Police Staff Investigator – Proactive Trident - 01
Job Title: Police Staff Investigator – Proactive Trident - 01
Salary: The starting salary is £40,519 which includes allowances totalling £3,009
The salary is broken down as £37,510 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £40,141 Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Barking, Hendon, Lewisham, Putney
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Proactive Trident Team within Specialist Crime of the Metropolitan Police in a new post created as part of the Specialist Crime civilianisation programme.
We are looking for police staff investigators to investigate non-fatal shootings and viable firearms recoveries across London, ensuring evidence is gathered, risks are managed, and victims and communities are safeguarded. The role holder will work as part of a Trident team alongside Detective colleagues, providing professional civilian expertise to strengthen investigative capacity, reduce gun crime and make London safer for those who live and work here. Working within Trident will also provide a unique opportunity for career development across all areas of the Specialist Crime Command.
Working for the Met doesn’t have to mean patrolling the streets. Just as important as our uniformed officers is our 14,000-strong team of professional and support staff working behind the scenes. It’s these skilled people who provide the organisational capability to police London.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct and progress firearms-related investigations, gathering evidence and intelligence to support prosecution and community safeguarding.
- Manage and safeguard risk by liaising with local policing colleagues, local authority partners, and wider agencies, ensuring effective protection of vulnerable people.
- Prepare and manage case files, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and compliance with legislation to secure successful outcomes at court.
- Attend and process crime scenes, seizing and preserving evidence to ensure forensic opportunities are maximised.
- Fulfil the role of Exhibits Officer, recording, storing, and submitting exhibits for forensic and digital examination, and present evidence at court when required.
- Obtain and record statements through suspect and witness interviews (including visually recorded interviews), ensuring information is gathered lawfully and effectively.
- Support warrant applications, attend searches with colleagues, and ensure seizure of material complies with legislation and investigative strategy.
- Review and analyse digital, video, and other data sources (including CCTV, body-worn video, and third-party records) to progress investigations.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, internal partners, and external stakeholders to coordinate investigation activity and safeguard communities.
- Contribute intelligence products, packages, and reviews to support wider operational and organisational learning.
- Attend court as required (up to c.15 times per year) to provide evidence and support case progression.
- Undertake the relevant Emergency Life Support and Public and Personal Safety Training
- Complete the MPS basic driving course.
Benefits:
You’ll enjoy the kind of great benefits that you’d expect from one of London's largest employers.
These include;
- Annual leave entitlement of 28 days plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service
- Civil service pension arrangements
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Membership of Met sports and social clubs
- Flexible working conditions and many more.
London is one of the most exciting and diverse cities in the world – and policing it is no easy task. It takes a huge number of people from all sorts of different backgrounds with a wide range of skills and experience. Do you have what it takes to be one of them? Find out if a career with the Met is what you’re looking for and what kind of challenges; experience and rewards you could have in store.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires an online application form.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 18th February 2026.