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21st century community engagement

Updated: 8th August 2023

Policing Insight team

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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APCC insight: The public’s policing voice

Updated: 24th March 2025

The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC)

As the professional body for police and crime commissioners (PCCs), police, fire and crime commissioners (PFCCs), deputy mayors and other elected police governance roles across England and Wales, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) provides a public voice in policing, influencing national policy and supporting local delivery. In this new series of articles and opinion pieces, senior members and portfolio holders from the APCC offer an insight into their work and ongoing initiatives at local and national levels.

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Application of AI in policing

Updated: 9th April 2025

Chief Philip Lukens, AI & Policing expert, IACP

Philip D. Lukens, a policing AI expert and innovative chief of police, explores some of the opportunities and challenges around the use of artificial intelligence to create positive change in law enforcement.

NEC Brighter thinking series

Brighter thinking for public safety from NEC

Updated: 20th January 2025

NEC Software Solutions

ADVERTISEMENT SERIES: A series of insights on how technology innovation can help drive transformation in the delivery of public safety operations.

Continuing Professional Development

Continuing professional development in policing

Updated: 26th May 2022

OU Centre for Policing Research and Learning

A series of articles on continuing professional development (CPD) in policing produced by the Open University Centre for Policing Research and Learning.

Crime and the pandemic

Updated: 19th January 2023

Policing Insight team

A collection of articles looking at the impact of the Covid pandemic on crime and the opportunities provided for criminals.

Digital transformation with Axon

Updated: 30th October 2024

Axon

ADVERTISEMENT SERIES: Learn how your force can implement digital evidence management systems effectively to save time and money, and see how forces in the UK are using Axon Evidence to efficiently manage all forms of evidence from various sources for higher efficiency and satisfaction rates.

Emerging Tech in Policing Week

Emerging Tech in Policing

Updated: 5th April 2022

techUK

Selected articles from techUK's 'Emerging tech in Policing Week' during March 2022 showcasing pioneering work all across the technology sector which has the power to transform policing and techUK’s members thought leadership on this.

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Funding UK police forces

Updated: 21st January 2025

Ian Wiggett - Policing Insight

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.

GLEPHA Envisioning the Future

Future of policing & public health

Updated: 15th March 2024

Thomas James, Policing Insight

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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Modernise policing with Hexagon

Updated: 10th November 2023

Keith Potter, Editor, Policing Insight

ADVERTISEMENT SERIES: Discover how AI, the cloud, and next-gen control room and mobile technologies are helping police forces modernise operations and response. Hexagon experts discuss how agencies can respond to changing citizen expectations, streamline workflows, and improve decision making.

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NICE case studies

Updated: 10th September 2024

Jamie Wilson - Marketing Manager Public Safety, EMEA, NICE

ADVERTISEMENT SERIES: A series of advertisement features highlighting the work of NICE Public Safety with UK police forces.

Fivecast

OSINT for criminal investigations

Updated: 18th November 2024

Joseph Miller, Policing and Government Lead, Fivecast

ADVERTISEMENT SERIES: This series explores how Fivecast, a global provider of Open-Source Intelligence solutions, can be a force-multiplier for police investigations. Through AI and machine learning, Fivecast rapidly identifies existing and emerging threats in real-time across a variety of use cases and case studies.

PCC Elections

PCC Elections

Updated: 8th May 2024

Policing Insight team

Coverage of the police and crime commissioner elections in England & Wales covering candidates and the results. Series includes a page for each force where a PCC is being elected with the candidates and results from previous elections.

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PCC progress on fire governance

Updated: 19th December 2019

Catherine Levin, Policing Insight

A series of articles by Catherine Levin following developments in Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) fire governance and a tracker of the PCCs’ activity and progress.

Police complaints process review

Updated: 28th October 2022

Stephen Tong, Professor of Policing and Criminal Justice, Kingston University

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.

Police ICT user perspectives survey

Updated: 3rd December 2019

Policing Insight team

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.

Police workforce development (England & Wales)

Updated: 29th October 2024

Ian Wiggett - Policing Insight

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.

Policing and the pandemic

Updated: 29th December 2022

Policing Insight team

A collection of articles looking at the challenges, experiences and learning from policing during the pandemic.

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Policing digitally with Pronto

Updated: 16th January 2024

Ian Williams, Software Consultant EMEA, Motorola Solutions

ADVERTISEMENT SERIES: Motorola Solutions’ digital policing platform gives frontline officers on-the-go access to workflows, databases and other valuable information on their handheld device. This series of articles reveals how Pronto’s unified mobile interface enhances task performance by optimising officers’ access to critical resources.

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Policing protest and disorder

Updated: 28th January 2025

Policing Insight team

A series of articles that looks at the practical application of public order policing tactics, how powers are used (or should not be used), and the specific operational impact of new or changing legislation.

Policing Tech Forum

Policing Tech Forum webinar series

Updated: 31st March 2025

Policing Insight team

A series of articles covering The Policing Tech Forum webinars looking at the current and future direction of technology across the policing and delivered in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and techUK with support from Policing Insight and PolicingTV.

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Prof Sherman: Science and policing

Updated: 25th September 2023

James Sweetland, Policing Insight

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.

Spotlight on organised crime

Updated: 20th May 2024

Dr Chris Allen, Policing Insight

A series of interviews with Policing Insight's Chris Allen talking to leading figures involved in the research and investigation of organised criminals.

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