Pay, benefits and staff support networks
Joining Warwickshire Police comes with a lot of benefits and support, as well as national and local discounts.
Police officers
The starting salary for a Police Constable is £28,551.
Your salary will increase in annual increments up to £46,044 within seven years.
As a full-time Police Constable you will have 22 days paid annual holiday, rising to 30 days a year depending on your length of service. This is on top of public holidays and an average of two rest days each week.
Length of service |
Entitlement |
| Less than two years relevant service | 22 |
| Two or more years relevant service | 25 |
| Five or more years relevant service | 25 |
| Ten or more years relevant service | 27 |
| 15 or more years relevant service | 28 |
| 20 or more years relevant service | 30 |
When you start, you'll automatically become a member of the Police Pension Scheme.
This is a CARE (Career Average Revalued Earnings) pension scheme which offers a guaranteed pension with an optional lump sum, based on the earnings you receive during your career.
Both you and Warwickshire Police contribute and you will receive tax relief on the contributions you make.
We believe our workforce is our greatest asset and we're proud to be a caring employer.
We've worked hard to be recognised as a Disability Confident employer and to also provide a large range of support initiatives to help with you (and your family's) health and welfare.
These include:
- Support for those with caring responsibilities (flexible working)
- Occupational health and welfare counselling
- On-site gym facilities at a number of our stations
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Car scheme
- Free eye-sight tests (and a range of frames)
- Development and mentoring schemes including leadership pathways
- Membership of the Police Federation
- Network groups (more information below)
- Sports clubs
- Retail and gym discounts
- Dental plan scheme
- Employee assistance programme
Police staff
Your salary will be dependent on the grade of the role you are applying for, and will increase in annual increments within the pay grade.
Length of service/Grade |
Grade A-C |
Grade D-E |
Grade F and above |
| up to five years | 24 days | 26 days | 28 days |
| five years or longer | 29 days | 31 days | 33 days |
When you start, you'll automatically become a member of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Both you and Warwickshire Police contribute and you will receive tax relief on the contributions you make.
Warwickshire Police also offer an Additional Voluntary Contribution (AVC) salary sacrifice scheme, which allows those who are members of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to build up their pension benefits for retirement by paying additional voluntary contributions (AVCs) by way of a tax-free deduction through payroll, alongside their LGPS.
We believe our workforce is our greatest asset and we're proud to be a caring employer.
We've worked hard to be recognised as a disability confident employer and to also provide a large range of support initiatives to help with you (and your family's) health and welfare.
These include:
- Support for those with caring responsibilities (flexible working)
- Occupational health and welfare counselling
- On-site gym facilities at a number of locations
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Car scheme
- Free eye-sight tests (and a range of frames)
- Development and mentoring schemes including leadership pathways
- Membership of the Unison Trade Union
- Network groups (more information below)
- Sports clubs
- Additional Voluntary Contribution (AVC)
- Retail and gym discounts
- Dental plan scheme
- Employee assistance programme
Staff support networks
Officers and staff within Warwickshire Police are able to be part of a number of support networks, enabling members of our workforce to come together and share experiences, concerns and solutions.
Our networks include:
- Women's network
- Men's network
- LGBT+ network
- B-ME network
- Armed Forces network
- Disability network
- Carer's network
- Christian Police Association