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Practices from West Midlands Police

Title	Stage of practice	Purpose	Topic	Police region
New Operation Nexo – improving the reporting of crimes in hospitals	Untested	Reoffending	Community engagement, Intelligence, Investigation	West Midlands
Abnormal loads check sheets (escort and encounter)	Independently evaluated	Prevention	Roads policing, Special operations	West Midlands
AllStars – diversion learning for children	Evaluated locally	Diversion	Community engagement	West Midlands
Automation of defence solicitors’ initial contact with custody	Evaluated locally	Organisational	Contact management, Criminal justice, Custody	West Midlands
Body-worn video (BWV) live-streaming in hostage and crisis negotiation	Untested	Prevention	Special operations, Leadership, development and learning	South East
Cranstoun arrest referral service (CARS)	Untested	Reoffending	Drugs and alcohol offences, Custody, Offender management	West Midlands
Drama performances to address violence – Cadbury-Blue	Untested	Prevention	Violence (other), Community engagement	West Midlands
Driving continuous improvement for neurodivergent needs in West Midlands Police custody	Untested	Prevention	Adults at risk, Custody, Diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI)	West Midlands
Early Awareness Stalking Intervention	Independently evaluated	Reoffending	Violence against women and girls, Domestic abuse, Stalking and harassment	West Midlands
Foundations – police led training for sixth formers on misogyny	Evaluated locally	Prevention	Violence against women and girls, Community engagement, Training and professional development	West Midlands
Improvement and innovation portal (IIP)	Untested	Organisational	Leadership, development and learning, Training and professional development	West Midlands
Investigations dashboard to monitor workloads	Untested	Organisational	Digital, data and analytics, Investigation, Productivity	West Midlands
Knife crime prediction model	Untested	Prevention	Knife and gun crime, Digital, data and analytics, Intelligence	West Midlands
Operation guardian taskforce – reducing knife crime robbery	Untested	Prevention	Knife and gun crime, Violence (other), Robbery	West Midlands
Pre-arrest drug diversion service – Cranstoun DIVERT programme	Independently evaluated	Diversion	Drugs and alcohol offences	West Midlands
Professional standards department (PSD) ambassadors	Untested	Organisational	Ethics and values, Leadership, development and learning, Training and professional development	West Midlands
Reasonable adjustments panel (RAP)	Untested	Organisational	Diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI), Leadership, development and learning	West Midlands
Risk assessments for care leavers in custody	Untested	Diversion	Public Protection, Safeguarding & Vulnerability, Criminal justice, Custody	West Midlands
Robotics process automation for administrative tasks	Untested	Organisational	Digital, data and analytics, Criminal justice, Productivity	West Midlands
Social media hub to address gang-related activity	Untested	Prevention	Digital, data and analytics, Intelligence, Serious organised crime	West Midlands
Talent Module app to support continuing professional development	Untested	Organisational	Diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI), Leadership, development and learning, Wellbeing	West Midlands