Blackstone’s Police Manuals 2025

Blackstone’s Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination.Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone’s Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.

Blackstone’s Police Manual Volume 3: General Police Duties 2025 covers areas including Terrorism and Associated Offences, Domestic Violence and Abuse, Complaints and Misconduct, and Public Order Offences, as well as PACE Codes A, B, and G. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, as well as the latest versions of the PACE Codes, the Public Order Act 2023 and the Online Safety Act 2023.

Also available in the series are: Volume 1: Crime 2025 and Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2025.

Blackstone’s Police Manuals are also available as part of our online Blackstone’s Police Manuals and Q&As service: http: //www.blackstonespoliceservice.com

Paul Connor, Police Training Consultant, Glenn Hutton, Private assessment and examination consultant, Andy Cox, Detective Chief Superintendent and OCU Commander for Met Detention with the Metropolitan Police, Elliot Gold, Barrister at Serjeants’ Inn Chambers

Paul Connor Cert Ed (FE), PG Cert (ODE), LLB is a Police Training Consultant, teaching law to over 3,000 candidates since 2002. He is the author of the Blackstone’s Crime Manual and the Consultant Editor for the Blackstone’s Police Manuals. He is the co-author of Blackstone’s Police Investigators’ Manual, Blackstone’s Police Investigators’ Workbook and is the author of the Blackstone’s Sergeants’ and Inspectors’ Mock Examination Paper.

Dave Johnston LLB, LLM is a barrister and Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police Service. Formerly a member of the NPT Examinations and Assessment team, he is a former OSPRE Assessor and previously worked as a legal researcher for the Home Office in Harrogate.

Glenn Hutton BA, MPhil, FCIPD is a Director of Psychometric Technology Limited which designs and publishes psychological tests and provides selection and assessment services. Formerly a Superintendent in North Yorkshire Police, he also worked as Head of NPT Examinations and Assessment, Head of Training in North Yorkshire and as both Course Director and Director of Studies at the Police Staff College, Bramshill.

Andy Cox is a Detective Chief Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police. He was previously Detective Superintendent lead for Vision Zero, Road Death, and Transport Crime Investigation with the Metropolitan Police. He is Chair of the national strategic board for serious collision investigation, and holds a Masters degree in Criminology and Leadership from Cambridge University.