Easier Said Than Done, Episode 11 Trauma-informed practice has become one of the most talked-about ideas in modern policing and, according to this month's Easier Said Than Done panel, one of the most misunderstood. Matt was joined by two of the field's leading practitioners for an hour that moved from neuroscience to national policy, and from officer wellbeing to public spending: Dr Jane Pepa, former head teacher, now trauma lead for the Merseyside Violence Reduction Partners

By way of introduction, I am a serving Detective Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police and am currently elected to the National Board of PFEW. I hold portfolios on Leadership, Culture and Workloads. I am also Deputy Secretary of the Police Federation National Detective Forum and a non-executive director at the College of Policing. The following blog concerns my dissertation, Canteens to Keyboards , that I wrote in part fulfilment of my degree in MSc Leadership of Policing at t

Artificial intelligence in police research: a preliminary examination of feasibility and replication — An AI tool broadly reproduced a de-escalation training trial's findings from body-worn camera footage, but its hard-to-inspect design warrants caution. Camera or cop: the procedural justice of AI-camera and officer enforcement of mobile phone offending — Drivers saw enforcement by an officer as fairer than an AI detection camera, even for the same offence and outcome.