For police officers and police staff
Career help for leaving the police
Blue Light Leavers helps serving and former police officers and staff find careers outside of policing. Work out what jobs you can do, get your CV and applications right, and go into interviews ready.
Founded by former police officer Andy Labrum
Blue Light Leavers has helped hundreds of police officers and staff move into new careers.
I applied for over 150 jobs and barely got an interview. Andy spent time with me to really look at what I had achieved and helped me focus on what I would need to do to successfully move on. This support has resulted in me being offered a fantastic new role.
As someone who left the police and was beaten down with little to no confidence, I was at my lowest point. The support has really helped with my CV, my self confidence and much more, and I have now secured a new job I never thought I would have.
I now work as a Whistleblowing Manager within Compliance in the Financial Sector. Blue Light Leavers was a fantastic source of advice and encouragement for me and helped me have confidence in my abilities.
What it does
Every tool works from examples you have recorded, so what comes out is yours, not generic.
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Record your service properly
Tell it what happened in your own words, or say it out loud. It asks the follow-up questions that turn "dealt with a public order incident" into something a recruiter can understand. Everything else in the app runs off this.
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Your plan, step by step
Where you are in the process, what to do next, and what to leave alone for now. Your progress is saved.
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Decode any job advert
Paste the advert. Essential against desirable criteria, the keywords the screening software looks for, the competency framework the panel will score against, a match score based on what you have logged, and the gaps to close.
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Build your CV content
It writes your personal statement, key skills and achievement bullets against that specific advert, using only examples you have logged. It will not invent anything you cannot defend at interview.
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Cover letters
The same, for the letter. Written against the role, from your evidence.
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Application forms and personal statements
Civil service, NHS, local government and regulators all use competency forms with word limits. Paste the criterion, set the limit, get an answer built from your evidence that fits it.
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Interview preparation
It gives you the questions that advert will generate, what each one is really testing, and which of your logged examples answers it. Practice mode is coming soon.
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Strip out the jargon
MG11. OIC. Section 18. Athena. Every draft runs through our police to civilian dictionary, because your CV should not need a translator.
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A workshop every month
Live sessions with Andy Labrum, Charlotte Spencer Matt Craven and the Blue Light Leavers coaching team. CVs, LinkedIn, interviews, negotiation. All recorded and links shared in the app.
Being built next
Not in the app yet. Members get these as they land, at no extra cost.
- Coming soonRole DiscoveryRealistic civilian roles matched to your service and the examples you have logged, with the gap to close on each one.
- Coming soonApplication trackerEvery application, where it is up to, and the advert analysis and interview questions saved against it.
- Coming soonRejection debriefPaste the feedback. It tells you what it actually means and what is worth changing before the next one.
- Coming soonFirst ninety days planWhen you get the job, a plan for starting it.
Why not just use ChatGPT
You can. You would need to know what to ask, and you would start from nothing every time you opened it.
This already knows your service, your role, the examples you have logged and where you are in the process. It knows what MG11 means, and that no recruiter does. Everything you put in makes the next thing better.
If you are comfortable prompting an AI from scratch for every application, save your money. Most people try it, get something generic back, and give up somewhere around the third attempt.
Free guides
Four guides for police officers and staff. No membership is required.
- Top 25 Transferable SkillsTwenty five transferable skills developed in policing, with guidance on how to describe them to employers.
- Guide to the Ill Health Retirement ProcessA plain guide to the ill-health retirement process and the stages involved.
- A Guide to Writing your CV when Leaving the PoliceHow to present your police service, skills and experience in a CV for roles outside the force.
- Guide to the Police Misconduct ProcessA guide to the stages of the police misconduct process and the support available.
- The Blue Light Leavers PodcastConversations about leaving policing, career options and work outside the force.
CV writing and career coaching
Professional CVs, cover letters and LinkedIn profiles, plus 1-1 career coaching. These services do not require app membership.
Professional CV
£350
For those leaving the force early or mid service and in need of a CV to change career. Includes a 60 min. video consultation with Charlotte Spencer.
Police Retirement CV
£450
For those retiring from service and in need of an in-depth, professional CV to apply for roles outside the force. Includes a 60 min. video consultation with Charlotte Spencer.
Cover Letter Writing Service
£90
Cover letters can be a general letter that you can easily adapt to fit each application, or a specific cover letter for a role you're currently applying for.