ACPOS Partnership with SIPR

SCOTTISH INSTITUTE FOR POLICE RESEARCH

Established in 2007 and supported by investment from the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) is a  consortium of 13 universities. Its key aims are:

• To undertake high quality, independent research of relevance to policing in Scotland;
• To engage in a range of knowledge exchange activities in order to strengthen the evidence base on which policing policy and practice are developed;
• To provide a single focus for policing research in Scotland in order to foster the development of national and international links with other researchers, policy makers and practitioners;
• To enhance policing research capacity in Scotland by developing the research infrastructure and enhancing research skills within the police service and universities

This partnership between ACPOS and Scotland’s universities yields research which is focused on strategic policing issues and evaluates innovations in policing policy and practice. Key findings from this research are then rapidly fed back to the Scottish police service via an extensive programme of seminars, conferences and CPD events. Through links with international partners, SIPR is also able to ensure that the Scottish police service benefits from ideas and innovations in policing generated elsewhere in the world. This close collaboration between ACPOS and the research community in the Scotland around the creation, sharing and application of knowledge, means SIPR can help ensure that the police service is equipped with the skills and understanding to meet the growing demands made on it in the twenty first century.