Sasskia Roberts launched her career as a neighbourhood police officer last week, as one of 148 new officers on Police Now’s National Graduate Leadership Programme.
Sasskia graduated from Birmingham City University in 2019 and then worked at a care home for young children and a secondary school for children with additional needs, before fulfilling her ambition to join the police service. Sasskia will be joining Essex Police via the programme and is sharing her experience of Police Now’s academy as she develops the core knowledge and skills required of a modern police constable. Today, she tells us about her journey into policing, how her family reacted to her joining the service, and what her first week at the academy has been like.
Police Now’s National Graduate Leadership Programme begins with a seven-week training academy, before participants are deployed into their respective police forces across the country for the remainder of the two-year programme.
They will work as neighbourhood police officers and, alongside experienced colleagues, work to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, tackle complex issues within their communities, and improve public confidence in the police service. Participants also work towards their Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice, in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University.
