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 don’t have the correct alternative text
some interactive elements (including the audio players, maps) don’t have clear focus styles or are partially obscured
some collapsible elements don’t represent their status (opened or closed) correctly
some links and accordions cannot be focused with the keyboard
there are elements that lack correct structure, primarily definition lists
some dynamic elements do not have appropriate Aria Live attributes are not announced to screen reader users

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, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below 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))
Some definition lists are not correctly tagged in the code, meaning that people relying on assistive technologies to understand the page may not announce the content correctly. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships)
Some links are not accessible if navigating via a keyboard. This means that people who rely on keyboard navigation will not be able to access those areas of the content. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.1.1 (Keyboard)
Some pages have the focus orders that do not follow the onscreen layout. The means that people navigating via a keyboard might have difficulties accessing components on the page. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.3 (Focus Order)
The tags page displays a number next to each tag but provides no meaningful label to explain what this number means. This means that people may misunderstand or get disoriented. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.6 (Headings and Labels)
On the search results page, after using the ‘show more’ button, the filter checkboxes lose visible focus when navigating via a keyboard. 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 the podcast player, research map, and some cards and input components, 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)
Some pages have hidden links at the bottom that should not be accessible but are able to receive focus. This means that people who navigate the site via a keyboard might be confused as to the links purpose. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.7 (Focus Visible)
After opening a map pin tooltip via keyboard, if a person leaves the tooltip to continue moving through the map pins, the tooltip can obscure large parts of the map, especially if initially opened on a southern institution. 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 missing accessible 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)
Some content that is loaded dynamically does not correctly alert assistive technologies that a change has occurred. This means that people that rely on assistive technologies to understand the page contents will be unaware that a change to the content has taken place. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.3 (Status Messages)

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’re 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 August 2025.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

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

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

The testing was carried out by CACI Ltd.