About
Founded
Internationally Connected
Part of the Global EBP Community
Years
Advancing EBP
Our Beginning
The Australia & New Zealand Society of Evidence Based Policing (ANZSEBP) was formed in April 2013 in Brisbane, Australia. The ANZSEBP is a police practitioner-led Society. The mission of the ANZSEBP is to develop, disseminate and advocate for police to use research to guide best practice in all aspects of policing.
Early connections and collaboration with the UK Society of Evidence Based Policing helped establish a pathway for ANZSEBP’s international engagement and collaboration.
The Society comprises both full members (current, serving police officers in Australia and New Zealand) and honorary members including police staff members (non-sworn), research professionals and others who aim to make evidence based approaches part of everyday policing in Australia and New Zealand.
Our Members
The Society is made up of police officers, police staff, and research professionals who aim to make evidence-based police practice part of everyday policing in Australia and New Zealand.
Police Officers
Current, serving and retired police officers across Australia and New Zealand, with international members welcome.
Police Staff
Police staff members (non-sworn) and other policing professionals.
Research Professionals
Police staff members (non-sworn) and other policing professionals.
The Society is made up of police officers, police staff, and research professionals who aim to make evidence-based police practice part of everyday policing in Australia and New Zealand.
The Society advocates that all aspects of policing including police patrols, investigations, crime prevention, human resource management, and all other forms of service delivery should be evaluated using sound, robust research methods and used when the evaluation evidence shows that the police practice works to control or prevent crime and disorder or enhance quality of life.
OUR MISSION & STRATEGY
Our Mission
Communicate, use, and generate the best evidence of what works in policing.
The mission of the ANZSEBP is to develop, disseminate and advocate for police to use research to guide best practice in all aspects of policing.
The SEBP is made up of police officers, police staff, and research professionals who aim to make evidence-based police practice part of everyday policing. We believe that all aspects of policing including police patrols, investigations, crime preventions, human resource management, and all other forms of service delivery should be evaluated using sound, scientific methods and used when the evaluation of evidence shows that the police practice works to control or prevent crime and disorder or enhance quality of life.
Our Strategy
Our Strategy is focused on helping police and their partners make better decisions using the best available evidence. Evidence-Based Policing combines research, professional judgment, data insights and local context to address the full range of policing problems
Build Understanding
& Increase Application
The Society creates awareness and understanding of Evidence that helps to improve police practice.
Our Strategic Intent
Raise awareness of the value of evidence-based practice by supporting police to build their capacity and capability to access research expertise and presenting the implications of research findings for police practice and policy.
Shape, Support & Share
The Society shapes and supports the production of new evidence.
Our Strategic Intent
Encourage and enable researchers and police to produce rigorous and timely research that can then be made available to all police agencies.
Facilitate Collaborative Partnerships
The society creates and facilitates collaborative partnerships that further the use and application of evidence.
Our Strategic Intent
Support and enable the development of collaborative research projects, initiatives and networking events by building and strengthening partnerships across academia and policing, including internationally.
ANZSEBP Patron
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC (Ret’d) is the inaugural patron for the Australia and New Zealand Society of Evidence-Based Policing.
Sir Angus appreciates the importance of an evidence-based policing approach and supports the development of capabilities to improve evidence-based police practice.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC (Ret’d) was awarded the Knight of the Order of Australia in January 2015 for extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit in service to Australia, through distinguished service in the Australian Defence Force, continued commitment to serve the nation in leadership roles, particularly the national responses to the MH370 and MH17 disasters, and in a variety of roles in the community.
In August 2020 Sir Angus was appointed as Chair of the Murray Darling Basin Authority. Sir Angus is also a Senior Counselor for The Cohen Group, an international business advisory firm; Chancellor for the University of the Sunshine Coast; Chair of the Defence South Australia Advisory Board; Chair of the Victorian Police Corporate Advisory Group; Chair of the University of NSW Canberra Advisory Board; Chair of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and Chair of the Supashock Advanced Suspension Advisory Committee.
He is a Board Member of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, the Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience Thompson Institute; the Australian Cancer Research Foundation, GreaterGood Canberra and the Victorian Police Executive Command. He is also a visiting fellow of the Australian National University National Security College.
In addition to his many board roles, he is the Ambassador/Patron of numerous charitable organisations including several mental health organisations.
In July 2014, Sir Angus was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to lead Australia’s efforts to help recover, identify and repatriate Australians killed in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster. Sir Angus also led the Joint Agency Coordination Centre coordinating the Australian Government’s support for the search into missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in 2014.
In 2012 Sir Angus led the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers.
Sir Angus was Chair of the Anzac Centenary Advisory Board from July 2011 until March 2014. He was also Chair of Air Services Australia from 2012–2018.
In July 2011, Sir Angus retired as Chief of the Australian Defence Force after 41 years of service in the military.
In 2011, he was named the Australian Father of the Year and in 2012, the ACT Australian of the Year.
Sir Angus was awarded the Degree of Doctor of the University of South Australia in August 2017, Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa from ANU in December 2016, Degree of Doctor of the University, honoris causa from UNSW in November 2015, and Degree of Doctor of the University from Griffith University in December 2013.
Sir Angus is married to Liz and they have three sons and three grandchildren.
Meet Our ANZSEBP Committee
Dedicated police practitioners, researchers, academics, and professionals working together to advance evidence-based policing across Australia and New Zealand.
Dave Cowan
President
R. Mark Evans OBE
Vice-President
Mark Langhorn
Treasurer
Simon Williams
Director
Michael Newman
Director
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