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Police eligibility

Guidance for anyone who works, volunteers or has retired from an eligible UK Police service and is looking to become a member.

Eligible organisations

  • To view eligible Police organisations, please use the organisation dropdown during sign-up here

  • If your organisation isn't listed, you may not be eligible yet, or we may need to approve it. Learn more here

Eligible roles

You can join if you are one of the following from an eligible organisation:

  • Employed

  • Retired

  • Volunteer including Special Constables (must be actively serving to be eligible)

About roles

  • There are many roles within the Police service, so we currently list mainly operational roles (we'll refine this over time)

  • If your role isn't listed but you are eligible to join, please select Other Role for now (we'll ask you to update this later)

  • We don't capture ranks or grades. For example, select Police Officer regardless of your rank

  • Choose the role that best reflects your employment status (employed, retired or volunteer). For example, if you're a serving police officer, choose Police Officer – Employed

If you're retired

If you have retired from an eligible organisation, please:

  • Select the organisation you retired from

  • Choose the role that best matches your previous position

  • Select the Retired option. For example, if you're a retired police officer, choose Police Officer – Retired

How to verify

You can verify your eligibility in one of two ways:

  • Work email (fastest option)

  • ID document (see below accepted forms of ID)

Learn more about verification here

How to sign up

Choose the option that applies to you:

  • Joining yourself with a work email? View a guide here

  • Joining yourself with ID? View a guide here

  • Joining through an organisation with a code? View a guide here

Accepted ID

You can verify your eligibility using one of the documents below:

Employed

Document

Must show

Work ID card

  • Your full name

  • Your organisation's name

Payslip

  • Your full name

  • Your organisation's name

  • A date within the last 3 months

Volunteer

Document

Must show

Work ID card

  • Your full name

  • Your organisation's name

Headed letter

  • Your full name

  • Your organisation's name

  • A manager's signature

  • A date within the last 3 months

Retired

Document

Must show

Pension document

  • Your full name

  • Affiliation with a Police service

P60

  • Your full name

  • Affiliation with a Police service

NARPO card

  • Your full name

RPOAS card

  • Your full name

Certificate of service

  • Your full name

  • Affiliation with a Police service

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