West Midlands Police Design Out Crime manager Mark Silvester has paid tribute to a number of the force’s staff who have successfully completed specialist accredited crime prevention qualifications through the Police Crime Prevention Academy.

Lesley Nesbitt, Crime Prevention Design Advisor (CPDA) at the University of Oxford, has gained the Police Crime Prevention Academy’s Level 5 Diploma in Crime Prevention – Designing Out Crime. This is the recognised qualification for police Designing Out Crime Officers (DOCOs) as well as those in roles that involve providing specialist advice on the subject.

A Business Crime Reduction Partnership (BCRP) manager from south London has become the first person to successfully achieve the Police Crime Prevention Academy’s recently launched Mental Health Awareness First Aid Awareness qualification, which is accessible as distance learning.

The Police Crime Prevention Academy has recently added to its portfolio of distance learning qualifications which can be achieved without the need to be away from home or work.

The Police Crime Prevention Academy and the Met Police are working together on an initiative which will enable officers to convert existing College of Policing or Home Office Crime Reduction Centre courses into an accredited qualification.

Officers from Lancashire Constabulary are amongst the latest to successfully achieve the accredited Level 5 Diploma in Crime Prevention - Designing Out Crime qualification through the Police Crime Prevention Academy.

Architects and Town Planners can now request a RIBA Approved CPD on crime prevention and designing out crime from Secured by Design, the UK Police Service’s Flagship Crime Prevention Initiative.

West Midlands Police Designing Out Crime team member Susan Joyce, who was one of the first people to successfully complete the accredited Level 4 Certificate in Crime Prevention qualification with the Police Crime Prevention Academy has now achieved the accredited Level 5 Diploma in Crime Prevention – Designing Out Crime.

The Deputy Head of Security and Emergency Planning at the Natural History Museum has successfully achieved the Police Crime Prevention Academy’s accredited Level 5 Diploma in Crime Prevention – Designing Out Crime, the recognised qualification for police Designing Out Crime Officers (DOCOs), and also for anyone whose role involves providing specialist designing out crime advice.

DOCOs (Designing Out Crime Officers) from Cheshire Constabulary are amongst the latest to undertake the Police Crime Prevention Academy’s accredited Level 5 Diploma in Crime Prevention - Designing Out Crime qualification via a Recognition of Prior Experience and Learning (RPEL) pathway.