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.

ARIs and related specialisms

Analytics

• Automation, AI and machine learning
• Predictive policing
• Spatio-temporal analysis

Building and maintaining public trust

• Police legitimacy and procedural justice
• Public perception of policing
• Public perceptions of police use of technology, AI and data

Crime prevention

• Cyber, online and virtual reality safety
• Evidence based policing and problem solving
• Future crime
• Investigation & interviewing

Identification and tracing

• Forensic science including digital

Surveillance and sensing

• Sensors, novel, remote and wearable