Weekly academic research summary
IN THE NEWS: This new summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts.
New Report: Published today, the new thematic report from CoPaCC collates views and analysis on the implications of Brexit for policing and security. Contributors including Sir Hugh Orde, PCC Martyn Underhill and PSAEW President Gavin Thomas highlight the key areas of concern.
NEWS: Taking place in Birmingham on Thursday, 20th October 2016, this is the fifth national Police and Crime Panel conference, organised by Frontline Consulting and sponsored by Grant Thornton. Bernard Rix, CoPaCC's Chief Executive, provides a LiveBlog
NEWS: CoPaCC's annual review to determine how well PCCs' Offices are meeting their statutory responsibilities on transparency is well under way. This year's Quality Mark presentations will take place on Monday, 28th November, with support again from the Committee on Standards in Public Life and leading police auditor Grant Thornton.
NEWS: Lancashire has become the first police force to go live with a force-specific instance of CONNECT, Northgate Public Services' new software platform. The move has seen Lancashire over a million legacy cases, five million associated files and 10,000 live case files.
NEWS: A unique conference in Munich later this month - with attendance free - showcases research on social media and community policing across Europe for the first time. Lindsey Gunby of West Yorkshire for Innovation, the organisers of the conference, talks about the projects and their potential for technology to help transform community policing.