Meet the team
Our team members across the department and centre, covering professional services to academic staff.
Leadership Team
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Dr Nick Caveney, Chair
Chief Superintendent at Hertfordshire Constabulary. Chairs the Centre partnership, including the Steering Group and the Membership Group of the 20 police agency partners.
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Jennifer Norman, Head of Department for Policing
Jennifer Norman is the Head of Department for Policing in the Faculty of Business & Law (FBL). She started this role in April 2022 and leads a team of interdisciplinary academics in the development of the policing programmes at the Open University that are delivered as part of the Police Education Qualification Framework.
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Dr Paul Walley, Director of Learning
Senior Lecturer in Operations Management. Responsible for all non-accredited learning, and also the Postgraduate Certificate and PhDs. Research on demand management in policing and in health services.
Support Team
Anita Aldridge, Project Manager
Project Manager. Manages Centre projects and oversees the research project portfolio.
Sarah Armstrong-Hallam, Senior Manager, Operations and Senior Project Manager, Operation Soteria Bluestone
Senior Manager, Operations and Senior Project Manager, Operation Soteria Bluestone.
Adele Peters, Personal Assistant
PA to the Head of the Department for Policing.
Natalie Rankin, Team Secretary
Team Secretary. Involved in running the Centre office, has a particular focus on the Membership Group, the Centre’s research projects and conference activity
Academic Staff
Kendal Wright, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice
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News
Findings from an evaluation of the pilot application of AI for witness statement and report generation
Dr Paul Walley and Dr Helen Glasspoole-Bird have published an evaluation report entitled “An Evaluation of the Pilot Application of Artificial Intelligence to Witness Statement and Report Generation at Hertfordshire Constabulary”. The work studies the outputs of version 1 of an AI application that takes audio from Rapid Video Response interviews with victims of domestic abuse and converts this into relevant summary documents including MG11 witness statements.
Upcoming Events
CPRL Engagement Day
Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 10:00 to 18:00
The Open University, Milton Keynes
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