Event Details

Speaker: T/ACC Ian Dawson

Title: Leading the development and application of research in policing

Date: 27th Jan 2023

Time: 2pm - 3pm

Join: Teams

Abstract:

T/ACC Ian Dawson’s approach to the development and application of research across policing has three components: Developing collaborations with researchers to build research based practice, identifying priority areas of research to improve policy and delivery of service to the public, and providing opportunities to the workforce to develop themselves to apply evidence based practice. In this seminar Ian will reflect on more than a decade leading Lancashire Constabulary’s evidence based practice. He will offer his practitioner perspective on collaborations that worked and those that didn’t, and he will offer insights into research collaboration from the perspective of a police decision maker.

Biography:

Ian Dawson - Temporary Assistant Chief Constable (Crime and Specialist Capabilities)

Ian is T/ACC for Crime and Specialist Capabilities and has over 30 years policing experience. He has enjoyed working in numerous departments in his career throughout the investigative ranks.

Ian joined the Police in 1993 after graduating from Newcastle with an Honours degree and very quickly realised that his future was as a Detective. He worked in covert policing including source handler and was involved in a number of high profile investigations receiving a number of force commendations throughout his career.

Following a short period delivering detective training, achieving his teaching qualification, Ian was promoted Sergeant, returning to the investigations portfolio as a Detective Sergeant, Detective Inspector and then Detective Chief Inspector in a number of Divisional roles. In 2013 he became the Chief Constable’s staff officer for 2 years before returning to investigations as DCI in the Serious Crime Team.

In 2017 Ian graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master of Studies in Criminology and Police Leadership. He also became Head of Corporate Development, leading Lancashire’s delivery of the Police Uplift Programme and Force change programme, including innovative Digital change including Business Intelligence development, Voice recognition and Robotic Process Automation.

Ian is passionate about Evidence Based Research and has led the Force approach since 2010, building academic collaborations, identifying research priorities to deliver improvements in policy, service delivery and vulnerability. He has also focussed on using this approach to provide opportunities for staff development to undertake research and educational programmes. Working with his team, the wider leadership team and staff networks, they have achieved significant force developments in Diversity, Equality and Inclusion.

In his role as T/ACC Ian’s portfolio includes Major Investigations, Serious Organised Crime, Public Protection, Scientific Support (incl. digital and cyber), Economic crime, Criminal Justice, Intelligence and Violence Reduction.