Policing Students Experience Public Order Training

Level 3 Year Two Policing students travelled to the Metropolitan Police Public Order Training Centre in Gravesend, Kent to gather some insight from the police officers and their training regimes. 

The students observed tranings in different scenraios, such as a Petrol Bomb Demonstration and other public order situations. Metropolitan Police Sergeant Rob Simmond said: "Students asked a wide variety of questions, from what’s it’s like to go to the toilet in full riot gear to asking what it feels like to be on fire.

"The instructors were impressed with how the policing students engaged with the experience and to reward their enthusiasm, they were given an unplanned behind the scenes tour."

Policing student, Molly Cuzen said: "We saw alot of training in public order offenses and the way it was presented and shown was incredible. The officers training presented shields and scenarios incredibly and made a fantastic view on how situations can escalate.

 "Seeing different parts of training helped me understand how the police are trained in different scenraios and hearing their knowledge and experiences made the trip engaging."

Curriculum Leader, David Birnie said: "Our students and staff thoroughly enjoyed observing the incredible Public Order training by police officers. This experience has not only inspired resilience, teamwork, and quick decision-making but has also heightened our learners' passion and determination to pursue careers in policing."

Success stories

Celebrating Success 2022: Aimee Glaze

Celebrating Success 2022: Aimee Glaze

Course studied

Public Services Level 2 Diploma

The support at the college has been second-to-none. The staff here always go above and beyond especially the wellbeing team. They have helped me so much throughout my time here.

Despite facing the challenges of ill health, Aimee Glaze has excelled in her studies and has been named Public Services Student of the Year.

The 18-year-old from Basildon has stood out in her studies for her behaviour, standard of achievement and motivation to succeed.

Her tutors have recognised how much Aimee has progressed over the course of her two year programme. After her first year of study, it was unclear whether she would be able to progress on to the second year of her course, however, Aimee was determined to succeed and went above and beyond to accomplish her goals and is achieving distinction level grades in her assignments.

Her nomination citation noted: “Aimee is an outstanding student who uses her mature reflective skills to complete all assignments before deadlines to an outstanding level. 

“Aimee also supports other members of her class and discusses class issues with her personal tutor in a mature and balanced manner in order to achieve the best outcome.

“Seeing Aimee develop academically and personally into a mature, committed and outstanding student should be something to be rewarded.”

Aimee said she was ‘incredibly proud’ of her achievements.

She said: “This year I have faced a lot of challenges but I put endless amounts of effort into my college life and my assignments. I put all my energy into this year so I could come out with the best possible outcomes. 

“The support at the college has been second-to-none. The staff here always go above and beyond especially the wellbeing team. They have helped me so much throughout my time here, they helped me gain my confidence and walked me through my hard days when my illness was getting too much to handle. 

My lecturers are always working hard to accommodate for all of their students and you can easily see how passionate they are about their job which makes learning so much more enjoyable.”

Aimee is now pursing her dream of becoming a prison officer.