Police education in England and Wales: a changing landscape Dr Stephen Tong, Director of Policing & Criminal Justice School of Law, Criminal Justice & Computing Canterbury Christ Church university Police Professionalism, Education and Learning A ProPEL Pre-Conference, Tuesday 24 June 2014 Stirling Management Centre, University of Stirling

A selective history  Post war development  ‘The lack of awareness in the police generally of the value of university interest, support and research is unfortunate to say the least’ (Alderson, 1979: 74)  1987 Research: University of East Anglia (UEA)  1990’s developments with universities  1999 Home Select Committee on recruitment and training  2002 ‘Training Matters’ (HMIC)  2007 Universities' Police Science Institute  2011 Neyroud report  2012 College of Policing  2013 Steven’s Independent Police Commission

Evolving issues to consider  Barriers to consistency  Engagement of current workforce  Lead in time for new initiatives  Contradictory policies  Access to resources  Morale  Cross organisation innovation  Embedding research into curriculum  Raising the profile of the police as profession and employer

Police opportunities beneficial to universities  Employability  Volunteer opportunities  Association and credibility  Skills development  Access to potential mature and part-time students  Knowledge transfer  Access to field research, participants and secondary data  Identification of police priorities and challenges that can benefit from research  Community orientated activities consistent with university strategies and objectives

University opportunities of benefit to the police  Accreditation  Pre-employment programmes  In-service programmes  Collaborative programme design  Library and electronic resources  Classroom space and estate  International, national and regional conference capacity  Ability to analyse police data objectively  Specialist knowledge  Development of publications and materials in collaboration with police services  Multi-disciplinary: business, law, psychology, forensics, criminology, computing…

Summary: opportunities and challenges  ‘Critical friends’  National and inter- regional working (hubs)  Increase volunteering capacity  Contradictions in policy  Morale and engagement with current workforce  Pre-service and in- service focus   Research and knowledge transfer  Shared resources  Professionalisation, accreditation and programme development

Thank you! Thank you! Dr Stephen Tong, Director of Policing & Criminal Justice School of Law, Criminal Justice & Computing Tel: