Useful Policing & Promotion CPD Links

Here are a range of policing links I hope you find of use on your promotion journey. Most are relevant to your CPD towards Sergeant or Inspecting ranks, while others may just make your life a little easier in the police service. Any links to sites selling items are not an endorsement of companies or their products and I do not have a stake in them; they are just a pointer which might save you time. Please let me know if you notice any links out of date or not working!

UK Police Forces

• UK Force Website List - For all regional & national forces
• UK Force Key Facts - List of UK forces with headline info

Associations by Rank

• Police Federation E&W - Association for PC - Chief Inspector in England & Wales
• Scottish Police Federation - Police Fed for Scotland officers
• PFNI - Police Fed for Northern Ireland
• PFEW Sgt - Support for Sergeant rank
• PFEW Insp - Support for Inspecting ranks
• PSAEW - Police Superintendents Association
• NPCC - National Police Chiefs' Council (was ACPO)
• ​Specials - Information about and for Police Specials

Other Police Associations

• BAWP - British Association for Women in Policing
• CPA - Christian Police Association
• DPA - Disabled Police Association
• GRTPA - Gypsy Roma & Traveller Police Association
• JPA - Jewish Police Association
• LGBT - UK LGBT police network
• NAMP - National Association of Muslim Police
  
• ​NBPA - National Black Police Association
• NPAA - National Police Autism Association
• PPA - Police Pagan Association
• SPA - Sikh Police Association

Police Leadership Context

• CoP Leadership Review - Essential reading!
• 2025 Vision - NPCC 2025 vision for policing
• State of Policing - Annual inspection national assessment
• Better Britain - Strategic context in-depth report
• NDM - The National Decision Model guidance
• PEEL - All force's PEEL Assessments (know yours!)
• IIMARCHED - Operational briefing method
• SAFCOM - Formal briefing method
• PESTLE, SWOT & more - Strategic thinking tools
  

CPD Police Promotion Process

• NPPF - Outline of National Police Promotion Framework
• Fast Track - Aim high, the CoP Fast Track guide for PCs
• CVF - Behaviours: Competency & Values Framework
• ​Police Assessment Tests - Practice Assessment tests

News & Jobs

• PoliceHour - First for top policing news & insights
• Policing Insight - Governance, management & politics
• Police Professional - News, jobs & online resources
• ​Police Oracle - News, jobs & other online resources
• Police.uk - National headlines (infrequent updates)
• Polfed Mag - Police Federation bimonthly magazine
• Pay Scales - Latest pay scales for all police officer ranks
• NPCC News - News from the Police Chiefs' Council
• Police Resettlement Mag - Free news, jobs & support

Humour

• Bullshire - Satirical, yet accurate BS police news
• UK Cop Humour - Proving that police are human too!​

Police Authorities / Gov.

• NPCC - National Police Chiefs' Council (was ACPO)
• Police UK - Home Office site for UK policing
• HMICFRS - Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
• IPCC - Independent Police Complaints Commission
• CoP - College of Policing (police's professional body)

Police Community & Support

• IPA - International Police Association
• POLKA - Online community for knowledge sharing
• Police Community - UK Police discussion forums
• Police Charities - Helping UK officers & their families

Apps, Supplies & Discounts

• Bluelight Card - Emergency Services discounts
• Rewards for Police - Discounts & offers for police
• Patrol Store - Equipment for police, security & military
• Police Supplies - More equipment
• Pocket Sergeant - Award-winning UK criminal law app

Misc Police CPD

• Policing Recruitment - Joining the Police guide
• APP - Authorised Professional Practice
• CoP Library - Reading resource materials for cops
• NCALT - 'Beloved' policing eLearning platform
• JESIP - Critical incident management with partners