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Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
The Chief Scientific Adviser’s (CSA) office is a unit within the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and is led by the Policing Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA), Professor Paul Taylor. The CSA oversees policing's use of science and technology, ensuring it guides NPCC’s critical strategies, policies and decisions, helping police to protect millions of people and reduce crime.
If you wish to learn more about Science and Technology in Policing please visit the home of policing science and technology.
The team promotes and uses emerging evidence, research and innovation in science and technology, including in both data and behavioural science, to advise policing on both the opportunities and risks to help reduce crime.
Independent, expert, scientific advice will be provided to the sector as a whole, including the College of Policing, the National Crime Agency, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, individual constabularies and government ministers.
The team's objectives are:
- To connect science and technology expertise both in the UK and globally to keep policing at the forefront of best practice.
- To develop a science and technology strategy for policing, bringing coherence to our landscape and accelerating progress.
- To provide insight and solutions across policing, the criminal justice system and government with the aim of transforming the prevention and reduction of crime.
- To represent policing in the government's Chief Scientific Network, identifying cross-department opportunities and ensuring policing priorities are represented.
