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by Mark Rowe

Years of policing research from around the world is to be brought together in one resource, announced by the London Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) and the College of Policing.

The Global Policing Database is a searchable online bank of information for practitioners and academics. The available research covers the spectrum of policing and community safety analysis. The database will eventually hold up to 5000 case studies. Among them; analysis of the links between working structures and use of force by police officers. Others deal with how flash and siren combinations influence the way people behave in emergency situations, and how restorative justice meetings have been found to help reduce post-traumatic stress in victims of crime.

The new resource has been developed by the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime and the Institute of Social Science Research (ISSR) at University of Queensland. It is funded through the College of Policing’s Innovation Fund and the Australian Research Council. Once complete it will contain every study of policing interventions, tactics, and successes conducted around the world since 1950.

Professor Betsy Stanko OBE, Head of Evidence and Insight at the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime, said: “Over the last year we have pioneered the use of technology to open up comprehensive policing and crime data to the public in an accessible way via our interactive dashboards. Now, after months of work with the College of Policing and The University of Queensland, the Global Policing Database is beginning to open up decades of academic research into policing and community safety to practitioners and researchers around the world. This is an important milestone for evidence based policing and one that we at MOPAC are proud to have played our part in.”

College of Policing lead for Knowledge, Research and Practice Nerys Thomas said: “We want frontline officers and police staff to have access to the best available evidence-base. As the professional body for policing, the College part-funded the creation of this database which can be used to view evaluation studies related to policing carried out across the world. This innovative work will complement our What Works Centre which provides police with easy access to the crime reduction evidence base.”

Visit the University of Queensland website: www.gpd.uq.edu.au.

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