Detective A/Superintendent Michael Newman

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Operations Commander, Financial and Cyber Crime Group Detective A/Superintendent Newman is currently the Operations Commander, Financial and Cyber Crime Group, QPS. Mike is an advocate for adopting an evidence-based approach in policing, having led and brokered numerous initiatives within the QPS. He provides a voice for evidence-based policing nationally and internationally through his involvement in the ANZSEBP.

Panel Discussion: Every Contact Leaves a Trace – Procedural Justice in Action

This panel will explore the tenets and importance of procedural justice through the lens of practical applications of the theory. The contacts police have with the public can be short or long, they can be in-person or digital. One message remains the same – the use of appropriate communication strategies with that person or community is vital and procedural justice provides an evidence-based framework for this to occur. Every contact police have with the community leaves a trace and every contact is an opportunity to leave that person, that community, with a better impression of police and policing.

Panel Discussion: Challenging Traditional Thinking – EB in Policing

The final report of the Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales was released earlier in the year by the Police Foundation. Seen as a landmark report into the future of policing, the report proposes the most ambitious reform in a generation. Although based on evidence from England and Wales, the report offers police globally over 56 recommendations that relate to reforming culture, skills and training and organisational structure. The report says that policing needs to adopt a learning culture, so that police officers have better opportunities to develop professionally, so that professional standards are raised and so that the police can use the best evidence to achieve better outcomes for the public. One recommendation calls for evidence based policing units to be implemented across police services to support and create a culture of evidence and learning, but is this enough? The panel discuss this report, its recommendations relating to evidence based policing and the importance of evidence in challenging traditional thinking in the context of building and maintaining legitimacy in policing.