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== Steps to becoming a sergeant or inspector ==
The NPPF is a four-step promotion process for police officers seeking promotion to the rank of sergeant or inspector.

* Step 1 – achiveing a state of good conduct and experiance within your current rule
* Step 2 – Passing the NPSE or NPIE Exam 
* Step 3 – Being Selected out of a Pool of Sargents and Inspectors
* Step 4 – temporary promotion (4 weeks) and a work based assessment leading to a permenet apointment, a return to the pool or removal from the Promotion Prosse going back to Step 1

Once all steps are done the promotion is offical.

Steps 1,Step 2,Step 3 (Pool Placement Only),Step 4 (Partial) are managed by the Collage of Policing 

Step 3 (Selection), Step 4 ( Work Based Assesment Part 2A) are managed by the force

== Compatancy Requirements Per Rank ==
This section outlines the Step 1 Requirements for Each rank

The criteria must be kept through the entire NPPF Process

=== PC->PS ===

* Completed their probationary period and been at least 2 weeks since end of probation.
* Demonstrated competence in there current rank
* No live written improvement notices issued under the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020 or reduction in rank under those procedures in the previous 12 months, beginning with the date of the notice.
* No live written warning, final written warning or extended final written warning issued
* Adhered to the attendance management policy

=== PS->PI ===

* Completed their probationary period and been at least 2 weeks since end of probation.
* Compleated NPPF Step 4 and haed a signed off work based assesment
* Demonstrated competence in there current rank
* No live written improvement notices issued under the Police Performance Regulations 2020 or reduction in rank under those procedures in the previous 12 months, beginning with the date of the notice.
* No live written warning, final written warning or extended final written warning issued
* Adhered to the attendance management policy