Programme Announced for National Evidence-Based Policing Conference 2025

The Society of Evidence Based Policing (SEBP) and Youth Endowment Fund invite you to the National Evidence-Based Policing Conference 2025, taking place at the University of Huddersfield on 10–11 September 2025.

This year’s conference will bring together leading thinkers, frontline innovators, and policing professionals from across the UK and beyond to explore how research and evidence can transform policing practice. With plenary sessions, parallel workshops, and opportunities to network with colleagues across the sector, the programme promises both inspiration and practical takeaways.

👉 Book your place now — spaces are limited, and this is the one event you cannot afford to miss.

📅 Programme

Day One — Wednesday 10th September

08:30 – 09:00 Registration, Tea and Coffee

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome and Introductions

• Alex Murray (SEBP & National Crime Agency)

• Professor Jason Roach (University of Huddersfield)

09:15 – 10:00 Plenary 1 – Where should EBP cast its light next?

• Professor Jason Roach (University of Huddersfield)

10:00 – 10:45 Plenary 2 – Implementing a Global Assistive Positioning System (GAPS) for people with dementia

• Professor Michael Doyle (University of Huddersfield/NHS)

• PC John Porter, Sgt Ben Hanson (South Yorkshire Police)

10:45 – 11:15 Networking, Tea and Coffee

11:15 – 12:00 Plenary 3 – A Reasonable Officer: Stress, Training, and Performance in Use of Force

• Dr Simon Baldwin (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)

12:00 – 12:45 Plenary 4 – The Minerva Approach: Reducing VAWG in Public Places

• Professor Andy Newton (Nottingham Trent University)

• Amanda Johnson (Essex Emergency Services Collaboration)

12:45 – 13:45 Networking Lunch

13:45 – 14:30 – Parallel Session 1

• Policing Safer Streets — Kate Moreton and Victoria Barrow (College of Policing)

• The Policing Problem Book — David Westby and Catrin Beetham (NPCC)

14:30 – 15:15 – Parallel Session 2

• The 5 T’s of EBP — David Cowan (Australia and New Zealand SEBP)

• Predicting Gross Misconduct — Sgt Morven Brown (Police Scotland)

15:15 – 15:40 Networking ,Tea and Coffee

15:40 – 16:20 Panel Discussion – Can Performance Management Be Evidence-Based?

• Dr Paul Dawson (London Mayor's Office for Police and Crime)

• Alex Murray (SEBP, NCA)

• Professor Lawrence Sherman (Benchmark Cambridge)

16:20 – 17:00 Plenary 6 – Police in Corridors and Police in Classrooms

• Isobel Harrop (King’s College London)

• Kira Ewanich (King's College London)

• Amy Hamlyn (Cardiff University)

  
  

17:00 Close of Day One

Day Two — Thursday 11th September

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome — Detective Chief Superintendent Neil Ralph (SEBP, Avon and Somerset Police)

09:15 – 10:00 Plenary 7 – SEBP 2.0

• Dr Matt Bland (SEBP)

10:00 – 10:45 – Parallel Session 3

• Gamification to Improve Victim Satisfaction — Supt James Sutherland (Cambridgeshire Police)

• Retail Crime: A Focus on Repeats — Supt Luke Baldock (Metropolitan Police Service)

10:45 – 11:15 Networking, Tea and Coffee

11:15 – 12:00 – Parallel Session 4

• An Actuarial Algorithm for High-Harm Domestic Abuse — CI Dan Hayes (West Yorkshire Police)

• Project Theraean: Countering Terrorism — Shannen Benton (NaCTSO)

12:00 – 12:45 – Parallel Session 5

• Using Nudge Interventions to Influence Stalker Re-Offending (RCT) — DSupt Daniel Thompson (Metropolitan Police Service)

• Centre for Police Productivity — T/Supt Mat Burbeck (College of Policing)

12:45 – 13:45 Networking Lunch

13:45 – 14:30 Plenary 8 – Insights from the National Uniform and Equipment Survey

• Dr Camilla De Camargo & Dr Stephanie Wallace (Lancaster University)

14:30 – 15:15Plenary 9 – Evidence-Based Police Wellbeing

• Dr Ashley Cartwright (University of Huddersfield)

15:15 – 16:00Plenary 10 – The Blurred Policing Mission

• Jonathan Hinder MP

16:00 – 16:15 Closing Remarks

16:15 Conference Close

Why You Should Attend

This event is the centre of the evidence-based policing movement in the UK. Whether you’re a frontline officer, senior leader, researcher, policy-maker or work in an organisation that supports policing, you’ll leave with fresh insights, practical tools, and new connections. All for the bargain price of £99 for both days or £59 for one!

We hope to see you there.

👉 Secure your place today: Book your ticket here