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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: