needs of their communities and the variety of challenges from working in inner-City Lincoln, the rural nature of Spalding, seasonal visitors to Skegness, travelling criminals accessing the country via the A1 at Stamford or Grantham as well as working with communities to protect vulnerable people from harm.
Over half the population live rurally and Lincolnshire receives approximately 21 million visitors annually, with coastal towns seeing a significant increase in population of the summary, creating a sure in demand for policing.
Lincolnshire Police recruitment
Our focus on diversity and inclusion
Lincolnshire Police are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Our mission is to serve our communities. The most effective way we can do this is if the people who work for us are representative of our communities.
We are working hard to increase diversity and inclusion where communities are currently under-represented.
We want to encourage people of diverse backgrounds, experience and beliefs, who share our value of caring and want to make a difference in the community, to work for us.
Why join?
By joining Lincolnshire Police through Police Now’s National Graduate Programme, you’ll benefit from our unique range of support and development features specially designed to develop your career and your impact in policing.
Core requirements
To be eligible to join Lincolnshire Police, you must:
- Have achieved, or be working towards, a First, 2:1 or 2.2 undergraduate degree by the programme start date.
- Be a British Citizen or have indefinite leave to remain and right to work in the UK.
- Have lived in the UK for the last three years.
- Have a full UK manual driving licence (if you don't yet have your licence, you must have your practical driving test booked at the point of application).
Before you apply, make sure you read our full eligibility criteria.
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We are passionate and proud to serve the communities of Lincolnshire, and we value all our dedicated colleagues who seek to achieve and maintain the highest standards of policing for our county.
We value all people, recognising and celebrating the positive benefits that our diversity and difference brings. We are respectful and considerate, putting people at the heart of what we do.
Lincolnshire Police
