The National Data Connections Conference on Wednesday 28 June is an opportunity to explore the value of data, the challenges it presents but also the opportunities for innovation.
Young people from across Oxfordshire took part in the first data ethics deliberative forum, helping to shape the way the police use data to prevent violence.
Dr Tim Lowe, the VRU’s evaluation lead, has joined the University of Oxford’s Ethox Centre as Visiting Fellow on police data and ethics.
A new mobile application, which supports hotspot policing approaches has been presented to a national event as an example of excellent innovation.
In the latest VRU Blog to mark Global Ethics Day, VRU Lead Researcher Dr Tim Lowe shares his insights into the complexity of ethical data use.
In the latest VRU Blog to mark Global Ethics Day, VRU Lead Researcher Dr Tim Lowe shares his insights into the complexity of ethical data use.
Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) have been working with South Yorkshire VRU, Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield as part of an N8 Policing Research Partnership funded research project aiming to understand more about the impact of using images of knives when talking to young people about the risk of knife carrying and usage.
Using the analytical capabilities of the Thames Valley Together data platform, the VRU identified over 80 individuals who may have been vulnerable, informing the safeguarding response.
The first annual Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit Strategic Needs Assessment document has been published, collating information from across partners . It provides new insights which underpin the public health approach to tackling serious violence and will inform activity over the coming year.
Our 2021/22 Strategic Needs Assessment has been published
Kit Malthouse MP, Minister of State for Crime & Policing, visited the Thames Valley on Friday 21 May to learn more about our work.
In the latest blog, DCI Prescott-Mayling discusses the Thames Valley Together data project, which provides an innovation in sharing data to tackle root causes of violence.