Ahmed Kadry

Articles by: Dr Ahmed Kadry

Continuing professional development: The case for specials

Continuing professional development in policing

24th March 2022

Dr Ahmed Kadry, Lecturer, Open University

ANALYSIS: In the latest in our series of articles on continuing professional development (CPD) in policing, Dr Ahmed Kadry and Jo Lambert of the Open University’s Policing Organisation and Practice team explore the opportunities for expanding the Police Education Qualification Framework to include special constables, and the benefits this could bring – both for forces and for individual officers.

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Dr Ahmed Kadry
Lecturer, Policing Organisation & Practice, Open University

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Dr Ahmed Kadry joined the Open University Policing Organisation and Practice Team as a Lecturer in February 2019, and is the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) Qualification Lead, providing leadership and direction academic staff teaching on the various PCDA modules, and working closely with police partner forces on delivery. At Greater Manchester Police (GMP) he served as the Evidence-Based Policing Research and Evaluation Lead, and was part of the team that established GMP’s Evidence-Based Research Hub, one of the first in the UK.