Police Now
Selection Pack
Original practice for every part of Police Now's selection: 64 scenarios with every option explained, 6 timed written tasks with model answers and a self-marking checklist, 8 role-play briefs and a builder for your "why Police Now" answer. £24.99 for 12 months.
Independent information, not advice · Sources checked 21 October 2026 · England and Wales unless stated
The Selection Pack is PolicePay's own practice for Police Now's immersive assessment and virtual assessment centre, mapped to Police Now's published competencies and values. It is not Police Now's material and your scores do not predict your result. Try the free sample task below first; it shows your own word count and time against the guide.
What is inside the pack
| Part | What you get | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Scenarios | Pick the most and least effective of four actions; every option explained; drill one competency, one setting or a random mix; a score by competency after each set | 64 (32 Neighbourhood, 32 Detective) |
| Written tasks | A document pack with deliberate gaps and conflicts, a countdown, your draft saved in this browser, then a model answer, a self-marking checklist and common mistakes | 6 tasks, 205 minutes in all |
| Role plays | Your brief, separate notes for a friend playing the other person (with what they reveal only if asked well), a timer, reflection prompts and a 0 to 2 self-score | 8 briefs |
| Why Police Now builder | Step-by-step prompts with weak and strong examples, put together into one answer with a spoken-length estimate and red flags to remove | 6 steps |
| Interview | A Police Now question set in the mock interview, scored against Police Now's competencies and values | Free first answer; full feedback with a mock interview pass |
Access lasts 12 months from purchase, one payment, nothing renews. The bundle adds the 90-day Mock Interview pass for £49.99 in all (£64.98 separately).
How the pack maps to Police Now's selection
Police Now's own pages describe an untimed online immersive assessment, then a virtual assessment centre that differs by specialism. The pack follows that published outline; the content is ours.
| Police Now stage (its pages) | Pack practice |
|---|---|
| Immersive assessment (online, untimed, about 45 minutes) | 64 judgement scenarios mapped to the competencies and values |
| Neighbourhood: incident summary written report | 3 timed incident summary tasks with model answers |
| Detective routes: investigative report | 3 timed investigative report tasks with model answers |
| Neighbourhood: community engagement interactions, each followed by reflection | 4 neighbourhood role plays with reflection prompts |
| Detective routes: crime case interactions (a suspect; a community member worried about a victim) | 4 detective role plays with reflection prompts |
| Interview | The "why Police Now" builder and the Police Now set in the mock interview |
Police Now does not publish exercise timings for its assessment centre. Our written tasks run 25 to 40 minutes and our role plays 4 to 8 minutes, so you build the habit of finishing on time. Follow the handbook Police Now sends you.
Scenarios by competency and value
Each scenario is mapped to one or two of Police Now's published competencies or values, so you can drill the ones your free test showed as weakest. Counts below are worked out from the pack itself.
| Competency or value | Scenarios in the pack |
|---|---|
| Take ownership | 12 |
| Collaborate | 9 |
| Support and inspire | 6 |
| Analyse critically | 12 |
| Innovative and open-minded | 7 |
| Emotionally aware | 12 |
| Resilient | 8 |
| Culturally aware | 7 |
| Motivational alignment | 5 |
| Written communication | 6 |
| Transparency (value) | 12 |
| Integrity (value) | 13 |
| Impartiality (value) | 9 |
| Public service (value) | 10 |
What the pack is not
- It is not Police Now's material, and Police Now has not reviewed it.
- Its scores are practice scores. Police Now does not publish a pass mark for any stage.
- It does not cover eligibility, vetting, the medical or the fitness test. See our eligibility guide for those.
Start with the free practice
The free Police Now practice test has 37 scenarios in the same format. Finish a set there and this page shows your score and your two weakest competencies, so you know what to drill. The assessment centre guide explains every exercise.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these Police Now's real questions or exercises?
No. Every scenario, written task, role play and example in the pack was written by PolicePay. Police Now does not publish its immersive assessment questions or its assessment centre materials, and it has not reviewed or endorsed this pack. The pack is practice in applying Police Now's published competencies and values.
How much does the Selection Pack cost?
£24.99 for 12 months of access, one payment, nothing renews. The bundle with the 90-day Mock Interview pass is £49.99 (£64.98 if bought separately). If you already have the pack, the bundle is priced as the difference.
Is Police Now open for applications now?
The March 2027 entry has closed. Police Now says applications for the March 2028 start open early next year and you can register interest by region. The pack lasts 12 months, so it covers the next window.
How long are the written tasks?
Between 25 and 40 minutes each, 205 minutes across all 6. Police Now does not publish how long its written report is, so these timings are ours. Practise finishing early rather than late.
Does it cover the Detective, Economic Crime and Counter Terrorism routes?
Yes. 32 of the 64 scenarios are set in a detective role, and half the written tasks and role plays follow the Detective assessment centre: crime case interactions and an investigative report. Economic Crime and Counter Terrorism follow the detective structure, per Police Now's own pages.
Is what I type saved or sent anywhere?
Your written answers and why-Police-Now notes are saved in this browser only, so you can come back to them. Nothing you type is sent to us. We record only anonymous counts of tasks started and finished.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. Full refund within 14 days, no reason needed. See our refund policy.
Sources and how we checked them
Every factual claim on this page was written from the sources below, read on 21 October 2026. Rules and figures change, so check the source for the date you are reading this. Where we could not confirm something from an official or independent source, the page says so rather than guessing. Spotted something out of date? See our corrections policy.
- Police Now: What we look for : the ten competencies and four values the pack is mapped to (checked 21 October 2026) (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Police Now: Neighbourhood assessment centre : interview, incident summary written report, community engagement interactions with reflection, team meeting, debrief (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Police Now: Detective assessment centre : crime case interactions, investigative report, interview, debrief (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Police Now: Neighbourhood immersive assessment : untimed online assessment with cognitive, motivational and personality elements (accessed 21 October 2026)
- Police Now: When will applications next open? : the March 2028 window opens early next year (accessed 21 October 2026)
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Disclaimer
PolicePay.co.uk is an independent guide. It is not affiliated with Police Now, the College of Policing or any police force. It does not recruit or assess applicants. Police Now sets its own eligibility, selection and programme content and changes them between cohorts: check Police Now's own pages and your invitation before relying on anything here. Practice material on this page is original PolicePay material, not Police Now's. Details are as checked on 21 October 2026.