West Midlands Police, Police Officer – Pre-join programme for those with a degree in professional policing

This is the right route for you if you have achieved, or are in your final year, of the degree in professional policing that has been licenced and validated by the College of Policing.

A full list of the universities offering this programme can be found here; only students or graduates of this course are able to apply for this route. 

With a starting salary of £26,682; assuming satisfactory performance, it will rise to £27,804 in your second year and £28,932 in your third. Plus there is a large variety of benefits, staff associations, social clubs and a pension to consider.

As a Police Officer you'll play a vital role in ensuring that the communities of the West Midlands are kept safe. It isn’t easy but it is rewarding and can be a career like no other. We want people to join us who have a range of life experiences and backgrounds; it is vitally important that we represent all of the communities that we serve.

About the pre-join entry route for graduates of the professional policing degree 

Your degree will have taught you plenty about policing but the next step is where we bring that theory to life.

Your formal training will take place alongside your practical work in one of our many policing teams across the West Midlands. After an initial training period, you’ll get your uniform, join a team, and begin two years of practical learning that will shape your police career.  

The professional policing degree that you have completed is based upon the national curriculum for the Police Constable role, therefore applicants on this entry route will enjoy a shorter ‘on-the-job’ practical training programme that will help you to become a great officer. 

Policing as a career is challenging; it requires and demands skill, responsibility, leadership, initiative and a genuine desire to make a difference to society. Here at West Midlands Police it’s no different. We receive thousands of calls from people needing our support every single day and we work hard to prevent crime, protect the public and help those in need.