ANALYSIS: The scale of the challenge involved in protecting the UK's borders is unprecedented. Professor Babak Akhgar of Sheffield Hallam University explains how the work of Project ROBORDER - testing innovative surveillance technologies - could help border security address emerging threats.
Police Governance Summit 2018: At this year’s Police Governance Summit 2018, Kathie Cashell, Director of Strategy and Impact for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) discussed the newly-established IOPC and the implications for police governance. Policing Insight reports on her presentation.
Opinion: Next year, the new Office for Communications Data Authorisations (OCDA) goes live. Interim CEO Shainila Pradhan explains the changes and the organisation's ambition to offer law enforcement a world class service.
ANALYSIS: In late 2015, coercive control became a criminal offence in England and Wales, but the number of convictions have been low. Now a team at Lancaster University led by Dr Charlotte Barlow have developed a new tool to help train police officers to help victims of the new offence.
10th July 2018
POLICE ICT USER SURVEY: Two weeks left to go for UK police officers and staff to share their views and experiences of ICT provision in their force by taking part in the National Police ICT User Survey - a huge opportunity to help police decision makers and the supplier community improve the provision of ICT.
IN THE NEWS: This 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 - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the National Police Library.
OPINION: Can graduates be trained to be detectives in just twelve weeks? Or is the experience gained from time on the street vital to understanding the job? Prof. Stuart Kirby of the University of Central Lancashire weighs the evidence.
Opinion: With policing under enormous strain against an ever-changing criminal landscape, former SIO and now with Sustainable Criminal Justice Solutions Adrian Kingswell draws parallels with the conditions that led to the 1962 Royal Commission on Policing and asks if the time is ripe for another one.
10th July 2018
Project Galileo: In the second in our series on Project Galileo and its pioneering approach to reducing harm on our roads, team member Andy Dollin (Chief Operating Officer, Tonic Analytics Limited) discusses how lessons from the aerospace industry are helping to demonstrate the value of big data to enable new insights that result in more effective and efficient operations - and can ultimately lead to better outcomes through targeted and more proactive actions underpinned by predictive analytics.
10th July 2018
ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: A fragmented commissioning landscape is contributing to a significant gap in the provision of therapeutic support services for children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse. Peter Richards, from the NSPCC’s Scale-Up Unit, explores the impact this has on children and the work that the NPSCC is undertaking to share an evidence-based therapeutic recovery service with organisations such as the Durham Child Advocacy Centre, to help more children rebuild their lives.
ANALYSIS: Neighbourhood Policing guidelines were issued by the College of Policing last week. Andy Higgins of the Police Foundation argues they are not just important for policing on the ground: their success or failure will tell us a lot about the capacity of our national policing infrastructure to deliver real reform.
Opinion: Sharing big data holds enormous potential for policing, but it's a journey the fire service embarked on some years ago. Evan Morris MBE, former Head of Community Safety for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and the Chief Fire Officers' Association lead on Ageing Safely Strategy outlines the fire services experience and the benefits to be had.
OPINION: In her presentation at this year’s Police Governance Summit 2018, Independent Chair for Lincolnshire Police Ethics Committee Cate Moore explored how ethical considerations can influence and inform good governance to deliver the public good. The following is an abridged version of her presentation.
Analysis: Revolving Doors Agency, together with Barrow Cadbury Trust and Transition to Adulthood Alliance, publishes a new report Spotlight on Substance Misuse which looks at how PCCs reduce alcohol and drug addiction and reduce crime in their local areas.
IN THE NEWS: This 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 - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the National Police Library.
1st July 2018
OPINION: The cosmetic store Lush has suspended its 'spy cops' campaign after complaints that the displays were damaging and offensive to ordinary officers. Dr Kelly J. Stockdale of York St John University argues that the resistance to the Lush campaign shows that the police and government are still unwilling to respond to changing police priorities.
OPINION: The issue of degree-level entry for police officers has been much discussed in recent weeks. Carina O'Reilly, an editor at Policing Insight and also both an academic and a local councillor, argues that the ongoing controversy is one of legitimacy - and offers some lessons from local government on how to resolve it.
OPINION: In the wake of the ongoing debate over new police entry routes and the Police Educational Qualification Framework, Emma Williams of Canterbury Christ Church University argues that knowledge in policing needs to be recognised as reflexive, and police education as a two-way process.
ANALYSIS: Body-worn video cameras (BWC) are increasingly standard issue in British police forces, with a range of potential benefits. Stuart Lister of the University of Leeds outlines findings from recent research into the use of BWCs in domestic abuse incidents - and how the benefits of BWCs may be limited by organisational constraints.
ANALYSIS: One year on from the launch of the Policing Insight series looking at PCCs and fire governance, Catherine Levin finds that the road to fire governance is fraught with obstacles and these will likely discourage other PCCs from following any time soon.
Analysis: Mental health researcher and practitioner Dr Jane McGregor is currently writing a book on coping with stress in the emergency services. Her interviews with police officers reveal problems of morale, overwork and high stress which mean many are considering quitting the service.
IN THE NEWS: This 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 - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the National Police Library.
