The Police Foundation describes itself as "the UK’s policing think tank" and as "the only independent body in the UK that researches, understands and works to improve policing for the benefit of the public."
It is governed under a trust deed, dated 9 July 1979 with subsequent amendments, and its charitable objects are the "advancement and promotion of efficient and effective policing to undertake and promote study and research into the methods organisation and effectiveness of the police and the training of police officers and to publish the useful results of such study and research".
Since 1994 the Police Foundation has produced the
UK's police driving handbooks ''Roadcraft: The Police Driver's Handbook'' and ''Motorcycle Roadcraft: The Police Rider's Handbook''.
The organisation has hosted a number of policing and
criminal justice
Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the Rehabilitation (penology), rehabilitation of o ...
inquiries and reviews including the
Independent Inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Strategic Review of Policing in
England and Wales
England and Wales () is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is Eng ...
, the first fundamental review of policing for many years,
chaired by Sir
Michael Barber.
See also
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Independent Office for Police Conduct
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is a non-departmental public body in England and Wales which, since 8 January 2018, is responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wale ...
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Law Enforcement Action Partnership
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), formerly Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization group of current and former police, judges, prosecutors, and other criminal justice professionals who use their ex ...
External links
The Police Foundationwebsite.
References
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Foundations based in the United Kingdom
Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
Think tanks based in the United Kingdom