The NCFE Award in Community Safety Accreditation, delivered on site by ex-police trainers and tailored to the powers your accredited persons will actually use.
Council enforcement, parking, housing and community safety officers; contractor staff on local authority and transport contracts; shopping centre and estate security teams; rail and transport operators seeking RSAS designation. We have delivered CSAS for Transport for London since 2015 and for consortia of district councils.
The people teaching powers, evidence and conflict have used them.
Police Crime Prevention Academy endorsement and the NCFE Award: the combination forces and clients ask for.
Three, four or five days shaped to what the chief officer has actually granted your team.
Half-day live sessions, morning, afternoon or evening.
Four-day council programmes combine Days 4 and 5. The three-day programme for traffic-management roles focuses on Days 1 and 2 plus assessment. Every programme is confirmed in a planning call with the lead trainer.
We tailor every programme in a planning call. Ask for the full outline and a quote in one go.
Five-day combined CSAS and RSAS programmes run through the year at TfL premises for Transport Support and Enforcement teams, built around TfL powers: stopping vehicles for testing, requiring names and addresses for road traffic offences, controlling traffic, railway byelaws and working with British Transport Police. E-certificates are issued within days so accreditation is never held up.
The ten mandatory subjects published by Police CSAS, and where each sits in our five-day programme.
| Mandatory subject | Where it is covered |
|---|---|
| An introduction to CSAS/RSAS and current legislation | Day 1 |
| The extended policing family | Day 1 |
| Accredited persons and the powers they may exercise | Days 1 and 2 |
| Interpersonal social skills in the community | Day 1 |
| Conflict management | Day 3 |
| Risk assessment and personal safety | Day 4 |
| Recording evidence and details of incidents | Days 1, 2 and 4 |
| Community safety problem solving and crime reduction | Day 3 |
| Professional curiosity | Day 3 |
| Accredited persons action at crime scenes or incidents | Day 4 |
Source: policecsas.com/training. Training must be refreshed every three years and delegates must pass an examination.
The chief officer decides which powers each employer's accredited persons receive. We cover the ones your force grants in depth.
| Power | What it means on the ground |
|---|---|
| Require name and address | From a person acting in an anti-social manner or committing a relevant offence |
| Fixed penalty notices | For offences such as litter, dog fouling and cycling on the footway, where granted |
| Penalty notices for disorder | Where the force grants the power |
| Confiscate alcohol and tobacco | Including requiring under-18s to surrender alcohol |
| Direct traffic | Including for traffic surveys and escorting abnormal loads |
| Stop vehicles for testing | Common in transport and TfL roles |
Full list: Police Reform Act 2002, Schedule 5.
The scheme is run by each police force: your organisation applies for employer approval and each person is vetted by the force. Our training sits alongside that process, and candidates can attend before vetting completes. We send an employer guide and the application route with every quote.
The Railway Safety Accreditation Scheme is the British Transport Police equivalent for rail and transport staff. We deliver it as a combined CSAS and RSAS programme, as we have for Transport for London since 2015, with the additional rail powers and byelaws built in.
A consortium of seven Hertfordshire councils (Hertsmere, East Herts, Dacorum, North Herts, Three Rivers, Broxbourne and Stevenage) trained together at Hertsmere Civic Offices in 2025 and rebooked for 2026. Mitie security teams at shopping centres, Blackpool Council, the University of Bath and local authority enforcement teams across England have taken the programme. Over half of our CSAS enquiries come from repeat business or referral.
Thirty-four years with Thames Valley Police and the Metropolitan Police, including twelve in police learning and development as an assessing officer and a spell as a sergeant. Also delivers speed awareness courses.
The name that comes up in review after review.A retired police detective who now delivers our Transport for London CSAS and RSAS programmes.
Her September 2026 TfL cohort passed the exam to a person.Delivered for
The course was well organised and provided useful knowledge and practical skills. The assessors Jackie and Mark were very helpful, professional and supportive throughout the training.
Nick presented the course in a very professional manner using his knowledge and experience to make the information easy to digest and relevant to my role in TFL using real life scenario and practical applications.
RSAS/CSAS training was very informative and good. It was well paced and our Trainer Nick was very knowledgeable. He made it interesting with his experiences in the past that kept us going.
The CSAS/RSAS course is an intensive program which is quite insightful and educative. It was delivered by a superb tutor Nick who made the program quite interactive and easy to assimilate.
Training can take place before vetting completes; employer approval and individual vetting run alongside it.
A three-day traffic-management programme covers those without the full five days.
Refreshers run as half-day live sessions in morning, afternoon and evening slots.
We send the employer guide and the application route with every quote.
The chief officer of the police force where the person works. We deliver the endorsed training and the NCFE award; the force approves the employer, vets each individual and issues the accreditation.
Three to five days depending on the powers in use. Our standard programme is five days; council teams usually run four; a traffic-management-only role can be covered in three.
Yes. Employer approval and individual vetting sit with the force and run alongside the training.
Yes. The scheme requires refresher training at least every three years. We run half-day live sessions on Teams, with morning, afternoon or evening slots for shift teams, and many clients refresh every two years.
Yes. We are one of the training providers endorsed by the Police Crime Prevention Academy for CSAS and RSAS, with the programme in place since 2015.
Sectors: Rail and community safety · Highways, utilities and contractors · Security firms and in-house teams · Venues and event organisers
Numbers, location and deadline is all we need. Written quote within one working day.
Numbers, location, deadline. If you need other courses in the same visit, say so and we will plan one trip.