The Universities' Police Science Institute, or UPSI as it is more commonly known, is a joint venture between

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and the

University of South Wales The University of South Wales ( cy, Prifysgol De Cymru) is a public university in Wales, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd. It was formed on 11 April 2013 from the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wal ...

. The Universities' Police Science Institute (UPSI) was formed in 2007 to develop research into Policing; Since its inception the Universities' Police Science Institute has achieved international renown for its innovations in designing, developing and assessing new solutions to policing problems.

About UPSI

The Universities' Police Science Institute is responsible for conducting research in areas, such as, Major Crime Investigations,

Neighbourhood Policing A neighbourhood policing team (NPT), also sometimes known as safer neighbourhood team (SNT), is a small team of police officers and police community support officers (usually 3-10 strong) who are dedicated to policing a certain community or ar ...

and Crime Analysis. In addition to their main research the UPSI team have a vast expertise within Policing generally and have helped to influence

ACPO The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO) was a not-for-profit private limited company that for many years led the development of policing practices in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Established ...

, Home Office and

HMIC His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), formerly Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), has statutory responsibility for the inspection of the police forces of England and Wales, and since ...

policies over the last decade; Especially within the areas of: * Reassurance and

* nikunj-Terrorism * Democratic Policing * Anti Social Behaviour

Notable Staff

* Professor Martin Innes (UPSI Director) ~

Social Science Professor. * Dr. Colin Roberts (UPSI Operations Manager) ~ UPSIs' Lead on Counter-Terrorism Policing. * Dr.

Timothy Brain Timothy John Brain (born 1954) was the chief constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary, Gloucestershire from 2001 to 1 January 2010. He was previously Deputy Chief Constable from 1998. Early career Before joining the Police Service, Brain was a ...

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, QPM,

FRSA The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), also known as the Royal Society of Arts, is a London-based organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. The RSA acronym is used m ...

~ Former Chief Constable of

Gloucestershire Police Gloucestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in England. The force formerly covered the area of South Gloucestershire, however this was transformed to the ...

001 - 2010

Research

The Universities' Police Science Institute receives the majority of its research funding from the

Economic and Social Research Council The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), formerly the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) funded by the UK government. ESRC provides fundi ...

(ESRC). Since its launch in 2007 UPSI has received over 2 million in external research funding. Currently UPSIs' research is focused on three main areas namely: *

Community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

Intelligence or

. * Countering

Violent Extremism Violent extremism is a form of extremism that condones and enacts violence with ideological or deliberate intent, such as religious or political violence. Violent extremist views can manifest in connection with a range of issues, including politics ...

. *

Policing The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

Innovation and

Reform Reform ( lat, reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill#The Yorkshire Associati ...

Projects

Currently the Universities' Police Science Institute (UPSI) is working on three major projects inconjunction with its Research; These projects involve other Partner Agencies, such as,

and the Police Academy of Netherlands. UPSIs' three projects are namely; ''Tackling Radicalisation in Dispersed Societies (TaRDiS):'' Tackling Radicalisation in Dispersed Societies (TaRDis) is a multi-agency project involving the

London Borough The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at ...

Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Stu-Sz#Su, location * S ...

, the Police Academy of the Netherlands and UPSI funded by the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...

. TaRDis objectives is to explore how the risks of radicalisation can be reduced in communities where there are no defined population centres or clusters. ''Community Policing and Community Intelligence:'' Community Policing and Community Intelligence is an ongoing project between

and the Universities' Police Science Institute exploring the application of

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

intelligence Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. More generally, it can b ...

in areas of '

policing The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

' priorities within

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

. ''Safer Sutton Partnership:'' The Safer Sutton Partnership is a joint venture between the

London Borough of Sutton The London Borough of Sutton () is a London borough in south-west London, England and forms part of Outer London. It covers an area of and is the 80th largest local authority in England by population. It borders the London Borough of Croydon to ...

and other agencies, including UPSI. The Safer Sutton Partnership is in its fifth consecutive year and is designed to use community intelligence gathering

methodology In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods. However, the term can also refer to the methods themselves or to the philosophical discussion of associated background assumptions. A method is a structured procedure for bri ...

to understand local

concerns and inform interventions to address them through

Publications

Since 2007 UPSI have published multiple

journal A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...

s, research reports, briefing notes and official reports for the Home Office,

and numerous other agencies; The most well-known UPSI Publications are: * Assessing the Effects of Prevent Policing - A Report to the

Association of Chief Police Officers The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO) was a not-for-profit private limited company that for many years led the development of policing practices in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Established ...

(ACPO). * Re-thinking the Policing of

Anti-Social Behaviour Antisocial behavior is a behavior that is defined as the violation of the rights of others by committing crime, such as stealing and physical attack in addition to other behaviors such as lying and manipulation. It is considered to be disrupti ...

- A Report to

. * Policing, Situational Intelligence and the Information Environment - A Report to

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References

External links

''UPSI website''

''South Wales Police website''

''University of Glamorgan website''

''University of Cardiff website'' Law enforcement in the United Kingdom 2007 establishments in the United Kingdom Organisations based in Cardiff