EMPAC Research Fellow, Steve Dodd, explores how rural communities are vital to the nation’s wellbeing, yet have unique challenges, and need a solution-oriented adoption of proactive intelligence to stay safe. 90% of England is made up of rural areas, and that 71% of UK landmass is agricultural. Rural areas are…
The United Nations (founded in 1945, post WW2) has 193 member states and exists to promote peace and security. With bases in New York, Geneva and Nairobi, in 2015 it launched its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), all aimed at making positive change in civil society. The SDGs have an…
Policing is under much pressure to perform, with concerns over funding cuts https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chancellor-government-england-wales-police-b2768108.html, and dwindling critical public confidence and trust https://ministryofinjustice.co.uk/police-public-confidence-and-engagement/. The critical juncture for policing has been highlighted through the Casey Review https://ministryofinjustice.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/baroness-casey-review-march-2023.pdf and compounded by the recent BBC Panorama expose https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k7k6. Critical cultural level issues raised have been…