Archive October 2024

New SOC research: OCBs not OCGs

New research is being driven at the Institute of Policing, at the University of Staffordshire, to help tackle the national threat and harm from serious and organised crime (SOC). The evolving nature of criminal enterprise involves an intricate web of criminal networks, where traditional boundaries blur and new threats emerge.…

EMSOU Internship opportunities

Are you looking to secure an internship with one of the most dynamic policing units? The East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) is offering an exciting opportunity for a Year in Industry (YII) placement to work and learn in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, to begin in September 2025 for…

Prevention: less crime, less costs, more public confidence

What prevention really means EMPAC’s Professor John Coxhead presented at the national Public Policy Exchange Conference on the 15th October (https://www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/event.php?eventUID=OJ15-PPE) reporting on the key research that shows prevention works better than reaction. Given budgetary pressures on all public services, including policing, different ways of doing things is now an…