In the United States, competency frameworks are a well-kept secret in the policing sector, with reliance being placed on less adequate tradi-tional processes. Today, considerable investment is being made in the United Kingdom and other countries developing competency frame-works as a management tool to improve police performance. The frameworks support a number of personnel processes for both police officers and police support staff, including recruitment and selection, training and development, performance and development reviews, promotion, leadership development, inefficiency procedures...