The BSc (Hons) Professional Policing degree is a 3-year full-degree (with a part-time option) being offered at UEL and is designed to meet the role and challenges for policing. It is for those wishing to join the police* or enter into a similar career.
This degree recognizes that, at an entry-level into policing, amongst other tasks, the police constable is required to:
- Protect life and property
- Deter crime
- Provide a reassuring presence to diverse communities
- Support victims, witnesses, and other vulnerable persons
- Conduct initial investigations
- Interview suspects
The curriculum is as prescribed by the College of Policing and features learning and development across a comprehensive range of professional policing situations. This includes evidence-based policing; decision making and discretion; criminology and crime prevention; pro-active approaches to vulnerability, risk, and public protection. It is professionally transformative, in that there is comprehensive, modern, and up-to-date coverage of areas of knowledge, skills, and professional approaches that have been identified as critical to the 21st century policing role of the constable. This includes cybercrime and digital policing.
