Improving policing and reducing crime

The Police Foundation is the only independent think tank focused entirely on developing knowledge and understanding of policing and crime reduction and challenging the police service and the government to improve policing for the benefit of the public. The Police Foundation acts as a bridge between the public, the police and the government, while being owned by none of them.


The Police Foundation’s mission

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News: Criminal Justice Convention ...

Category: News


Dr Jacqui Karn, Senior Research and Development Officer at the Police Foundation, will be speaking on the ‘Future policing landscape’ and its implications for practice on the 2nd July at the Criminal Justice Convention.

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News: New training courses...

Category: News


Forces are coping with unprecedented reforms in policing while also working within tighter budgets. With these challenges in mind, we are offering three new courses.

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Director's Blog: To stop or not to stop

Category: Blog


The Equality and Human Rights Commission report on five police forces' efforts to reduce stop and search shows positive findings. But report shows that there are a number of things that are more interesting these positive outcomes.

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Connecting the police and the public

Our third annual conference explored the crucial role of community engagement in the context of the challenges and opportunities the police currently face, including the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners and an increased emphasis on local accountability.

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Police effectiveness

We are running a major, four year project on police effectiveness in a changing world.

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Stop and search

Our latest Briefing explores the legislation and key issues in relation to stop and search.