Qualifying activity

Nominations can be any policing or criminal justice activity.

Modern policing is often about collaboration so your nomination 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. The list below provides some examples of activities that could be nominated:

• 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 to reflect that these are 'policing' awards. However, we 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 would need to be approved eventually 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 or agency 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 he will ensure highest levels of objectivity and expertise will be exercised. 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
• Equivalent international policing organisations

All nominations will be scored on characteristics evidenced and the overall quality of the submission.

Any nominations that do not meet the required standard may be returned for revision, where the nomination is borderline as agreed by the judging panel or alternatively the nomination will be rejected with constructive feedback provided.

The first stage of the judging process will see the judging panel review and score the nominations via the online judging portal.

These scores will be used to shortlist finalists to be recognised at the World Class Policing Awards ceremony in November 2020.

The judges will then select four overall winners of the World Class Policing Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze Globe Awards trophies.

The judges will also select Special Commendation Awards to recognise excellence in key aspects of nominations:

• World Class Use of Technology Award
• World Class Investigation Award
• World Class Operation Award
• World Class Project Award
• World Class Training and Development Award
• World Class Crime Prevention Award
• World Class Collaboration Award
• World Class Police Welfare Award
• World Class Safeguarding Victims Award

Privacy

Submitted nomination information and additional materials: These will of course be used as part of the judging process and form part of an event description at the awards ceremony. The nominations will also be covered in articles by our media partners Policing Insight and Police Oracle. VERY IMPORTANT: Please highlight clearly any information or supporting materials that should treated as confidential. These items will still be viewed by the Judging Committee but will not be featured in any public coverage. We cannot accept liability preserving confidentiality of any information not highlighted as such.

Submitted contact details: These will not be shared with third parties and will only be used by the World Class Policing to manage the judging process and the event. The lead contact may be contacted by our media partners Policing Insight and Police Oracle for clarifications when covering the nominations and the event in approved articles. VERY IMPORTANT: Please highlight any contacts or personnel that should be treated as confidential. These items will still be viewed by the Judging Committee but will not be featured in any public coverage. We cannot accept liability preserving confidentiality of any information not highlighted as such.