Policing and Crime Act 2017

40 Training etc of police volunteers

(1) After section 53E of the Police Act 1996 (guidance about civilian staff employed by local policing bodies and chief officers) insert—

“53F Guidance about designated police volunteers

(1) The College of Policing may issue guidance to chief officers of police about—

(a) the experience or qualifications that it would be appropriate for a person to have before being designated as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002;

(b) the training to be undertaken by a person before being so designated or after being so designated.

(2) The College may from time to time revise the whole or any part of any guidance issued under this section.

(3) The College must publish any guidance issued under this section and any revision of it.

(4) Each chief officer of police must have regard to guidance issued under this section.”

(2) In section 97 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (regulations for police forces about police training etc), in subsection (6)(c)—

(a) omit the “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (ii);

(b) after sub-paragraph (iii) insert “or

(iv) a person designated as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002.”