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"In this report we share the results of work with 21 US jurisdictions to understand the motivations of those currently in the police force and to apply lessons from the science of human decision-making to the process of attracting and recruiting new pol
"The Police Foundation have published a report exploring in more detail the link between the way police organisations are led and managed and workforce wellbeing. There is a wealth of evidence showing that ‘employee engagement’ (for example through goo
Fit is something we wrestle with in policing all the time...
Last week I had one of those door locking moments. ‘’By 2028, 70% of our current leaders – Team leaders to Commissioner - will retire”. The bolt slid across the door and I realised we are all going to get a whoopin.
Our recently delivered executive development program in the Solomon Islands was the first program delivered by the Pacific Faculty of Policing.
"In this review, the authors discuss various sources of operational and organizational stress in policing, identify a number of promising wellness practices and strategies, and argue for the need for strong leadership among police executives to lead the
Last week executive members of the AFP, New Zealand Police, Fiji Police Force and Tonga Police met at AIPM to sign a MoU to demonstrate their commitment to targeting the scourge of organised crime across the Pacific.
This month we welcome our 2019 Visiting Fellows - bringing a wealth of contemporary industry knowledge and experience to our programs.
Congratulations to the AIPM Alumni recognised in this years Australia Day 2019 Honours List
"We all want to be safe, and our safety is intertwined, says Tracie Keesee, cofounder of the Center for Policing Equity.
The annual Report on Government Services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia.
Chapter 6: Police Services.
"Yuval Harari’s latest book builds upon his previous two, Homo Sapiens and Homo Deus. Harari is an historian, but this book is about modern philosophy.
New research paper, published by the Lancet, out today by AIPM's Victoria Herrington, Auke van Dijk, Nick Crofts, Robert Breunig, Scott Burris, Helen Sullivan, John Middleton, Susan Sherman, Nicholas Thomson
I was last in Mumbai 16 years ago.
"Police managers earned legitimacy primarily through being foremost among equals.
"This study looks at a Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) implemented by the Winnipeg Police Service. Line officers and management personnel were interviewed to determine how they dealt with the implementation of SPI.
AIPM was tasked by the police force in Vanuatu to develop a leadership program for their middle managers.
I like to think that Buckminster Fuller and I would have been friends. Fuller once said that “there is nothing in the caterpillar that tells you it will be a butterfly”, beautifully illustrating the challenge – and opportunity – of complexity.
"Large-scale police reforms in the Netherlands and Scotland were accompanied by transitions in police leadership.
"The aim of this article was to investigate how police investigation leaders learn leadership and whether the facilitation of learning activities and learning methods might bridge the well-known gap between teaching and learning leadership.
There’s no foolproof way to know if someone’s verbally telling lies, but scientists have developed a tool that seems remarkably accurate at judging written falsehoods.
"The future of policing presents both challenge and opportunity as advances in technology continue to influence how we interact as a society.
The general pattern of evidence is positive, suggesting that police-led diversion reduces the future delinquent behavior of low-risk youth relative to traditional processing.
"The better angels of our nature” is a phrase from Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address and was a plea to the American population to avoid what became the American Civil War.
Body Worn Cameras are spreading worldwide, under the assumption that police performance, conduct, accountability, and legitimacy, in the eyes of the public, are enhanced as a result of using these devices.
"Detective Inspector Mike Newman talks to me about his work introducing evidence-based policing to the Queensland Police Service in Australia, and the ways they have succeeded in embedding evidence-based practice into their agency."
The aim of this strategy is to: Describe Victoria Police’s counter terrorism response via the core focus areas of Prevention, Protection, Disruption and Response; Identify those activities and actions, current and future, that will support each of these
Based on an extensive review of the literature, interviews with representatives from all state and territory police agencies and a range of non-policing agencies, and a review of existing data sources, this report describes the data that are currently a
"The United States is experiencing a human capital crisis at all levels of government.
Australian Institute of Police Management built the AIPM Online app as a Free app. This SERVICE is provided by Australian Institute of Police Management at no cost and is intended for use as is.
"This study analyses the question of whether the existing frameworks are useful to the police of Baden-Württemberg in Germany to successfully implement part-time leadership positions. This was done by a qualitative semi-structured interview study.
"This article describes the police intelligence division-of-labour.
The Police Foundation and Perpetuity Research completed a two-year study which focused on understanding the impact of serious organised crime in local communities and how this threat is tackled locally. Some of the most harmful crimes are unacknowledged
The International Association of Women Police Conference is underway in Calgary where AIPM's Abby McLeod and Angela Workman-Stark are presenting their research and experiences in diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality.
"How can data analysis be implemented in a way that provides value to police department managers and patrol officers delivering service? This article examines the start-up of a crime analysis unit in a large, Midwest police department in 2015.
"Policing assistance within an international mission environment is widely recognised as being complex and fraught with challenges.
The report finds that a range of changes are required to make forces fit to fight digital crime. Different parts of the workforce will need to change in different ways (see Figure 1).
The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Federal Police in managing employee mental health. To form a conclusion against the audit objective, the ANAO adopted the following high level criteria: Has the AFP implement
The reality is that the science of criminal investigations is changing rapidly, and many law enforcement agencies are not prepared for the changes that are taking place. This report is a wake-up call for the policing profession.
This paper uses the perspective of senior police leaders to explore the “blame culture” within policing and its impact on the aspiration to become a “self-reforming sector”. The paper argues that contemporary police cultures, and approaches to failure,
Literature from a policing background will be reviewed to discover the positive impacts and benefits attached to its use, the potential obstacles to its implantation, and how lessons from one agency may be of benefit to others.
"Research has demonstrated that alcohol misuse has a significant impact on police time and resources, the health sector and the Australian community more broadly.
Police Science: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Evidence Based Policing, Vol 1(1), p 13-18
AIPM Deputy Director, Amanda McCormick, is currently at Cambridge University for the 11th International Conference on Evidence Based Policing. This year the university’s Institute of Criminology, in association with the Society for Evidence Based Policing, are discussing the theme “Transforming Police Outcomes With Research”.
“This is the report of a day-long Australia21/FearLess roundtable exploring better ways of preventing the debilitating mental consequences of traumatic stress and improving mental health outcomes for front-line first responder personnel.
Find resources from these Australian and international public safety organisations promoting research in our sector.
This week our Deputy Director, Amanda McCormick, was in Asan, South Korea at the 21st INTERPOL Police Training Symposium. Fantastic to see over 50 countries represented discussing issues such as “Law Enforcement Education as a System”.
Director Knowledge
"Effective risk management is essential to good governance, and supports staff at all levels to make informed judgements and decisions.
“There has been a long standing debate in this country about the role of the police. Indeed in the shadow of the Sheehy Inquiry in the 1990s the Police Foundation carried out its own independent review into the role and responsibilities of the police.
Authored by: Victoria Herrington* and Andrew Colvin**
Public Safety Leadership: Research Focus
Author: Dr Abby McLeod
The 45th James Smart Memorial Lecture, Scottish International Policing Conference 2017
Presented by: Dr Victoria Herrington, Director Knowledge, AIPM
Abby McLeod, Victoria Herrington
International Journal of Emergency Services
Vol. 6 No. 3, 2017
Police leadership: An Australasian Commentary.
Policing: A journal of policy and practice, 10(1).
Herrington, V. (2016)
Research at AIPM is undertaken to contribute to the understanding of the unique challenges faced by the public safety sector.
If you are interested in any of the publications listed below please contact, our friendly AIPM Library staff.
Evidence based policing continues to be an important area of discussion among police organisations across the world, and parallels are often drawn with medicine as a means to describe how a profession can be enhanced through a commitment to evidence bas
There continues to be much debate about the value of research to policing.
Yesterday I attempted to write a short article about securitisation. The topic seemed too conceptual and remote. Why would anyone be interested?
"The purpose of this paper is to explore Australian police officers’ perceptions of unethical conduct scenarios with the aim of understanding unwillingness to report infractions.
“It is the role of the digital investigator to bring cybercriminals to justice.
“The purpose of this paper is to examine the 22-month life of a three-officer specialized Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) within one mid-sized municipal police agency.
“By serving community members and building trust, police advance their core mission of providing public safety, because community members are more likely to report crime and talk to the police about what’s happening in their neighborhoods when they know
“The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first goal is to conduct a cross-national examination of law enforcement officer attitudes about domestic violence (DV) by comparing officer attitudes in the USA to officer attitudes in Australia.
In 2019 our Visiting Fellows are drawn from the Australian Federal Police, NSW Police, Queensland Police, South Australia Police, Victoria Police, Western Australia Police and Hong Kong Police.
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