Evidence Informed Approaches: Sussex Police

1. Evidence Informed Approaches: Sussex Police Expanding the Evidence Based Approach to Policing and Crime

2. Evidence Pipeline Innovative WorkingImpact Theory of change Pre/post outcomes monitoring Experimental evaluation Sussex Police|Serving Sussex

3. Current Developments Research in Action [Collation & Generation] Master-classes Local Partnerships Southern Policing Research Network (SPRN) Knowledge Exchange Hub External Peer Advisory Group Sussex Police|Serving Sussex

4. Hub Objectives • Promote, develop and use evidence informed approaches within the organisation to contribute to the national professionalisation of policing • Foster and support innovative working within the organisation • Support robust evaluations of projects and interventions within the organisation to facilitate ongoing learning and development • Establish a clear research agenda for Sussex Police to guide academic partnerships • Facilitate knowledge exchange opportunities within and outside the organisation by sharing learning • Establish a clear continual professional development strategy for Sussex Police Sussex Police|Serving Sussex

5. Guidance & Policy Income Generation Inspection & Audit Continuous Improvement Business Architecture Estates (Innovation Champion) Knowledge Exchange Hub FEB Outputs Inputs • Intellectual Property • Research Findings • Cost-effective • Evaluations • Innovation Stream • Knowledge Dev’t • Seminars • Research Fair • Master classes • Strategic Support • Inspection Support SPRIKE Research/Academic Institutions College of Policing What Works Centre for Crime Reduction Private Enterprise Third Sector Key Stakeholders External Professionals Network ‘Good Ideas’ Ch. Supt Corporate Services PRWG Project Manager Evidence Informed Policing • Possible Income • Generation • (medium – long • Term) • Knowledge • Exchange • Partnership • Innovation & • Evidence Expo’s • - Evaluation Toolkits Knowledge Exchange Officer Sussex Police|Serving Sussex

6. Academic Partnerships • The Research Agenda • Research Protocols • Code of Conduct • Ethical Oversight Sussex Police|Serving Sussex

7. Evidence Informed Decisions: Thus Far……… • Electronic Monitoring of Offenders • Multi-agency responses to child sexual abuse • Hybrid Vehicles • Hot Spots and Targeted Patrol Considerations • Virtual Co-Production of Policing • Sexual Offence Investigations • What Works Centre for Crime Reduction Sussex Police|Serving Sussex

8. Using evidence in decision-making in the real worldOctober 2014 Rachel Tuffin Director, Knowledge, Research and Education

9. Evidence-based policing ‘Using the best available evidence to inform decisions’ ASK Reflect – develop question TEST Trial – compare and contrast LEARN Learn ‘what works?’ (or doesn’t…) ADAPT Adapt policy/practice to reflect findings Scientific models – POP, systems thinking, National Decision-Making Model Testing, transparency and peer review https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/test-learn-adapt-developing-public-policy-with-randomised-controlled-trials

10. Best available: ‘what works’ ladder Statements about “what works” & “what doesn’t” Problem solving and hot spot policing reduce crime according to Campbell systematic reviews Study designs increasingly rule out potential alternative causes Statements about “what’s promising” Evidence to date suggests leadership traininghasimpact for specific groups Statements about possible impact Study designs cannot rule out potential alternative causes Taken together with information about implementation, this result suggests the increase could be attributed to theprogramme, although the influence of other factors cannot be ruled out. Context & mechanisms for change

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14. Who can test what? Policy National – stop and search Process & systems Force - predictive patrol Programmes Inspector – ‘cocooning’ Practices PCSO – meetings Risk and resource

15. Working together Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the College of Policing is the opportunity it creates to link research evidence directly to professional standards

16. Evidence Base Camp 60 delegates - presented to National Policing leads… next steps

17. East Midlands Policing Academic Collaboration (EMPAC) Peter Ward, Head of Learning and Development

18. Already established All Police Services within the East Midlands region are committed to a Policing Degree as a pre-join option Well established links with local universities Some research commissioned locally

20. By 2017 ….

21. EMPAC will strive to • Embed evidenced based policing across all levels of the service within the E Midlands region • Working with academia provide a knowledge and insight base which is reliable and up to date • Be a catalyst for further collaboration and innovation into the service

22. EMPAC will achieve this by Co-ordinating the translation of evidence into professional development and practice Draw on a full network of collaborating institutes with a track record of activities relevant to the Police Service in the East Midlands Undertake research of high quality Co-ordinate a series of wider activities

24. Governance Future Strategy Policing Plans What Works Centre EMPAC Executive Committee ACC Phil Kay Leicestershire Universities, Police Service reps, PCC reps, SEBP rep EMPAC Working Group Community Policing and Public Safety “Lead by academia” Crime, criminal Justice and Policing Solutions “Lead by academia” Organisational Transformation “Lead by academia” Knowledge Transfer Manager

25. Progress • Executive Board have met to establish immediate priorities • An event took place in June 14 to gauge levels of interest at this event some mapping took place to agree key themes • CPD events organised (Demand Management, Cyber Crime, Victims Journey) • Schedule meetings with Chief Fire Officers to gauge their interest in this work

26. Questions?