KPAC is delighted to announce that its Director Clifford Stott has been awarded an MBE in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours. The award is for services to crowd psychology and the Covid-19 response.

Researchers from Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (K-PAC) are working with TfL to improve public safety during evacuations ⤵️ keele.ac.uk/discover/news/…

🚨UPDATE: Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (K-PAC) ENABLE Professional Development Course will be held on 13-15 September 2021 Keele University 🐿️. Register now:⤵️ eventsforce.net/kpacseptember2…

Space still available on our forthcoming CPD event for police officers and other stakeholders: 'Research, Guidance and the Law in the Policing of Football'. Details and registration via our portal. eventsforce.net/keele/frontend…

Delighted that Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (K-PAC) is hosting Staffordshire Civil Contingency Unit & Staff’s Fire & Rescue today, debriefing & disseminating our research on the Covid-19 response in the county.

Today we run our LRF event exploring how our local experience of responding to C19 can inform national change. Speakers from StaffsPrepared #StayAlert Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service Clifford Stott @RaddersNCFC John Drury UKResilience Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov a big thank you to Keele University 🐿️ for hosting out event

Amazing to hear from John Drury Clifford Stott @RaddersNCFC on their case study and analysis to enable even better future working b.bryant Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov UKResilience Keele University 🐿️

Up next Mandy McKenzie UKResilience exploring the Call for Evidence & the development of the National Resilience Strategy StaffsPrepared #StayAlert Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Starting the afternoon with a session looking forward and shaping what the future may look like

Spending the next few days at the Football Policing CPD event Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (K-PAC). The event will focus on the new UKFPU national guidance and findings from the Enable Football League research, and l'll be presenting on Law, human rights, and fan behaviour.

Speaking to match commanders about fan engagement today Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (K-PAC) along with @FairCop_ and Geoff Pearson 🤓

[Job opening] Keele University 🐿️ is looking to appoint a full-time Research Fellow as part of the prestigious 3-year ESRC funded INTERACT project (Investigating New Types of Engagement, Response and Contact Technologies). @roadspolicing Link to apply: findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/7001314

Don't miss this opportunity to study for a PhD with us at Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (K-PAC) & Keele Psychology exploring the drivers and impacts of police disproportionality, in partnership with Staffordshire Police findaphd.com/phds/project/u…

A groundbreaking new report by KPAC's Director has been published by Seattle's Office of the Inspector General. The study explores the role of crowd psychology in helping to understand the drivers of policing and dynamics of escalation during the 2020 BLM protests in the City.

KPAC research has been helping to bring science based reforms to policing protests in Seattle. Read about the work we have been doing with the city and the progress made in the article below.

Today sees delivery of pioneering new training for Columbus Division of Police's new Dialogue Unit. A major step forward toward social identity led models of public order policing. Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (K-PAC) #impact helping to empower Constitutional rights, legitimacy & police capacity for de-escalation

My new book co-authored with Geoff Pearson is published today. It sets out the case for research based reforms to football policing in the UK but - drawing on over 30 years of research - our work and arguments have implications for understanding crowd management internationally.

KPAC is pleased to invite police & others interested in evidence based approaches to our next CPD event - Theory, evidence, & practice in the management of crowds: A KPAC CPD - to be held at Keele University on 1st & 2nd November 2023. Contact us for further info, details below.