John Geates Director Scottish Police College
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