The ongoing role for ethics in relation to the police application of technological advances

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We want to harness data and use advanced technologies to our advantage, rising to the challenge of a fast-moving data-driven digital age. We will make information and insight more accessible internally, and externally, to support evidence-based decisions and promote public confidence. We will strive to enhance our global reputation for excellence and expertise in policing.

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Mps areas of research interest final

Related UKRI funded projects

  • "Ethical Review to Support Responsible AI in Policing - A Preliminary Study of West Midlands Police's Specialist Data Ethics Review Committee "

    The deployment of AI and emerging technologies by the police, while promising more effective use of data for the prevention and detection of crime, brings with it considerable threats of disproportionality and interferen...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: Northumbria University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically addresses the role of ethics in the police application of technological advances and has a team of researchers with expertise in law, computer science, and policing.

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    Context & challenge:  The Scottish Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (SPACE) brings together interdisciplinary academic expertise in three key substantive themes: Safety, Prevention, and Analytics; underpin...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Edinburgh Napier University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on the role of ethics in policing and aims to enhance public confidence through evidence-based approaches.

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    The UCL P-ACE will be based in the Department of Security and Crime Science (DSCS) at University College London (UCL). The DSCS is a global leader in police-relevant research, innovation, education and impact, and is hom...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses the importance of public trust and consent in policing, but does not fully focus on ethics in relation to technological advances.

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    This application comes from a consortium of three Universities – University of Leicester, Aston University and the University of Birmingham, to form the Policing Academic Centre of Excellence, Leicester, Aston, Birmingha...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    Lancaster Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (L-PACE) Lancaster University’s case to be recognised as a Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (L-PACE) is based on its world leading reputation for the application of ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Lancaster University

  • NordForsk Digitalisation of the Public Sector - Critical Understanding of Predictive Policing

    The Nordic-Baltic countries and the UK are not only considered leaders in the digitalization of the public sector, but they have also established long-term cooperation in regards to law enforcement. At the same time, law...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of St Andrews

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project investigates how institutional and social values, digital affordances, and organizational politics are conceived and embedded in data-driven police innovations, as well as experienced and practiced by police officers and developers of digital police infrastructure.

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    Policing in the UK is confronted by a set of enduring and emergent challenges. The effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy of policing in meeting these challenges can be enhanced through its proactive engagement with t...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    The Yorkshire Policing-Academic Centre of Excellence (TYP-ACE) will mobilise the best research and innovation evidence across the universities of Leeds and York to improve public trust and confidence in policing, enhance...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

  • Promoting justice: Professionalising frontline policing with an evidence-based Structured Interview Protocol

    Evidence obtained from victims and witnesses is of critical importance to the criminal justice system. Current interview procedures for eliciting this evidence frequently fall short of best practice, and have not kept pa...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Goldsmiths, University of London

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to support current and future generations of frontline officers via the development and introduction of a novel 'Structured Interview Protocol', an investigative interview protocol that will efficiently and effectively promote the conduct of ethical best practice interviews to elicit high quality evidence.

  • A Research Network to Explore the Use and Regulation of Predictive Analytics in Policing

    Advances in big data, information processing technology, and artificial intelligence are purported to confer immense benefits to law enforcement agencies when investigating crimes and administering criminal justice, incl...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores the ethical and legal implications of predictive analytics in policing, which is a technological advance.

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