The police education qualification framework

A professional agenda or building professionals

Bibliographic Data

ID21177206
AuthorsEmma Williams (0000-0001-9820-4885, Canterbury Christ Church University, corresponding author), Jenny Norman (Canterbury Christ Church University), Michael Rowe (0000-0002-6535-7188, Northumbria University)
Year2019
Volume20
Issue3
Pages259-272
Publication date2019-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolice Practice and Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1561-4263 • E-ISSN: 1477-271X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15614263.2019.1598070
OpenAlexW2919815380
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited34

Given the growing complexity in British policing, the College of Policing are implementing a Police Education Qualification Framework through a professionalization agenda. This aims to standardise entry to the police and allow serving officers to gain accreditation for their previous training and experience. Part of this process involves the development of a national police curriculum for higher education institutions to deliver to new recruits. Different definitions of what constitutes professionalism can impact on officers’ interpretations of this concept and how they subsequently engage with the proposed reforms. This paper, which is based on in depth qualitative interviews with serving officers who have undertaken an academic qualification in policing, suggests that the relationship between police education and the development of professionalism is complex. Officers need to be trusted and encouraged to use their learning in a way that develops their own personal sense of professionalism. However, this paper will argue that current perceptions amongst officers are sceptical of the wider agenda and brings into question the development of a standardised curriculum which may ultimately be viewed as further governance over officer behaviour

Accreditation · Corporate governance · Curriculum · Engineering ethics · Higher education · Management · Officer · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional development · Professionalization · Public relations · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Engineering · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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