5th International Police Education Conference 2023
(Ended 11th Nov 2023)
In-person
9th Nov 2023 to 11th Nov 2023
9th – 11th November 2023, University of West London supported by Policing Insight as media partner.
Leading Police Improvement: VAWG, Digitalisation and Protest
The 5th International Conference planned for autumn 2023 will address the significant and sustained drop in trust and confidence in UK policing, in particular the erosion of trust and confidence from women in the ability and focus of police to respond to issues of violence against women and girls. We aim to identify solutions to support police leaders instigate the step change and force realignments required to address violence, embracing digitalisation, and be recognised as being on the side of the citizen. Trust and confidence in police have declined, in the UK accelerated by failures to protect women and girls and highlighting the need for leaders to address complex internal issues. Resolving these involves a change in culture and management, taking resources away from frontline policing, further damaging reputations and demoralising hard-working officers. Over time this can restore confidence of the public, but only if coupled with improved performance in dealing with issues of crime prioritised by the public. Putting the complex and important issues of internal police culture aside we will focus on the improvement in terms of service delivery in the three areas where police performance is not achieving the expectations of the public:
Enhancing the response to public protest, reflecting the concerns raised by the public about the use of force particularly with regard to new forms of non-violent protest which are causing significant impact and risk to the public.
The effective arrest, investigation and prosecution of sexual violent offenders and those involved in coercive control through domestic and inter familial violence.
Effective response to the large number of cyber enabled crimes, increasing cyber security and using digital evidence proportionately and effectively.
The approach for 2023
Building on our experience and the outcome from our previous conferences, this year we will follow a pattern of UK and International workshops, feeding into the conference with the intention of designing real outcomes for police professionals. These will be supported by calls for papers and short podcasts where individuals with different views will be interviewed to provide their perspectives The workshops will be blended with online and in person delegates interacting with a panel of experts. These together with our feedback from projects we have led over the past year to test ideas which we have developed from the learning. In particular we will consider our delivery of a project to enhance digital investigations in cases of Human Trafficking, our development of new digital products and approaches for students and our views on the development of AI and technologies on the police engagement with protestors, vulnerable victims and suspects.
The workshops will run from the 3rd to the 19th October and the Conference will be held on the 9th November 2023 at a central London location. Each workshop will comprise a UK and an international session which will be online and available to book through eventbrite. The conference will comprise three days with in person workshops on the 8th November and an International event on the 10th.