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ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Do you interview suspects, victims or witnesses as part of your role? Do you supervise those that do? Do you investigate crimes? Or are you just interested in investigative interviewing? Register to attend this free online conference, being held by the Police Science Dr and supported by Policing Insight, focusing on gathering evidence from victims, witnesses and suspects.

ADVERTISEMENT INTERVIEW: With UK police preparing to handle rapidly growing volumes of digital, multichannel contact from the public, the benefits – both for citizens and forces – of installing integrated contact management and CRM platforms are increasingly obvious; Steve Norris, Police Market Director at Salesforce UK (a specified supplier under the recent framework) highlights the advantages of the latest contact technology in enabling forces to cope with demand and enhance the service to citizens.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Police forces in England and Wales face a huge challenge to recruit an extra 20,000 officers by 2023, but there are helpful lessons to be learned from elsewhere. PwC has been working with the Swedish Police, who have a similarly ambitious recruitment target. In their second article, Muz Janoowalla, Director of Data and Analytics at PwC UK, and Fredrik Birkeland, Public Sector Consultant at PwC Sweden, look at the Swedish experience of how data analysis of the applicants’ experience can provide insights to improve the application process.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Police forces in England and Wales face a huge challenge to recruit an extra 20,000 officers by 2023, but there are helpful lessons to be learned from elsewhere. PwC has been working with the Swedish Police, who have a similarly ambitious recruitment target. Here, Muz Janoowalla, Director of Data and Analytics at PwC UK, and Fredrik Birkeland, Public Sector Consultant at PwC Sweden, look at the Swedish experience of using survey data and the importance of knowing your target group.

TAKE PART IN THE SURVEY: Policing employers and employees across the UK are being encouraged to take part in a biennial research project, to gauge the skills and training support needs of the entire workforce. Leading the national study, Jon Parry, Head of Research at Skills for Justice, discusses how the findings will help shape a future where staff resilience and wellbeing is both nurtured and adept to meeting the demands of the modern service.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Many police agencies face the same or similar challenges when it comes to digital forensics. Too much data, too many devices and resource constraints. Harsh Behl highlights how the tools from AccessData®, an Exterro Company can bridge the gap between front-line officers and forensic technicians so that investigations, analysis and review can start sooner.

Advertisement Feature: Towards Justice: Law Enforcement & Reconciliation is a 2-day virtual conference convened by Cumberland Lodge and supported by Policing Insight, on 17-18 June 2021, examining policing approaches and criminal justice responses to past harms and injustices in society. The Cumberland Lodge team outline the key features of the interactive programme and how to secure your place.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: We Fight Fraud Live 2021, proudly supported by LexisNexis Risk Solutions and media partner Policing Insight, is the only live global event which helps you understand the criminals who threaten businesses. The event takes place on 28th April 2021 - be sure to register your place today.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Police are busy, and always being pulled in too many different directions. There’s not much time for learning – or is there? This Rapid-Fire conference, supported by Policing Insight, breaks the mould: viewers get 10-minute training sessions that cut straight to the point, rather than having to sit through an hour-long presentation only to conclude they didn’t really get anything from it.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Together with the Metropolitan Police Service (Met Police), Babcock and its university partners have welcomed the first cohort of 196 new officer recruits who are embarking on the Met Police’s new Police Education Qualification Framework (PEQF) training programmes, which began on 25 January 2021

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: As one of the UK's leading control room software experts, APD Communications has been working hard behind the scenes on developing new technologies to help against the fight of the ever-increasing demands experienced with the control room.

Job advertisement: Police Lecturer vacancies at Babcock International for their new flagship contract partnering with several Higher Education Institutes across London to deliver the new Metropolitan Police Service Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) framework.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: The National Policing Digital Strategy 2020-2030 recommends that forces take a cloud-first approach to applications and data. Join this webinar on 24th February 2021 to learn more about the police assured mission accelerator developed by Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Police ICT Company, and the National Police Technology Council. which helps forces to migrate workloads and deploy services quickly and securely to the cloud.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: The disruptive events of 2020 present new pathways for public sector organisations to accelerate the progress they’ve already made in advancing their digital ambitions. But first they need to overcome legacy challenges to achieve a single view of their citizens and start small to harness innovation.

JOB ADVERTISEMENT: Babcock in partnership with London Fire Brigade have a fantastic opportunity for Emergency Response Trainers in London to deliver Blue Light / Emergency response training programmes.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Policing in the UK is regarded as a benchmark for the rest of the world. So dealing effectively with evolving criminality and cybercrime, along with increasing complex digital evidence, is vital if the UK is to remain a beacon of excellence.

Job advertisement: Police Lecturer vacancies at Babcock International for their new flagship contract partnering with several Higher Education Institutes across London to deliver the new Metropolitan Police Service Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) framework.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: University of Buckingham is launching a new PG Cert and Master’s programme in Transnational Organised Crime. The programmes are aimed at the next generation of police and law enforcement leaders, including officers, detectives and analysts, as well as those looking to gain a qualification that would enable them to build long-term careers in law enforcement, security and intelligence.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Harder to say and even harder to achieve, interoperability has long been the bugbear of many industries with policing perhaps at the top of the tree. Boyd Mulvey discusses what can be done to drive integration and interoperability forward for a more joined up approach to policing.

Job advertisement: Police Lecturer vacancies at Babcock International for their new flagship contract partnering with several Higher Education Institutes across London to deliver the new Metropolitan Police Service Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) framework.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: ‘Triple A’. What automation, artificial intelligence, and augmentation really mean and their potential application to law enforcement. In this article, Adam Etches, Technical Director for Chorus, explains what they are and walks us through some practical applications.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Data is now at the heart of every investigation, but as well as offering opportunity to improve the service for victims of crime, it can also hinder it. In this article, Boyd Mulvey, CEO and Founder of Chorus, talks about the data challenges currently facing law enforcement and how Chorus believe they have developed a new Intelligence Suite to help overcome them.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: A pilot scheme providing mentoring and exam support for police officers from underrepresented backgrounds.

Job advertisement: Police Lecturer vacancies at Babcock International for their new flagship contract partnering with several Higher Education Institutes across London to deliver the new Metropolitan Police Service Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) framework.