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Projects

Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales – Call for Evidence

Themes: Governance, Police effectiveness, Police legitimacy, Police resources, Workforce

Published: 8th October 2019

The Police Foundation has launched a Call for Evidence. This is the first part of its major, independent Review of Policing in England and Wales. The overall aim of the...

The Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales

Themes: Governance, Police effectiveness, Police legitimacy, Police resources, Public policy, Workforce

Published: 6th September 2019

The Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales examined how crime, fear of crime and other threats to public safety are changing and assessed the ability of the police...

Police workforce wellbeing and organisational development

Themes: Governance, Mental health, Workforce

Published: 4th March 2019

Police wellbeing Evidence shows that the wellbeing and morale of police officers has declined since 2010. Austerity and cuts to the core police budget have played a role, but there...

A study on the future of neighbourhood policing

Themes: Neighbourhood policing, Police legitimacy, Workforce

Published: 21st May 2018

Publications

Perspectives on policing: Lessons learnt from the decline in volunteer policing in Massachusetts

Published: 10th April 2025

By The Police Foundation

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Perspectives on policing: A diversity uplift? Police workforce and ethnicity trends

Published: 28th January 2020

By Gavin Hales

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Perspectives on policing: Running on empty – reinvigorating policing through ‘what matters’

Published: 15th July 2019

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Police workforce wellbeing and organisational development

Published: 26th February 2019

By Kieran Lewis

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Prioritisation in a changing world

Published: 2nd September 2016

By Gavin Hales and Andy Higgins

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