Member benefits

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Purpose of CPRL

To co-create and make use of high-quality knowledge with our policing and academic partners to support evidence-based practice and to achieve better policing for the good of society. 

What CPRL does

Research

• Directly relevant to current policing issues
• Research jointly agreed and undertaken by police and academics in collaboration
• Police partners add valuable insights, expertise and context to the research
• Academics bring expertise in design, delivery and interpretation of the research

Doing research with CPRL provides our members with value for money, as the research supported by each partner brings learning for all other members. This means that your police force also benefits from the research activities financed by other members. The current multiplier effect is £21 of research undertaken for every £1 of your membership fee - meaning very high value for money. The research collaboration also increases the chances of your force being able to access external grants. The cumulative effect of a small membership fee is therefore substantial. 

Select this link for more information about: research projects. 

There is also a CPRL Working Group on Data Analytics. It is led by Davin Parrott, West Midlands Police and Dr Patrick Wong, OU. To join please email oupc@open.ac.uk. 

Learning

• Providing a range of blended (online and face-to-face) learning for leadership at all levels
• Informal as well as accredited learning programmes
• Ranging from bite-sized and free Open Educational Resources to PhD studentships and tailored CPD programmes

Take advantage of the fact that the OU is the UK leader in online learning:

• Make use of free policing-relevant online courses from the new OpenLearn Policing Practice and Leadership Hub
• CPD learning opportunities - e.g. the Applied Leadership in Data and Technology course
• PhD study with 50% funded part-time studentships for CPRL member forces

Knowledge into practice

• Actionable knowledge influencing policy and practice
• Interactive forms of knowledge exchange
• Critical challenge and debate

Evidence Cafés - in police forces around the UK and virtually, focusing on topics which forces decide, e.g. police legitimacy, preventative approaches, public trust in the police

Theory of Change workshops - helping your force to develop pathways to outcomes in order to enable shared learning and evaluation

CPRL Roadshows - in police forces around the UK and virtually, providing an overview of what CPRL does and how it works, as well as focusing on topics which forces wish to explore in more depth (potentially to shape new research projects)

Joint Workshops - e.g. "Developing pathways to outcomes on addressing domestic abuse within the police"

Benefits of partnering with CPRL

1. Improving policing practices: Learning from the experiences of all our member forces and the academic evidence base
2. Value for money: Research undertaken and supported by each partner brings learning for all other members. The current multiplier effect is potentially 20 to 1 - meaning very high value for money
3. Maximising research funding: Each force benefits from pooling of the membership funds, to create a pot of funding to benefit all forces. Moreover, for each £1 of membership funding, CPRL raises £10 in external grants
4. Free online research seminars and events: Each force can take part in the monthly research seminars and other events (online or on campus), giving them a further forum to present their own research and initiatives to a wide audience and gather ideas
5. A collaborative innovation hub: CPRL provides members with the opportunity to test innovation, e.g. piloting digital initiatives, and to share blueprints and risks

We would like to hear your suggestions

• What are your priorities?
• Proposals for new research projects, KE events or CPD offers?
• Proposals for presentations at CPRL Collaborative events?
• Contributions to the CPRL newsletters?
• Other ideas and comments

The Centre works in a highly collaborative way with a partnership of 20 policing agencies. This Members' area is only available to member personnel. The aim of this area is to facilitate communication and dissemination of information to our policing partners, so they are encouraged to download and share content with their colleagues, however, it must not be passed to non-member agencies.