Policing and Covid-19

Projects

Understanding the lessons of policing the Covid-19 pandemic

Themes: Police effectiveness, Police legitimacy, Policing and Covid-19
Published: 17th July 2020
The Police Foundation and Crest Advisory have completed a major research project on UK policing and the Covid-19 pandemic. The project looked to at how policing has coped with the...

Publications

Policing the pandemic

Published: 10th January 2022
By Rick Muir, Michael Skidmore and Beth Aitkenhead
Related themes: Police legitimacy, Policing and Covid-19
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Perspectives on policing: Police in place – why the police need to reconnect locally

Published: 5th August 2021
By Andy Higgins
Related themes: Cybercrime, Neighbourhood policing, Police legitimacy, Policing and Covid-19
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Blog posts and news

Wellbeing watchlist: five challenges for UK policing post Covid-19

Themes: Blogs, Police wellbeing, Policing and Covid-19
Published: 28th May 2021
Geoff Newiss, Research Associate, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth After more than 12 months of lockdowns and restrictions the UK is slowly daring to contemplate a post-Covid-19...

LONG READ: Policing the pandemic: public attitudes to police visibility, enforcement and fairness

Themes: Blogs, Police legitimacy, Policing and Covid-19
Published: 21st October 2020