England Police Workforce: Recruitment, Degree, and Education Impact

This report provides an overview of the police workforce and recruitment schemes in England, focusing on whether a degree is essential for recruitment and the overall impact of education on the police force. It examines three primary schemes: the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA), the Degree-holder entry route, and the Pre-join degree option, highlighting the criteria and objectives of each. The report delves into the debate on the necessity of a degree, considering arguments for and against formal education, and explores how education influences aspects such as community relationships, the use of force, critical thinking, and leadership within the police department. It concludes that while a degree can enhance an officer's capabilities, practical training and experience remain crucial for effective policing, and the overall goal is to maintain public order, safety, and effective law enforcement.

Police Workforce
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Contents
Police Workforce.............................................................................................................................1
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
Schemes regarding police recruits in England............................................................................4
Is degree important or not for recruitment in police workforce?................................................5
Impact of education on job or police workforce.........................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Books and journals......................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Police are the group of people whose work is to impose laws, assist in the emergency cases,
solve crimes and protect all the property. There are many duties which are handled by a police
officer like to promote and conserve orders of public, to protect internal security, to control
terrorist activities etc. Police workforce are well trained officers who are trusted by the
government officers by maintain the peace of public and order, prevention and detecting all
crimes. This report is made on the basis of police workforce and recruitments in England and it
covers all the schemes whereby all recruitments of police in England must be educated to degree
level. This will also covers importance of degree and education for this sector and the way of
impacting this field (Wankhade & Patnaik, 2020).
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TASK 1
Schemes regarding police recruits in England.
Recruitment in police sector has a process through which an applicant should pass through and
the individual will get selected in this field. Police workforce are working in a partnership as
they are serving to the communities that maintains various rules and regulations made by the
government, protect every members of the public and property, investigation of crimes etc. were
handled by these recruiters. For the recruitment in police workforce, there are mainly three
schemes in England:
Police constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) - In this, a recruiter should choose three- year
level 6 degree training that includes both on and off job internship (Mouhanna, 2020).
Degree-holder entry- Here, a recruiter should have an undergraduate degree in any of the subject
which is supported by this job learning. It may take minimum two years to finish the probation
period.
Pre-join degree- In this scheme, if a recruiter have not been to any university or college then a
person will embark on three year BSc professional policing and following shorter period of on
job training.
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With all these schemes, a recruiter should fulfil the age criteria, citizen of England, UK. Their
mission is to change the society, reduce crimes and anti- social attitude of people.
Is degree important or not for recruitment in police workforce?
Degree make individuals more confident in their approach and outlook which helps a person in
many things like personality development, enhancing their skills, improvising their knowledge,
exploring various programmes etc. Policing in college do not need any degree to become a
police officer as PCDA (Police constable Degree apprenticeship) does not require any degree
where a person can earn and learn on the job (Ballinger, 2019). A new framework called as
PEQF (Policing Education Qualification framework) will have to gain a degree if an individual is
joining through this new program. This will be considered as a right path as degree is playing an
important role in any field and sector through which a person will be capable of doing many
things.
No, degree is not important to do their jobs, they have ended this policy and mind sets that an
individual is requiring degree for doing any job. They have started offering the courses, training
and internship programmes for joining this workforce. Degree level education and a officer in
this field is not necessary to be the academic in their youth which allowed various people to
flourish professionally.
Education can be a great creator of chances but its benefits are not always equally accessible. As
requiring higher education may cuts off the chance of those who do not do well at their school or
college. As a result, being a police officer is a very meaningful and impactful way to serve a
community and society which does not rely on formal education (Fraser, 2018).
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Impact of education on job or police workforce.
Education in any of the stream has its own benefits which has its own improvements in the
capabilities and performance of a person. But at some areas a person without having education or
bookish knowledge may enhance and work on their skills and abilities for serving the society.
This will result in generating those officers who actually want to serve their community for their
welfare and protection. On the other hand, knowledge of communication and leadership skills,
handling various challenges, better knowledge of technical as well as economical, mutual
understanding etc. will be given in their training and internship period.
Although education is also very important as:
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 It will help a person in the enhancement of better relationships with the members of
community because they have to create a genuine bond between community and their
department (Kaddey, 2020).
 Educated person will less likely to use the force over persons that may cause physical
harm for example shooting with the guns etc.
 It will also enable the officers to better relate to the society and enhance the technical
training in schools or university only which is used to increase critical thinking, moral
reasoning and openness to diversity (Sweeney, Chenane & Perliger, 2021).
 Education is helpful for officers to identify the best practices in identifying the quality
information and scientific evidences. This will result in enabling them to more regularly
evaluating the policies and practices adopted by their departments.
 This is also important and helpful in building better leaders which will help in their
promotion and their betterment in individual’s future.
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CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report is that police workforce is a very important job sector for
every state which help the country in maintain public order and safety, imposing the laws,
investigating criminal activities etc. Fewer citizen complaints, good problem- solving and more
openness to reform and best practices are some of the best benefits of a better educated police
force. Degree in this field is not that important as a capable person can learn from their trainings
and internships. Education has a very good impact on this department which gives a good
knowledge in improving themselves for their betterment in future, communication and their
promotion.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Wankhade, P., & Patnaik, S. (2020). Mental Health and Well-Being of the Emergency Services
Workforce. In Collaboration and Governance in the Emergency Services (pp. 83-104).
Palgrave Pivot, Cham.
Mouhanna, C. (2020). Police Centralization and its Pathologies. In Policing in France (pp. 71-
85). Routledge.
Fraser, M. (2018). Policing the Home Front 1914–1918: The Control of the British Population at
War. Routledge.
Sweeney, M. M., Chenane, J. L., & Perliger, A. (2021). The role of demographic diversification
of the police force in curbing hate crimes: cross-sectional and longitudinal
analyses. Police Practice and Research, 1-18.
Kaddey, L.A., 2020. From Parish Constable to County Constabulary: An examination into the
changing role of police constables in Dorset 1835-1875.
Ballinger, A. (2019). Dead Woman Walking: Executed Women in England and Wales, 1900-55.
Routledge.
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