Policing has become dominated by an unhelpful rigid singularity in how it thinks about its professional practice. It has become obsessed with a particularly nuanced (positivist) interpretation of science, marketed as evidence based policing (Cassells, 2017; Fielding & Holdaway, 2021). Whilst any rationally informed reflexivity to boost police decision making…
The East Midlands Forensic Network (EMFN) is a collection of practitioners, academics, researchers and service providers from across the region (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland). Together, they work in partnership to champion meaningful, sector leading research and knowledge development across various areas of forensic science and practice.…
The need to make streets safer The UK Government has outlined its priority to halve knife crime within 10 years. In England and Wales, there were 50,510 knife or sharp instrument offences in the year ending March 2024, and the UK Home Office Homicide Index data reports that sharp instruments…
East Midlands Special Operations Unit are seeking a Regional Science and Innovation Manager, on a full-time, fixed-term ( end 31st March 2026) basis, to provide leadership, management and coordination of Science and Innovation across East Midlands Policing. Working with regional and national colleagues, you will provide a consistent and…
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.…
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…
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…
EMPAC’s Professor John Coxhead has been supporting the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) in their efforts to improve continual professional development (CPD) for police officers – particularly those in middle ranks who feel left behind. Dr Coxhead has previously presented research to the Department of Trade and Industry…
The limitations of Neighbourhood Policing training Policing suffered seismic cuts since 2010, eroding neighbourhood policing as it was then known, and forcing a reactive model. That push towards a reactive triage style correlates to a period when policing performance has plummeted, including, perhaps most important of all, in public trust…
Organised crime is big business and most of it is about making profit. The amount of criminal profit being made is eyewatering. That’s not just from financial crime, but all crime. Think about how much money is being made from crime compared to how much money is going into funding…