Police officer training programme

When you join Lincolnshire Police as a new recruit, you will commence your initial training, and begin your exciting career as a police officer. Your training period as a student police officer lasts two years and is known as your probation.

Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP)

Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP) is a two-year training programme for our new recruits, which you will begin on your first day with Lincolnshire Police. Throughout your training, you will be working to achieve a diploma in policing.

This programme has been quality assured by independent assessors to national standards and is delivered locally in Lincolnshire.

The programme is community focused and you will learn about the communities that you will be working with. You will also be given appropriate training to develop your skills and knowledge in order to become a competent police officer.

The initial training is delivered in three distinct phases, as follows:

Phase 1

During this phase, you will learn about the police service and policing issues, including being formally ‘attested’ as a constable.

Phase 2

During this phase, you will gain an understanding of community policing and some relevant legislation. You will also gain a valuable insight into community groups, partner agencies and identify how we can assist each other in our respective roles.

Phase 3

This is the longest of the initial three phases and contains the required theoretical knowledge, with opportunities to apply learning in practical scenarios’, some of which will be in community settings. During this phase, core-policing skills will be developed as well as the supporting knowledge and understanding.

The tutored phase

Following your initial training, you will commence working shifts at your designated police station, alongside your tutor constable who will oversee and coach you in your development, assisting you to manage your workload. This phase is operationally based, consisting of street patrol and other relevant attachments. The tutor phase is a minimum of 40 shifts.

Independent phase

Once you have demonstrated your ability to deal competently with a number of pre-defined actions from the Police Action Checklist (PACs) you will commence work as an independent officer. You will also complete your three-week standard driving course.

During this independent phase, you will undertake some internal attachments, the main one being an attachment to CID. This phase takes place during the remainder of your 2-year probation.