Policing in Partnership: the role of public-private partnerships in tackling theft and fraud calls on the government to encourage partnerships between the police and the public sector, to tackle crimes like theft and fraud, and that it should establish a clear policy framework for this.

The report draws on key examples of public-private partnerships ranging from commercially operated property registers to industry funded police units and data sharing partnerships. The authors conclude that police/private sector partnerships can operate in the public interest and are in fact necessary given the changing nature of theft and fraud and constraints on the public purse.

The Police Foundation is grateful to the Art Loss Register for sponsoring this report.