Editing Detective (section)

===United Kingdom===
Before 2017, prospective [[United Kingdom|British]] police detectives must have completed at least two years as a uniformed officer before applying to join the [[Criminal Investigation Department]]. Since 2017, applicants from outside the police force have been able to apply directly for positions as trainee detectives.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Grierson|first=Jamie|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/31/wanted-london-detectives-no-experience-necessary|title=Wanted: London detectives – no policing experience necessary|date=2017-05-31|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-26|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729222625/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/31/wanted-london-detectives-no-experience-necessary|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|UK Police]] must also pass the National Investigators' Examination in order to progress to subsequent stages of the Initial Crime Investigators Development Program in order to qualify as a detective.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/?Page=3845%7cInitial+Crime+Investigators+Development+Programme|title=West Yorkshire Police - West Yorkshire Police|access-date=2014-12-25|archive-date=2017-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709191828/https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/?Page=3845%7cInitial+Crime+Investigators+Development+Programme|url-status=live}}</ref>