Police Constable Early Professional

Overview

Join to apply for the Police Constable Early Professional role at Book Binge. This role is part of the Police Constable Entry Programme (PCEP) blending classroom learning at one of our Met in-house training centres with learning on the job. You will spend the majority of your time working alongside experienced police officers out on London s streets.

The programme is two years and counts as your probation. The training is based on the national policing curriculum and focuses on preparing you for a hands-on policing role. The first weeks cover the law and specialist policing knowledge, ready to join your team on the streets. While you will learn and develop your policing knowledge, you will not gain an academic qualification.

The starting salary is over £42,210. On successful completion, you ll earn £44,844. All salaries include allowances.

Starting salary over £42,210; on completion £44,844. All salaries include allowances.

You must meet the eligibility criteria set out in  Who We Are Looking For . You will need a Level 2 qualification in English Language at a GCSE grade C or above, or grades 4 to 9, and one of the following:

• Two A Levels at grade E or above in any subject or be working towards these
• Level 3 qualification or be working towards one, including an International Baccalaureate Diploma or NVQ; equivalent overseas qualification considered
• Training or work experience equal to a Level 3 qualification
• Past service as a Police Community Support Officer, a Special Constable or Designated Detention Officer for 12 months
• 24 months as a Mets Volunteer Police Cadet
• Service in the Armed Forces with minimum term and exemplary reference (minimum 2 years within the last five years)

We will also consider an English Language equivalent overseas qualification in place of the Level 2 qualification.

This is a two-year programme in which you ll learn at one of our Met training centres, and on the job working in one of our police teams.

• Colindale in north London
• Sidcup in south London

The programme includes a Weeks Introduction to the Met, followed by 16 weeks of classroom learning. The training follows a shift pattern on alternate weeks:
Early 7am to 3pm;
Late 2pm to 10pm.

This covers policing and the law, giving you the basic knowledge and skills to be a police constable. The next two months you will spend in a police team, based on a London borough, with a tutor constable. This is called  Street Duties  and is where you can apply what you have learned.

The remainder of the two years will involve building on your learning and experience, including roles that respond to emergency calls and community policing. You ll return to the training centre for shorter blocks of classroom learning. Upon successful completion, you ll be a fully qualified police constable.

The information helps you have the best chance of success with your application. It tells you what to expect from our recruitment process at each stage. The process can take around six months to complete; at each stage you will be contacted by and receive more information from our recruitment team who are there for you throughout.