What Works Centre News Updates

In autumn 2020 we launched Going equipped – a new publication written and edited by people working in policing, for policing. Following positive feedback, we are now delighted to introduce our second issue.

College bursary recipient Detective Sergeant Rob Ewin, Cumbria Police, tells us about his experience of academic study which led him to complete a PhD in 2021, opening up opportunities to apply his research to policing.

On 8 March, we launched our sixth annual bursary scheme. The application window is now closed.

Here we introduce a new intervention on the Crime Reduction Toolkit which adds to the best-available evidence about diversion approaches to reducing crime.

Police Sergeants Sam Davies and James Mallows from Devon and Cornwall Police tell us about Surfwell, a programme conceived in 2017 which uses surfing to improve police officers’ wellbeing and mental health.

This is the second of a series of articles by Dr. Debra Allnock about her analysis of reviews of death and significant harm. This article focuses on commonly identified police practice and risk-related themes from analysis of those reviews.

A second ‘Safer Streets Fund’ has been announced to support PCCs in implementing situational crime prevention initiatives in areas with high levels of acquisitive crime. Our Safer Streets toolkit has been updated as a resource for those developing bids.