Police Now

[1] Police Now was initially set up as a graduate scheme by former Detective Chief Inspector David Spencer and Detective Superintendent Tor Garnett at the Metropolitan Police Service.

[3] The scheme was inspired by Teach First, the educational initiative that recruits graduates into schools.

[6] The charity delivers two programme recruiting future Neighbourhood Police Officers and direct entry Detectives.

The social enterprise believes the wider policing sector can do more to advance diversity and inclusion.

[10] During a recruitment campaign arguing that police forces needed to reflect the communities they serve, Lord Woolley, a trustee of the charity, claimed the lack of diversity in UK police forces could be attributed to stop and search and criminalisation of young black men for minor offences.