The Metropolitan Police Service has jobs on offer that start with a £36,000 salary - and you don't need a degree. The three-year apprenticeship programme called the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA), allows those interested in joining the police as an officer a great starting salary and the chance to work towards a fully funded degree in Professional Policing Practice.
It starts with a training period before you are taken out on the streets to get frontline experience from officers bestowing their practical experience to the trainee. Over 2,000 officers have joined the Met’s apprenticeship programme since it launched in January 2021.
The scheme has seen officers go on to pursue specialist careers in the Met such as mounted branch, authorised firearms officer, or even detective.
The full salary is £36,775, inclusive of benefits and there is a wide age range of those that apply. PC Thompson is in her third and final year of the PCDA route. She previously worked as a restaurant manager before joining the Met initially as a volunteer police officer prior to the PDCA.
She said: “I knew I wanted a degree, and I knew I enjoyed being a police officer – with the apprenticeship route I was able to achieve both. With policing, I found a role that uses a variety of my existing skills and interests. The apprenticeship also offers so much opportunity for my future career.”
Tom Naughton, the Met’s Head of Initial Recruit Training, said: “The Met’s apprenticeship programme is already a great success with many officers graduating this year.
“Officers have produced really impressive research as part of their degrees, paralleled with great operational work, working alongside communities to keep Londoners safe.
“Those on the apprenticeship come from a range of professional and personal backgrounds. They bring a diversity of experience that is crucial for the Met to deliver our A New Met for London plan to build more trust with our communities, drive down crime and pursue high standards.
“I’d encourage anyone considering becoming a police officer to consider the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship.”
For more information, visit met.police.uk/careers.
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