Is State6 affiliated with the College of Policing or any official police body?

No. State6 is an independent preparation tool built by serving officers who understand the promotion process. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the College of Policing, HMICFRS, or any force. The CVF framework it uses is publicly available on the College of Policing website. It's the same one your panel will work from.

Does it cover my force?

All 43 Home Office forces are loaded. Your force's HMICFRS inspection findings, causes of concern, and competency picture are built into every review and coaching session. If your force has been inspected recently, that picture is already in there. You can see your force's inspection summary on the forces page at state6.co.uk/forces.

What rank levels does it support?

State6 supports Sergeant, Inspector, and Chief Inspector boards. Questions, scoring ceilings, and coaching tone all adjust to match the rank you're applying for. For officers on the Gold plan, STANCE presentation builds are rank calibrated too: the model adjusts its scope depending on whether you're presenting at sergeant, inspector, or chief inspector level.

What is the Mock Board?

A full promotion board you sit out loud, included with Gold. A voiced AI chair asks rank-calibrated questions one at a time, listens to your spoken answer, asks a follow-up probe based on what you actually said, and keeps you to board timings. At the end the panel scores every answer against the CVF 2024 and gives you a written debrief covering structure, descriptor coverage, pace, filler words and your I-versus-we balance. You choose the chair: four personas, from encouraging to old school. Gold includes five boards. It is the only tool of its kind in the UK, where a human mock board typically costs around £380 for a single sitting.

What do I need to sit a Mock Board?

A microphone, a quiet room, and about ten minutes per question. A headset gives the cleanest sound both ways. It works in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on desktop and Android, and on iPhones running a current version of iOS. If your browser cannot stream speech reliably, State6 tells you before a board credit is used, never after. If you lose connection or close the page mid-board, the board waits for you and resuming costs nothing.

Is my voice recorded or stored?

No. Your speech is transcribed live during the board and the audio is never stored, by us or anyone else. Only the written transcript is kept, saved privately to your account alongside your debrief, where you can review or delete it like any other evidence.

What happens when I run out of credits?

Credits are consumed each time you submit an answer for AI board review or run a coaching session. Your plan shows you exactly how many you have remaining. STANCE builds and Mock Boards have separate allowances: 10 STANCE builds and 5 mock boards on the Gold plan. If you use all your credits before your plan ends, you'll need to start a new plan to continue. Your saved answers and evidence remain intact throughout.

What happens to my answers and evidence when my access expires?

When your plan ends, your access to platform features expires. Your account and everything you've written remain intact while the account is open. If you choose to close your account, your data is deleted within 30 days of that request. Nothing is removed automatically when your plan expires.

Is my data private? Can anyone else see my answers?

Your answers, evidence, and coaching sessions are private to your account. State6 doesn't share your content with other officers, your force, or any third party.

How accurate is the force information?

The HMICFRS inspection data in State6 is sourced directly from published PEEL reports. Each force profile includes the most recent findings available at the time of the last update. State6 shows you the date the data was last updated for your force. If it's more than 18 months old, check the HMICFRS website at hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk directly for any interim inspections.

I am already using ChatGPT to practise. Why would I switch?

ChatGPT doesn't know the CVF descriptors, your force's inspection picture, or what rank you're applying for. It can't cap your score for collective language, track where you are in your coaching, or spot the patterns across your last twelve answers. It also can't generate a presentation model calibrated to your rank or produce slides from it. It'll tell you your answer is strong. State6 will tell you exactly which descriptor you missed and why a panel would mark you down.

How quickly will I see a difference in my answers?

Most officers notice a shift after their first full review. The scoring is specific enough that you immediately see which descriptors you're hitting and which you're not. By your third or fourth session you're not just writing better answers. You're thinking in the framework. That's exactly what panels are listening for.

Does State6 help with the presentation part of my board?

Yes, on the Gold plan. STANCE is a six-step presentation framework built for structured board presentations. Enter your topic and rank, and State6 generates a model showing exactly what each section needs to cover at your level. Build your answer section by section, coaching each one across three rounds. When you're ready, generate a PowerPoint with your content on screen and your full answer in the presenter notes, ready to rehearse from. The full framework is at state6.co.uk/learn-stance.

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DCI Jack Webster

speaking…

Question 2

“Tell me about a time you challenged a decision made above you, and what it cost you to do it.”

2:41

your answer · target 5 to 6 min

138

words / min

7 : 2

I vs we

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Sit your board before you sit your board. A voiced AI chair asks rank-calibrated questions out loud, listens to your spoken answer, probes what you actually said, then scores the lot against the CVF 2024 and writes you a full debrief. A human mock costs around £380 for one sitting. Gold includes five.

✓Four chair personas, each with a real voice, from encouraging to old school
✓The chair probes your actual answer, exactly like a live panel
✓Timed under board conditions: warned at six minutes, stopped at seven
✓Scored debrief: every CVF descriptor, structure, pace, fillers and I-vs-we
✓Interrupted? The board waits, so you resume where you left off

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Mock Board · Live · Question 2 of 5

REC

DCI Jack Webster

listening

Panel

Question 2

“Tell me about a time you challenged a decision made above you, and what it cost you to do it.”

2:41

your answer · target 5 to 6 minutes

138

words / min

fillers

7 : 2

I vs we

A real voice. A real probe of what you actually said. Five boards included with Gold.

The issue

You arrive at your board with the right experience and the wrong structure. State6 is the fix.

You've passed the written exam. You have the evidence ready. The gap is not experience. It is knowing how to frame it against the CVF in a way that panels can score.

Your evidence is buried across notebooks, emails and memory

You do not know which examples map to which CVF descriptors

Every time you sit down to write, you are starting from scratch

Your answer is a story. The panel wants a structured response.

State6 turns what you have done into answers panels remember.

Built for boards, not browsers

Why not just use AI?

Chat tools will tidy your sentences and tell you what you want to hear. State6 is built on the CVF 2024, your force's actual HMICFRS findings and the exact patterns that cause candidates to fall short at every rank.

CVF Scoring

Scored against CVF 2024, descriptor by descriptor

Every answer is marked across all six competencies and three values. Each one scored 1 to 5 with explicit reasoning. Not a summary or a vibe check. The same framework your panel will use on the day.

Generic AI“Good answer. Covers the key points well.”

State6“Leading Ethical Authority scored 2 of 5. No explicit descriptor evidence found.”

This is what a real board review looks like.

A full AI deep review for a Chief Inspector STARR answer on We Take Ownership. Eight pages, every CVF descriptor scored individually, HMICFRS findings for your force, improvement priorities with worked examples and panel probe questions.

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Build answers panels remember.

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The result

Walk into your board
knowing exactly what you are going to say.

State6 takes what you have done and turns it into answers that score. You stop guessing what panels are looking for. You know.

Your evidence. In one place.

Your evidence is organised and ready, not scattered across notebooks.

Answers pitched at your rank.

Not a Sergeant answer when the panel expects a Chief Inspector.

Force context woven in.

Your force's inspection picture is built into every answer. Not an afterthought.

Rehearsed under pressure.

You have already sat a full board out loud, against a chair who probes back under the clock.

A NOTE FROM THE FOUNDERS

We built State6 because we got tired of watching good officers fail boards they should have passed.

We've watched strong officers, sergeants who've run complex jobs, inspectors who've commanded major incidents, sit down in front of a panel and lose marks they never needed to lose. Not because they weren't good enough. Because no one had ever properly trained them on how a board interview actually works, or what the CVF actually wants to hear.

The pattern is almost always the same. Candidates turn up with the right experience and the wrong structure. They give a story instead of an answer, or pitch their example at the wrong rank. Fixable things, but only if someone tells you.

Once you learn to structure an answer properly, in the right model, the interview becomes a process you can prepare for. Not a performance you have to deliver. Any situation from your career can be adapted to the framework and used.

You don't need a blockbuster example. You need a clear one.

The State6 Founders

Serving Chief Inspector & Inspector · 38 years of frontline combined service · Across 4 forces

Like you, we take our personal safety seriously. That's why you won't see our faces here.

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What officers say

“Really impressed. The ability to tailor questions not only to rank but to force — it picks up intuitively on force level priorities. Also the ability to grade questions including the ones you don't want to ask. Love it.”

M.A.

Inspector · Preparing for Chief Inspector board

“It's like having an experienced coach to advise and develop the answers you think you'd give at the board and then having them tweaked for the better.”

L.M.

PC · Preparing for Sergeant board

“The ability to get targeted questions based on what you are currently working on and then instant custom feedback on your answers is unique. A really great system that really helps with interview practice.”

Sergeant · Preparing for Inspector board

Pricing

Pay once. Get started.

Start the moment you check out. Your credits are ready when you are.

A single human mock board costs around £380. Gold gives you five, plus every tool on the platform, for £149.99.

Bronze

£69.99one-off

✓30 Full Board Review credits
✓90 Question credits
✓HMICFRS force context: your force's real inspection data
✓90 days access
✓All competencies & values
✓Evidence Builder + PDF export
✓All 43 forces · PC to Chief Inspector
✓Pay once · No subscription

The essentials to get your answers structured and your evidence in order.

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Silver

£99.99one-off

✓Section by section AI coaching: 150 credits
✓75 Full Board Review credits
✓225 Question credits
✓HMICFRS force context: your force's real inspection data
✓90 days access
✓All competencies & values
✓Evidence Builder + PDF export
✓All 43 forces · PC to Chief Inspector
✓Priority email support
✓Pay once · No subscription
→Mock Board: Gold only

Everything in Bronze, plus section by section coaching to refine every answer.

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Gold

£149.99one-off

✓Mock Board: sit a full board out loud against a voiced AI panel that probes and scores you · 5 boards
✓STANCE Builder: structure and export 10 coached board presentations
✓Voice coaching: speak your answer and get coached instantly
✓Section by section AI coaching: 300 credits
✓150 Full Board Review credits
✓450 Question credits
✓HMICFRS force context: your force's real inspection data
✓90 days access
✓All competencies & values
✓Evidence Builder + PDF export
✓All 43 forces · PC to Chief Inspector
✓Priority email support
✓Pay once · No subscription

Every tool we make, including the Mock Board you sit out loud against a voiced panel.

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How credits work

Board Review credits are used each time you submit a complete answer for a full CVF scored assessment. One credit covers one full answer review.

Coaching credits are used during your back and forth coaching sessions, where you work through your answers one section at a time. Each coaching exchange uses one credit.

Question credits generate new practice board questions tailored to your rank and chosen force. One credit generates one question.

Mock Board credits (Gold) convene a full voice board: questions asked aloud, follow-up probes and a scored debrief. One credit is one board, charged when the board convenes; an interrupted board can be resumed without using another credit.

Force & Cohort Pricing

Preparing a group of candidates? Site licences and bulk seat pricing are available for forces, federations, and training teams. Invoice-based procurement supported.

Common questions

Straight answers.

: No. State6 is an independent preparation tool built by serving officers who understand the promotion process. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the College of Policing, HMICFRS, or any force. The CVF framework it uses is publicly available on the College of Policing website. It's the same one your panel will work from.
: All 43 Home Office forces are loaded. Your force's HMICFRS inspection findings, causes of concern, and competency picture are built into every review and coaching session. If your force has been inspected recently, that picture is already in there. You can see your force's inspection summary on the forces page.
: State6 supports Sergeant, Inspector, and Chief Inspector boards. Questions, scoring ceilings, and coaching tone all adjust to match the rank you're applying for. For officers on the Gold plan, STANCE presentation builds are rank calibrated too: the model adjusts its scope depending on whether you're presenting at sergeant, inspector, or chief inspector level. Read more on the Learn STANCE page.
: A full promotion board you sit out loud, included with Gold. A voiced AI chair welcomes you, asks rank-calibrated questions one at a time, listens to your spoken answer, asks a follow-up probe based on what you actually said, and keeps you to board timings. At the end the panel scores every answer against the CVF 2024 and gives you a written debrief covering structure, descriptor coverage, pace, filler words and your I-versus-we balance. You choose the chair: four personas, from encouraging to old school. Gold includes five boards. It is the only tool of its kind in the UK, where a human mock board typically costs around £380 for a single sitting.
: A microphone, a quiet room, and about ten minutes per question. A headset gives the cleanest sound both ways. It works in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on desktop and Android, and on iPhones running a current version of iOS. If your browser cannot stream speech reliably, State6 tells you before a board credit is used, never after. If you lose connection or close the page mid-board, the board waits for you and resuming costs nothing.
: No. Your speech is transcribed live during the board and the audio is never stored, by us or anyone else. Only the written transcript is kept, saved privately to your account alongside your debrief, where you can review or delete it like any other evidence.
: Credits are consumed each time you submit an answer for AI board review or run a coaching session. Your plan shows you exactly how many you have remaining. STANCE builds and Mock Boards have separate allowances: 10 STANCE builds and 5 mock boards on the Gold plan. If you use all your credits before your plan ends, you'll need to start a new plan to continue. Your saved answers and evidence remain intact throughout.
: When your plan ends, your access to platform features expires. Your account and everything you've written remain intact while the account is open. If you choose to close your account, your data is deleted within 30 days of that request. Nothing is removed automatically when your plan expires. You can read the full privacy policy before you sign up.
: Your answers, evidence, and coaching sessions are private to your account. State6 doesn't share your content with other officers, your force, or any third party. You can read the full privacy policy before you sign up.
: The HMICFRS inspection data in State6 is sourced directly from published PEEL reports. Each force profile includes the most recent findings available at the time of the last update. State6 shows you the date the data was last updated for your force. If it's more than 18 months old, check the HMICFRS website directly for any interim inspections.
: ChatGPT doesn't know the CVF descriptors, your force's inspection picture, or what rank you're applying for. It can't cap your score for collective language, track where you are in your coaching, or spot the patterns across your last twelve answers. It also can't generate a presentation model calibrated to your rank or produce slides from it. It'll tell you your answer is strong. State6 will tell you exactly which descriptor you missed and why a panel would mark you down.
: Most officers notice a shift after their first full review. The scoring is specific enough that you immediately see which descriptors you're hitting and which you're not. By your third or fourth session you're not just writing better answers. You're thinking in the framework. That's exactly what panels are listening for.
: Yes, on the Gold plan. STANCE is a six-step presentation framework built for structured board presentations. Enter your topic and rank, and State6 generates a model showing exactly what each section needs to cover at your level. Build your answer section by section, coaching each one across three rounds. When you're ready, generate a PowerPoint with your content on screen and your full answer in the presenter notes, ready to rehearse from. The full framework is on the Learn STANCE page.

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Officers who prepare with structure give panels no reason to say no.

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Prepare for yourpolice promotion board.

Everything you need to pass your board.

S6Mock Board

You arrive at your board with the right experience and the wrong structure. State6 is the fix.

Why not just use AI?

Walk into your boardknowing exactly what you are going to say.

Pay once. Get started.

Force & Cohort Pricing

Straight answers.

You already have the evidence. You just need the structure.

S6Mock Board

You arrive at your board with the right experience and the wrong structure. State6 is the fix.

Mock Board

Walk into your board
knowing exactly what you are going to say.

Mock Board