Events
OPENTeamwork or battle? The dance between science, police, and policy
In-person
8th May 2025 to 9th May 2025
This conference offers a unique opportunity to reflect on the complex relationship between practice and science within the field of policing, alongside leading scholars, policymakers, and police professionals. While science and practice often view each other critically – resulting in cultural differences and tensions -it is crucial to continue exploring ways in which they can mutually strengthen each other.
World Police Summit 2025: Beyond the badge – envisage the next era of policing
In-person
13th May 2025 to 15th May 2025
In a world where technological advancements and evolving threats continuously emerge, the World Police Summit 2025 serves as a pivotal platform for global law enforcement collaboration.
Investigating New Types of Engagement, Response and Contact Technologies in Policing (INTERACT)
Online
13th May 2025 to 13th May 2025
In this seminar, members of the INTERACT research team will present key findings from the project. Drawing on research conducted inside police organisations, observations of public-facing police work and surveys, interviews and focus groups with multiple ‘publics’, they will address questions including: how the police and public experience and perceive technologically-mediated contact; what ‘visible’ and ‘accessible’ policing mean in the digital age; the potential impact of different types of technologically mediated contact on police legitimacy; the role of technologically mediated contact in building legitimacy; and whether theories of legitimacy and procedural justice need to developed to make them applicable in times of rapid technological development.
How Leicestershire Police is transforming digital forensics and reducing backlogs
Online
13th May 2025 to 13th May 2025
With digital forensics units across the UK are under increasing pressure, find out how Leicestershire Police is tackling these challenges head-on, collaborating with Telefónica Tech to develop a Digital Forensics Blueprint. Register for this exclusive webinar showing how that vision is being put into practice.
National Vetting Symposium 2025: Building trust through transformation
In-person
19th May 2025 to 20th May 2025
The 2025 National Police Vetting Symposium marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing transformation of vetting practices across the UK. Building on the HMICFRS vetting, misconduct and misogyny report recommendations, and the initial implementation of the Angiolini Part one recommendations, which have laid the foundations for reform, this two-day event brings together vetting practitioners, policy makers, and stakeholders to evaluate progress and shape the future of police vetting.
CACP International Aviation Intelligence Conference: Intelligence operations and the insider threat
In-person
25th May 2025 to 27th May 2025
The theme of the conference is on “Intelligence Operations and the Insider Threat” in the Aviation Sector and how Transnational Serious Organized Crime (TSOC), with corrupted employees, related businesses and extensive criminal networks, are exploiting our airports both domestically and internationally causing immeasurable harm to both communities.
BSC Hate Crime & Policing Networks Conference 2025: “Hate crime perpetrators – The effectiveness of criminal justice responses”
In-person & Online
5th Jun 2025 to 5th Jun 2025
A one-day hybrid conference organised by the BSC Hate Crime Network and BSC Policing Network, hosted by the NTU Hate Crime Research Group at Nottingham Trent University. The aim of this conference is to examine the motivations of hate crime perpetrators and the effectiveness of Criminal Justice responses to hate crime offending.
Internet Intelligence and Investigations Conference 2025: Investigating the digital matrix
In-person
10th Jun 2025 to 12th Jun 2025
Join us as we navigate the challenges of virtual realities, AI and explore Internet Intelligence and Investigations intersections with digital forensics and cyber-crime. Listen to our case studies from across Law Enforcement and learn about new techniques and approaches from our workshops and masterclasses.
The Preventing and Countering Extremism in the UK Conference 2025: Understanding the Evolving Threat Landscape and Building Effective Prevention Strategies
Online
12th Jun 2025 to 12th Jun 2025
The Preventing and Countering Extremism in the UK Conference 2025 brings together academics, experts, and practitioners to explore the evolving landscape of extremism, focusing on how global and domestic factors contribute to radicalisation.
Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) 2025 Annual Conference
In-person
22nd Jun 2025 to 25th Jun 2025
Plan to attend the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) 2025 Annual Conference, where law enforcement leaders, policymakers, and innovators will come together to explore actionable strategies to build the future of community safety and law enforcement in Ontario.
Mental Health and Policing National Conference 2025 – The future of mental health in policing
In-person
25th Jun 2025 to 26th Jun 2025
Join us at the Seventh National Conference on Policing and Mental Health, where we will reflect on the progress of the NPCC Mental Health Strategy (2022-2025) and explore future challenges and opportunities.
British Society of Criminology Conference 2025: Criminology for Social Justice
In-person
1st Jul 2025 to 4th Jul 2025
With inclusivity at its core, our focus is on how Criminology furthers the development of human rights, equal opportunities, integrity and fair treatment within the criminal justice system, and promotes the interests of disadvantaged communities and groups.