Police information for officers, in one place.
Pay scales, pension schemes, welfare services, promotion routes and the regulations that govern the job. Every topic is summarised in plain English and linked back to the official source, so you can check it yourself.
Topics
Five areas that officers look up most often. Each page explains how the rules work, then points you to the regulation, scheme document or service that holds the detail.
Pay and pensions
How police pay is set, what the allowances cover, and how the three pension schemes fit together after the McCloud remedy.
- Pay points and the review body
- Overtime and allowances
- 1987, 2006 and 2015 schemes
- Ill health and injury awards
Wellbeing and support
The national and charitable services available to officers, what each one actually provides, and how to reach them.
- Occupational health referrals
- National Police Wellbeing Service
- Trauma and treatment centres
- Urgent help numbers
Promotion and development
The promotion framework from constable to superintendent, entry routes into policing, and how specialisms are accredited.
- NPPF steps and legal exams
- Senior and direct entry routes
- Detective and PIP levels
- Transfers between forces
Conduct and regulations
Standards of professional behaviour, the misconduct and performance processes, and where your representation comes from.
- Conduct Regulations 2020
- Misconduct and gross misconduct
- Complaints and the IOPC
- Vetting and business interests
Leaving the service
Notice periods, retirement options, ill health retirement, and the practical steps that come with handing back a warrant card.
- Resignation and notice
- Retirement and pension timing
- Ill health retirement process
- Life after policing
Thinking about what comes next?
Officers leaving the service often ask where to start looking for work. Our guide to leaving the service covers notice, pension timing and resettlement. AfterDutyJobs is a job board carrying roles aimed at police, fire, ambulance and armed forces leavers.
Common questions
Nothing here replaces an official source. Each guide names the regulation, review body or service behind its answer and links straight to it, so you can check the wording yourself or take it to whoever can act on it.
- Who decides police pay? The regulations, the determinations and the annual review body process.
- What did the McCloud remedy change? Why most serving officers now hold benefits in two schemes, and when the choice is made.
- Can I refer myself for treatment? The centres that take self referrals, and the subscription that decides eligibility.
- How does promotion to sergeant work? The four steps, the national legal exam and where forces control the pace.
- What is the difference between misconduct and gross misconduct? How the severity assessment is made and what each outcome can lead to.
- Should this be a performance case or a health one? Where the attendance process ends and the medical route should begin.
- How much notice do I have to give? What the regulations require, and what happens to a live conduct matter.
- How is ill health retirement decided? Who certifies it, how injury awards differ, and when to get representation.
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