Professor Rob McCusker is a new EMPAC Senior Research Fellow, bringing with him substantial expertise in understanding serious organised crime, particularly in a transnational context. Rob is the former Transnational Crime Analyst for the Australian Institute of Criminology, a statutory research agency within the Minister for Justice’s portfolio, which involved…
The East Midlands Specialist Operations Unit (EMSOU) is one of the largest collaborative policing units in the country, delivering specialist capabilities on behalf of the five East Midlands police forces. EMSOU focuses on intelligence gathering and the disruption and investigation of Serious and Organised Crime (SOC) with services including covert…
EMPAC has had considerable success in the past promoting and developing Fellows, to encourage practitioner research. Now, EMPAC has appointed the first of its Honorary Senior Research Fellows to help support our wider networks and to accelerate policing innovation, using proven experts in their field. Senior Research Impact Fellow Dave…
EMPAC’s first Research Cafe, at Leicestershire Police HQ, stimulated a lot of new connections and showed it really is good to talk. And some coffee and cake helps too! Thanks are due to the organising of Chief Inspector Dan Pedley and Graham Pickering in helping bring people together. The event…
EMPAC is pleased to report on a new qualitative study at the University of Nottingham in an under-researched topic – how police professionals interact with the bereaved. Breaking bad news Police officers deal with death on a daily basis as part of their everyday work. This includes the…
This time, we feature Daniel Ash, who is our EMPAC SPOC (single point of contact) at the University of Northampton. Danny is a great example of a ‘pracademic’ – someone who has worked in professional practice and also conducted research. He spent over 20 years as a police officer with…
Professor Ken Pease (University College, London) is interested in carrying out critical incident technique research about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on policing. The intention is to cross compare this UK based research with parallel research in Italy. The proposed work seeks to capture front-line policing experience in a…
Here is another opinion piece to get your cognitive juices flowing: be part of the debate – let us know what you think! One of EMPAC’s founding principles is to drive innovation, and that means supporting an agile environment where new ideas are able to grow. We have promoted the…
Loughborough is in the top 4 of the 2020 Guardian’s rankings, with thriving campuses at Loughborough and London, and over 18,000 students. Their applied research is world-leading, pioneering modern optics and laser technology, and producing extensive police-related outputs including:- applications in digital policing, led by Professor Peter Kawalek; demand management,…
Crimebeat is the national youth crime prevention charity of the High Sheriffs’ Association and each year an awards ceremony is held to recognise the most innovative and successful crime prevention projects carried out by young people (aged up to 25 years old). You can read more about Crimebeat and the…