THAMES Valley Police officers performed strongly in the second stage of this year’s promotion to sergeant exams, the College of Policing has revealed.
A total of 55 per cent of hopeful constables from TVP -87 candidates - passed the National Police Promotion Framework step two sergeants’ legal examination in March.
The exam tests candidates’ knowledge of evidence and procedure, crime, road policing and general police duties.
It is a multiple choice exam, with 150 questions on law, evidence and procedure relevant to the role of sergeant.
The force with the highest pass rate- 59 per cent- was Bedfordshire Police, where with 23 successful candidates of officers passed.
TVP followed the force in second place.
The highest pass rate was achieved by the youngest candidates.
Those between the age of 21 and 25 had a 46 per cent pass rate, while just 29 per cent of those in the 41 and over category were successful.
The average age of the candidates was 36.
Detectives also fared better in the paper. Candidates who stated their area of work as CID achieved the highest pass rate – at 45 per cent.
Traffic officers were least successful, with 24 per cent of road policing specialists passing the test.
In total, 3,858 constables took the exam on March 8 at 92 test centres across England and Wales.
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