About us
HOSDB aims to be the Home Office’s definitive source of advice on scientific and technical issues, to deliver innovative technical capabilities and to support our customers, ensuring scientific and technical solutions are effective on the ground.
HOSDB is based at two sites in the UK
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Sandridge, Hertfordshire
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Langhurst, West Sussex
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About our work
Our development work is conducted both in-house and through our extensive links with industry and academia.
HOSDB is probably unique; we know of no other organisation in the world that conducts such a wide range of work in ‘policing’ technology. We also work closely with selected law enforcement organisations across the world to share the risks, costs and benefits of complex technologies.
With 23 technical programmes and over 125 current projects serving almost every branch of policing, our work is diverse and exciting.
Our Director is Alan Pratt CSci CPhys FInstP. HOSDB employs over 200 scientists and engineers at two UK sites.
If you wish to speak to us and are not sure who to contact, call our Information Service on 01727 816400 or email us and we will put you in touch with the appropriate person.
Read our brochure
To read the document in pdf format, you will need a copy of the Adobe Acrobat (new window) reader. Alternatively, you can call 01727 816400 or email us to request a copy. Download HOSDB: An Introduction (file size: 380kb)
