How can policing establish sustainable science and technology development and procurement practices that contribute to policing’s Net Zero commitments?

Background

"Policing’s Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) are underpinned by three enduring challenges that are relevant to all of the question groups, which reflect our seven service lines. We are keen, therefore, that they are given prominent consideration in everything that we do.

1. Building and maintaining public trust
2. Future workforce and training
3. Responding to the climate crisis

3. Responding to the climate crisis:
With its significant public sector footprint, policing must lead the way in delivering a sustainable future for the UK. Thus, underpinning each of the ARIs is a desire to establish sustainable supply chains that deliver solutions that contribute to policing’s Net Zero commitments. As part of this, we recognise the need to adapt and build resilience to the downstream consequences of global warming."

Next steps

"We welcome your engagement with our ARIs in the following ways:
• If you have evidence that completely or partly supports or answers one of our ARIs, we invite you to share that with us. For any ongoing research relevant to policing and crime reduction, we encourage you to register your research on the College of Policing’s research projects map, which has been designed to promote collaboration and support requests for participants.
• If you are, or plan to be, carrying out research that relates to one of our ARIs, we’d like to hear about it. While we cannot respond to speculative approaches for research funding, we will where possible act to support your ambitions, including finding you policing partners where possible.
• If you are submitting a funding or grant application that aligns with one of our ARIs, we hope that referencing policing’s ARIs will help to strengthen your case for the possible public impact of the research.
• We will use the ARI document to structure our academic engagement, prioritise events and build new connections with external partners. We will be using our ARIs in our engagement with UKRI, and we will publish any opportunities for funding via our website https://science.police.uk/
Please send any correspondence and questions to csa@npcc.police.uk, including ‘ARI’ in the subject heading."

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Policing Areas of Research Interest

Related UKRI funded projects


  • An Exploratory Knowledge Exchange Platform for Policing: Exploiting Knowledge Assets, Utilising Data and Piloting Research Co-production

    The project will build a strategic and innovative knowledge exchange and research co-production platform, providing a structured relationship between West Yorkshire Police (WYP), the Office of the PCC for West Yorkshire ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    Partially addresses the question by focusing on knowledge exchange and research co-production, but does not directly address sustainable science and technology development for Net Zero commitments.

  • Markets in Policing: The Appetite for and Organisational, Cultural and Moral Limits to Markets in Public Policing

    Policing stands at a crossroads in the light of fiscal restraint by governments, the growing maturity of the private security industry and persistent public demands for police provision in insecure times. In Britain, as ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    Partially addresses the question by discussing the appetite for private sector involvement in policing, but does not directly address sustainable science and technology development for Net Zero commitments.

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