Working Group 1

Understanding the Practice of Police Stops in Europe

Description

WG1 will develop a research protocol, identifying the information to be sought about each European state in order to establish a baseline. This will include information about the legal powers and guidance issued to police officers, official statistics about the use of those powers and academic and other analysis of the way in which the powers are used. WG1 will then undertake analysis of the information gleaned and of the gaps in knowledge. This data collection will be presented both as an annotated
bibliography and, as a key deliverable, as an on-line and interactive resource that can be updated and developed with time. In addition, WG1 will develop a blog for police officers to share and discuss their experiences of using powers to stop citizens and their understanding of the purpose of those powers.

Action activities

3 Working group meetings, 1 workshops, 1 STSM.

Objectives

• Gathering and exploring codified knowledge on Police Stops in Europe, including:
– the incidence and prevalence of Police Stops
– the distribution of stops across the population
– the quality of Police Stops
• Gathering and exploring codified knowledge on (non)legislation, on the registration and on the monitoring of Police Stops in Europe
• Gaining insight on best practices and the effectiveness of the practice of Police Stops
– Creating awareness about the practice of Police Stops by
– the dissemination of knowledge in scientific and professional (police) journal
– making Police Stops visible on an interactive map and making it available for public and government

Deliverables

1.1 working plan and arrangements of the working group (M1); 1.2 research protocol of the working group (M12);1.3 First overview of data on practicing Police Stops (M12); 1.4 annotated bibliography (M12); 1.5 Launch of Police Blog on Police Stops (M12); 1.6 overview of gathered data (M24); 1.7 Developing work plan GIS map; 1.8 data implemented in GIS map (M32); 1.9 planning publication and dissemination of data in scientific and professional (police) journals (M36); 1.10 publication in edited collection (M48); 1.11 publication in 1 national police professional journal (1 per participating country) and dissemination by national police networks through national conferences, seminars and meetings.

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Working Group Members

• Prof Zeljko Karas

  Croatia

  WG1 Leader

  • Email: zkaras@fkz.hr
  • Organisation: Police College
• Dr Megan O'Neill

  United Kingdom

  WG1 Co-leader

  • Email: m.oneill@dundee.ac.uk
  • Organisation: Dundee University
• Prof Gergana Marinova

  Bulgaria

  • Email: gerrymarinova@yahoo.com
  • Organisation: Institute for Legal Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Hazel Scott

  United Kingdom

  • Email: Hazel.Scott@scotland.pnn.police.uk
  • Organisation: Police Scotland
• Kenny Remsay

  United Kingdom

  • Email: Kenny.Ramsay@scotland.pnn.police.uk
  • Organisation: Police Scotland
• Jan Fährmann

  Germany

  • Email: Jan.Faehrmann@hwr-berlin.de
  • Organisation: FÖPS Berlin
• Anna Defour

  Spain

  • Email: anna.defour@opensocietyfoundations.org
  • Organisation: Open Society Foundations
• Raluca Mocanu

  Romania

  • Email: raluca-ioana.mocanu@drept.rounibuc.ro
  • Organisation: --
• Ms Rebekah Delsol

  United Kingdom

  • Email: rebekah.delsol@opensocietyfoundations.org
  • Organisation: Open Society Foundations
• Ms Estelle Clyton

  United Kingdom

  • Email: e.m.clayton@dundee.ac.uk
  • Organisation: University of Dundee
• Ms Carla Sofia Cardoso

  Portugal

  • Email: ccardoso@direito.up.pt
  • Organisation: University Of Porto (UP)
• Ms Sara van Praet

  Belgium

  • Email: sarah.vanpraet@just.fgov.be
  • Organisation: NICC (National institut of criminal justice)
• Ms Lyn Ross

  United Kingdom

  • Email: lyn.ross@scotland.pnn.police.uk
  • Organisation: Police Scotland
• Mr Ian Thomson

  United Kingdom

  • Email: ian.thomson4@scotland.pnn.police.uk
  • Organisation: Police Scotland
• Mr Paul Quinton

  United Kingdom

  • Email: paul.quinton@college.pnn.police.uk
  • Organisation: College of Policing
• Ms Kath Murray

  United Kingdom

  • Email: kathmurray100@gmail.com
  • Organisation: University of Edinbourgh
• Mr Markus Himanen

  Finland

  • Email: markus.himanen@helsinki.fi
  • Organisation: University of Helsinki
• Ms Inès Saudelli

  Belgium

  • Email: ines.saudelli@vub.be
  • Organisation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• Prof Darko Marinkovic

  Serbia

  • Email: --
  • Organisation: --
• Dr Karolina Kremens

  Poland

  • Email: karolina.kremens@uwr.edu.pl
  • Organisation: University of Wroclaw, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
• Prof Helene Gundhus

  Norway

  • Email: h.o.i.gundhus@jus.uio.no
  • Organisation: University of Oslo
• Prof Marina Malish Sazdovska

  North Macedonia

  • Email: mmsazdovska@gmail.com
  • Organisation: Faculty of security Skopje
• Prof Katerina Krstevska Savovska

  North Macedonia

  • Email: katerina.krstevska@gmail.com
  • Organisation: Faculty of Security Skopje
• Mr Vladimir Sterpu

  Moldova

  • Email: --
  • Organisation: --
• Dr Sean Redmond

  Ireland

  • Email: sean.redmond@ul.ie
  • Organisation: Department of Children and Youth Affairs
• Irma Deljkic

  Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Email: ideljkic@fkn.unsa.ba
  • Organisation: Faculty of Criminal Justice, Criminology and Security Studies
• Dr Darko Datzer

  Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Email: ddatzer@fkn.unsa.ba
  • Organisation: Faculty of Criminal Justice, Criminology and Security Studies
• Dr Carrol Tange

  Belgium

  • Email: carrol.tange@just.fgov.be
  • Organisation: NICC
• Dr Mike Rowe

  United Kingdom

  Action Vice Chair
  ITC-manager

  • Email: michael.rowe@liverpool.ac.uk
  • Organisation: Liverpool University
• Prof Sofie De Kimpe

  Belgium

  Action Chair
  Grant Holder Scientific Representative

  • Email: sofie.de.kimpe@vub.be
  • Organisation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel