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This site contains an archive of materials from the Workshop on Ethical Policing held at Keele University on 18th-19th November 2010. The workshop was organised by the Centre for Professional Ethics at Keele, funded by the British Academy and supported by ACPO Professional Ethics Portfolio and the Scottish Institute for Policing Research.

A brief news report on the workshop was carried in The Week at Keele.

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Ethical policing has become an increasingly important issue in criminal justice policy and practice. Various controversies have shaken policing practice and drawn attention to the dearth of work on professional ethics in the area, particularly in the UK context. The workshop brought together key figures from the police establishment along with leading academics in applied ethics and criminology to offer a unique insight into policing practice and ethical policing. The workshop provided an opportunity to review current thinking in this area and to establish priorities and develop plans for future collaborative research and dissemination.

The workshop included panels on:

• • The importance of ethics for policing

  • Applying ethics to specific policing activities

  • Challenges of training ethical police officers

  • Developing and applying ethical codes

  • Accountability for ethical policing

  • Priorities for future policy development and research on police ethics in the UK.

Speakers:

• • Miranda Carruthers-Watt (Chief Executive, Lanashire Police Authority)

  • Eve Garrard (University of Manchester)

  • Judith Gillespie (Deputy Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland)

  • Jonathan Hughes (Keele University)

  • Al Hutchinson (Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman)

  • Adrian Lee (Chair of ACPO Professional Ethics Portfolio)

  • John McNeill (Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland)

  • Peter Neyroud (Chief Executive, National Policing Improvement Agency)

  • Stuart Simpson (University of Glamorgan)

  • Professor Philip Stenning (Keele University)

  • David Strang (Chief Constable, Lothian and Borders)

  • Professor P.A.J. Waddington (Wolverhampton University).