Categories
Analysis
- Walk and Talk: building back trust
- 'You wouldn't let an officer go to a violent job without a stab-proof vest'
- Violence and vulnerability
Border security
- Anglo-French Joint Intelligence Cell secures sentences for smuggling gang
- SIS II replacement : "an I-LEAP of faith"
- Albanian OCG dismantled thanks to joint Op with Spain
Career Articles
- DCC Rachel Bacon confirmed for Durham Chief Constable job
- Former Essex chief to run for INTERPOL Secretary General
- New DCC for Staffordshire
Charity
- Police and ambulance team charity trek to Mount Everest Base Camp
- CNC and BTP Fed Chairs to raise funds for PTSD999
- BTP Fed Secretary steps up to the challenge for police charity
Children and Young People
- Ethnicity, care experience and involvement in the justice system
- Safeguarding Children Partnership launch film to tackle child exploitation
- Serving Met officer facing CSA images charges hanged himself
Children in custody
- Youth Justice Services commended as 'high quality'
- Increasing probation workloads putting public at risk, warn Unions
- Half of operational prison staff do not feel safe at work
Comment
- Comment: the service will eventually get the workforce it deserves
- Viewpoint: that was the Response Week that was
- Comment: we need to talk about legitimate police searches
Contributor
- Kit Malthouse: we have kept our promise to back the police
- Comment: why we need a recount on national officer numbers
- Wellbeing week: Managing people better is key to reducing stress
Crime Appeals
- Fresh appeal to identify killer of DC thirty years after he was murdered
- Crimestoppers turns focus on rural crime as costs pass £43m
- Kent begins murder investigation after death of PCSO
Criminal Justice
- Charities write to Justice Sec after a year without a Victims' Commissioner
- Herts PCC wants public input on low-level crime sanctions
- Lords votes to retain West Midlands PCC ahead of next election
Education
- Advertorial: getting candidates to pass the NIE exam first time
- Surrey PCC given Home Office funding for teacher training in VAWG
- More than half of CoP bursaries awarded to PCs and sergeants
Evidence based policing
- Stop and search study finds varying opinions but 'no racial disparity'
- 'Make sure you've got the evidence base for hotspots' VRU event told
- Research into stop and search disproportionality funded by PCC
Free Articles
- Advertorial: what could modern policing look like?
- The importance of video evidence principles for organisations
- Opinion: don't stop the Carnival?
Good Practice
- Hertfordshire PCC and Chief Constable launch review of force
- BTP officers honoured at Fed Awards
- Cambridgeshire officers and staff recognised with commendations
History
- A retired officer's fight for justice pledge to his dying colleague
- NI leaders mark 'sacrifice and progress' for RUC centenary
- Former GMP Chief 'God's Cop' James Anderton dies
Housing
- Increasing probation workloads putting public at risk, warn Unions
- Half of operational prison staff do not feel safe at work
- MoJ to pilot 'rapid deployment' community payback teams
HQ Depts
- Hertfordshire HQ to undergo £70m redevelopment over three years
- Potentially dangerous concrete discovered at Police Scotland sites
- Force uses consultants to implement child protection recommendations
HR, Personnel and Staff Development
- Essex roads policing officers attend new course on post incident care
- Appointing temporary chief to lead PSNI 'open to legal challenge'
- Claim for judicial review over vetting-based dismissal rejected
International
- US police agencies reviewing BWV and use of force policies
- Secret Chinese police stations subject to ongoing investigation
- Advertorial: The Western Australian Police Force is recruiting. Find out more
Investigation
- Herts PCC wants public input on low-level crime sanctions
- APCC highlights innovative approaches for serious violence
- GMP uses VR to help officers deal with hate crime
Legal Update
- Home Office minister says new spiking law is "unnecessary"
- NCA secures over £50m in proceeds of crime after landmark High Court ruling
- Highway Code to be revised to take account of change in mobile law
Local and Neighbourhood Policing
- Interview: West Mercia PCC asks for reassurance on abstractions
- 'Dispiriting oversight' undermines officer confidence to chase criminals
- PSA President questions decision to call in HMIC over policing activism
Miscellaneous
- UK narrowly lose out to Germany in police football championship
- Beds turn to radio to discuss "hard-hitting policing topics"
- Sport in policing provides a 'real pathway' for key values
Multi agency working
- Increasing probation workloads putting public at risk, warn Unions
- Half of operational prison staff do not feel safe at work
- MoJ to pilot 'rapid deployment' community payback teams
Off Beat
- Computer hacker Assange slams prison IT
- No laughing matter for police despite 'rebellion' sending in the clown
- Who do you support, would-be jurors in Hillsborough trial asked to declare
Offender management
- Latest prison inspection report makes for grisly reading
- First Residential Women's Centre announced
- Increasing probation workloads putting public at risk, warn Unions
OSPRE
- New video content to help officers study for promotion exams
- PROMOTION CANDIDATE Q&A
- New pre-charge bail limit 'unworkable' warns college
Outsourcing
- First Residential Women's Centre announced
- Increasing probation workloads putting public at risk, warn Unions
- Half of operational prison staff do not feel safe at work
Police & CJ organisations
- Warwickshire, Northumbria and South Yorkshire all 'adequate' at vetting
- All change please: moving national IT systems to police ownership
- HMICFRS questions role Humberside HR has in vetting appeals
Police Equipment News
- Body armour to be evaluated as part of breast health trial
- Police Scotland to introduce clean-shaven policy in coming weeks
- New approved body armour 'is lighter with more protection'
Police Finance
- Ten extra stations to open in Hampshire and IOW
- Estate issues behind push for new policing hub in south Wiltshire
- Some crimes will not be investigated in Police Scotland pilot
Police Governance
- Herts PCC wants public input on low-level crime sanctions
- Lords votes to retain West Midlands PCC ahead of next election
- Neil Basu and Stuart Lawrence among members of Khan's Policing Board
Police IT and Technology
- Extend oversight of biometrics data 'to all criminal justice partners'
- All change please: moving national IT systems to police ownership
- West Midlands trialing new body worn video camera
Police management
- Appointing temporary chief to lead PSNI 'open to legal challenge'
- Are we about to get a new national police improvement agency?
- West Midlands Police appoints four new Assistant Chief Constables
Police Performance
- 'Strategic reserve' and new tech helping Sussex manage call demand
- Warwickshire, Northumbria and South Yorkshire all 'adequate' at vetting
- Cleveland emerges from special measures after four-year process
Politics And The Police
- A&E a 'real blocker' when it comes to Right Person, Right Care
- Are we about to get a new national police improvement agency?
- Minister says forces should be 'massively scaling up' use of facial recognition
Prison
- Prison holding serious offenders issued with urgent notification
- Prison and probation staffing picture causes concern
- Lowdham prison 'in a state of turmoil'
Probation
- Chief Probation Inspector makes plea for localism
- Probation race equality remains 'a work in progress'
- Good probation supervision does reduce reoffending
Professional Standards
- Views sought on Scottish Bill to implement duty of candour
- Officers involved in Maida Vale stop deny allegations
- Claim for judicial review over vetting-based dismissal rejected
Race and Diversity
- Ethnicity, care experience and involvement in the justice system
- Officers involved in Maida Vale stop deny allegations
- Probation race equality remains 'a work in progress'
Roads Policing
- PC who fatally struck teen says he 'made the right calls' despite tragedy
- Essex roads policing officers attend new course on post incident care
- West Midlands boosting roads safety team by two thirds
SIO Corner
- 'My last murder case made me delay retirement by 18 months'
- Team-building 'star' DCI takes national accolade for SIOs
- SIO Corner: Protecting witnesses
Special Constabulary
- Minority of forces refusing to cover Fed membership for Specials
- Force loses one in three Special constables since national merger
- Specials to claim Federation membership on expenses
Specialist
- PaDP 'should no longer be' a policing responsibility
- 'Ends did not justify the means' finds interim report into covert policing
- First police interpreter awards recognise vital and harrowing work
Staff Associations
- Pension payouts made 'all the more complex' by 43 force model
- Officers dismissed through vetting process 'may not know why'
- PSA President questions decision to call in HMIC over policing activism
Terrorism and Allied Matters
- Objective of draft Terrorism Bill 'remains opaque'
- Additional safeguards needed within Code of Practice for Terrorism Act
- Counter-terrorism offender management work rated good