Links

Police Sites

Association of Chief Police Officers
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) was set up over 50 years ago so that work in developing policing policies could be undertaken in one place, on behalf of the Service as a whole, rather than in 44 forces separately.

Association of Police Authorities (APA)
National voice for police authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The website has links to individual police authorities.

Black and Asian Police Association
Provides support for Black and Asian police officers, and works to improve relations between the police and Black and Asian people.

Centrex
Centrex, the Central Police Training and Development Authority, defines, develops and promotes excellence. It does so by providing a centre of policing excellence and support, and by creating and implementing the means to develop competence through policing careers.

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC)
This page gives information on the role of HMIC

National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit (NETCU)
NETCU is a national policing unit that promotes a coordinated response to domestic extremism by providing tactical advice to the police service, and information and guidance to industry and government. NETCU's focus is primarily animal rights extremism and related policing issues. The unit is funded by the Home Office and responsible to ACPO(TAM).

Off Duty
Off Duty was established in 1996 following work done on the pre-retirement needs of police officers. The website provides a range of services which cannot be found elsewhere in the UK. Any serving or retired police officer can access information, advice and articles of value and interest on many different topics, from probation to retirement and beyond.

Police Federation of England and Wales
The Police Federation of England and Wales is the representative body to which every police officer below the rank of Superintendent belongs. It was established to provide the police with a means of bringing their views on welfare and efficiency to the notice of the government and the police authorities.

Police Law
This website has been designed to inform anyone interested in the criminal justice system of the United Kingdom about what's happening, with a particular emphasis on police orientated issues, it also provides a portal to police and law related sites.

Police Portal
List of Police Forces in the UK.

Police recruitment campaign
The Police Recruitment website contains information on how to become a police officer, details possible careers within the police force, contains interactive tests, and information on how to apply to become a police officer.

Police Scientific Development Branch Publications
This page contains current unclassified publications by the Home Office Police Scientific Development Branch. Most PSDB publications are classified and available only to official users, so listed here are only unclassified reports.

Police UK Homepage
This site provides links to Official Police Forces - both regional and non-regional - and related organisations.