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Memorandum of Understanding between SIPR and ACPOS

A formal MOU has been drawn up between SIPR and ACPOS to:

• address the relationship between SIPR and ACPOS in the context of their joint desire to work together in a spirit of cooperation and collaboration in order to make significant contributions to the evidence base for policing policy and practice in Scotland, and develop Scotland's national and international reputation for policing research;


• facilitate co-operative working between the police service and SIPR. It is expected that this will encourage the enhanced contribution of academic knowledge, experience and expertise, as brought together through SIPR, to policy, procedure and practice within the police service;


• seek the development and enhancement of the capacity of the Scottish higher education sector to undertake high quality, relevant research on policing. This will be achieved through the immediate recruitment to Scottish HEIs of new, permanent academic staff with expertise in policing; post-doctoral researchers linked to the three research networks, and the longer-term development of early career researchers initially through a programme of doctoral scholarships.

Researchers whose work is supported or facilitated by SIPR have a responsibility to ensure that such research is carried out in accordance with the ethical codes of conduct of the relevant academic discipline and meet established academic conventions in terms of research rigour and validity.

A full copy of the Memorandum is available as a pdf file