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).
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Police forces
- Derbyshire Constabulary
- Leicestershire Police
- Lincolnshire Police
- Northamptonshire Police
- Nottinghamshire Police
- East Midlands Collaborative HR Services
Local and Community Policing Network 