Since the COVID lockdowns began in 2020 , the Cambridge Centre put its core learning online in courses now completed by over 400 learners from 47 police agencies in 7 countries , with the largest group from the London Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard , and many from Canada and the US . What these courses offer is the fundamentals of precision policing , for getting the most public safety out of a limited police budget by systematically targeting , testing and tracking police practices .
NJSACOP now offers police professionals the convenience of payment for these UK courses in US dollars . The main course for police leaders on Reducing Serious Violence , which is offered at $ 787 for 20-week access to anytime learning on the Cambridge Centre platform , including recorded lectures , extensive readings and other learning materials .
The course fee also includes three live tutorial sessions of 30-45 minutes each with PhD-level criminologists , who talk one-on-one with each registered learner . The last session includes an assessment of learning , which leads to a Certificate in Evidence-Based Policing from the Cambridge Centre . The Certificate can be sent to the learner by post , or collected at the annual course completion ceremony at Cambridge each summer .
A second course , for police analysts , provides much more hands-on training in how to crunch numbers in more useful ways for policing decisions . It offers more live tutorial assistance online , with big data sets provided for ranking crime seriousness , identifying patterns and mapping GPS data by patrol frequency . The cost of that analysts ' course is $ 1,279 .
To register for a course , send registration to the NJSACOP email : registrations @ njsacop . org . Or mail : 751 Route 73 North , Suite 12 , Marlton , NJ 08053
For more information about the courses please email April Herbert at chief @ cambridge-ebp . co . uk .
To see the Cambridge Evidence-Based Policing Journal , click on https :// www . cambridge-ebp . co . uk / journal .
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