Join us for free masterclasses in evidence-based policing

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We will be running two introduction to evidence-based policing events specifically aimed at frontline police officers and staff across the East Midlands.

We will introduce the key features of evidence-based policing and how it can help police to provide the best possible service to local communities. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and share ideas with colleagues from other forces along with experts from local universities. We will also show you how to get started using an evidence-based approach in your own area and what support is available to you.

A hot lunch and drinks will be provided.

We’re really excited about these events. They give us the opportunity to work with frontline police teams to help them provide the best possible service to local communities. We’ve worked hard to provide as many places as possible for frontline officers and staff and we’re proud that we will be able to engage with 120 people across the region.

Tickets are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis so book online now.

EMPAC officially launched

Today was the official launch of the East Midlands Policing Academic Collaboration. Over 100 police officers, staff and academic researchers met to start the collaboration and introduce the research projects that are already running.

Find out more about the launch on the EMPAC website or by going to our Storify story of tweets from the event.

Work with us

We’re really excited to be advertising for a research fellow to work with us on our local and community policing projects. We think this is a great opportunity to work closely with both police forces and universities, with a particular focus on communities. The advert job invites you to “help us shape the future of policing in the East Midlands” and that’s exactly what EMPAC hopes to do.

If you’ve got experience in empirical research, especially in handling large quantitative datasets then you can find out more about the role. If you’ve got any questions, please get in touch.

What is EMPAC?

The East Midlands Policing Academic Collaboration (EMPAC) is a two-year project funded by the Police Knowledge Fund, involving five police forces, five police and crime commissioners (PCCs) and seven universities.

In EMPAC, university researchers work with police forces and PCCs to understand crime and policing issues and develop solutions based on the best available evidence. All our projects involve universities and police working together: some are led by academic researchers, while others are led by serving police officers and staff.

EMPAC has five networks looking at different aspects of policing. We are the local and community policing network, focusing on issues related to neighbourhood policing, responding to emergencies and crime prevention. The other networks cover operational policing (led by Geoff Berry at the University of Derby), organisational transformation (led by Laura Knight at the University of Northampton), serious organised crime (led by Helge Janicke at De Montfort University) and victims, witnesses and public protection (led by Karen Lumsden at Loughborough University).

If you’d like to find out more about our work, please get in touch or send us a tweet.

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