Peter Neyroud
- Associate Professor in Evidence-Based Policing
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Dr Peter Neyroud is an Associate Professor in Evidence-based policing in the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge. In 2017 he completed a PhD at Cambridge which focused on the implementation of field experiments in policing. His research focuses on experimentation, police diversion of offenders, crime harm, police ethics, community policing, police leadership, the impact of COVID 19 on policing and evidence-based decision-making in policing.
Peter Neyroud was a police officer for more than 30 years, serving in Hampshire, West Mercia and Thames Valley (as Chief Constable). He set up and ran the National Policing Improvement Agency (as Chief Constable and Chief Executive). In the latter role he was responsible for Police Research, national implementation of all the major programmes in UK policing, including Neighbourhood Policing, Workforce reform and new technology.
In 2010, he was commissioned by the UK Home Secretary to carry out a fundamental “Review of Police Leadership and Training” which led to the establishment of the new National “College of Policing” in 2012 and radical reform of the qualifications and training of police officers, creating the new “Police Education Qualification Framework”.
He was the Co-Chair of the Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Coordinating Group from 2014-2023 and led an international programme of systematic reviews on the prevention of terrorism and radicalization in partnership with the DHS and Five Eyes “5RD”.
He is a member of SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group England) and an expert for the National Strategic Risk Assessment. He is President of the Police History Society and Chair of the Blue Lamp Trust