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The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) organised the Scottish International Policing Conference on 14 December, building on the success of the previous International Policing Conferences.
Supported by the James Smart Memorial Trust and the Scottish Government, the theme of the 2017 conference was Police Professionalisation and Leadership, with contributions from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson, MSP, the Chair of the Scottish Police Authority, Susan Deacon, the Deputy Chief Constable, Iain Livingstone, and Dr Victoria Herrington, Australian Institute of Police Management.
Police Services globally are currently facing a complex set of challenges with declining resources and a changing environment. In order to deal with this shifting terrain, a strong and competent workforce is required. This has been recognised by police forces across the UK and elsewhere including Australia, Canada, the US and also developing nations. The need to ‘professionalise’ the police service in order to face multiple demands has never been more critical. However the drive towards professionalisation and ensuring strong leadership remain multifaceted and there are numerous debates about the best ways in which this can be fully achieved. The aim of the SIPR conference this year was to draw attention to some of these debates.
Key themes centred on engaging with evidence-based practice and how best to enhance knowledge and skills with people entering and remaining in the service in order to deal with the new operating environment in which they find themselves; values and ethics; and staff health and well-being.
The conference was Chaired by Paddy Tomkins, Director of Droman Ltd and former Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland.
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Chair: Paddy Tomkins QPM, Droman Ltd
09.30 Chair’s Welcome
09.40 Michael Matheson MSP Cabinet Secretary for Justice
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09.50 Susan Deacon Chair, Scottish Police Authority
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10.00 DCC Iain Livingstone QPM Deputy Chief Constable, Police Scotland
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Introduction to the 45th James Smart Memorial Lecture and welcome to
the speaker
10.10 The 45th James Smart Memorial Lecture Dr Victoria Herrington
The success of failure: can we really build learning organisations in policing?
Full speech – YouTube Video (39 minutes)
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10.50 Questions and Discussion
Vote of thanks by Professor Nicholas Fyfe
11.15 Tea / Coffee and Displays
11.45 – 13.15 Participants chose from the following selection of Workshops
Police and Higher Education: prospects and challenges I
VENUE : Pentland West
Chair: Dr Steve Tong (Director, Canterbury Policing Research Centre)
Values and Ethics
VENUE : Pentland East
Chair: Richard Whetton (Police Scotland)
Staff Health and Well-being
VENUE : Prestonfield
Chair: Inga Heyman (Edinburgh Napier University)
13.15 Buffet Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Participants chose from the following selection of Workshops
Police and Higher Education: prospects and challenges II
VENUE : Pentland West
Chair: Dr Denise Martin (UWS)
This second Workshop on Police and Higher Education explored different views of what role higher education should play in the education and training of officers from initial recruits through to senior levels. The panel of discussants were:
Developing Police Practice through Evidence : success stories and barriers
VENUE : Pentland East
Chair: Dr Liz Aston (Edinburgh Napier University)
Professionalisation in a Comparative Context
VENUE : Prestonfield
Chair: Professor Nick Fyfe (SIPR)
15.30 Reception, hosted by DCC Iain Livingstone QPM
16.30 Conference closes
The following Posters were also presented:
This Conference was organised by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research in partnership with:
The John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls
The James Smart Memorial Lecturer: Dr Victoria Herrington
Plenary Speaker
is Director of Research and Learning at the Australian Institute of Police Management, a role she has held since 2011, prior to which she was Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University. She is an applied criminologist, working at the intersect between the academic and public safety practitioner worlds. She is committed to supporting excellence in professional practice, and believes that academic insights from across a range of disciplines have much to offer those working in public safety. Her particular areas of interest include leadership and management, leader and leadership development, organisational justice, strategic policing partnerships, and the policing of vulnerable groups
Academically she has experience working with both qualitative and quantitative research designs, interactive evaluation methodologies and participatory action research with law enforcement agencies in both Australia and the UK, as well as experience in working with criminal justice agencies - from both the inside and outside - to produce practically relevant academically rigorous research outputs for a range of audiences. Outside of academia, Victoria started her career as a crime analyst with the Metropolitan Police Service.
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