Police should focus more on preventing crime than catching criminals, the new chief inspector of constabulary for England and Wales is to say.
Tom Winsor will also emphasise the importance of technology in cutting crime, in a speech to the Royal United Services Institute.
He will tell the security think-tank a greater focus on targeting would-be offenders and potential crime hotspots will save money and mean fewer victims.
Mr Winsor took up the role last year.
His speech comes as the think-tank Policy Exchange recommends introducing a modern version of the "Tardis" police box - made famous by Dr Who - to allow people to report crimes, provide witness statements and access information.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw says Mr Winsor has spent much of his first six months in the post listening to the views of officers.
"Now he's ready to set out his ideas," our correspondent says.
Controversial choiceA lawyer and former rail regulator - but without experience of serving in the police - Mr Winsor was a controversial choice to be chief inspector of constabulary.
In March last year, he published a report for the government on the police service which recommended far-reaching reforms in the widest-ranging review of police pay and conditions in more than 30 years.
Recommendations in the report included fast-tracking recruits to inspector level within three years and opening up chief constable roles to senior officers from countries such as Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand.
He also advised a cut in the starting salary for police constables in England and Wales, down to £19,000 - a reduction of £4,000.
In his first major speech since taking up the post, he will call for a return to the police's basic mission, as devised by the founder of the service, Robert Peel, to prevent crime and disorder.
Mr Winsor believes too many policemen and women think their principal job is to catch criminals.
Meanwhile, Policy Exchange's Rebooting the PC Report recommends the introduction of modern versions of police boxes in which people could "report crime, provide witness statements, discuss concerns and access information".
End Quote Stuart Donald Acpo's Assistant Chief ConstableWe need to think differently to equip policing for the years ahead, identifying and sharing what helps"
"These would be technologically-enabled police contact points featuring two-way audio-visual technology so that members of the public could communicate directly with police staff," the report said.
Public accessThe report also says that, faced with budget cuts, police chiefs must avoid putting "buildings before bobbies" and should replace police stations with "cops in shops".
And it also cited "a dramatic decline" in station front counter use, saying forces should "manage the police estate in a smarter fashion".
A Home Office spokesman said decisions about the most effective use of resources "including the number, location and operating hours of police stations are a matter for chief constables and police and crime commissioners".
The Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents rank-and file officers, said a fall in the use of front counters had been "happening around the country for many years".
But its vice-chairman Steve White said police stations "are accessible to the public, all day and night, something which is not provided by local shops and businesses".
The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said that "in an age of austerity, relentlessly challenging established practice to improve local policing is more important than ever".
"We need to think differently to equip policing for the years ahead, identifying and sharing what helps - be it 'cop shops', public contact booths or Special Constables and volunteers complementing the way we patrol communities," Acpo's Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Donald said.
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