Our consultancy network delivers specialist capability across:
- Organised Crime Business (OCB) Intelligence, Investigation and Disruption
- Corruption, Illicit Finance, Money Laundering, Cryptoassets and Asset Recovery
- Security Standards and National Policy Development
- Violence Reduction, Public Health Approaches and Restorative Justice
- Community Intelligence, Legitimacy and Collaborative Governance
- Counter-Terrorism and Border Security
- Leadership, Culture and Organisational Transformation
Organised crime business disruption
Reverse-engineering of criminal enterprises using business analysis. We map operations, supply chains, financial flows and market dependencies to locate the commercial weaknesses that make an enterprise fail.
Systems diagnosis and operating model design
Diagnostic study of how work actually flows through a force. We analyse demand, measure capability against purpose, and redesign the operating model around outcomes.
Police economics and financial management
Econometric modelling, cost-benefit and cost-avoidance analysis, demand forecasting, investment appraisal and budget design.
Governance, administration and efficiency review
Our work addresses the structural causes of inefficiency rather than the symptoms visible in performance data, and is grounded in public sector governance research.
Standards, regulation and policy development
Drafting and review of professional standards, regulatory frameworks and national policy guidance. Our network includes the author of BSI PAS 5222:2024, a member of the ISO/TC 292 technical committee on security and resilience, and contributors to Home Office serious and organised crime strategy.
Analytical capability building
Capability design and training for analysts and intelligence functions, covering quantitative methods, business analytics, econometrics, financial investigation, intelligence analysis and data governance. Our members helped build the UK's National Intelligence Analysis Training Course and designed the first master's degree in criminal intelligence analysis in the world.
Executive education and CPD
Credited continuing professional development at Levels 6 and 7, including strategic (Gold) command and research-informed decision making, business analytics and quantitative methods for police analysts, financial and commercial literacy for command teams, and leadership development grounded in the Nolan Principles.
Doctoral training for police leaders
A forthcoming practice-based distance learning doctorate for senior officers and security executives who want doctoral-level strategic capability without stepping away from operational command, alongside structured PhD supervision that treats doctoral research as a vehicle for institutional change. Our candidates include officials from the Home Office, the Police Federation and serving forces.
Applied research
Commissioned and collaborative research across the areas above. We produce knowledge that is peer-reviewed, policy-relevant and operationally usable.
Strategic consultancy
Bespoke advisory work for police forces, government bodies and international organisations, drawing on the full depth of our pracademic network. Assignments range from force restructuring and strategy development to organised crime disruption and the design of stakeholder engagement.
Conferences and policy roundtables
We convene international events and closed-door sessions that bring scholars, senior practitioners and policymakers together to co-design research agendas against operational priorities.
Community engagement and co-production
Design and facilitation of stakeholder co-creation processes and collaborative toolkits that position local communities as architects of their own safety futures.
The SOPG works in close alignment with EMPAC, the regional infrastructure for police-academic knowledge exchange across the East Midlands. Our operations are interlinked strongly where we co-develop research priorities, jointly deliver programmes, and maintaining a shared pipeline that connects force-level needs with academic expertise and innovation.