Dexter is proud to be supporting a new consortium from the University of Birmingham, Aston, and Leicester, which has been selected as one of nine new Policing Academic Centres of Excellence.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), have funded £4.5 million to launch nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence (P-ACEs) in October 2025. This includes a new partnership between three Midlands-based universities, the University of Leicester, Aston University and the University of Birmingham, called P-ACE LAB.

Each P-ACE will be promoted across the policing sector as an accessible source of leading academic experts aligned with policing’s Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) and evidence needs. The P-ACEs will support policing with adopting new technologies, developing new tools and techniques, improving training and skills, and increasing public safety.

As part of the collaboration, Dexter’s data-agnostic model will be applied to a wide range of structured data within the programme.

You can find out more about the initiative HERE.