Blackstone’s Police Manuals Volume 3: General Police Duties

Blackstone’s Police Manuals 2026, 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 2026 syllabus.

Available in the series are: Volume 1: Crime 2026, Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2026, and Volume 3: General Police Duties 2026. 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 2026 editions have been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, including the latest versions of the PACE Codes and the Public Order Act 2023.

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Paul Connor, Andy Cox, Glenn Hutton, Elliot Gold

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 author of Blackstone’s Police Investigators’ Manual, Blackstone’s Police Investigators’ Workbook and Blackstone’s Sergeants’ and Inspectors’ Mock Examination Paper.

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 and is a national lead in Fatal Crash Investigation. Previously, he was Detective Superintendent lead for Vision Zero, Road Death, and Transport Crime Investigation with the Metropolitan Police.

Elliot Gold is a barrister at Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, having been called to the Bar in 2001, practising in police law, public law, mental capacity, and discrimination. In 2021, he was named professional discipline ’junior of the year’ by Chambers and Partners. He is also a contributing author to the forthcoming edition of Police Misconduct, Complaints and Public Regulation, to be published by Oxford University Press.