Hiring 20,000 more police officers does not translate to having 20,000 more coppers serving on our streets. This was the lesson in the first blog in this series, which showed that an increasing proportion of warranted officers have been going into support services...
At Leapwise, we work regularly with police forces, local government, and others to support transformation programmes that improve public services. You might have seen our recent blog talking about that kind of work with Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies, or our...
More ‘bobbies on the beat’ is one of the most well-worn promises in British politics. The obvious way to deliver it: hire more coppers. In 2019, the government’s Police Uplift Programme (PUP) aimed to do exactly that. PUP set a target to increase officer...
The new National Police Wellbeing Survey, delivered by Leapwise in partnership with national policing bodies, has recently gone live across England and Wales. Over the last two weeks, more than 26,000 officers, staff, PSCOs, specials, and volunteers have shared their...
Here at Leapwise, we draw on a network of experienced Associates to supplement the expertise of our in-house consultancy team. In this associates blog, Nicola Hughes outlines what the government’s devolution agenda means for policing and crime. With 20 years’...
At Leapwise, we’re lucky to draw on a wide network of experienced Associates, ranging from leadership consultants and senior ex-government officials to former operational police leaders who can support our client work. In this associates blog, one member of our...
