Police Staff
Make a Real Impact, Join our Police Staff Team
Want a career where you can truly make a difference? Become part of the police staff team at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and help shape the future of policing in your community.
Police staff are the backbone of our force, delivering expert services, driving innovation, and supporting front-line policing every single day. From behind-the-scenes specialists to public-facing professionals, our police staff make an essential contribution to keeping our communities safe.
More Than a Job, A Career With Purpose
Our police staff roles are incredibly varied, offering exciting career paths across hundreds of different positions. Whether you’re passionate about technology, people, investigations, or community support, there’s a place for you here.
Explore roles in specialist departments such as:
- Human Resources (HR)
- ICT & Digital Innovation
- Forensics & Evidence Management
- Communications & Media
- Legal Services
- Procurement & Finance
Or be part of the action in key operational and public-facing positions, including:
- Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs)
- Detention Officers
- 999 & 101 Contact Management Teams
- Victim and Witness Care Services
- Front Counter Officers
- Police Staff Investigators
- Vehicle Technicians
Join a Team That Reflects Your Skills & Values
Our teams also include intelligence analysts, crime researchers, compliance officers, occupational health experts, and safety advisors – all working together to ensure the force operates at the highest level. We’re proud to support every member of our team, from mental wellbeing to professional standards. We even have a force chaplain to support spiritual welfare.
You might be surprised at how many different career options exist within our police family. Many of our roles go far beyond what people traditionally associate with policing – and every one of them plays a vital role in making our communities safer.
Where do I fit in?
Police staff facilitate and support our warranted officer colleagues in their front-line delivery.
Each role has a part to play – acting like the numerous cogs in a much larger mechanism. The majority of our front line services would not operate effectively without people being vetted, recruited, equipped, trained; without our call handlers responding and dispatching, our Resource Management Team planning rota cover, our Vehicle technicians maintaining our fleet, or our Stores team supplying the kit required. Police staff roles are therefore crucial to organisational success.
Could I join the team?
In short, yes! Whatever your interest we are likely to have something suitable. We look for all kinds of skills, because we know it takes all kinds of people to protect the public and make a real difference to people’s lives. Problem solving, compassion, resilience, respect, courage and teamwork; these are the qualities we are looking for. Different individuals will bring different strengths to a role – varying insights, experience and ideas.
Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experiences and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. Additional support or adjustments may also be available during the recruitment process for those with a protected characteristic or those from under-represented groups.
Whoever you are, and whatever you are able to offer us, working for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary provides the opportunity to really make a difference, providing a sense of satisfaction and achievement.
If you want to work in an environment where you can be proud of your contribution and where your uniqueness is valued, please get in touch or apply via our vacancies portal. You can even register for future job alerts.
Why should I apply?
People become police staff for all kinds of reasons. Some like the flexibility and job security that we can offer. Many roles are open to hybrid working (a mix of home and office-based) or other flexible working arrangements. Sometimes we find that people are attracted by the public service nature of our organisation and the desire to do something that makes a tangible difference in their community.
Others join with a view to gaining additional skills and experience. We are a large organisation, which brings potential and opportunities for development and progression. We have a number of staff networks and interest groups across the Constabulary, and you would be part of a wider force family. We’d love for you to join us.
What staff benefits are available?
Our benefits package includes:
- An attractive contributory pension scheme
- Childcare voucher and cycle to work schemes
- Access to Hampshire Police Leisure and Sport (Providing a range of family and sporting activities)
- Gym facilities at a number of our buildings
- Free parking at some locations
- Eligibility for Blue Light Card membership (Offering discounts in many stores/websites)
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you’re excited to join us as police staff, head over to our vacancy page to explore all our current opportunities.
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Got questions or want to speak with someone directly? Click here to connect with our friendly recruitment team – we’re here to help you take that next step with confidence.
Detention Officers
As a detention officer you will work in the custody suite, where you’ll spend the majority of your time at the heart of the police station. Detention officers use their skills to play an increasingly important part in the way custody suites are run. They not only help in the smooth running of the station, but also provide support to detainees who are facing one of the most difficult times of their lives. The role is definitely challenging, but can also be incredibly rewarding and varied.
Life skills are important in this role, you would need to be alert at all times, think on your feet and make informed decisions. You would assist the custody officer in providing an excellent level of care to some of the most vulnerable individuals in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Detention officers are responsible for completing all aspects of the booking in process and when required, facilitate disposal procedures for detainees. They take fingerprints, photographs and DNA, record possessions and make sure detainees are safe and secure, regularly monitoring their condition and behaviour. Also, where necessary, assisting with investigative procedures and preservation of evidence, whilst maintaining the safety and security of all personnel within the custody suite.
Detention officers deal with solicitors and other agencies and answer phone calls, along with a whole host of other tasks.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary serves a vast area of different communities. In order to create an engaging and effective organisation we need to reflect the diverse communities that we serve.
Historically, it has been found that particular groups face disadvantage in joining or progressing through organisations. These can be under-represented groups or individuals with a protected characteristic.
Therefore, positive action can be used to reduce this disadvantage, in the form of taking active steps to support those through recruitment or promotion stages. The Positive Action Team is here to assist in this process and to make Hampshire and IOW Constabulary a diverse and inclusive organisation