CRIME PREVENTION
FIGHTING CRIME WITH DESIGN
By working closely with authorities and policy makers, and through design innovaiton, Police Crime Prevention Initiatives aim to reduce crime in a sustainable and measurable way
Police Crime Prevention Initiatives, Police CPI, has been helping prevent crime and reduce demand on police officers since being established by the police service in 1989. At the heart of the Police CPI mission is the aim of sustainable and measurable reduction in crime through design innovation, collaboration and education. Police CPI is a police- owned, self-funded organisation that operates under a not-for-profit business model, meaning it can maintain the financial freedom necessary to produce crime demand and reduction innovations/initiatives in very short time periods. As part of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Prevention Coordination Committee, Police CPI’s professionalism and veracity ensures it works alongside key institutions in its crime prevention efforts: the Home Office, the Ministry
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of Housing, communities and local government, local authorities, British and European standards authorities, trade associations, test houses, certification bodies, the construction industry, manufacturers and companies involved in security products – both within the UK and those in countries that supply the UK – as well as many other organisations.
dramatic impact on crime demand and reduction. One such area is the Police Crime Prevention Academy. In 2017, the Police Crime Prevention Academy was formed due to the growing demand for training in crime prevention and problem solving, replacing all national crime prevention and designing out crime training from the College of Policing. Since 2017 the
“Secured by Design work has been ongoing for over 35 years and has been academically proven to reduce crime by up to 87 per cent when used in
developments, with this prevention of crime freeing up immeasurably valuable police officer time.”
Police CPI maintains close working links with NPCC national leads and committees. Working so closely with standards authorities, certification bodies, manufacturers and policy makers ensures the work of Police CPI can have a very
academy has delivered training to police officers and staff from across the UK and Ireland, as well as to employees from many public and private sector organisations and
officers from police services from around the world. The academy offers learning and development that will upskill officers and staff – everyone who is engaged in policing, security and supporting safer communities – across a range of subjects. This is delivered to policing as close to
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