Police Now

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Police Now
Founded2015
Type Registered Charity and Company limited by guarantee
FocusPolice Officer Recruitment
Location
Area served
England and Wales
Services
  • National Graduate Leadership Programme
  • National Detective Programme
Key people
  • David Spencer (Co-Founder)
  • Tor Garnett (Co-Founder)
  • Sir Ian Powell (Chair)
Affiliations
Revenue
£7.2m
Employees
86
Website www.policenow.org.uk

Police Now is a British charity supporting the recruitment of police officers across England & Wales. The social enterprise works with 31 of 43 police forces. [1]

Contents

History

Police Now was initially set up as a graduate scheme by former Detective Chief Inspector David Spencer and Detective Superintendent Tor Garnett at the Metropolitan Police Service. [2] Following its incubation within the Metropolitan Police, Police Now became an independent charitable social enterprise in April 2016. [3] The scheme was inspired by Teach First, the educational initiative that recruits graduates into schools. [4] [5]

Activities

Police Now recruit graduates into policing across England and Wales. [6] The charity delivers two programme recruiting future Neighbourhood Police Officers and direct entry Detectives. [7] [8]

Police Now is known for its focus on recruiting a diverse range of people into policing with a particular focus on recruiting Black, Asian and minority ethnic people. The social enterprise believes the wider policing sector can do more to advance diversity and inclusion. [9] Police forces in the UK often come under scrutiny for their lack of diversity. [10] During a recruitment campaign arguing that police forces needed to reflect the communities they serve, Lord Woolley, a trustee of the charity, claimed the lack of diversity in UK police forces could be attributed to stop and search and criminalisation of young black men for minor offences. [11]

Governance

Police Now's board of trustees is chaired by Sir Ian Powell. The organisation is a registered charity, [12] and a registered company limited by guarantee. [13]

The charity has appointed a number of notable trustees

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References

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  6. "A new beat". 6 September 2019 via PR Newswire.
  7. "A new beat". The Economist. 20 August 2015.
  8. "Graduates can become detectives in just 12 weeks with new Police Now scheme". Blasting News. 11 June 2018.
  9. "Written evidence submitted by Police Now". 1 June 2020 via UK Parliament.
  10. "Police force diversity is improving in the UK – but there's a long way to go". 4 June 2020 via UK Parliament.
  11. Townsend, Mark (1 November 2020). "Stop and search 'makes it harder to hire black police officers'". The Observer via The Guardian.
  12. "POLICE NOW - Charity 1168427". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk.
  13. "Company no. 09922205. POLICE NOW overview". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.