Nobody gave me a map out of policing. So I drew one.
Fifteen sectors, each to the same eleven headings. What the work is, what it pays, what transfers on day one. From a former Police Sergeant who got it wrong first.
If you’ve started doing the maths, this was written for you.
You don’t hate the job. Something has shifted, and you can feel it. You’ve quietly started weighing it up.
You want to know what actually happens if you leave. Not encouragement. The mechanics.
You’ve realised your rank, your pension and the way you describe your experience don’t carry over the way people assume.
Bigger because readers said where it stopped short.
Rebuilt from scratch on what first-edition readers said was missing. Fifteen sectors instead of ten, each one written to the same eleven headings so you can compare them properly.
The preview is the real thing, not a teaser. If it doesn’t read like something you’d use, don’t buy the book. See what changed.
“The instinct in policing is to describe the duty. Employers are buying the outcome.”
The manual, Part Four
The same experience, in language they read.
What you wrote
“Custody Sergeant responsible for detainee welfare and authorising detention under PACE.”
What gets you a call back
Applied a statutory framework to 40+ time-critical risk decisions per shift, balancing individual welfare against legal thresholds, and recorded the rationale for each to a standard that stood up to external audit and legal challenge. Reversed my own decisions on review when new information demanded it.
Volume. A framework. Competing priorities. A written record. Outside scrutiny. A willingness to be wrong. Six things a hiring manager is actually testing for, and not one of them needs the reader to know what PACE stands for.
A few ways through it, depending on where you are.
The Exit Manual
£19.99Second edition, 2026. 282 pages, eight parts, fifteen sector chapters. The whole move, written down.
CV Rewrite
£99Your CV rebuilt for a specific role, in language civilian hiring managers and ATS software actually read.
CV & LinkedIn Rewrite
£139The CV plus your profile, both pointed at the same target. The profile is what gets you found.
Complete Package
£150The manual, the CV rewrite and the LinkedIn rewrite together — the context and the work on paper.
Transition Strategy Call
£150An hour to think it through before you commit anything to paper. Best if you’re not yet sure where you’re heading.
See what each one includes and how it works.
From people who’ve already used it.
“My first application since tailoring my CV for the JD and using AI referencing ATS, and I’ve been shortlisted for a screening call. Really positive move forward.”
“Your guide is incredible, and it formed the basis of what I ended up looking for… It’s crazy how little we often value our own skillsets. Thank you for helping me find value in mine.”
“Refreshingly honest, practical and credible, stripping away the myths around transition and confronting the realities many avoid… A grounded, important and highly useful resource for anyone preparing to leave well.”
Credibility first. The work, not the credentials.
My name’s Connor. I spent ten years in the Police before I left.
British Transport Police, then Wiltshire. Response PC, response sergeant, custody sergeant, stints as a PACE inspector, and finally a full-time Federation conduct rep.
When I left I didn’t have a map. I paid £150 for a CV that read beautifully and performed terribly, and bought memberships I didn’t need. I learned how the market works by trial and error, mostly error.
I’m not anti-police — I met my wife through the job and she’s still serving. I’m a dad to two young boys. I now work in Trust & Safety, and I help officers make the same move.
“The single most common reason people stay in a job they’ve finished with is a financial calculation they’ve never actually done.”
The manual, Part Six
The manual if you’d rather do it yourself. The rewrites or a call if you’d rather have a hand.