
What you could be doing | Professional Standards Department
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Professional Standards Department
The Organisational Learning Culture And Ethics department, OLCE for short, oversees functions such as vetting, complaints, counter corruption, hearings and learning that may come from misconduct, but also from HMIC inspections, incidents and de-briefs.
We also ensure that staff on the frontline understand and have access to the learning they need. The way we push out learning is ahead of most organisations. We’re busy exploiting technology to support this, with ‘how to’ videos and a ‘you need to know’ app that can be streamed through mobile data. It’s very much a peers learning environment.
Because there are various teams within the department, there’s something for everyone in terms of roles. Vetting sets the standards for those entering the organisation. Counter Corruption, while it may sound interesting and presents a fulfilling challenge, can, on occasions, be a high stress area. Complaints are about maintaining public confidence in the police service. This can also be challenging, as some complainants are dissatisfied if their complaint is not upheld. Again, it’s challenging and you have to be willing to work with partners from other areas such as the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
The Counter Corruption team requires the majority of the training, which is centred around investigations and the qualifications needed to ensure competency in the investigation field.

Our Professional Standards Department teams
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