Admission
Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• have reached the age of 21
• be a Danish national/ have Danish citizenship and be good at Danish
• be in good health with normal hearing and not colour blind
• have a driving licence for a car
• have passed the test for lifesaving in a swimming pool (Bassinprøven) or the like

Basic Training
Basic police training starts at the Police College with a course lasting approximately nine months. This is followed by an in-service training period of approximately 18 months in one of the country’s police districts. The police officer then takes another approximately nine-month course, which is concluded by an examination. The final part of basic training consists of service with the Tactical Support Unit of the Copenhagen Police.

Further Training
After basic training, all police officers are offered a number of courses in subsequent years. These courses include compulsory further training and a number of special courses covering areas such as the environment, IT crime and international relations.

Greenland and the Faroe Islands
Basic training of Greenland’s police officers takes place in Greenland. The Faroe Islands select their own police probationers, but they are trained at the Police College in Copenhagen.