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A former police officer with more than three decades of experience, including senior leadership roles in counter-terrorism, organised crime and homicide, has been appointed as a Professor of Practice by the Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (KPAC) to support their ongoing research.

An independent panel report into the chaotic scenes at the 2022 Champions League Final, co-authored by a Keele University Professor, has found that supporters were not responsible for crowd problems before and after the match.

The Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (KPAC) is working with Transport for London (TfL) to analyse passenger behaviour during incidents in order to understand the impact that this can have on public safety during evacuations.

A policing and security expert with more than 30 years’ experience has been appointed as an Honorary Fellow by the Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (KPAC).

A major new study exploring how and why the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, became increasingly violent and radicalised has been published by a leading Oxford University Press journal.

A research team including Keele’s Professor Clifford Stott has successfully secured funding for two major research projects worth over £1.5 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to help societies better respond to mass emergencies including COVID-19.

Professor Clifford Stott writes for The Conversation UK.

Researchers at Keele University, alongside partners at University College London and the London School of Economics, have started working on a major collaborative research programme which aims to improve relationships between police and the communities they work with.

Researchers at Keele have contributed to an important new report published by the College of Policing

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, and Head of Protective Services (Operations) at West Yorkshire Police.

Keele University awarded major grant by the ESRC to help shape police policy and practice

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police.

Keele University’s Professor Clifford Stott has helped launch a major police training programme in Ukraine that aims to underpin reforms to policing in the country.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West from West Yorkshire Police and Amanda Jacks from the Football Supporters Federation.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West of West Yorkshire Police, this blog reflects on the work of the Keele-based research project ‘ENABLE'.

New interdisciplinary research centre designed to promote research collaboration between academics and policing and community safety partners to help tackle the challenges facing Britain’s police forces.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police.

Written by Chief Superintendent Owen West, KPAC Research Fellow and Director of Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police.

Written by Professor Clifford Stott, Co-Director, Keele University Policing Academic Collaboration (KPAC).