Becoming a Police Officer: The PEQF

Since 2020, the entry route for new police officers in England and Wales has been governed by the Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF), which was introduced by the College of Policing to professionalise policing and recognise it as a graduate-level profession. There are three main entry routes.

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