Even some police officers question its effectiveness, citing alternative methods such as knife arches, monitoring movement around them and building long term collaboration with community members as being more constructive. (politics.co.uk)
From the research councils» point of view, the scheme not only fosters rich training for early career researchers, but it also promotes «a closer long term collaboration between academia and industry.» (sciencemag.org)
Other projects include long term collaborations with Anthony Discenza under the name Halflifers and media artist Darrin Martin. (smackmellon.org)