Police Officer
Metropolitan PoliceLondon
AI insight: this role at a glance
As a Police Officer with the Metropolitan Police, you'll work across 32 boroughs in London, serving diverse communities and tackling various challenges. This role suits individuals who share values of integrity, courage, and respect, and are committed to making a difference. You'll have opportunities to learn, grow, and develop your career in a supportive and dynamic environment.
Key points
- Salary: £42,000 to £43,000
- Full-time contract
- Location: London
- Closing date: Aug 19, 2026
- Two entry routes: Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) or Police Constable Entry Programme (PCEP)
- Flexible working options, including shift patterns and weekends
You'll need
- Integrity
- Courage
- Accountability
- Respect
- Empathy
How to stand out
- 1Research the two entry routes (PCDA and PCEP) to determine which one suits you best
- 2Emphasize your values and how they align with the Metropolitan Police's values in your application
- 3Be prepared to work shift patterns, including weekends and nights, and demonstrate your flexibility
- 4Showcase your ability to learn, grow, and develop in a dynamic and diverse environment
- 5Highlight your commitment to serving and making a difference in the community
- 6Consider visiting the Metropolitan Police's website to learn more about the role and the organization
Recommended reading: How to become a police officer in the UK
Recommended reading: Police officer entry routes explained (PCDA, DHEP, degree-holder)
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Job description
Change Needs You
Become a Met Police Officer with a starting salary of over £42k
The Met is working hard to drive more trust, reduce crime, and maintain high standards for London and its communities. The Met is made up of officers and staff from all backgrounds but we are committed to becoming more representative of the communities we serve.
We’re looking for people who share our values of integrity, courage, accountability, respect and empathy to join the dedicated, honest, committed, hard-working officers and staff already in our team. Those who are committed to working hard to bring offenders to justice, protect vulnerable people and deliver the change needed for London and its communities.
Change Needs You.
Policing is a challenging but rewarding career like no other. With your will and determination, we will help you reach your full potential as a Met police officer and be the best you can be for yourself, your community and London.
As a Police Constable in the Met, you’ll join over 30,000 colleagues working across 32 boroughs, all dedicated to serving over nine million residents in one of the most dynamic and diverse cities in the world. You’ll learn new things every day whether you’re out on patrol in the local community, giving evidence in court, investigating burglaries or supporting victims of crime. Every day brings a fresh challenge, the chance to learn something new and help others.
A career as a police officer offers many rewards and benefits, including:
- A competitive starting salary of over £42,000
- Discounted rail travel up to 70 miles after initial training and free London travel
- Generous police pension scheme
- Generous annual leave and a range of other leave options, including career breaks, special leave, parental and adoption leave
- A comprehensive Health and Wellbeing service to help you stay healthy and well
- Access to a large number of subsidised leisure and sporting activities
- Becoming part of the Met family, and the policing family nationally - a unique and supportive network where you’ll meet friends for life while all working together to make London and the UK safer for everyone. Whether working collaboratively or on your own beat, your team and the wider Met are there to support you
- Flexible working options. Policing is a 24/7 service, and you will therefore be expected to work shift patterns including weekends and nights. However, we do aim to offer flexible working opportunities where operationally viable and depending on the role.
- A wide range of staff support associations which support the different interests of the staff and officers they represent, including but not limited to; the Association of Muslim Policing, the Metropolitan Police LGBT Network, the Metropolitan Police Black Police Association and the Network of Women
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