N8 PRP Announces New Grants, Call for Applications

🚔FUNDING AVAILABLE 💰

N8 PRP announces 2 grants and a new call for applications:

#policeresearch #evidencebasedpolicing

www.n8prp.org.uk/2026/02/13/n...

Montgomery official cites sharp crime declines and urges Congress to oppose House Resolution 32 An unidentified city official said Montgomery has seen large declines in violent crime and repeated the U.S. Conference of Mayors' call to oppose House Resolution 32, arguing it could divert local public-safety resources and undermine community policing.

Montgomery is celebrating a remarkable 78% drop in homicides and urges Congress to reject House Resolution 32 to protect community safety initiatives.

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#MontgomeryCityMontgomeryCounty #AL #EvidenceBasedPolicing #MontgomeryPublicSafety #ViolentCrimeDecline

PolicingTV’s Volunteer Week - Day 4: Why evidence-based policing can’t ignore volunteers.

#VLEOA #PolicingTV #VolunteerWeek #EvidenceBasedPolicing #PoliceVolunteers #SpecialConstables #AuxiliaryOfficers #CommunityPolicing #ServeAn… www.policereserve.org/post/policin...

New Funding Call Announced

New funding call announced - more details to come!

www.n8prp.org.uk/2025/09/24/n...

#policeresearch #evidencebasedpolicing #researchfunding

Today we’re co-hosting the first National Evidence-Based Policing Conference with @sebp-uk.bsky.social

Turning research into action to build safer communities — and launching the first #EvidenceBasedPolicing Awards, including one for #YouthViolencePrevention.

#SaferCommunities #EBP

3/ 👤 Prof. Seth Stoughton breaks down what this means for officers, policy makers & trainers, and why pre-force decisions now matter more than ever.
#EvidenceBasedPolicing

2/ With a “driving force” (gunfire, injured victims, chaos), officers were ~80× more likely to support immediate entry.

Without it? Most chose to wait, matching modern training.
#PoliceTraining #EvidenceBasedPolicing

2/ 📚 160 students took surveys, watched two 3-hour modules on police use of force, myths, & oversight, then took the surveys again.
#EvidenceBasedPolicing #PublicTrust

2/ ✅ Benefits of a national database:
• Transparency & public trust
• Show force is rare & usually justified
• Identify trends & create mitigation strategies
• Correct misconceptions
#EvidenceBasedPolicing #PoliceLegitimacy

2/ 50 officers’ BWC footage was coded before & after training
Training = classroom + simulation
Performance ↑ from 75% → 80% (training group)
Discrimination complaints ↓ by 50%
#EvidenceBasedPolicing #LEOtraining

2/ In fact, some crimes decreased, including vehicle theft and mischief.
Why? Possibly less reporting due to inconvenience, but it challenges the idea that stations themselves deter crime.
#EvidenceBasedPolicing

Applied Police Briefings: Accessible Policing Research Simplifying policing research for law enforcement professionals. Discover actionable insights from our briefings.

🧠 Short, research-informed, practice-ready. That’s the APB model.
Read the Summer 2025 issue here: appliedpolicebriefings.com
#PoliceResearch #PublicSafety #LawEnforcement #EvidenceBasedPolicing #APBJournal

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#CrowdManagement #DialoguePolicing #PublicOrder #ProtestSafety #EvidenceBasedPolicing #NoKings #GCMAInsights #Crowds #Events #CrowdProfs #EventProfs #GlobalCrowds

From Gut Feeling to ‘Grounding’ the Truth: Policing’s Quiet Revolution - Heywood Quarterly Matt Bland highlights examples of evidence-based innovation on the front line, and what policy professionals across the Civil Service can learn from this experience

Across UK policing, a quiet revolution is underway. Evidence-based approaches take the scientific method and apply it to public safety. The results are compelling. 

📖Read our latest article 

heywoodquarterly.com/evidence-bas...

#EvidenceBasedPolicing #Innovation

Congrats to Justice, Law and Criminology PhD students Jazmine Talley & Melissa Kilmer, who attended the #ASBPE conference in Arizona via Arnold Ventures student travel awards! They also proudly represented SPA in their research presentation.
#SPAProud #EvidenceBasedPolicing #policy #research

Applied Police Briefings: Accessible Policing Research Simplifying policing research for law enforcement professionals. Discover actionable insights from our briefings.

The training:
– Weekly 10–15 min videos
– Topics like sleep hygiene, napping, & fatigue countermeasures
– Paired with simple at-home practices
Low burden. High impact.
#PoliceHealth #ShiftWork #EvidenceBasedPolicing (4/4)
Free brief @ appliedpolicebriefings.com

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📣 #CAPE2025 speaker announcement!

We’re honoured that @bpschiefrj.bsky.social from @barriepolice.bsky.social will be joining us this year.

Chief Johnston will be discussing the impact of research on innovation in policing.

Conference link in our bio 🔗
#policeresearch #evidencebasedpolicing

🔍 Based on 27 studies, the authors found:
– Evidence ploys and minimization tactics increase false confessions
– Deceptive tactics, common in accusatorial methods, can do more harm than good
#FalseConfessions #EvidenceBasedPolicing (3/4)

👮‍♀️ Investigators may want to use collaborative interviews when:
🔹 Individual interviews don’t provide enough leads
🔹 Multiple witnesses saw different things
🔹 Time and resources allow for it
Great potential for serious incidents.
#EvidenceBasedPolicing (4/4)

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📣 #CAPE2025 speaker announcement!
We’re thrilled that Dr Craig Bennell of Carleton University is joining us this year.

The session is called: Re-Imagining Police Training: An Ecological Dynamics Framework

Conference link in our bio 🔗
#policeresearch #evidencebasedpolicing

I totally geeked out at my first day of IACP's program evaluation course for evidence-based policing. It is so gratifying to be surrounded by people who truly care about finding the best ways to deliver policing services to our communities.

#NIJLEADSScholar
#EvidenceBasedPolicing

Impact of Police Bail on Domestic Revictimisation in London - Evidence from 2017 Reforms in England and Wales

In the spirit of Christmas and open science, I'm sharing some work I did that never quite got out of the door! Quite proud of this, looking at the impact of 2017 bail reforms on domestic revictimisation.

www.crimrxiv.com/pub/x9x1p7vk/

#policing #criminology #academia #evidencebasedpolicing

The Impact of CONNECT Drop 1 on Crime Rates and Detection in the Metropolitan Police: Synthetic Control Analysis · CrimRxiv

I've finally written up some analysis I did on the impact of a new #police IT system on crime recording and charging rates in #London... Hopefully useful to someone!

https://www.crimrxiv.com/pub/4v3ftiya

#criminology #research #academia #evidencebasedpolicing

@lewisatkinson.bsky.social remind us was it above or below 1500 people killed by antisocial drivers?

And how many seriously injured? 30000! 😬

#evidencebasedpoliticing
#evidencebasedpolicing

Already working on my #evidencebasedpolicing class for Semester 1 2025 (I have some early enrolments). I am so excited. This is one of my favourite classes to teach. @utas.bsky.social

So, is there a good #crime, #policing, #criminology or #evidencebasedpolicing starter pack yet, given people seem be making them at about 3 a second?