About Us

Set up by the Police Service in 1989, Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (Police CPI) deliver a wide range of innovative crime prevention and demand reduction initiatives to support the wider UK Police Service, as well as the Government and the general public, bringing organisations together to reduce crime and the fear of crime and create safer communities. The vision is for Police CPI to be the leading catalyst for crime prevention with a simple mission at its core:

“To support policing and communities by preventing crime where we live, work and socialise”

Operational arm of preventative policing

Police CPI is an operational arm of preventative policing and is a portfolio of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Prevention Coordination Committee and works closely with the committee to deliver the outcomes of the National Policing Prevention Strategy. Senior police officers from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland control and direct the work Police CPI carries out on behalf of the Police Service, setting the strategic direction of Police CPI to ensure there are benefits for both the public and the Police Service.

Not-for-profit

Police CPI is owned by MOPAC on behalf of UK Policing and is a not-for-profit organisation. Police CPI is not centrally funded and generates its own income to fund the prevention activities. This financial freedom enables us to be agile and to deliver difficult crime and police demand reduction projects within very short time periods.

Our partners

We have developed into a major catalyst for organisations to work together to reduce and prevent crime, the fear of crime, and create safer communities. Identifying and working with partners is key to our success, with Police CPI building strategic relationships with UK Policing, Government Departments, Standards Authorities, Industry Trade Associations and Academia.

Key relationships include the wider Policing family; the Home Office; Police and Crime Commissioners; the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO); National Protective Security Authority (NPSA); Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Police CPI also work closely with academic institutions; 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.

Our initiatives

Since 1989 Police CPI has evolved and grown in response to changing demands and emerging crime threats. Our initiatives include:

Police CPI Governance

We have a governance board which includes senior police officers from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as Directors with successful careers across a wide range of disciplines in the private sector, who control and direct the work we carry out.

Board Chair: Gavin Stephens QPM, Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC)

Directors:

Dr Robert Arnott: Director, Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Davy Beck: Assistant Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Amanda Blakeman: Chief Constable of North Wales Police
Guy Ferguson: Chief Executive Officer, Police CPI; former Detective Chief Superintendent Metropolitan Police Service
Serena Kennedy: Chief Constable of Merseyside & NPCC Prevention Lead
Robin Merrett: Head of Operational Oversight, MOPAC; former Assistant Chief Constable of Sussex
Lesley Robinson: Chief Executive Officer, British Marine
Rosemary Scully: Company Director, former lead partner at KPMG with responsibility for policing and home affairs
Stephen Watson: Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police

Working for Police CPI

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