Previous Events

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 10:00 to 16:00

The Open University, Milton Keynes

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This event provides a collaborative and welcoming environment for shared practice, reflection, and strategic direction-setting. Together, we will explore how our partnership can drive forward the next generation of research, innovation, and professional learning across UK policing.Purpose and Focus🔹...

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 - 10:30 to 11:30

Online, Microsoft Teams

If you or colleagues in your force work in Evidence-Based Practice, Organisational Learning, Insights, Research, Evaluation, Continuous Improvement, or related areas — and would like to participate — please get in touch. The group is open to all staff within CPRL member forces with an interest in st...

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

Training workshop run by PolicyWISE: Building a practical understanding of policy structures across the UK, the differences and divergences, and how this relates to police and justice mattersAt PolicyWISE, we leverage our unique focus on comparative policy analysis and knowledge exchange to deliver ...

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

Following the success of last year’s collaborative seminar on police whistleblowing, we’re pleased to invite CPRL members to a follow-up interactive workshop focused on developing and validating a new, improved whistleblowing measurement scale.In our previous session, we explored the practical and t...

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

First presentation: Abigail Salter, Department for Policing on An Academic Perspective on Learning/MentoringAbigail joined The Open University Faculty of Business and Law School in 2018, bringing a strong background in policing as a former Detective Sergeant with the Metropolitan Police and Her...

Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 10:00 to 12:00

Online, Microsoft Teams

An email was sent out on 21 May to notify members of the postponement of the CPRL Engagement Day to later in the year.As you may be aware, CPRL has commissioned a review of the Centre, led by Dr Iain Raphael, which is now nearing completion. In light of the timing of the review’s findings, and coupl...

Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

From Research to Real-World Impact – Embedding Parental Support into Practice: Dr Keeley Dudin and Kendal WrightIn this session, we’ll reflect on how the insights you helped shape from policing—through evidence cafés and research engagement—have moved beyond the page to influence national best pract...

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

Thursday, March 13, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

First presentation:Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance, and the trustworthiness of UK policing – Prof Mark Fenton-O’CreevyWhy do organisations that employ many good people committed to serving the public fail to notice, or challenge terrible behaviour? Some of the answers may lie in...