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15 April 2026
NPCC Innovation and Digital Awards 2026 Open for Nominations

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has officially opened nominations for the Innovation and Digital Awards 2026…
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14 April 2026
UKRI Launch a £50m Research and Innovation Programme to Make Britain's Streets Safer

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has launched five Safer Streets Challenges backed by £50 million of funding, as part of the government's £500 million Research & Development Missions Accelerator Programme (R&D MAP).
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16 March 2026
Flashlight – Police Innovation Challenge

In a new collaboration, the Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Society of Evidence Based Policing (SEBP), Accenture and the Open University Centre for Policing Research and Learning…
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18 February 2026
Read the third edition of Policing Tomorrow

The Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser (OPCSA) is pleased to introduce the latest edition of Policing Tomorrow…
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Alex Murray
27 January 2026
New £115m AI centre for policing will help catch more criminals quicker

New centre will accelerate responsible use of AI across all 43 forces in England and Wales … AI technology anticipated to do more than 6m hours of work a year, the equivalent of freeing up 3…
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Using mobile device for facial recognition
8 December 2025
Stakeholders Invited to Contribute to Home Office Consultation on Facial Recognition and Biometrics

The Home Office has launched a public consultation on proposals for a new legal framework governing the use of biometrics and facial recognition technologies in policing.
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Digital image to represent network and people
1 October 2025
NPCC Launches Nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence (P-ACE)

Today, Wednesday 1 October, marks the official launch of nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence (P-ACE) in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
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Two Police Community Support Officers walking down the street in night time economy
29 September 2025
Police STAR Fund 26/27 – EOI now open

The Police STAR Fund 26/27 is now open for EOI submission. What is the Police STAR Fund call looking for? The Police STAR Fund 26/27 call is seeking to fund force and regional innovation and research across science…
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Digital data (Decorative)
2 September 2025
Sign up to the National Police Chiefs' Council Innovation and Digital Summit 2025: 50 days to go!

Taking place between 20-22 October at the ACC Liverpool, this landmark event is a unique opportunity to bring together policing and industry, to build connections…
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20 August 2025
NABS+ Commissioning Call Now Open

The NABS+ Commissioning Call is now open! The call supports small-scale projects addressing emerging challenges such as AI, online harms, and information manipulation. 
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Futuristic male showing innovations for policing
27 May 2025
Issue 2 of Policing Tomorrow out now

The Police Chief Scientific Adviser has published the second edition of Policing Tomorrow, a magazine designed to allow a broad audience to learn about the contributions of science and technology to policing.   …  
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12 May 2025
The Data Science Summer School 2024

Last year, the OPCSA piloted a partnership between Lancashire Constabulary and Lancaster University to create a Data Science Summer School for master's students. 
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16 January 2025
Applications open for the Security and Policing Academic Innovation Award

The Home Office is sponsoring an innovation award for the UK academic research community at Security and Policing.