Winning Hearts and Minds: The implications of the lack of local and central...
This blog was written by Emma Williams and Jack Chapman (research assistant). Winning Hearts and Minds: The implications of a lack of local and central comms on the implementation of the PEQF...
View ArticleBLOG 2: Readiness and Implementation: A Risky Business
What a week it has been for the PEQF and for policing more generally. Firstly, we had news of the new PM’s pledge to recruit 20,000 police officers – or replace the officers lost perhaps. This news has...
View ArticleParadoxes, value, mixed messages and reaffirming the fight against crime…
A few years ago I remember watching the TV documentary about GMPs specialist rape unit. The honesty, complexity and visibility of really tough decisions within that team really impressed me, not least...
View ArticleAcademic Integrity and Making a Difference
The Police Education Qualification Framework (PEQF) has fundamentally changed the approach to police recruitment and the conversation about how new officers embark on a ‘professional’ career. Three...
View Article@wecops – Detectives debate…
The Detectives With thanks to guest host Detective Superintendent Henderson (@DSuptHenderson) for leading this chat in January. This is the most recent @WeCops blog from Dan Hayes and Dan Reynolds. It...
View ArticleMaintaining a Culture of Common Good: Police, community and leadership during...
This blog was triggered by this weeks’ @wecops debate about the police and Covid-19 with Rob Flanagan and Mike Cunningham from the College of Policing. It received the highest ever views for us at over...
View ArticleCounty lines: Exploring the academic literature in the context of the real world
I started an MSc in Applied Policing Practice at Canterbury Christ Church University in September 2019. It was 11 years almost to the day since I handed in my dissertation at the end of my history...
View ArticleThoughts on the Impact of a No Deal Brexit on Police Cooperation in Europe –...
On 16 June 2020, the policing consequences of a collapse in Brexit talks were raised by members of the Lords EU Security and Justice sub-committee during questioning of the Home Office Minister Mr....
View ArticleFlexible working: Reflections and learning @wecops
Flexible Working @WeCops Blog by Caroline Hay and Dr Emma Williams The opportunity to work flexibly has been a widely debated subject in policing particularly in relation to diversity and the...
View ArticleBritish Police Officers: The Under-qualified ‘Street Psychiatrists’ – Jack...
Policing and mental health have had a complicated relationship in the past and this continues today. Sadly, a large proportion of the incidents that police are required to attend have mental health...
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