Qualifying activity

Nominations can be any policing or criminal justice activity.

Modern policing may be a collaboration of forces, or a collaboration with other agencies, as well as an activity by a single police force. Collaboration might include academic or commercial organisations in the UK or internationally.

Modern policing is increasingly complex so we want to help you to think broadly about what World Class Policing could be. A non-exhaustive draft list of qualifying activity examples:

• Victim support including improvements in identification of vulnerability
• New system/technology implementation
• Outstanding or complex investigations
• Operations delivering difference
• Projects driving change
• Crime prevention reducing harm in communities (real or virtual)
• Business change to tackle new and emerging offences
• Training and development in a changing world
• Employee and officer welfare building sustainable policing

Qualifying organisations

Every nomination must be anchored by at least one police force or agency. We will ensure that your partner agencies/organisations, whether government, public sector, academic, industry, third sector will all be recognised for their collaboration through the awards process.

Nomination process

The primary path for nominations is to the Chief Constable via locally appointed Nomination Teams at the police force or agency involved in the nominated activity.

Secondary path could be in the first instance via an organisation or agency involved in the activity as a partner. This nomination is approved by the Chief Constable/s of the force/s concerned. This is necessary because these are 'policing' awards, so even if there are other criminal justice partners, the 'anchor of any nomination will be at least one police force.

A police force can be involved in more than one nomination e.g. they may have nominated an activity in which they are the only force involved. At the same time, they might form part of an activity in partnership with another force.

It would be advisable for each nomination to have a lead police force that handles the administration of the nomination.

Judging process

We are committed to ensuring that the judging process is open, transparent and fair to all concerned. The Chair of the process is Stephen Kavanagh QPM and together with the panel the highest levels of objectivity will be ensured. We intend that the panel should include representatives from a cross section of policing including:

• College of Policing
• Police Federation, Superintendents' Association (inc International Police Association)
• Police ICT Co. / Nation Police Technology Council
• Tech UK to represent suppliers
• Home Office Representative
• APCC Representative

All nominations will be scored on characteristics evidenced.

Any nominations that do not meet the required standard will be returned for revision, where it is borderline and agreed by the judging panel or discounted with constructive feedback provided.

If possible, the panel will group together qualifying nominations by activity type e.g. investigation, operation, transformation project etc. and select the best in each group. It is intended that the panel will then select an overall top three nominations for recognition at the awards.