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Core rank profiles

Supporting police officers and staff to understand the requirements of core roles in policing.

First published

We're moving the policing professional profiles (PPP) to the College website. While this takes place, some roles from the PPP may only be available on College Learn.

College Learn can only be accessed by those who work in policing as it requires you to log in. If you do not work in policing and want to view a role, please email: professionaldevelopment@college.police.uk.

If you have any other queries or would like to give any feedback about the PPP, please email: professionaldevelopment@college.police.uk.

Purpose

The core rank profiles help every police officer to understand their core role. They are designed to be used with other specialist roles rather than as standalone roles. The specialist roles can be found in the related roles section on each profile.

The profiles on this page include information about the responsibilities, behaviours, qualifications, skills and experience for:

  • generic police officer roles
  • special constabulary roles
  • the police community support officer (PCSO) role
  • Metropolitan Police Service specific roles

Exploring the core rank profiles

To help to map out progression routes, we've organised the roles in the core rank profiles into five levels.

1. Service deliverer roles

2. Team leader or technical lead roles

3. Manager or expert adviser roles

4. Service function lead roles

5. Force leader roles

Further information

Service deliverer roles

Team leader or technical lead roles

Manager or expert adviser roles

Service function leader roles

Force leader roles

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