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Ian McNeill joins the Centre as a Senior Lecturer in CPD Development in Policing.

A new article on police education and professionalising the police has recently been published by Jennifer Norman.

A new article on police education in policing and society has recently been published by Dr Tom Cockcroft, who is on secondment to the Centre.

Amanda Blakeman, Deputy Chief Constable of Gwent Police and Vice Chair of the Centre has collaborated with forces from across the UK to produce a video to promote inclusion for the deaf community.

Rebecca Collard recently joined the Centre as a Senior Practitioner Fellow on secondment from Avon and Somerset Police. 

Dr Rasha Kassem recently joined the OU as an academic working in the Faculty of Business and Law and is keen to calloborate with the Centre on research around fraud and financial crime.

Deputy Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman from Gwent Police has been elected as Vice Chair for the Centre.

We wanted to find out more about the research team working on the Operation Soteria Bluestone project.

Chief Superintendent Phil Davies from Greater Manchester Police has been elected as Vice Chair for the Centre.

Following on from the success of the Operation Soteria Bluestone: Year 1 project with Avon and Somerset Police, work has now begun on Operation Soteria Bluestone: Year 2.