2022/25526 - Detective positions

REQUEST

I would like to establish the following:

(1)       The structure of your detective departments, and the specific detective specialisms within your force (i.e. identifying the specific departments, such as CID, Rape and Serious Sexual Offences teams, Child-Protection units, Surveillance, Organised Crime and so forth).

(2)       The remit of each of these units.

(3)       The logistical structure of your detective departments, including whether they are, for example, regionally based, local to each police station, or centralized.

(4)       How detectives are recruited within each (i.e. internally by recruiting uniformed constables, graduate recruitment, or externally via organisations such as Police Now). 

RESPONSE