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| Formation | 2015 |
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| Type | Registered Charity and Company limited by guarantee |
| Registration no. | 1168427 |
| Focus | Police Officer Recruitment |
| Headquarters | 203 Blackfriars Road |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′16″N 0°06′15″W / 51.5045°N 0.10419°W |
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Chair | Sir Ian Powell |
| Affiliations | |
| Budget | £12.8 m GBP (2024) |
| Revenue | £10.5 m GBP (2024) |
| Staff | 115 (2024) |
| Website | www |
Police Now recruits and trains, people to become police officers and detectives via its National Graduate Programme. Graduates on the programme train in one of four policing specialisms: neighbourhood, detective, economic crime, or counter terrorism.[1]
History
[edit]Police Now was initially set up as a graduate scheme, following its incubation within the Metropolitan Police, Police Now became an independent charitable enterprise in April 2016.[2] The scheme was inspired by Teach First, the educational initiative that recruits graduates into schools.[3][4]
Activities
[edit]Police Now recruits students into policing across England and Wales.[5] The charity delivers two programme recruiting future Neighbourhood Police Officers and direct entry Detectives.[6][7]
Police Now is known for its focus on recruiting a diverse range of people into policing with a particular focus on recruiting Black, Asian and minority ethnic people. The social enterprise believes the wider policing sector can do more to advance diversity and inclusion.[8] During a recruitment campaign arguing that police forces needed to reflect the communities they serve, Lord Woolley, a trustee of the charity, claimed the lack of diversity in UK police forces could be attributed to stop and search and criminalisation of young black men for minor offences.[9]
Governance
[edit]Police Now's board of trustees is chaired by Sir Ian Powell. The organisation is a registered charity,[10] and a registered company limited by guarantee.[11]
The charity has appointed a number of notable trustees
[edit]- Helen Ball, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
- Louisa Rolfe, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
- Simon Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford, Political activist and politician
- James Bowler, Senior Civil Servant
- Rhammel Afflick, Political activist
- Judith Clegg, Entrepreneur and author
References
[edit]- ↑ "Police Now website – Programme Overview". Police Now. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Police Now Cohort 1 Final Evaluation Report" (PDF) – via www.london.gov.uk.
- ↑ Williams, Sally (16 June 2023). "How Police Now is reviving urban community policing" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ↑ "Police Now: The beat generation". CIPD People Profession.
- ↑ "A new beat". 6 September 2019 – via PR Newswire.
- ↑ "A new beat". The Economist. 20 August 2015.
- ↑ "Graduates can become detectives in just 12 weeks with new Police Now scheme". Blasting News. 11 June 2018.
- ↑ "Written evidence submitted by Police Now". 1 June 2020 – via UK Parliament.
- ↑ Townsend, Mark (1 November 2020). "Stop and search 'makes it harder to hire black police officers'". The Observer – via The Guardian.
- ↑ "POLICE NOW - Charity 1168427". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk.
- ↑ "Company no. 09922205. POLICE NOW overview". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.