Uk police can spend up to 2 years in training and on probation

Yeah, they should've gone more in depth about how people become Police Officers in the UK - I myself will be going to University to undergo a Policing and Criminology course in September, paid for by my provinces police force.

Training in the UK starts at 16 weeks, before first active service under supervision, but full training is 2 years. It used to be that you could join the police at 16 (my uncle did) and would spend two years in full time residential training only going home at weekends.

That video is very inaccurate regards the UK Police. Far too many of the Infographics Channel's videos are very poorly researched, vague and inaccurate. British Police training is 3 years. This doesn't include firearms training, as with the exception of Northern Ireland, UK Police don't carry firearms as standard. During those 3 years, the student officers do not have full police powers. They're very limited in what they can do. They're not allowed to do any emergency high-speed police driving, take part in policing riots, carry a taser or attend emergency incidents unsupervised. The 3-year training consists of numerous cycles of classroom work, fieldwork and practical attachments in every area of community policing. Along with observational attachments in most of the specialised units. Such as Road Policing (Traffic) Units, Firearms Units, Aerial Units, Dog Units, Mounted Units, etc. Throughout the 3 year training period, the student officers undergo frequent written, oral and practical exams and assessments. Along with reports and appraisals of their performance. If at any point during the 3 years, a student officer fails to meet the required standards. Their career as a Police Officer is terminated. The training very much emphasises effective communication and de-escalation techniques. With heavy physical or deadly force only used as an emergency or last resort. This represents a major difference between American Police Forces and European Police Forces. Some good examples of this can be found in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lcCAdbKEndyuiGg.html and this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZx1h85lzr2ud40.html After the 3-year probationary period is completed the now fully qualified officer has solid knowledge in all areas of community policing and foundational knowledge of how the specialist units operate, sufficient to effectively support and work alongside them. Only now do they undergo training in riot control, using the taser and driving police vehicles at emergency high speed. They now also have the choice of staying in community policing or applying to join one of the specialised units. If their application to join a specialist unit is accepted. They then undergo the additional training programs, assessments and exams required of the particular specialist unit. If they fail to make the grade they're returned to community policing. Using the Specialist Firearms Unit as an example. The Specialist Firearms Unit has one of the most rigorous and extensive training programs of all the specialist units. Officers spend many weeks learning how to use various firearms, special assault tactics and advanced high-speed offensive and tactical driving. Once qualified they have to undergo frequent re-assessment to maintain their specialist firearms and driving qualifications. You can get a very brief idea of the training here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-39260906/police-firearms-training-hardest-thing-i-ve-ever-done They're taught to only use their firearm as a last resort when there's an imminent threat to life. There's significant ramifications if a British firearms Police Officer discharges his firearm for any reason. All UK Police shootings are immediately investigated. The officer's weapon is immediately confiscated for examination. And the officer is removed from firearms duties until the investigation is completed. As part of the investigation, the officer must also personally justify their actions in court.

The infographics show knows nothing about policing in the uk

in the UK we have the NHS and we do not pay for medical bills so when it comes to retirement, that factor would probably have been taken into account.

You needed A level with high grades to apply for the UK police force but now I think they've increased to a degree.

The video is not accurate. Police in UK now require a degree (or equivalent) or three years training to join.

My daughter has just joined U.K. police. There are 2 ways in. Apprenticeship. You start at 18 with A levels and over 3 years you learn on the job and in college. At the end you get a university degree and your police qualification that is valid anywhere in the U.K. if you already have a degree in a relevant subject eg criminology you can be fully qualified in 2 years. If your degree is in an unrelated subject it may take you longer. These are new rules but even in the past you weren’t fully qualified when you started working after 3 or 6 months. If you wanted to carry a gun you would need to have been qualified a number of years and then be trained in firearms. Even then most people are rejected. On.y those officers with a very calm disposition are allowed to carry firearms.

You need degree in UK and years of training

UK police training is 2-3 years long. There is also a requirement for a university degree now.

Also, the video made it sound as if the British police don't train. Their training actually lasts for a lot longer than in the US and is followed by up to 2 years probationary, on the job, training. If you want to carry a taser, that's an additional 4 months training. If you want to be an authorised firearms officer, you have to get approval from your superiors and pass a whole series of interviews, assessments and physical and psychological tests before you can be approved to even begin training. Firearms training itself lasts 18 weeks and regular refresher training and tests are undertaken once qualified. There is a further level above this, which requires you to have served as an authorised firearms officer for quite some time. If accepted you then undertake a further 18 weeks training as a specialist firearms officer and several weeks further in counter-terrorism techniques. Once again you'll face regular refresher training and testing, in order to stay in the role. Any specialist training of any type will also require further training. Usually lasting several months.

Within England and Wales - Many police forces required people to be 18, have at least a level 3 qualification which is what we call college (studied after high school between the ages of 16 to 18/19). Now things are slowly changing as they will require people to have degrees OR they can join through an apprenticeship where they are on probation for 3 years. Training right now consists of around 14 to 20 weeks before you become a police officer, after which 10 weeks of on the job tutoring occurs and during your 2 years of probation you learn on the job and see and try out other departments. After 2 years you are a full police officer not a student officer. After the new scheme where you require a degree or join through an apprenticeship, you do 3 years of on the job training while doing the job, doing a degree while on the job and you do about 26 weeks of training prior to starting the job. Regular officers don't carry firearms except PAVA spray, baton and cuffs. If the danger is seen to be too high tazer trained officers (who are regular officers who opted to get trained to use a tazer) can be called to assist or firearms officers (all firearms officers also carry tazer's)

Yeah this video isn't very well researched in some parts, police officers in the UK tend to spend 2-3 years training/on probation. As for qualifications you do need to have the GCSE's which are our end of school certifications. They will soon likely be increasing this to A-Levels and/or degrees needed to join.

This is somewhat wrong, I can say that in 99% of all UK police forces, require a university degree to apply as of late 2019. Previously it was a college degree.

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Hi guys. To be a fire arms officer in the UK you have yo have worked your way up and have a good record. They are required to detail any time they use firearms. If they kill someone in the line of duty that automatically goes to an independent inquiry to check their action was the only course of action.

I’ve read through all the comments. I can’t comment on America but in the U.K. I think there is confusion. You used to be able to become a police officer with just a few weeks training but you couldn’t act as a police officer. You were a probation officer. ie still in training. For many years it has taken at least 2 years and is now 3 years before you could be a fully trained police officer.

There is nearly twice as much training in UK than US ,alot of it is in de esculating situations and no gun training in UK , unless you are chosen for the armed response units which takes approx 2 years after being a police officer for a minimum of 2 years after training and probation which is another 2 years

2 million guns on British streets and more guns in the US than the population itself. that's crazy!

That figure of '11' was since 2010, not for one year. I think you missed that. :)

Recently the entry to UK police forces has changed radically you need a degree now to join the police in the UK(2 years on the job and at university training to complete a diploma which is considered a masters level qualification) or complete a degree as part of training(3 years on the job and at university training to complete your degree) . What they don't mention is its very competitive, with 1000s applying for just 30 positions. You have to show previous experience with a very long essay like application, and go to an assessment day where you complete maths, English and role play exams. Then if you pass that you go to an interview with senior police officers and staff. You also have to pass Vetting where your family and social media are checked. It often takes years to get in, with people working in other emergancy service roles to gain experience. The UK training is all around Persuade Advice Warn and alternatives to arrest. It's very hard to get arrested in the UK and its usually because you've committed a serious crime, continued to commit a crime in front of officers or refusing to leave the area where you are committing the offence. eg Drunk and Disorderley. The assault on officers in the UK is getting worse as the courts wouldn't prosecute for it for a long time, they recently brought a law to protect emergency service workers but they very rarely give jail time. There are calls to increase sentancing powers for this offence. As there has been an increase in the Ambulance, NHS and fire service also being attacked whilst on duty.

The Metropolitan Police was not the first police force in the UK. The British Transport Police (known by a different name at the time) pre-dates they by 2 years.

From my experiences with police here in the UK, as long as you are allright with them, you Co operate and you don't treat them like shit, whatever race you are they won't treat you like shit, it's just a shame its not the case for my brothers and sisters in the usa

My friends a police constable in the UK, its a standard 2 year training as a PCSO, before you can become an PC (police constable) And then further training if you join the armed police or SCO19 Specialist Firearms Command, and CTSFO counter terrorism specialist firearms officer.

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Of coruse the Brith Pisolice train. I trained for a total of 2 years as a Probationer Officer - 6 months at Hendon training school and 18 more months on the streets. Dring all of that period i had to pass examinations and a final exam at the end. On the job continuation trainning took place, as well as being kept u to day regularly on Officer Safety Training and in job specialist role training. The training is now different but I think just as taxing. Each officer has to keep themselves physically fit and up to date on changes to legislation and procedures.

Just an update, there's 2.23m legally registered firearms in the UK now.

The video omitted some facts about UK training, as people pointed out below you do need a degree, however you do not need to hold one to apply, you get the degree via police training but you need to pass it to become a full police officer. That might be "the tests" the info graphic is referring to. As far as I'm aware you do not need standard GCSEs (equivalent to high diploma) to apply in the UK or atheist they retake them as part of training, which i think is the difference the infographic is referring to.

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British police tend to not empty 8 bullets into the back of restrained unarmed suspects, or kneel on the neck of people until they die.

As a UK resident that 2 million illegal firearms statistic is kinda shocking.

I was watching another police England vs America video. People commented that in the USA a man went to a police man to ask directions he got told to stay back. In the UK not long after the Manchester arena bombing he approached an armed police man asked for directions. The police man smiled and was more then helpful. What happens if you are really lost, scared you should be able to get help from the police not threatened.

Police officers here in the UK don't carry guns (apart from in Northern Ireland), but they do carry tasers. The reason why officers from the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) carry guns is because of the unrest that still goes on there even all these years after the peace process. Also, police forces over here aren't as localised as they are in the US. For example, our police force (South Wales) covers everywhere from my home city (Swansea) over to Cardiff, which is a range of about 40-odd miles, and the Valleys to the north. And Scotland used to have many police forces until they all merged about six years ago and is now known as "Police Scotland". And as I mentioned above, Northern Ireland has the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland). And because of this, police forces find themselves having to deal with a wider range of things than they would in a US equivalent. For example, Police Scotland could find themselves dealing with a fight in Glasgow City Centre one minute and a more minor incident in a remote village the Scottish Highlands the next. And the same force has to deal with both things, which are on two completely different ends of the spectrum in terms of location. There's also the British Transport Police, who are based at every major railway station and possibly airport in this country.

It's not that UK police don't get trained. Our training for police is longer and better than the US version. It's just that you do not need qualifications to start training as a police officer.

If you watch Billy Connelly's episode of Who do you think you are ? Robert Peel created a police force in Glasgow before, it was created in London.

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The US has a police force, the UK a police service.

Now watch real videos of USA vs U.K. police

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The armed police in the UK are marksmen. If they show up, you better believe that surrender is your only viable option. The UK police go through a lot more training than stated in the video.

In the uk the police stand and kneel on people too, they are rough .

well, while talking about police there must be also consideration for society and communities they are policing in my country there is no violent crimes, small number of rapes, of street crime.... but theres much of economic criminality a lot of trafficking gangs, a lot of mafias, so our police has preety low statistics, but there are also multiple militarized units that deal with organized criminals... our IRS has one, railway security has one, police has one, military got few of them, almost all security agencies got their militarized units so it all depends on multiple factorsso profile of criminal activity varies very much from country to country, region to region... our police is very hesitant to use guns (because of lack of training, because society is disarmed, because there are low numbers of pathological street criminality so its complex situation look at Sweden, how cal their society was and look at it now... its crazy how things can change just in one generation ... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdWfeLd8m52sdJc.html you could watch this 'para-doc.' about one of our police units (not as a reaction, but just for information - keep in mind that this is quite old alredy

That info video was very poorly done. It mixed around the stats so much instead of showing them next to each other such as the assaults on police. In UK between 23k and 2m and in the US 53k. Both stats over a minute apart with other stats mixed in between. Considering the US has almost 9 times as many police and barely 2 times as many assaults, I guess having an armed police force seems a good thing for safety. Almost seems like that is a stat they don't want people noticing together.

Police in UK are more polite, and don't act the tough guy.

You go to a police equivalent school and then you have a two year prohibition period. Then you become a “proper” police officer

There’s a reason why the uk trains police in other countries

In Belfast Northern Ireland we call the cops Peelers after sir Robert Peel.

sir robert peel is from my town in manchester called bury we have a statue of him in the town centre

In the UK you do train for 2 years and you are not allowed to stay in the same role more than 8 years, so Murder squad is 5 years then you have to apply. This does not cure all ills but it does mean that as you work your career you will have a much broader world view

The London met is fucked though. There has been an increase in citizens being assaulted due to the protests and all.

Looking crooked at a cop is an assault. Well, almost. They inflate the figures by including almost anything. It’s a bargaining chip when it comes to pay negotiations.

US take care of their coppers.. thats nice. UK tight as shit. peace from London

This was ridiculously biased in the last part. English police training actually prepares them better for the streets and trains them to take serving role instead of a warrior role. Also live is a lot cheaper in Britain and the NHS especially reduces the need for a high pension

In Canada a post secondary education and active involvement in the community is preferred and they are paid better along with benefits than their US counterparts.

I'm British but in my opinion the American police are a lot more scary

Scotland had the first police in the UK

All these statistics yet it fails to mentioned how the US is like 40x bigger than the UK.

The UK isn’t England

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You guys watch a lot of videos where the host has very little or 0 knowledge about what they are talking about. I hope you don’t take what they say as gospel

This is not completely true. You need a certain level of high school qualifications to join police forces in the uk and you then train for 5 months before you go on duty. You then have a 2 year further probation and training period before you may become a substantive Police Constable

Making comparisons doesn't make sense, there is a discriminator that makes it impossible; weapons. In America, any cop MUST assume that anyone could be armed, in UK it assumes (almost surely) who is not armed unless he's a criminal; this deep difference makes the cops approach completely different. I don't want to justify anyone (unfortunately many american cops seems out of control) but blaming them for everything would be unfair, your society works in this way, and it seems to me who most americans are okay with this. I'm not judging anything; your country, your laws (sorry for my "google-eng", I hope you understand what I mean).

Wow..In the Netherlands & Germany police need to go to 'police-school 'for years.

No it wasn;t Glasgow 20 years before.

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We have had 11 deaths since 2010, which is 1.1 deaths per year, but most of these are in car chases

Police training in the uk is a lot longer and more intense than in the us

Watch Jim Jefferies doing police ride alongs in different countries. That's an eye opener.

U.K. police to carry a firearm they have to go through several test and lots of training. U.K. after several years of being on the job. police have to train in police school some attend college/university and are on probation for 2 years.

Uk policing is exceptionally hard to get into and you train for about 2 years

I spoke to a police officer at length yesterday, and she was an angry lazy liar. Some people should definitely not have guns.

If someone turns up at your door with a gun 9 out of 10 times you will have done something to earn it. Very rare (not impossible) for innocents to be shot.

What the video doesn't tell you is that the decline in police numbers in the UK is entirely due to the election of the Conservative party in 2010. They have presided over enormous increases in violent crime after consistent declines throughout the late 90s and 00's. Yet somehow the British public keep electing the Tories. They've pretty much done nothing but mess up the country since being in power and they're not down yet. The reason for electing then is due to the opposition being seen as more Socialist than usual. Unfortunately the British press are mostly Conservative and deem socialism to be evil and they consistently attack the Labour Party with false stories. There is a widening inequality in the UK and it is getting rogressuvely worse under the Tories. Our country is really at breaking point being oen of the most unequal countries in Europe. The alternative is the election of more left wing policies designed to make the country more equal. Sadly, the British press is dominated by tabloid newspapers who really seem to dictate opinion in England. They preach nothing but pure hatred towards immigrants, foreigners and blame everything that is wrong on the poorest. Unfortunately the British parliament is dominated by constituencies in middle England who increasingly buy into everything these newspapers tell them. We also have an increasing working class who now elect to vote Tory as they believe Boris Johnson to be a truth teller and a man of the people. Of course this is nonsense and exactly the opposite of the real truth but that doesn't stop the Conservatives from win uh votes even in the poorest areas they have blighted for generations. Its a real mess and sadly our future is bleak under the Tories we have at present. Not only do they lie and cheat but they also are totally incompetent and blubde from one crisis to the next. I hope my country wakes up soon.

I'm sorry, I have replayed the first 5 seconds of this video 10 times now and still cannot decipher what was said.

U.K. police train for 3 years to get you to a university degree level. If you already have a degree your training can be shorter.

There's a monument to the peel guy who invented the police force it's in ramsbottom in the uk

Such energy

If you adjust some of the numbers to population size it’s about the same.

in the uk you need a policing degree and you are on probation for your first 2 years on the force

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Average usa training acros the nation is 19 weeks. No or hardly any de-escalating training. Every state and even towns Can add stuff to the training. Basic its holds 3 parts.... 1) LAW......well its handy to know the LAW. 2) driving tests. 3) shooting test. Other western countries got police training from 2 to 3 years. Its holds the 3 american parts. And way, way , way more. The minimum educational level is way higher in Europe...its on or nearly at university level. There are major parts of the training done for de-escalating. The list What european cops are trained in is so long...its to long to post. Please look iT up. What americans who go live in Europe noticed straight on is How different the police here is. More easy going. More human. No military way of speaking. And most of All...They speak to you like you are human. A good example on whats different between usa cops and european cops comes from Zwitserland. Zwitserland got more guns out there in % then in the usa. Al of iT adult men hold guns. The gun laws in Zwitserland makes the NRA drewl. Here is the difference.... In the usa the first think a cop tells a driver to do when he aproaches the care... “ put your hands on the wheel so I Can see them” In Zwitserland......and the rest of Europe. “Please, turn the car of”. On average a cop in Europe uses his gun 3 times in a 35 year carreer. 1 out of those 3 times a gun was fired. Usa On average the usa police uses his gun on a weekly bases over the Same time period. He Fries his gun at least 76 times in his carreer. Of the times police in usa uses the gun its 80% of the times vs normal civilians. In Europe...2% Good luck usa with your awsome system

I know I'm asking for trouble but we don't have them so...Sheriff? Like a Mayor? But for the police, seperate from the local council?

It is much worse a lot of people are treated badly by few police officers where as the level is much lower in the uk

This video is so misinformed. Salaries are £29k starting which is equal to $35k dollars. Furthermore, training in the UK is more extensive and broader. Sorry but the information in this video is inaccurate.

You need to do london cctv footage

100% inaccurate. i don't think they got one thing right!

We do train to become a police officer in the uk

The police killing stats include all deaths not just unarmed, fleeing and that stuff

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Muhammad Ali was amazed when in England he asked a policeman “where’s your gun?” To be answered “we don’t need guns here “.

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The selection process needs first attention.

135 ??? Not that much

The UK also strongly supports ex Forces staff to join, Army, Navy and Air Force

Wales and Scotland also Northian Ireland sort there own problems out by council ,how they choose to use the money is up to them as they will have to answer to there own peoples,England yes correct ,but it takes two years to become a officer and also ,England will be adding more police to the fold.

now its complete deferet to join the police in the uk now u have to go to unity and collage

oh trust me ive been on the end of police brutality and ive been in the uk.

Edit: all british transport police personal carry guns