West Midlands Police staff member Susan Joyce has become one of the first people to gain a Level 4 Certificate in Crime Prevention. It’s a qualification delivered by Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (PCPI) Crime Prevention Academy.
Susan, who joined West Midlands Police in 1995, was a supervisor within the force’s Birmingham Partnerships before joining the Design Out Crime Team in early 2018.
Guy Collyer, Head of Learning and Development, Police Crime Prevention Initiatives, said: “Susan should be congratulated for being one of the first candidates to achieve an accredited qualification in Crime Prevention with us. Many other police officers and staff will follow in her footsteps, and we encourage all other agencies who have staff working in this area of the criminal justice arena, to speak to us about the qualifications we now deliver for them as well.”
West Midlands Police’s Designing Out Crime manager, Mark Silvester, said: “I am really pleased to have Susan as part of my team of Designing Out Crime Officers, she has settled in to the role very well. I am immensely proud of the fact Susan is the first person to have passed the new Level 4 course. Susan joins the forces team of nine DOCO’s in West Midlands Police, and working alongside the four colleagues for the areas covered under the Birmingham Neighbourhood Police Unit.”
The Level 4 Certificate in Crime Prevention is part of the accredited, regulated and portable qualifications in crime prevention and designing out crime which become available from September 2018. The qualifications are for those within the police and other public organisations that have a statutory duty around delivering safer communities. This includes councils, Community Safety Partnerships, Fire and Rescue, health and Probation services. The qualifications are also available and for private sector security businesses, architects and planners.
As well as scheduled national delivery, the qualifications can be delivered locally dependent on delegate numbers and budget of takers. To find out more email: [email protected].
About PCPI
Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (PCPI) is a police owned organisation that works on behalf of Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables to deliver a crime prevention and demand reduction initiatives across the UK. It is a not-for-profit organisation and Board Members include senior police officers from each of the four home nations who control and direct the work PCPI carries out on behalf of the police. The PCPI Crime Prevention Academy is an Approved Centre for the awarding body, ProQual. Visit https://www.securedbydesign.com/.
