Student officers will be putting their new skills to the test in public.
The Initial Police Learning & Development Programme (IPLDP) is a programme aimed at the development of new police student officers.
Historically police training was held at regional training centres far removed from communities and neighbourhoods.
However the IPLDP programme seeks to fully engage the police service with communities that are served and where officers will eventually police.
Community engagement can take many forms and the fundamental aims are:
- Building trust and sustainable relationships with communities
- Providing opportunities for officers to engage effectively by listening and responding to their communities
- Gaining an understanding of the needs and expectations of the community within which they work
An initiative within the programme is the undertaking of Community Role Plays, will take place at the Riverside shopping centre, Haverfordwest on January 12.
Student Police Officers will undertake a number of practical exercises in full view of the public and they will be assessed by qualified police assessors.
The role actors are members of the local community who have agreed to assist Dyfed Powys Police with this initiative.
Sergeant Helen Coles said: “The aim of the role play is to consolidate what the officers have learnt so far and test them in situations which could arise.”
