IPLDP training award
Derbyshire Constabulary has become the first force in the country to receive an official seal of approval for its new police-training programme.
Derbyshire Constabulary has become the first force in the country to receive an official seal of approval for its new police-training programme.
From June 12, new student police officers will undertake the two-year, in-house IPLDP (Police Learning and Development Programme) training scheme, the first course of its kind in the UK to receive central authority approval.
As well as legislative, procedural and diversity training, the programme also involves community-based placements ranging from working with the farming community to helping to get people back to work. The placements aim to give the new recruits a broad understanding of the issues and problems affecting specific members of Derbyshires communities.
Some of the training will also take place at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Infirmary.
Chief Inspector Simon Kennedy, IPLDP project manager, said: The Initial Police Learning and Development Programme is about training local officers in local issues to understand local people and their needs.
This programme has been quality assured by independent assessors to national standards and it is expected that four or five IPLDPs will run every year yielding 80-100 new officers.