UK Policing Chief Scientific Adviser, @PoliceChiefs. Professor @LancasterUni and Founder @crest_research. Tweeting interesting science not endorsements.

@PoliceChiefs
Joined July 2013
Behavioral sensing for routine characterization and mental health - buff.ly/YxunU7V
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Useful page to bookmark! Working with government: Opportunities for scientists and engineers buff.ly/22p5v55
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We can announce our next keynote speaker joining us on 30/06/26 at the Building Capability in Behavioural Research Conference is @ProfPaulTaylor. Paul, Chief Scientific Adviser, National Police Chiefs’ Council, will share insights on the future of behavioural research & policy
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Take a look at the first-ever Areas of Research Interest from the National Economic Crime Centre - nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/w…
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With the P-ACE launch around the corner, we've launched our expertise finder to help stakeholders and researchers connect - buff.ly/keGoAsD Looking forward to seeing this develop.
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Featuring a lot of great, recent projects from colleagues: National Evidence-Based Policing Conference 2025 | SEBP - buff.ly/KO69Dui
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Well done TOEX! Police to use AI technology to investigate grooming gangs buff.ly/Y0ZhKUR
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A fairness scale for real-time recidivism forecasts using a national database of convicted offenders - Neural Computing and Applications buff.ly/8d2lx51
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For science and innovation leaders who want the opportunity to have a significant positive impact on public safety, here's a role: met.police.uk/police-forces/…
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NPCC launching Nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence buff.ly/FzkWi5i
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Some R&D by MoJ colleagues on assessing the effectiveness of Radio Frequency Electronic Monitoring - buff.ly/c8XPJX3 - does it reduce offending?
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Paul Taylor retweeted
Law enforcement suicide is a national crisis. Research by @Dan_S_Lawrence, Jessica Dockstader, & @kepadil breaks down 977 officer deaths by suicide in the U.S. (2016–2022) and shows where, and among whom, the risk is highest. 🧵(1/4)
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Great to see this research published. A growing body of evidence supporting video response...
👀 Police (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) following up crime reports via video call rather than dispatching officers to see the victim in person led to better evidence collection and substantially higher victim satisfaction, while being 2/3rds cheaper. doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12…
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An #ArtificialIntelligence-powered knife database, created through a collaboration between the Metropolitan Police and Surrey University, is enabling officers to match dangerous weapons using images taken in often dark and difficult conditions; a dashboard explaining how the knife recognition system works could soon be rolled out nationwide, as the Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser reports. @ProfPaulTaylor @metpoliceuk @UniOfSurrey policinginsight.com/feature/…
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Police Star Fund 25/26 now open for EOI submissions - Emergency Services Times buff.ly/4dGlX00
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Police tool for responding to domestic abuse set for national roll out | UKAuthority buff.ly/3TX135B 👍
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Congratulations to Kate and colleagues of @WestYorksPolice for their fabulous work in forensics, which has won the GSE's Diversity and inclusion in science and engineering award buff.ly/3YbEyg0
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Brilliant work - Creator of tool to protect DV victims wins national award buff.ly/3XYj6uy
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If you are interested in the sorts of research challenges that Police Forces are interested in, @ProfPaulTaylor has put together this very clear Areas of Research Interest document. science.police.uk/site/asset…
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