Archive February 2018

The skill and remit of evidence based policing

EMPAC here features a blog sent to us by Dr Almuth McDowall, an occupational psychologist at Birkbeck College, University of London, who has been working with the College of Policing on the development of the new Police Education and Qualifications Framework. Almuth makes the point that policing is a complex…

Leicestershire Police Problem Solving Conference 14th March 2018

EMPAC is pleased to announce an event hosted at Leicestershire Police HQ on How to problem solve using evidence based policing?   This event will be opened by Chief Constable Simon Cole and will showcase a number of pieces of research. Thanks go to the ever energetic Sgt Mark Brennan, who…

Nottingham host modern slavery roundtable 26th March 2018

A roundtable is set for the 26th March to help identify policing research needs into modern slavery for the region. This involves bringing people with common interests together so that a team approach can be more targeted and structured in research planning. In turn, the theme of modern slavery, a…