A review of policing in England and Wales will call for an overhaul of standards to make it more professional.
Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Stevens says in his report that officers should gain "chartered" status when they are properly accredited.
The report is also expected to suggest changes to the service's structure to make it more efficient and effective, with a cut in the number of forces.
The review, set up by Labour in 2011, will be published on Monday morning.
Labour said it would consult on the recommendations of the Independent Police Commission report.
Serious misconductLord Stevens' long-awaited review is being billed as the most comprehensive analysis of policing for half a century.
He said there would be 37 "radical" recommendations, including a commitment to neighbourhood policing - an idea revealed in the press at the weekend.
To raise standards of professionalism, Lord Stevens said there should be a publicly available register of officers showing their qualifications.
Those found to have committed serious misconduct would be struck off.
The review said the Inspectorate of Constabulary and the Independent Police Complaints Commission should be replaced by a more powerful body that would ensure failings were addressed "without delay".
As for the governance and structure of the service, the review is expected to call for reforms to the system of police and crime commissioners which was introduced last year.
Lord Stevens will say some police forces should be merged, an idea Labour tried but failed to introduce seven years ago.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the report was "evidence based - we're not coming up with things that are speculation".
He said the bedrock of the report was neighbourhood policing.
The report will say the neighbourhood system is the "building block of fair and effective policing" and "bobbies on the beat are disappearing and neighbourhood policing must be saved".
Recommendations will include:
- A national procurement strategy to increase the amount of collaboration between forces - to include standardised uniforms
- Electronic submission of case files to courts and prosecutors
- Mobile access to intelligence, including the Police National Computer
- Cybercrime experts to be recruited directly into police forces
- Restrictions on the use of private companies such as G4S and Serco for policing functions
When the report is launched, Labour leader Ed Miliband will say: "This review is the first step in setting a new direction for policing in the 21st Century.
"Neighbourhood policing was pioneered by Labour. It wasn't just a slogan, it was a different philosophy of policing; policing rooted in local communities, doing more than reacting to crimes by also preventing them, and working in partnership with local authorities, schools and the NHS.
"So it is of profound concern to me that the independent commission concludes that neighbourhood policing is under threat. We don't want to see services retreating back to their silos, becoming more remote from communities."
Policing and criminal justice minister Damian Green said: "Recorded crime has fallen by more than 10% since the government came to power and we have put in place long-term reforms to help the police continue that downward trend.
"We have stripped away targets and red tape to free police from desk-bound jobs; we have installed the National Crime Agency to take on organised crime; we have installed a College of Policing to professionalise policing; we have modernised outmoded pay and conditions; and we have introduced a newly-reinforced ethical framework to ensure police conduct is on an equal footing to cutting crime."
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Lord Stevens warned that officers were "beating a retreat from the beat".
He said every local area should be given a guaranteed level of neighbourhood policing, as well as guaranteed response times when a crime is reported.
Police should investigate every reported crime, he said, but if this is not possible the victim should be told why.
The Plebgate, Jimmy Savile and Hillsborough controversies had tarnished the reputation of the police service, he warned.
Labour announced the review at its 2011 party conference, saying it was time for a "serious vision".
Crossbench peer Lord Stevens stressed the commission, which included police figures, academics and judges, would be non-political.
At the time Nick Herbert, the then policing minister, said Labour's decision to establish an inquiry was "an abdication of any kind of political leadership" and the government had a "coherent package of reforms".
The overall structure of the police service was last examined by a royal commission in 1962.
Lord Stevens was the head of the Metropolitan Police between 2000 and 2005.
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