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Winners! The best Diversity & Inclusion Strategy!
We picked up the TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Award for the best diversity and Inclusion strategy last night...
Divisional Commendation for Police Now officer
PC Karina Puttock, a neighbourhood officer with Sussex Police, has been awarded a Divisional Commendation for her work on anti-social behaviour...
Police Now Board Member Simon Woolley knighted
Simon Woolley, Operation Black Vote’s Director and a member of Police Now’s Board of Trustees, is to be knighted...
Winners! The best Diversity & Inclusion Strategy!
We picked up the TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Award for the best diversity and Inclusion strategy last night...
Policing with a disability
PC Rees shares his experience as an officer with a hidden disability...
Police Now’s National Detective Programme launch
After the success of the Police Now National Graduate Leadership Development Programme, we've launched a new Police Now National Detective Programme...
Emma Williams: Teaching and learning at Police Now
I recently attended and presented at two separate one day ‘Evidence Based Policing’ (EBP) masterclasses for Police Now...
A day in the life of a Leadership Development Officer
One of our Leadership Development Officer at Police Now talks to us about a typical day...
Results from our poll with Inspector French
If you were a Neighbourhood Police Officer, what would you do...
Veterans Aid and Police Now: the benefits of secondments
Two Police Now neighbourhood officers recently completed a placement with Veterans Aid, a charity that supports ex-servicemen and women in crisis...
Meet our officers – Sophie Duffree
"I’ve always wanted to join the police. The programme meant I could do this but also make a difference to a community and have a lasting impact too."...
Meet our officers – Nadeem Patel
If you're thinking of joining, do it! It’s an amazing vocation and you’ll be joining a family, not just a group of colleagues....
Meet our officers – Jess Cooper
Jess didn’t like the idea of a desk job and wanted a challenging job with variety so she decided to join the Police Now programme...
Meet our officers – Christopher Brown
"My parents both work in the NHS so they were proud that I was joining the ‘same team’ as them: the emergency services."...
Meet our officers – Arthur Mwangi
"You’re placed in one of the country's most challenged areas as a neighbourhood officer, meaning that neighbourhood is your patch."...
Meet our officers – Antonia Moran
"I was interested in applying for Police Now as I saw the opportunity to start a career in policing in one of the most challenging areas."...
Mini Police need you!
The Volunteer Police Cadets (VPC) would like to hear from any Police Now participants who would be willing to be involved with the Mini Police...
Engaging young people to break the cycle of knife crime.
Recent crime figures for England and Wales released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that knife crime has risen to record levels...
Slipping through the net: Why neighbourhood policing matters
I joined Police Now’s programme last year and wanted to share my experience of how community policing can make a difference...
More funding for Police Now recruits
Police Now are delighted to have been awarded further funding to recruit more Police Constables and Trainee Detective Constables...
Police Now partnership with The University of Huddersfield
We are pleased to announce a collaboration with the University of Huddersfield, to co-deliver a Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice...
Police Now Reflection Event
Police Now’s Reflection Event was the first time Cohort 4 had all been reunited since finishing the Summer Academy...
Our 2019 Implementation and Best Practice Event: A snap shot
This year we hosted our 2019 partner forces to share best practice and learn more about implementing the Police Now programme next year...
Take:90
Police Now has brought together businesses and charities to launch Take:90...
Police Now Annual Impact Conference 2018
Our annual conference brought over 1,000 police officers and supporters together to celebrate Police Now’s impact across communities...
Visiting the frontline with Police Now participant PC Brough
Good neighbourhood police officers really know their neighbourhood, which means that many people they deal with have passed through their hands before...
My first six months in the job – PC Poppy Goldman
What I’ve learnt through my first six months is that policing is a job you simply have to learn through doing....
Unconferencing with the Transform Alliance
Dame Julia Cleverdon, Chair of the Transform Alliance, shares her reflections on the inaugural Transform Unconference...
Spring Induction 2018
Julie Onwukegu, Head of Summer Academy, tells us about the Spring Induction...
The Transform Alliance
Police Now is proud to be part of the Transform alliance of charities committed to delivering systemic change through collective action...
Reflections on our independent evaluation
The London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) has recently completed its evaluation of Police Now’s first cohort in the Met...
My day recruiting with Police Now
James Main a Sergeant in the Early Intervention Team in Scunthorpe, Humberside Police talks to us about his experience recruiting with Police Now...
Police Now programme wins CIPD award
Police Now is in the spotlight as its Leadership Development programme beat over 70 entries to win the Best Learning and Development Initiatives...
Police Now officers making a difference
At a recent Hundred Day Impact event, Met officer PC Surr, based in Kilburn High Road, presented his work on reducing the anti-social behaviour...
I can’t imagine wanting to leave the job
PC Tamsin Ireland, a Police Now participant, tells us about why she enjoys her role and shares some of the challenges she faces...
The Police Transformation Fund
A message from Detective Chief Inspector David Spencer, CEO and co-founder of Police Now...
What it’s really like to work with a Police Now participant
It was early in 2015 when I was first approached and told that a new recruit was being posted to my neighbourhood...
Tackling gang crime from a different perspective
PC Nelena Paparisva tells u about her two weeks interning at Accenture, one of Police Now’s partners and her experience tackling gang crime...
My first three weeks as a police officer
Daniela Pretelt-Harries is a brand new police officer. Here she tells us about the parts of the Summer Academy that have impacted her the most...
Just another day on the job
PC Joanna Powell is a member of the Police Now 2015 Cohort. Here she provides us with a snapshot into her life as a dedicated ward officer...
My day on patrol with a teacher-turned-police officer
Brett Wigdortz, Founder and CEO of Teach First, joins one of our officers, PC Bem Jordan on the beat in Forest Gate, London...
First day nerves and building confidence
PC Ed Horley is the latest of our contributors to the Police Now blog who are members of the 2015 cohort...
An introduction to evidence based policing and community policing
An introduction to Evidence Based Policing with a focus on neighbourhood and community policing...
Police Now – The assessment centres
The assessment centre really is tough but it’s designed to enable candidates to demonstrate how great they are rather than to catch anyone out...