Salary: £31,164 – £50,256
Location: Spennymoor, Police Station
Hours/Contract: 40 hours, 7 – 5, Weekends included
Closing Date: 5pm, Monday 27th July 2026
Vetting level: RV
The Role
Applicants MUST off completed their probationary period to apply for this post.
Applications are invited for the role of Police Constable on the Motorcycle Section, within Durham Roads and Armed Policing, Operations Command. This is a unique development opportunity for motivated officers who want to join the highly skilled unit, supporting and maintaining an environment where individuals can use the road with confidence, free from death, injury, damage, fear or loss and to tackle road user related criminality.
The successful candidates will work as part of the existing Motorcycle Section, planning and delivering motorcycle escort capability to facilitate a wide range of events including VIP visits, High Risk Prisoner movements, abnormal loads and sporting events. They will work in partnership to tackle the criminal and anti-social use of the roads and support wider national and local road casualty reduction initiatives. Where necessary they will also provide resilience to other specialist functions within DRAP including the Camera Enforcement Unit and Collision Investigation Unit.
These roles are for officers who in addition to delivering the specialist functions of the Motorcycle Section, will work closely with and in support of the wider Road Policing Unit. It is therefore a requirement that all officers will already be a Standard Response Driver in order to become Advanced Police Drivers, IPP accredited, Advanced Police Motorcycle Riders, and Motorcycle Escort Trained. Final appointment is conditional upon subsequently achieving a pass in all courses.
If you have completed your probationary period, are community focused, enjoy a challenge, can work on your own initiative and can ideally be able to evidence that you work towards resolving local policing problems, then please submit an application form.
Applications to be returned to Durham HR department, [email protected] along with supporting comments from your supervisor and Head of Command.
All applications will be subject to attendance, performance and conduct checks in line with Durham force policy.
Closing date – 27/07/2026
Interviews – Week Commencing 17/08/2026 (subject to candidate availability)
In the interests of proportional representation, applications are especially welcomed from officers in underrepresented groups.
The selection process will include a number of stages. This is an outline of the stages within the selection process for the role of Motorcycle Police Constable – all of which should be successfully passed prior to any posting. Should an officer subsequently fail to qualify as an Advanced Driver/Rider once a course becomes available, they will be required to return to other operational duties.
STAGES OF SELECTION
Stage 1 - Advert (Closing date – 27/07/2026)
Stage 2 - Sift
Stage 3 - Interview (To be held week commencing 17/08/2026 – subject to availability)
Stage 4 - Advanced Police Riding Assessment
Successful applicants will then be required to undertake an Advanced Police Riding Assessment (unless already qualified as an Advanced Police Rider) and this will result in two levels as follows: -
Unlikely to be able to pass an Advanced Riding Course – not to progress
Suitable for an Advanced Riding Course – to progress
CONTACT DETAILS
Further information regarding the role can be obtained from PS 2045 Andrew Wells, [email protected]
How to apply
If you’d like to apply, please forward a copy of the attached Application form, by the closing date.
External Applicants - please use the external application form
Internal applicants - please use the Internal Application form
Please also complete and return the equal opportunity form and return this with your Application form.
We are committed to equal opportunities, we therefore encourage you to complete and return the equality monitoring form. This form is optional, and your responses will be kept confidential and for statistical purposes only.
The above 2 (relevant application + equal opportunity) forms should be returned by email to our Recruitment department – [email protected]
Candidates must have indefinite leave to work and live in the UK and be free from any restriction. Any successful candidate will be asked to provide evidence of this.
Candidates will be contacted via email in relation to the recruitment process and are advised to also check junk and spam folders for email updates.
Further information
Any offer of employment will be subject to appropriate vetting checks which will be maintained/updated throughout the period of service.
Applicants must have been a UK resident for at least three years prior to the date of application.
If applicants have not been a resident in the UK for at least three years and can provide a VERIFIABLE certificate from the police of any country where they have taken temporary residence. The certificate must indicate that they have not been convicted of any offence whilst in that country or involved in any investigation by a Law Enforcement Agency.
Any tattoos deemed to be obscene, or advocates sexual, racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination, by written word or design is prohibited and the presence of such a tattoo would preclude an applicant from passing the recruitment process for employment with the Constabulary.
For any queries, please contact [email protected]
Please return the relevant application form and the equal opportunity form to [email protected]
