Supporting police officers and staff to understand the requirements of core roles in policing.
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.
2. Team leader or technical lead roles
3. Manager or expert adviser roles
4. Service function lead roles
Further information
Service deliverer roles
- Constable
- Special constable – accompanied patrol(You will need to log in to College Learn)
- Special constable – independent patrol(You will need to log in to College Learn)
Team leader or technical lead roles
- Sergeant
- Special sergeant(You will need to log in to College Learn)
Manager or expert adviser roles
- Inspector
- Special inspector(You will need to log in to College Learn)
- Chief inspector