Police Officer Salary – What are the average pay rates for Police?

Police Officer Salary

Being a police officer is a very tough job and it takes someone who is fair, firm, professional and approachable to do the job well.  You must be able to deal with challenges daily and have a proactive approach to dealing with problems and resolving conflict. Confidentiality and discretion are key attributes to being a police officer.

The job is extremely varied and does depend on whether you are a patrol officer, a uniformed officer, based in a police station or specialising in a particular branch such as knife crime or drug squad. However, as a rule, your job will include investigating criminal offences, making arrests and enquiries, filling out paperwork and reports, answering members of the public’s phone calls and dealing with problems, carrying out interviews and preparing crime reports, giving evidence in court and just generally dealing with people.

You will need to have a clean criminal record to become a police officer and have a Criminal Records Bureau check to prove this. You must be over 18, in good health, be allowed to stay in the UK and prove basic intelligence with a series of tests. These will test numeracy, literacy, communication, logic, decision making and judgement when presented with information.

Starting salary: £20,000 – £23,000
Experienced salary: £36,500 
Senior salary: £40,000 – £50,000

There may be an additional payment for police officers in London.

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