The UCL P-ACE is based in the Department of Security and Crime Science at University College London, a centre of research on crime prevention, public trust, and new policing technologies. The P-ACE's over-arching aim is to accelerate the use of research evidence to foster meaningful change in police practice in ways aligned with what the public wants, needs and expects from policing. The UCL P-ACE will concentrate on the development of new policing tools and techniques, the transfer and exchange of knowledge and skills, and the conditions under which the public will accept new ways of policing and the challenge of legitimacy.

P-ACE LAB is an interdisciplinary consortium that will co-produce solutions, harnessing the latest advances in science and technology. P-ACE LAB institutions are leaders in policing research and will build upon this to incorporate the necessary diversity in people, resources, expertise, and partnerships, underpinned by robust governance structures to ensure successful delivery. Methodologically, P-ACE LAB is diverse, ranging from using data science and AI tools to co-design and participatory research and rapid knowledge mobilisation. P-ACE LAB ensures any new science and technology developed or tested will be environmentally sustainable.

The Yorkshire Policing-Academic Centre of Excellence (TYP-ACE) combines multi-disciplinary research and innovation capacity from across the University of Leeds and University of York to equip police and partners with the best research evidence available. TYP-ACE builds upon the pioneering work of the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre as well as the internationally renowned work of existing centres of excellence across both institutions, including the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics and Priestley Centre for Climate Futures at Leeds and the York Environmental Sustainability Institute and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at York. It will generate, synthesise and share evidence-based problem-solving approaches to support police and partners in responding to crime, reducing harm, and enhancing community safety. It will help deliver research-informed organisational and culture change in policing.

The Scottish Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (SPACE) brings together interdisciplinary academic expertise in three key themes: safety, prevention, and analytics; underpinned by capability in public confidence and ethics. SPACE builds on the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) model, bringing 17 years of expertise in supporting research and knowledge exchange in a multi-disciplinary collaboration between universities and policing partners. SPACE aims to enhance policing policy and practice by harnessing high-quality academic evidence and innovating new approaches, focusing on improving personal safety, building prevention and maximising use of analytics in a manner that inspires confidence and meets high ethical standards.

M-PACE aims to support its policing partners in appreciating, developing and mobilising evidence and tools to successfully meet the challenges that they face. Via a set of co-produced knowledge mobilisation activities M-PACE will synthesise and disseminate existing evidence and tools to build the capability and capacity of the next generation of policing researchers and practitioners. With a long-standing and depth of leadership in evidence-based policing research and practice, M-PACE comprises a team of world-leading scientists and social scientists demonstrating an extensive track record of, and an on-going commitment to, meeting the research and innovation needs of policing in the UK. Through robust evaluation, innovative tools, and multi-agency collaboration, we offer a forward-facing, impact-driven approach to shaping a future-proof, accountable, and ethical policing landscape.

The University of Bath P-ACE brings together multi-disciplinary expertise to provide a fast-track, two-way knowledge mobilisation platform between police and academia. It will collaborate with a diversity of policing partners, both existing and new, in an innovative way to address policing challenges and provide an excellent and agile response to identified policing needs. Working collaboratively with policing, the University of Bath P-ACE will develop operationally useful tools and training and ensure the co-creation of new research and knowledge exchange projects that respond to the needs of modern policing.

The University of Portsmouth Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (UoP P-ACE) is focused upon enhancing its academic-policing partnerships through knowledge mobilisation, undertaking and embedding pioneering research and driving ongoing research capacity and the development of police science literacy. The UoP P-ACE will create and consolidate evidence that directly addresses the strategic needs of policing, advance collaborative engagement with stakeholders by summarising and making accessible new and existing research evidence, and build research capacity and focus on the long-term educational development of policing professionals.