News & Publications
Stay up to date with the latest announcements and insights from across the science and innovation community.
Here you will find details of upcoming events, webinars and opportunities to engage with partners across policing, academia and industry.
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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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Fairness and Accuracy of Apollo 4 Live Facial Recognition Algorithm
Why test facial recognition (FR) systems? Critical to the use of the technology is ensuring it is implemented in a responsible, transparent, and ethical way:
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5 Mar 2026
Profiling the Unknown - Inside the Work of a Behavioural Investigative Adviser
Behind the scenes of some of the UK’s most complex and high-profile investigations, a small group of Behavioural Investigative Advisers (BIAs)…
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CREST's Fifth International Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security Conference 2026
CREST's Fifth International Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security Conference (BASS26) will take place at Cardiff University, UK, from Monday 22 June to Wednesday 24 June 2026.
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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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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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Insights from the Police Science Council: September 2025
September’s council meeting took place online this year, but that didn’t stop the ideas from flowing. The discussion was full of energy, focused on how science, technology…
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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.
Case study
Fraud Experienced by Children and Young People - Protecting the Digital Generation
Understanding and addressing fraud against children and young people (CYP), and developing an effective policing and policy response to it, is an emerging operational priority.
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New Research Highlights Public Attitudes Towards Non-Consensual Sexual Deepfakes
A new study commissioned by the Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser and conducted by Crest Advisory reveals concerning public attitudes towards non-consensual sexual deepfakes - a growing form of…
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Reflections on the Police Science Council meeting June 11, 2025
Professor Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay … As always, there were varied and interesting topics discussed at the Police Science Council meeting at City St George's, University of London…
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International Crime Science Conference 2025
The 16th International Crime Science Conference will be held on 18 November 2025 at the Wellcome Collection, London, NW1 2BE. The theme this year is “Cyber-physical and hybrid threats: defining and tackling the problem.
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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).