Dr Peter Neyroud CBE QPM CCMI

Peter Neyroud is an Associate Professor in Evidence-based policing based in the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge. His research focuses on, amongst others, police diversion of offenders, crime harm, police ethics, community policing, the impact of COVID 19 on policing and police leadership and management. He has published books on Police Ethics, Police leadership and on the Policing of COVID 19.

Peter was a police officer for more than 30 years, serving in Hampshire, West Mercia and Thames Valley (as Chief Constable). He set up and ran the National Policing Improvement Agency (as Chief Constable and Chief Executive). In the latter role he was responsible for national implementation of all the major programmes in UK policing, including Neighbourhood Policing, Workforce reform and new technology.

In 2010, he was commissioned by the UK Home Secretary to carry out a fundamental “Review of Police Leadership and Training” which led to the establishment of the National College of Policing in 2012 and radical reform of the qualifications and training of police officers, creating the new “Police Education Qualification Framework”.

He is a member of the Campbell Collaboration (Crime and Justice Group) and led an international collaboration on prevention of terrorism and radicalization. He is currently an expert on the UKRI funded METIUS programme to deliver systematic reviews with AI support.

He is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, Visiting Professor at Teesside and Huddersfield Universities, Visiting Fellow at the Indian School of Business and an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth. He is the Chair of the Blue Lamp Trust.