About us
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Head of unit: Dan Clacher
Contact us
Write to:
The Home Office
Police Standards Unit
Police and Crime Standards Directorate
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4HF
Tel: 020 7035 4848
The Police Standards Unit provides intensive support to police forces and Basic Command Units to help them meet the desired levels of performance.
The unit:
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runs national programmes including the Automatic Number Plate Recognition Programme and the Tackling Violent Crime Programme - the latter entails working closely with areas to reduce more serious violence
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manages national initiatives designed to improve operational effectiveness and national campaigns on issues such as alcohol enforcement and domestic violence
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developing forensic science techniques, using new technologies to solve ‘cold cases’, for example in rape cases.
