Recruitment Information Pack
Transferee and Rejoiners
Uniform and Detective Constables
Integrity Professionalism Fairness
Copy of Advert
About the City of London Police
Organisation Charts
Recruitment Process
Entry Criteria
Rewards and Benefits
Further information can be found about the City of London
Corporation and the City of London Police by visiting the
below websites:
City of London Corporation:
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
City of London Police: www.cityoflondon.police.uk
City of London Police
Transferee and Rejoiner Uniform and Detective Constables
Rank: Substantive Uniform and Detective Constables
The square mile is the world’s leading international financial and business centre, a global powerhouse at the heart of the UK’s economy. It is home to
one of the richest and most diverse concentrations of arts and festivals in the UK. Some of the world’s most famous historic buildings, bridges and
monuments are here.
In turn the challenges of policing the City are unlike those facing any other police force. Each night 10,000 residents call the City their home. By
contrast, each day over 400 000 people from an estimated 189 different cultures and nationalities come to work in the City.
The City of London Police is proud to deliver an exceptional service and year on year we have risen to this challenge, the City of London Police have
achieved significant crime reductions over the last decade; this coupled with our impressive detection rate is an unrivalled achievement. We are
committed to keeping the city safe, and protecting the city from the threat of terrorism. We have one of the highest arrest rates resulting from stop and
searches in the country and the lowest complaints rate.
We are seeking a number of experienced uniform and detective constables and those with specialist skills to join the Uniform Policing Directorate
and the Crime Investigation Directorate. This would be primarily to join our Response Team within Uniform, or our Crime Squad or Criminal
Investigation Department (CID) within Crime.
However both Directorates have a number of specialist units within both which includes Public Order, Firearms, Roads Policing, Mounted Branch,
Major Crime, Public Protection and Special Branch.
The City of London Police are continuously looking for experienced officers to join us, therefore please familarise yourself with the timetable below
in regards to application cut off dates for interviews.
Applications
received between
19th - 30th June
2017
1st July - 29th
September 2017
30th September
2017 -5th January
2018
6th January - 29th
March 2018
30th March - 29th
June 2018
30th June - 28th
September 2018
Notification of
interview by
Interviews
Week
Commencing
17th July 2017
16th October
2017
24th July 2017
23rd October
2017
22nd January
2018
29th January
2018
16th April 2018
23rd April 2018
16th July 2018
15th October
2018
23rd July 2018
22nd October
2018
To apply please submit your application via email to [email protected], stating that the application id for the Transferee and
Rejoiner Constable process.
The City of London Police is committed to equal opportunities and particularly welcomes applications from Female and BAME
applicants.
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ABOUT THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE
About the City of London – The community we serve
The City of London is the historic heart of London sitting at the centre of
the 32 London boroughs, packed with history, commercial activity and
culture. The lifeline of the City, the River Thames, flows at the south of
the City’s boundaries and it borders the boroughs of Southwark, Tower
Hamlets, Hackney, Islington, Camden and the City of Westminster.
The City of London is a world leader in international financial and
business services whose role is of vital importance to the country; it
remains the hub and focus of the UK based financial and professional
services sector and is the location for major representatives of Britain’s
banking, insurance and asset management industries and
accommodates critically important markets including Lloyd’s and the
London Stock Exchange. This dynamic and competitive financial
services industry, including banking, insurance, securities and more, has
led to the City of London generating £45billion in economic output in
2014, equivalent to 14% of London's output and 3% of the UK's total
economic output. Over the next ten years, growth is expected to
continue at an average rate of 2.8% a year, with employment estimated
at 396,800 in 2014, rising to 435,700 by 2025.
The City of London has a demographic profile which is not replicated
anywhere else: a residential population of 9,000 that increases daily to
in excess of 400,000 as commuters arrive at their place of work. In
addition, tens of thousands of people cross the City every day and many
other thousands visit as tourists. The business community of around
6,000 businesses includes restaurants, shops and licensed premises as
well as the more traditional businesses of banking, financial services,
insurance and the legal profession.
The City is the historic core from which London grew and is one of
the most archaeologically important areas in Britain. It has both a rich
legacy of historic buildings and areas and a large number of iconic
sites including St Paul’s, the Bank of England, the Royal Exchange,
and the Gherkin.
The City’s residential population has a lower proportion of older and
younger people than the England and Wales average – indicative of a
largely working population. There are large disparities of wealth within
the Square Mile; some wards are among the least deprived in the
country while Portsoken, in the east, is within the most deprived.
The City of London enjoys a low level of crime. The City remains a safe
place in which to live, visit and do business, is not just a source of great
pride to those charged with its safety and wellbeing but, more
importantly, is vital to the international business community, the foreign
and domestic companies and their employees who expect a high level
of security, crime prevention and detection. Without this assurance they
would not locate in the City.
ABOUT THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE
The City of London Corporation
The City of London Corporation is a unique organisation. Older than
Parliament it serves one of the most dynamic international financial and
business centres in the world and, through the Court of Common
Council, its main decision making body, it is both the local authority and
the police authority for the City of London as well as having a number of
other responsibilities.
The Corporation has existed for over 800 years and has a democratic
structure different from local government elsewhere in that it is mostly
non party political. The Common Council is comprised of 125 members
representing the 25 wards of the City who reflect and represent the
mixture of residents and business communities.
In addition to the registered 6,000 resident voters the electorate includes
20,000 business voters who are appointed by a wide range of qualifying
bodies who occupy premises in the City. Each business or organisation
is able to appoint a number of voters according to the number of
employees located in the City. This unique residential and business
franchise provides a level of local representation not seen elsewhere.
In addition to its local authority services, the City of London
Corporation also provides valued services to London and the nation.
These include the Barbican Centre and the Guildhall School; the
Guildhall Library and Art Gallery and London Metropolitan Archive; a
range of education provision (including three City Academies); five
Thames bridges (including Tower Bridge and the Millennium Bridge);
the Central Criminal Court at Old Bailey; over 10,000 acres
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ABOUT THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE
of open spaces (including Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest), and
three wholesale food markets. It is also London’s Port Health Authority
and runs the Animal Reception Centre at Heathrow. The Corporation
works in partnership with neighbouring boroughs on the regeneration of
surrounding areas with the City Bridge Trust, which it funds, provides
£15m of funding annually to charitable projects in London.
Police Authority
The City of London Police Act 1839 sets out the responsibilities of the
City Corporation as the police authority and, under Section 56 of that
Act, the Common Council set up a Police Committee to discharge
those responsibilities under the Act. The role is broadly similar to that
of a Police and Crime Commissioner, which is:
To ensure that the City of London Police runs an efficient and
effective service by holding the Police Commissioner to account;
To ensure value for money in the way that the Police is run; and
Set policing priorities taking into account the views of the
community.
These and other key duties are delegated to the Police Committee
which combines the functions of a Police and Crime Commissioner
and a Police and Crime Panel. Eleven of the thirteen Police
Committee appointees are Members of the Court of Common
Council, directly elected by the City electorate. The remaining two
are independent Members, drawn from the City community and
appointed through a transparent process.
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ABOUT THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE
About the City of London Police
Policing an area as diverse and important as the City of London brings
with it unique challenges quite unlike anywhere else in the country. As
well as being the country’s business centre and major tourist
destination, in recent years, the City has developed a vibrant night-time
economy with more people than ever visiting concerts, bars, clubs and
restaurants within the Square Mile after work and at weekends, as well
as coming to the City to experience its cultural heritage.
In this dynamic and fast-moving environment, the City of London Police
continues to deliver – our commitment to provide an efficient, effective
and financially sustainable service to the City of London remains
paramount and, over the past twelve months, the force has been
restructured and continues to evolve to safeguard against any adverse
impact that cuts to funding might have on service delivery.
The continuing threats to the City from terrorism and fraud-related crime
remain constant and consequently, are key priorities for the force. Our
remit as the national policing lead for fraud and economic crime
continues to expand and maintains our place in the forefront of the fight
against economic crime.
Overall crime levels in the City are amongst the lowest in the UK.
However, that does not mean that we are complacent when it comes to
tackling criminality and the concerns of our residents, businesses and
workers are no less important to us.
Our Mission
As the police force for the nation’s financial heart our core mission is to
protect the UK from economic crime and maintain the City of London as
one of the safest places in the country.
We will achieve this through:
 A front line that is responsive to the needs of the City of London and
keeps people safe.
 Professional investigators who put victims first and seek positive
outcomes for them.
 Being a centre of excellence that protects the UK against economic
crime and pursues offenders.
 Delivering an intelligence function which tracks offending patterns and
identifies policing priorities.
 Business support functions which exploit new ways of working, digital
investments and modernising the workforce to secure savings.
Our Values
- Integrity;
- Fairness;
- Professionalism.
Our Priorities
The policing priorities for 2017-20 presented in the Force Policing Plan are:
- Counter terrorism;
- Roads policing,
- Public order;
- Violent and acquisitive crime;
- Vulnerable People;
- Fraud;
- Cyber crime.
ABOUT THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE
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ORGANISATION CHARTS
Commissioner Ian Dyson
Assistant Commissioner
Alistair Sutherland
T/Commander for Economic Crime
David Clark
T/Det Chief Superintendent
Glenn Maleary
Economic Crime
T/Commander of Operations
Jane Gyford
Chief Superintendent
David Lawes
Uniform Policing
Det Chief Superintendent
Paul Barnard
Crime Investigation
T/Chief Superintendent
David Evans
Intelligence and Information
POLICE AUTHORITY
Purpose of committee
The Court of Common Council is the Police Authority for the Square Mile as set out in the City of London Police Act 1839. Under Section 56 of the
Act, the Common Council delegated to the Police Committee all of its police authority functions (with the exception of the appointment of the
Commissioner). The Committee’s role is to make sure the City of London Police runs an effective and efficient service by holding the Commissioner
to account; to ensure value for money in the way the police is run, and to set policing priorities taking into account the views of the community.
Membership

Douglas Barrow, Deputy (Chairman)

James Henry George Pollard, Deputy (Deputy Chairman)

Nicholas Michael Bensted-Smith, JP

Keith David Forbes Bottomley, Deputy

Simon D'Olier Duckworth, OBE, DL

Emma Edhem

Alison Gowman (Alderman)

Christopher Michael Hayward

Ian David Luder JP BSc (Econ) (Alderman)

Richard David Regan, OBE, Deputy

James Michael Douglas Thomson, Deputy

Lucy Sandford
CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION
PROCESS
The City of London Police are undertaking a rolling transferee and rejoiner constable campaign, therefore there is not currently a definitive closing
date, however please familrise yourself with deadline dates for each tranche of recruitment.
Applications
received between
19th - 30th June
2017
1st July - 29th
September 2017
30th September
2017 -5th January
2018
6th January - 29th
March 2018
30th March - 29th
June 2018
30th June - 28th
September 2018
Notification of
interview by
Interviews
Week
Commencing
17th July 2017
16th October
2017
24th July 2017
23rd October
2017
22nd January
2018
29th January
2018
16th April 2018
23rd April 2018
16th July 2018
15th October
2018
23rd July 2018
22nd October
2018
Stage 1 – Application Form
 Candidates will be required to complete and submit the application form which can be submitted at anytime but will be placed into aligned to the
dates detailed above
Stage 2 –Shortlisting
 Your application form will be reviewed and assessed against the Competency Framework.
Stage 3 – Interview
 Officers that are successful will be invited to attend a Competancy Based interview, dates are detailed in the timetable but may be subject to
change
Stage 4 – Pre Employment Checks and Posting
 Following the completion of the interviews a posting panel will be convened to discuss and agree postings of officers.
 If successful you will be required to undertake pre employment checks including: Vetting, Medical assessment including eyesight standards and
Force reference. If you have a valid fitness test (you have undertaken one in the last 12 months, this can be transferred over if evidence of the oass
can be provided)
Stage 5 – Offer
 A formal offer and contract including posting details will be issued upon completion of pre employment checks.
REWARDS AND BENEFITS
Salary and Allowances
In line with national pay scales
Rent or Housing Allowance depending upon personal
circumstances and eligibility
Travel
All City of London officers currently receive free travel on TFL services, however use of ATOC services are subject to a deduction from your salary. The current
Travel Concession Agreement commenced on 01 April 2014 and is due to expire on 31 March 2019.
Accommodation and Relocation Allowances
Rent or Housing Allowance depending on personal circumstances.
Annual Leave
You are entitled to paid annual leave in accordance with the determination made under Regulation 33.
Security Clearance
To undertake this role you will be required to undertake vetting procedures. Please note that this can take an indefinite amount of time.