EMPAC is all about growing stronger, mutually beneficial links between research and policing professional practice, so to encourage practitioners to get get hands-on with research, we created a Fellowship programme as a stimulus. The programme was a great success, receiving noteworthy praise from the College of Policing in its Police…
Dr Lee Hadlington of De Montfort University has published new open access EMPAC research in Heliyon (Vol. 3, Issue 7, July 2017). The research explored the relationship between risky cybersecurity behaviours, attitudes towards cybersecurity in a business environment, Internet addiction, and impulsivity. 538 participants in part-time or full-time employment in…
Dr Berni Doran from the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice explains the evaluation of the introduction of coaching into a police force carried out under the EMPAC Organisational Transformation network.
Nottingham Trent University’s Dr James Hunter answers questions on the Community Engagement Tool developed under the EMPAC banner.
Supported by funding through the Home Office (College of Policing) and Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE), EMPAC was able to sponsor a number of institutions, including the University of Derby, via the national Police Knowledge Fund (PKF) to carry out topical enquiries. Professor Kevin Brampton reports in here on some…
Professor Kevin Bampton reports in on work to critically explore the policing of rural crime. One of the reasons for ongoing work in this field – pardon the pun – is the relative lack of significant studies which focus on how we think about rural crime and what we think…
Click the link below to download a Powerpoint presentation containing findings from the East Midlands Digital Evidence Survey carried out by the EMPAC Organisational Transformation network. Digital Evidence Survey Presentation The Digital Evidence Survey looked at officers’ day-to-day use and understanding of digital media and the forces’ digital evidence processes.…
PC Amy Rutland of Leicestershire Police talks about her EMPAC fellowship research with Loughborough University and her experience of the EMPAC fellowship.
The Institute for Public Safety, Crime, and Justice’s Dr Laura Knight answers questions on the IPSCJ’s research into the use of digital evidence across the East Midlands. This research was carried out under the EMPAC banner and involved all five forces across the region.
By Dr Becky Thompson, Bethany Ward and Professor Andromachi Tseloni – EMPAC Local and Community Policing network Dr Becky Thompson on the ASB Risk and Management project Around 1.8 million incidents of anti-social behaviour (ASB) were reported to the police in the year ending December 2016 (Office for National Statistics…