Welcome to Neurodiversity in policing: practical strategies for public-facing officers and staff. 

The course is designed to support you to build inclusive, effective and respectful interactions with neurodiverse individuals in your day-to-day policing role. You’ll explore how neurodiversity can affect communication and behaviour. You’ll gain practical strategies that can reduce misunderstanding and promote more positive outcomes. 

Whether you work in neighbourhood policing, response, custody or a contact centre, your role in policing has the potential to make real impact with the neurodivergent community. This course will give you tools to increase confidence, fairness and professionalism when you’re engaging with neurodivergent members of the public. 

Why this course matters 

Police officers and staff regularly engage with a diverse public. Among them are many neurodiverse individuals: people who may process information, express themselves or respond to stress differently. Without awareness and understanding, these interactions can lead to confusion, distress or escalation. 

This course has been developed using frontline input, academic research and expert guidance with the goal of improving outcomes for both officers and the public. 

How this course works 

This self-paced course is designed to spread your learning across three units of approximately 30 minutes each. You can complete each session flexibly to fit in with your workload. 

Each session has engaging content that includes reflective activities and practical takeaways that you can apply to your role.

You don’t need to submit anything for assessment, but your engagement is key to getting the most out of this course.