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Evidence & Practice
What is Bail? A quick guide to understanding what it means, when and why is it used?
What does released on bail mean in England and Wales? Police bail vs court bail, how long bail lasts, bail conditions, breach and release under investigation explained.
People, decisions and culture
Leadership & Culture
Rise of the Drones - Are we prepared?
Ukraine, Gatwick, European airport disruption and prison smuggling expose the same question: can Britain demonstrate that its counter-drone arrangements are ready?
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Data, AI and operational change
Technology & Innovation
Police confidence and media coverage: what 25 years of headlines can—and cannot—tell us
Compare Guardian police headlines with public confidence data, inspect the method and understand why the two trends cannot establish causation.
Ideas have authors
Influential People
Alex Murray and the Society That Asked Policing to Prove What Works
Alex Murray spent a career investigating murders and running counter-terrorism operations, then built the institution that asked British policing a harder question: does any of this actually work? A profile of the founder of the Society of Evidence-Based Policing.
Jason Roach and the Case for Self-Selection Policing
Professor Jason Roach helped develop self-selection policing: using selected minor offences as behaviour-based opportunities to identify wider serious offending. His wider contribution is practical psychology built for police use.
The Society of Evidence-Based Policing: Nurturing the Idea That Every Officer Can Test What Works
The SEBP's real value isn't lobbying or publishing — it's lowering the bar so that any officer with a good idea can test it, get support to do so properly, and share what they find. Here is what it is, what it actually does, and why that matters.
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How can I use evidence in policing?
A starting point for finding research and testing ideas.
↗ 02 / In the communityWhat can neighbourhood policing achieve?
Crime, confidence and what happens in practice.
↗ 03 / Inside policingHow can policing prevent misconduct?
Team culture, standards and early warning signs.
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