Police Officer

**Policing Professional Profile**

**Police Constable**

**Job Family**:Core Rank

**Level**:Service Deliverer

**Code**: _(For College use only)_ CR-SD-Police Constable v1.2

**Role Purpose**:

- (This section summarises the key function of the role)_
Constables play a critical front-line role in the prevention and detection of crime and the criminal justice system. Constables work in partnership on a day-to-day basis with local communities, stakeholders and colleagues in order to promote law and order, reduce the fear of crime, provide reassurance and build confidence to improve the quality of life for citizens.

This role carries legal powers to enable the maintenance of law and order and bears responsibility for making autonomous decisions in accordance with the National Decision

Model and Code of Ethics, exercising professional discretion, as appropriate to the role, in line with legal frameworks and policy guidelines.

Constables are required to meet and maintain the highest professional standards required of their role, by conducting all actions in a legal, balanced, proportionate and justifiable manner to uphold the law and achieve the best outcomes in a wide range of situations/incidents.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- (This section details the key responsibilities required of the role)_
- Provide appropriate initial and ongoing frontline response to a wide range of incidents that may include complex and confrontational situations, assessing immediate risk, threat and harm to determine a proportionate response in line with the law, policy and guidance.
- Take a leading role in establishing effective localised partnerships to problem solve, engage with, reassure and support organisations, groups and individuals across communities in line with the Force’s planned approach.
- Effectively engage with victims, witnesses, suspects and the vulnerable, in accordance with equality, diversity and human rights considerations, to provide initial support, direct towards relevant services, establish relationships and gather information that prevents and reduces crimes.
- Maintain awareness of potential and actual risks to individuals, taking appropriate action to protect and support those in need of public protection to pre-empt or effectively address safety / vulnerability issues.

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- Conduct effective and efficient priority and high-volume investigations as requested in line with standards of investigation to inform the development of high quality case files and initiation of criminal justice proceedings.
- Gather and handle information, intelligence, and evidence, from a variety of sources, in line with legislation, policies and guidance, taking the appropriate action to support investigations, law enforcement and criminal justice proceedings.
- Interview victims, witnesses and suspects in relation to appropriate crimes and investigations, to gather information that has the potential to support law enforcement objectives.
- Conduct first line analysis of information, intelligence and evidence to determine significance, generate lines of enquiry, inform decision making and support evidence based policing.
- Justify and professionally account for actions to ensure adherence to legal frameworks and key working principles, policies and guidance.

**Behaviours**:

- (Outlines the behavioural requirements of the role)_

All roles are expected to know, understand and act within the ethics and values of the
Police Service.

The Competency and Values Framework (CVF) has six competencies that are clustered into three groups. Under each competency are three levels that show what behaviours will look like in practice.

It is suggested that this role should be operating or working towards the following levels:
**Resolute, compassionate and committed**

We are emotionally aware Level 1

We take ownership Level 1

**Inclusive, enabling and visionary**
**leadership**

We are collaborative Level 1

We deliver, support and inspire Level 1

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**Intelligent, creative and informed policing**

We analyse critically Level 1

We are innovative and open-minded Level 1

**Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience**:

- (Outlines the skills and educational and qualification requirements to be able to fulfil the role, this criteria should be considered as part of an individual’s PDR)_

**Prior Education and Experience**:

- Typically, a PC is likely to have achieved a Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) prior to entry.
- Completed mandatory assessments on recruitment.

**Policing Education and Qualification Framework (PEQF)**:

- Forces are implementing the new entry routes into policing which require new entrants to work towards and achieve (or to already hold) a Level 6 qualification. This will be via one of the new entry route options: a Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship,

Degree-Holder Entry Programme or a Pre-join Professional Policing Degree.
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