Home Office The impact of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles on Policing service delivery UKRI Policy Fellowship
Lead Research Organisation:
Keele University
Department Name: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Abstract
Each fellowship will last up to 18 months to cover:
a 3-month inception phase for set up activity
a 12-month placement with the host organisation
an impact phase lasting up to 3 months
Fellows will co-design projects and activities with their host and produce analysis to
inform government decision-making across a range of policy priorities. Fellows will
also engage across the host organisation, building effective working relationships
and supporting wider knowledge exchange with researchers.
This will be supported through their embedded role within the host organisation,
including line management support.
a 3-month inception phase for set up activity
a 12-month placement with the host organisation
an impact phase lasting up to 3 months
Fellows will co-design projects and activities with their host and produce analysis to
inform government decision-making across a range of policy priorities. Fellows will
also engage across the host organisation, building effective working relationships
and supporting wider knowledge exchange with researchers.
This will be supported through their embedded role within the host organisation,
including line management support.
Organisations
- Keele University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Ministry of the Interior (Collaboration)
- National Police Chiefs Council (Collaboration)
- Ministère de l'Intérieur (Collaboration)
- Center for Security Studies (Collaboration)
- Netherlands Police (Collaboration)
- Ingeniería de Sistemas para la Defensa de España (Collaboration)
- Metropolitan Police Service (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Helen Wells (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
| Description | Key Findings are emerging across both the Connected and Autonomous/Automated Vehicle dimensions but are not yet in an analysed form or approved for publication by the host. |
| Exploitation Route | This will be reported at a later stage of the Fellowship. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Government Democracy and Justice Transport |
| Description | Impact and contributions are ongoing and will be reported at a later stage of the Fellowship. Approval of published findings requires host approval, which will be sought prior to completion of this section. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2024 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | PhD studentship, Keele University: "Red light, Blue light, Orange light: responding to incidents on the UK road network in an era of Connected and Automated Vehicles" (Highways England now National Highways) |
| Amount | £80,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Highways England |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2024 |
| End | 09/2030 |
| Description | INTERCEPT - Horizon Europe funded consortium project - Innovation Procurement of Advanced Technologies for Safe Remote Vehicle Stopping by Law Enforcement |
| Organisation | Center for Security Studies |
| Country | Greece |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As a UKRI fellow working on the implications of connected vehicles for policing, I was asked to represent the Home Office on this project. I have contributed to the production of the UK's Use Case suggestions and to discussions around refining the ask for the eventual commissioning and procurement processes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Confidential at present |
| Impact | None so far, and unlikely due to restrictions. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | INTERCEPT - Horizon Europe funded consortium project - Innovation Procurement of Advanced Technologies for Safe Remote Vehicle Stopping by Law Enforcement |
| Organisation | Ingeniería de Sistemas para la Defensa de España |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | As a UKRI fellow working on the implications of connected vehicles for policing, I was asked to represent the Home Office on this project. I have contributed to the production of the UK's Use Case suggestions and to discussions around refining the ask for the eventual commissioning and procurement processes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Confidential at present |
| Impact | None so far, and unlikely due to restrictions. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | INTERCEPT - Horizon Europe funded consortium project - Innovation Procurement of Advanced Technologies for Safe Remote Vehicle Stopping by Law Enforcement |
| Organisation | Metropolitan Police Service |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As a UKRI fellow working on the implications of connected vehicles for policing, I was asked to represent the Home Office on this project. I have contributed to the production of the UK's Use Case suggestions and to discussions around refining the ask for the eventual commissioning and procurement processes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Confidential at present |
| Impact | None so far, and unlikely due to restrictions. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | INTERCEPT - Horizon Europe funded consortium project - Innovation Procurement of Advanced Technologies for Safe Remote Vehicle Stopping by Law Enforcement |
| Organisation | Ministry of the Interior |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As a UKRI fellow working on the implications of connected vehicles for policing, I was asked to represent the Home Office on this project. I have contributed to the production of the UK's Use Case suggestions and to discussions around refining the ask for the eventual commissioning and procurement processes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Confidential at present |
| Impact | None so far, and unlikely due to restrictions. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | INTERCEPT - Horizon Europe funded consortium project - Innovation Procurement of Advanced Technologies for Safe Remote Vehicle Stopping by Law Enforcement |
| Organisation | Ministry of the Interior |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As a UKRI fellow working on the implications of connected vehicles for policing, I was asked to represent the Home Office on this project. I have contributed to the production of the UK's Use Case suggestions and to discussions around refining the ask for the eventual commissioning and procurement processes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Confidential at present |
| Impact | None so far, and unlikely due to restrictions. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | INTERCEPT - Horizon Europe funded consortium project - Innovation Procurement of Advanced Technologies for Safe Remote Vehicle Stopping by Law Enforcement |
| Organisation | Ministère de l'Intérieur |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As a UKRI fellow working on the implications of connected vehicles for policing, I was asked to represent the Home Office on this project. I have contributed to the production of the UK's Use Case suggestions and to discussions around refining the ask for the eventual commissioning and procurement processes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Confidential at present |
| Impact | None so far, and unlikely due to restrictions. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | INTERCEPT - Horizon Europe funded consortium project - Innovation Procurement of Advanced Technologies for Safe Remote Vehicle Stopping by Law Enforcement |
| Organisation | Netherlands Police |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As a UKRI fellow working on the implications of connected vehicles for policing, I was asked to represent the Home Office on this project. I have contributed to the production of the UK's Use Case suggestions and to discussions around refining the ask for the eventual commissioning and procurement processes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Confidential at present |
| Impact | None so far, and unlikely due to restrictions. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Member of the National Police Chiefs' Council Automated Vehicles working group |
| Organisation | National Police Chiefs Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Part of the core membership of this group and instrumental in developing its Terms of Reference and ongoing work programme. Regular contributions and presentations on the implications of Automated Vehicles for Policing and work with members outside of the meeting to further work in this area, including ascertaining the police voice on key issues, with a view to feeding into secondary legislation under the Automated Vehicles Act 2024. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners from CCAV and NPCC meet regularly to establish the 'exam question' for policing and then to seek to answer that question. Membership includes ACC level police representation and force-level expertise. |
| Impact | Proceedings of the meetings are not publicly available. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Event focused on the implications of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles for policing, at Keele University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Academics, manufacturers and policing partners attended for a full-day event. Attendees gave short presentations on their work in the morning, and a roundtable discussion was facilitated in the afternoon. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| Description | Invited briefing for NPCC Portfolio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the implications of my work to relevant senior policing figures, prior to consultations and Call for Evidence on the Automated Vehicle Act secondary legislation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Invited plenary presenter to National Association of Police Fleet Managers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This invited plenary covered the broad subject of police driving and specifically the issue of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems to frontline policing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to Chief Scientific Advisors of Home Office, Department for Transport, and Policing. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | As part of efforts to socialise the Policy Fellowship within HMG, this presentation involved outlining the policy challenge, relevance to HMG and possible areas of investment and development going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to Home Office Policy Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A presentation to a meeting of a Home Office Policy Team on the connections between road traffic offences and other types of criminal and anti-social behaviour. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |