Accessibility statement | College of Policing

This accessibility statement applies to https://www.college.police.uk/, run by the College of Policing.

How you should be able to use this website

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. You should be able to:

change colours, contrast levels and fonts (using browser features)

skip to content bypassing the navigation

increase font size, line and letter spacing without loss of content

zoom in up to 400% without any loss of content or side scroll

navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software

listen to most of the website using a screen reader

use transcripts or closed captions with most audio and video materials

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible the website is

Parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

some images do not have the correct alternative text
some interactive elements (including the audio players, maps) do not have clear focus styles or are partially obscured
some collapsible elements do not represent their status (opened or closed) correctly
some links and accordions cannot be focused with the keyboard
some dynamic elements do not have appropriate Aria Live attributes announced to screen reader users
when content is magnified, some elements do not reflow to fit the page and overlap
some elements do not have sufficient colour contrast

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, email contactcentre@college.police.uk

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email contactcentre@college.police.uk

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’).

If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about the website’s accessibility

The College of Policing is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, because of the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some of the card images within the News and views section, and one of the ‘you may also be interested in’ news items are missing alt tags. This means that the meaning of these images may be missed when using assistive technologies to read the page. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).
Some videos do not have audio descriptions alongside closed captions and transcripts. This means the people who are unable to see or understand the visual content might miss out on additional information conveyed outside of the dialogue. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.5 (Audio Description (Prerecorded)).
On some pages there are elements that do not have sufficient colour contrast, this makes it difficult for someone with sight loss to see the content properly. This fails WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum).
At 400% zoom on some pages, there are elements that do not fit the page correctly, this means users that rely on screen magnification may be unable to locate or use the search function. This fails WCAG 1.4.10 (Reflow).
On the podcast player the visible focus is either missing or only partially viewable. This means that people relying on keyboard navigation will not be able to visually determine their position on the page. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.7 (Focus Visible).
On some pages at 200% and 400% the keyboard focus can move from the cookie banner to the page content behind it if the user tabs away from it. This means that people relying on keyboard navigation will not be able to visually determine their position on the page. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.11 (Focus Not Obscured (Minimum).
Some elements on pages have invalid attributes. This means that people who rely on assistive technologies to understand the page may miss some of the meaning or state of the elements. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value).

Disproportionate burden

Our website currently has content in Welsh, but the language is identified in English in each of those cases. We have conducted a disproportionate burden assessment on our Welsh language content.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are currently working on our accessibility roadmap and we plan to improve accessibility on this website by January 2026.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 6 May 2025. It was last reviewed on 4 December 2025.

This website was last tested in January 2025 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The testing was carried out by CACI Ltd.