Dave Hill

Articles by: Dave Hill

Policing the 21st century landscape: Translating academic research into public safety practice

19th May 2017

Supt Dave Hill - EMPAC

CONFERENCE: Are we on the cusp of a step change in policing? A two-day conference in Northampton is asking researchers, leaders, frontline officer and research-active practitioners to debate the issues. Supt Dave Hill, Programme Director for the East Midlands Police Academic Collaboration (EMPAC), explains the background.

Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous: The new context of policing in the 21st century

8th April 2017

Supt Dave Hill - EMPAC

ANALYSIS: The policing landscape is undergoing tremendous change. Supt Dave Hill, Programme Director for the East Midlands Police Academic Collaboration (EMPAC) examines the 'VUCA' model - volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous - to help find a path for policing in the 21st century.

Why EMPAC = Progress

23rd March 2016

Supt Dave Hill - EMPAC

OPINION: Supt Dave Hill, Programme Director for the East Midlands Police Academic Collaboration (EMPAC), sets out a win-win-win for academia, police/PCCs, and public

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Dave Hill
Programme Director, EMPAC
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David Hill is a Superintendent in Northamptonshire Police, he has been a police officer for 26 years, starting his service with the Ministry of Defence Police before moving to Northamptonshire. He has held a variety of operational policing roles through his career but his latest work has been heavily focused upon change management and Organisational Development. In January 2015 Dave was seconded to the University of Northampton to help develop undergraduate and post graduate programmes in Policing and Criminal Justice. He now holds two posts within the University; he is Head of Translation Services for the Institute of Public Safety Crime and Justice (IPSCJ) and also Programme Director for the East Midlands Police Academic Collaboration (EMPAC). These posts allow Dave to work across the East Midlands and nationally on academic collaboration projects that bring together research and practice to improve service delivery. In addition to this Dave has been an associate lecturer for the last 6 years and delivers teaching on a variety of academic modules. He also works across a number of organisations within the public and private sector delivering training and helping them unlock the talent of their most precious asset, the people. Whilst working at the University Dave has graduated with a Master of Science in Psychology and is now working towards a proposal for a PhD in the area of leadership in complex systems.