Where your experience meets new opportunities
Where your experience meets new opportunities
If you are thinking of transferring to or returning to Leicestershire Police, there is no better time. Policing Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland offers exciting challenges and opportunities to grow your career in one of England’s most vibrant and diverse regions. With a wide range of specialist roles and career paths, we work with you to match your skills to the right post. We are committed to inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds, reflecting the communities we serve.
Our passion is delivering a consistently first-rate service to all of our diverse communities – fighting crime, proactively bringing offenders to justice, looking after victims and protecting the vulnerable from harm. Without the support of the people of Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland we simply cannot succeed. Whatever role you play, you can expect to find yourself working in an organisation that respects our communities and strives to be responsive and receptive to their concerns and needs.
We are particularly interested in hearing from police officers who are PIP2 or PIP3 qualified and Armed response vehicle officers. To apply for roles requiring PIP2 or PIP3 qualifications, or as an Armed Response Vehicle (ARV) officer, please visit our current vacancies.
If successful, you will be invited to complete an application form and attend an interview, which may include a presentation. Upon passing all checks, we will allocate you to our next available start date.
If you are not PIP qualified, you can still register for our Talent Hub to showcase your skills for future opportunities.
We arrange an induction to help you settle into your new position, including relevant training courses. You will be supported by experienced officers throughout your training period. Beyond initial training, our Team Leicestershire Academy offers an Inclusive Leadership Development Programme aligned with the College of Policing National Framework. This comprehensive programme supports the development of all officers and staff at each level, focusing on continuous professional development throughout your career.
Policing here in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is a genuinely rewarding experience, helping to make the community safer for everybody and for the pay and benefits you’ll receive too.
In order to transfer to us or re-join, you will need to:
Be serving with a UK Home Office Force, Police Scotland or Police Northern Ireland. Officers from non-Home Office Forces cannot be considered.
Be confirmed in rank. Student officers within their probationary period cannot be considered.
Have no outstanding disciplinary or integrity issues.
Hold a full manual driving licence.
Have resided in the UK for three years immediately prior to submitting your application.
Rules which used to mean that former officers re-joining the police must do so within five years no longer apply. You can re-join no matter how long ago you left, but you must have completed your probation period.
If you are a re-joiner, you will be required to undertake a 6-month probation period. If you are re-joining at a different rank or you left your previous force more than 1 year ago, you will be required to undertake a 12-month probationary period
Re-joiners will undertake a training review to determine whether you will be required to complete the full training course or just complete specific elements to be operationally competent.
Re-joiners at the same rank will re-enter the service on the pay scale point at which they left their previous force. Officers re-joining at a higher or lower rank will have their pay considered on a case by case basis.
Pass the necessary vetting and occupational health checks.
Pass a drugs test.
Pass the basic fitness test, which is a shuttle run (bleep test) to level 5.4 (9.4 for ARV officers).
Declare any business interest.
Transferring to Leicestershire Police was a turning point in my career - and one of my best decisions. I began with twelve weeks as an Operational Command Inspector, gaining critical incident experience and connecting with senior officers. A year later, I stepped into my current role as Detective Inspector in the Missing Persons Operations Team. The recruitment journey was long, but the support I received made it worthwhile. I’ve built lasting friendships, and as I plan my wedding, I look back on this adventure with real gratitude and pride.
