Program Overview

Pursue a career in the vital sector of policing and investigations, serving to maintain law and order and detect, prevent and investigate crimes. Licensed by the College of Policing, this course allows graduates to apply to the police service in England and Wales as a police constable.

The program helps equip you with a broad understanding of policing while examining the causes, legal framework, and responses to crime. We are licensed by the College of Policing to offer the pre-join degree in Professional Policing, allowing you to study first and then apply to a force and follow a shorter on-the-job training program.

Designed to prepare you for work in the public or private policing sector, this course is taught by former police service staff who are knowledgeable in the requirements of the division, with topics centered on the College of Policing’s National Policing Curriculum to ensure your learning is relevant to developments and challenges within the sector.  

Our Policing program is also one of few courses that enable you to undertake academic modules alongside volunteering as a special constable, a trained member of the community who works with and supports the local police. Special constables generally volunteer around four hours a week, or more, to assist the police in tackling crime in their community. This invaluable experience can help to prepare you for a range of employment opportunities within the police service after graduating. 

Key features

• This course teaches you the skills and expertise to prepare for a career in the public or private policing sector, where you will be taught by former police service staff who have the first-hand experience of the sector and its requirements.
• Teaching is centered on the National Policing Curriculum to ensure your learning is relevant to contemporary developments and challenges in the sector.
• Apply your learning to a real-world context with opportunities to volunteer as a special constable to develop their real-world understanding of the material taught on the course and prepare you for a range of employment opportunities within the police service (please note this is subject to meeting the requirements of Leicestershire Police and those set out by the Home Office).
• Gain international experience related to your studies through our DMU Global Programme, helping you to apply your learning to a global context. Policing students have previously visited Poland to investigate state crime at the Auschwitz concentration camp, as well as New York to learn about critical incidents of policing in the city.
• This program caters for a range of career aspirations within the police service and investigatory sector.
• You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Society of Evidenced Based Policing and engage with the East Midlands Police and Academic Consortium to provide you insight and context to real-life policing.