John GeatesDirector

Scottish Police College

Traditional? – you tell me

Training Recruits ● National Programme

● Cultural change from didactic practice

to facilitative style

● Focus on professional & personal

development

● Academic Qualifications

● National Award winners

2007 Training awards

● SQA Lifelong Learning – highly commended

● SQA Champion - winner

● SQA Pride o’ Worth - winner

● National Training Awards – Scotlands’ UK Finalists

● National Training Awards – UK winners

NTA Judges Comments

The Probationer Training Programme is:“an exceptional initiative which could and should serve as a model for the rest of the UK”

“the culture change resulting from this initiative is inspirational and a story which needs to be

more widely known as a role model and exemplar”

Content

Development of Knowledge & Skills:

● Diversity Matters

● Community Issues

● Safety and First Aid

● Verbal and Non-verbal

Communications

● Partnership Working

● Criminal and Statute Law

Aims

Development and Assessment of● Knowledge● Understanding● Skills● Attitudes● Behaviours

All contributing to lifelong learning and professional service to Communities

Lifelong Learning

● Probationer training provides the foundation at SCQF level 7 – Certificate in Higher Education.

● Professional Development Awards (PDAs) for specialist training

● Diploma in Police Service Leadership and

Management (Dip PSLM) – SCQF level 8

● ACPOS Professional Development Programme

● Scottish Police Graduate Programme

Specialist Training

● PDA Road Policing Operations

● PDA Crime & Intelligence Analysis

● PDA in Community Safety & Crime Reduction

● Credit rated programmes

Detective Training – SCQF level 10

Investigative Interviewing – SCQF level 9

Authoring ODLs – SCQF level 9

Tachograph Analysis – SCQF level 9

Transferees Course – SCQF level 8

● International Policing – PG Cert (Stirling)

Dip.PSLM

● Replaces 100 year old Promotion Exams

● Launched April 2007 – now over 500 active

‘students’. 750 ‘students’ by summer 2008.

● Professional Development Award at SCQF

level 8 (120 points)

● Delivered through a blended process but

largely on-line. Tutor team based at Tulliallan.● Covers: Contemporary Policing, Criminal Justice, Professional

Ethics, Management and Leadership in a policing context.

SCQF 7 SCQF 8 SCQF 9 SCQF 10

Diploma PSLM

Cert. HE -Probation

Cert. HE – Training & Development

Advanced Diploma PSLM

Degree in Policing – 3 strands

Honours Degree in Policing

HNC Management

Operational Experience

ILM Membership

Dip. HE – Training & Development

Diploma in Management

ALL ACPO(S) APPROVED

ACPOS Professional Development Programme

Scottish Institute for Policing Research

● 13 Scottish Universities

● Partnership between Police and Higher Education

● Funded Research into Policing issues in Scotland

● Development of a Police Graduate School

● Police Qualifications through to Masters level

Scottish Credit & Qualifications Framework & beyond

● All accredited training features● Programmes articulate to other awards● 5 credit rated programmes● SPC invited to participate in Credit Rating pilot● Developing International Police Qualifications● Application for EU Erasmus University Charter

Traditional ?

– you tell me