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Recruits on any of the four entry routes, students on a professional policing degree, and serving officers preparing for the sergeants' or i

The four police constable entry routes in England and Wales, who each suits, the national minimum requirements, and the separate paths for s

The four statutory stages of police constable selection in England and Wales, what each one tests, and the regulations behind them.

Unit 1 of the Level 5 Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read alongside.

Unit 2 of the Level 5 Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read alongside.

Unit 3 of the Level 5 Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read alongside.

Unit 4 of the Level 5 Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read alongside.

Unit 5 of the Level 5 Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read alongside.

Unit 6 of the Level 5 Diploma, on searching premises, vehicles and outside spaces, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read

Unit 7 of the Level 5 Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read alongside.

Unit 8 of the Level 5 Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read alongside.

Unit 9 of the Level 5 Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read alongside.

Unit 10 of the Level 5 Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, with the law behind it and the pages on this site to read alongside.

The NPPF step two legal examination in 2026, with its format, syllabus, pass marks, sitting dates and the pass rates the College has publish

The NIE in 2026 for trainee investigators entering PIP2, with its format, syllabus, pass mark, sitting dates and practice material.

The Sergeant and Inspector Promotion and Progression process being tested as a replacement for the NPPF, as reported by secondary sources.

The information a constable must give before a stop and search, set by PACE section 2 and Code A, and the mnemonic recruits learn it by.

The six reasons in PACE section 24(5) that make an arrest necessary, how Code G applies them, and the mnemonic recruits use to recall them.

The eight points a witness statement should cover when identification is in issue, the Code D rules on first descriptions, and the mnemonic

The test for police use of force in Criminal Law Act 1967 section 3 and PACE section 117, and the PLAN and PLANE mnemonics used to justify i

The threat, harm, risk, investigation, vulnerability and engagement assessment that control rooms apply to every call, as set out in a force

Justified, authorised, proportionate, auditable, necessary, the recording test officers apply to a decision, and the law the words stand for

The five-stage interview model every recruit is taught, set against the Code C and Code E rules that govern a police interview.

Record, retain, review, reveal, the disclosure duties recruits learn from the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 and its Code of

The period straight after a report when material can still be secured, as the College of Policing defines it and the CPIA Code requires it t

The four articles that turn burglary into aggravated burglary under section 10 of the Theft Act 1968, and how they differ from the section 1

Saw, heard, actions, conversation, knowledge, smell, the prompt recruits use to write grounds for a search that meet Code A's reasonable sus

The words of the caution from PACE Code C, when an officer must give it, the alternative wording, and the special warnings on silence.

What the College examines from, where authorised practice lives, what PNLD holds and which policing material is free to read.