21st century community engagement
A series of articles providing expert insight and evidence-based approaches to delivering effective community engagement for policing, local government and community stakeholders.
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With policing resources under continuing pressure, the 2022/23 financial year is now underway, prompting renewed focus on how police forces are funded across the UK. In these articles focusing on police funding, Policing Insight’s Ian Wiggett reviews the core funding streams from the respective central and devolved governments, explores why some forces and communities feel unfairly treated and has a close look at the income raised locally by the forces of England and Wales through the policing precept.
We look at the Global Law Enforcement & Public Health Association (GLEPHA) series of reports which form part of the ‘Envisaging the future of policing and public health’ project, covering a range of topics including violence prevention, diversion, and policing mental health.
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The contentious nature of policing inevitably gives rise to some complaints, and how those complaints are handled has been an issue of concern for both the public and police in the UK. In this series, Dr Rob Heaton and Professor Stephen Tong review the police complaints process, including how and why they arise, the nature and psychology of disputes, why attempts to reform the system have so far fallen short, and how similar conflict is resolved in other sectors and why. Finally, they point to some ways forward that could help to achieve a fair, open and more effective mechanism for dealing with misconduct.
A survey of police officers and staff from 48 UK police forces, the survey and reports from 2017 and 2018 provide a unique insight into the views of the front-line on the provision of ICT in their force. The results and feedback from end users are required reading for police managers, buyers and suppliers.
A decade of falling police officer numbers in England and Wales has been a continuous focus of concern. In this series of articles Ian Wiggett analyses where the cuts have been felt the deepest and the implications for the workforce mix. The series then looks at the progress and impact of the government's recruitment goal to uplift officer numbers by 20,000.
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Professor Lawrence Sherman, the Metropolitan Police Service’s first Chief Scientific Officer, talks to Policing Insight about the benefits that a scientific, evidence-based policing approach can bring to issues such as stop and search, violence against women and girls, and ensuring the highest standards of police conduct.
In recent years debates around professionalising policing, the need for officers and new recruits to be educated to degree level, and how previous experience and learning should be recognised, have prompted strong comments and opinions in England and Wales as well as other countries; this series brings together many of the key discussions and developments around this issue that have appeared in Policing Insight since the subject first hit the headlines in 2015.
The aim of this series of features is to get the thoughts and opinions of those involved in the policing data process – from practitioners past and present, to national leads, subject matter experts and academics – on the challenges around resources and technology, the potential for the latest tech to help police meet them, how law enforcement can ensure community buy-in, and the likely roadmap for the police use of data in intelligence and investigations over the next few years. The ‘Police Data Challenge’ is an independent editorial series researched and written by Policing Insight and commissioned by Cognyte.
This series, supporting degree entry recruits to the police service, aims to provide a framework for students as well as highlighting the deep resources of Policing Insight information. Policing Insight is publishing regular in-depth articles, written by Policing Insight’s Academic Editor, Dr. Carina O’Reilly, aimed at promoting new degree recruits’ learning and understanding of policing and how it impacts on the day-to-day delivery of policing.