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An inspection of the police service’s arrangements for the selection and development of chief officers.
This inspection arose partly because of concern that the numbers of applications for chief officer posts and length of appointments were declining, as was the wellbeing of those officers. We asked the question: “How well does the police service select and develop candidates for chief officer roles?”. The answer is “not as well as it should”. This is despite valiant efforts by the College of Policing (the College) at encouraging and supporting the police to professionalise the selection arrangements and adopt a stronger culture of continuous professional development.