1. CPD Programme for Policing Data Specialists Fundamentals
N8 PRP Training and Learning strand Dr Jude Towers Lancaster University
CPD Programme for Policing Data Specialists
Fundamentals
10th & 11th January 2018

2. A Hub for Research & Innovation A dynamic Northern Powerhouse in policing research and knowledge exchange
Founded in 2013 as a platform for collaborations between universities, PCCs, police forces and partners across the north of England.
New phase of development – HEFCE Catalyst Grant
Harnessing:
Skills, capabilities and resources across the North of England.
Multi-disciplinary expertise in problem-solving.
Delivering at a scale with real impact by fostering cross-force collaborations.
Priorities:
Building research co-production capacity;
Testing mechanisms for exploiting knowledge and expertise to strengthen the evidence-base on which policy, practice and training are developed;
Supporting innovation and the professionalisation of policing.

3. 2015 - 2020 Objectives Produce high quality, independent research
To build policing research and knowledge exchange capacity in HEIs
To enhance the quality, integrity, scope, synthesis and exploitation of datasets
To develop capacity and resources in (a) policing research and (b) police and crime data analytics
To encourage and foster the development of national and international links
To develop and disseminate a transferable model of practice

4. Benefits to Policing Partners
Opportunities for cost effective collaboration across forces & with leading HEIs
Possibilities for income generation through externally funded joint projects
Opportunity to design and influence the direction of research with leading academics that focuses on critical policing issues
Secondment opportunities for police officers & staff
New police and crime datasets service to facilitate exploitation of data
Development of data, data analysis skills & capacity in policing organisations
Cost effective solution to need for evidence & learning to underpin police practice
Opportunities to direct PhD studentships and postgraduate internships/placements to explore pressing issues of interest to policing
Development of research capacity and capability within police
Enhanced knowledge and understanding of international practice & research
Gateway to academics and University resources across the north of England

5. Mobilising the power of collaboration

9. TRAINING and LEARNING Strand, Lancaster ‘Mission’
‘To enhance research training and learning among police and partners organisations to secure research impact and maximise the practical benefits to policing innovation and the exploitation of data’ 

11. DATA ANALYTICS Strand, Leeds ‘Mission’
‘The Data Analytics strand will collaborate with police and academic partners to support data sharing, analysis, and use. Aiming to facilitate research collaboration, the strand will develop a forum and clearing house to improve data quality and accessibility. Improving access to police and other sources of hard to reach data will provide opportunities for police staff and academics to develop the innovative solutions needed to deliver effective policing at a time of diminishing resources’

12. Data Specialists in Policing: Programme of Continuing Professional Development
New collaborative venture between the N8 Training and Learning and Data Analytics strands: Data Specialists in Policing
One-year pilot programme of CPD for Policing Information and Data Specialists
To support Policing Information and Data Specialists to develop their skills in collecting, utilising and presenting quantitative data and statistics in ways which identify the ‘problem’ and provide an evidence-base from which solutions, new initiatives, new understandings can be developed
3 Policing Information and Data Specialists from each of the 11 N8 PRP police forces for the whole programme
Co-development and co-delivery between N8 PRP academics and policing information and data specialists using ‘real’ police data and case studies where ever possible
Launch 10th & 11th January 2018

13. Data Specialists in Policing: Programme
Fundamentals: Critical understandings of data and its context
What are data
Measurement
Data sources, data challenges and descriptive statistics
Setting and solving ‘research’ questions
Question setting, hypothesis testing, and problem solving
Hypothesis testing
Needs analysis triangulation
Data Management
Data visualisation and GIS
Statistical modelling
New and emerging forms of data
Cognitive and Machine learning
Ethics and data management/governance
Data driven organisations

14. Data Specialists in Policing Team
Dr Jude Towers, Lead N8 PRP Training and Learning strand:
Ms Fiona McLaughlin, N8 PRP Data Analytics strand, Leeds:
Professor David Allen, N8 PRP Data Analytics strand, Leeds:
Mr Justin Partridge, Partridge, Head of Corporate Development & NE Transformation Innovation and Collaboration Lead, Humberside Police:

15. Fundamentals Team
Dr Stu Bedston, Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University
Dr Jasmine Fledderjohann, Lecturer Sociology and Social Work, Lancaster University
Mr Scott Keay, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Lancashire Constabulary
Dr Jude Towers, Lecturer Sociology and Quantitative Methods, Lancaster University

16. How to find out more? How to find an expert?