Archive April 2021

EMPAC open call on operational policing challenges

EMPAC is all about bringing together the best thinking and insights in order to improve policing and better protect the public. We are interested in driving accelerated innovation and enterprise in order to tackle crime. EMPAC has hosted a number of successful Roundtables on key policing issues in the past,…

EMPAC Senior Research Fellow Claire Darbyshire on healthy policing

The Police is a noun. It’s about the body of the police.  Policing is a verb. It’s the action word about keeping people safe – and that needs to involve more than just the police. It’s often said the police can’t arrest their way out of everything and can’t do…

Spotlight on Lincolnshire Police EMPAC SPoC

EMPAC features the Lincolnshire Police Single Point of Contact this time: Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Chris Davison, Local Policing lead for Lincolnshire Police. EMPAC SPoCs are voluntary positions in each force and University in the region, and are crucial to ensure two-way communication to keep research focused on impact and…

EMPAC works with the Police Foundation on the Strategic Review of Policing

Loughborough University’s Centre for Policing Innovation, Enterprise and Learning (an arm of the Loughborough Police Research Group) is working in partnership with the Police Foundation on the national Strategic Review of Policing. The Police Foundation is an independent policing think tank that uses and promotes research to improve policing. The…