About this episode

Ben Bradford discusses police legitimacy and improving trust in policing with Jerry Ratcliffe.

Ben Bradford is Professor of Global City Policing at University College London, where he is Director of the Centre for Global City Policing. He chats to Jerry Ratcliffe about police legitimacy, his research on what people want from the police, and what law enforcement leaders need to know about improving trust in policing.

People in this episode

Host: Jerry Ratcliffe

Guest: Ben Bradford

Topics covered

• police legitimacy
• trust in policing
• law enforcement
• global city policing
• public perception

Keywords

• police
• legitimacy
• trust
• law enforcement
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University College London, Centre for Global City Policing

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