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The Week In Review
Sun 19th March to Sat 25th March
The Week in Review aggregates the top news stories from the past seven days and orders them by popularity. Would you like to see the whole week's news?
Force to return to former HQ amid record officer numbers
23/03/23 - The Chief officer team at Kent Police will return to the force's former HQ in Maidstone alongside a slimmed-down Headquarters function. • Kent Police is returning to the Maidstone Headquarters it called home for 80 years in a bid to make best use of the force's estate amid a surge in officer numbers. A joint statement by Chief Constable
Met should be broken up if it can't reform says Casey review
21/03/23 - The force has allowed an imbalance to grow between well-resourced specialist units and a 'denuded' frontline. • The Met should be broken up into national, specialist and London responsibilities to ensure the policing service to Londoners is prioritised if the force does not embark on ‘wholesale reform’, Baroness Casey’s rev
Places available for 100 mile charity cycle to support Justice and Care
25/03/23 - Anti-slavery charity Justice and Care has secured several places for the RideLondon-Essex 100 and are looking for cyclists to participate and fundraise for their work. • Justice and Care are looking for participants to help fundraise for them at the RideLondon-Essex in May. The organisation’s Victim Navigator Prog
- 22/03/23 - Met 'unlikely' to ask Baroness Casey to return despite offer
- 24/03/23 - South Yorkshire officer awaiting trial had received death threats
- 24/03/23 - Forces begin cutting PCSOs in the face of budgetary pressures
- 23/03/23 - Welfare checks need to be addressed in National Partnership Agreement
- 24/03/23 - NPCC 'has to respect' forces' independence while pushing for change
- 22/03/23 - PCC calls for consideration of 'grit test' for new recruits
- 23/03/23 - Staff cuts to be 'in proportion' with fall in officer numbers
- 22/03/23 - Warnings voiced over government's emergency alert system
- 23/03/23 - Lack of free off-duty rail travel a 'real source of frustration'
- 22/03/23 - Forces combine to secure first banning order under new legislation
- 21/03/23 - GMP to boost neighbourhood policing numbers and cut PCSOs
- 24/03/23 - Use of force oversight still a concern in Cumbria says HMIC
- 22/03/23 - 'We police differently in Scotland' says staff association
- 22/03/23 - Comment: rebalancing act
- 21/03/23 - Reform must not come at the expense of due process, say Met Fed
- 24/03/23 - Officer honoured for role in policing operation after death of Queen
Features
Achieving Taser training 'standardisation' across the forces
The curriculum manager for Armed Policing and Less Lethal Weapons at the College of Policing spoke to Police Oracle about the 'pyramid' of learning that's key in this area. • It’s been almost 20 years since Taser was introduced into UK policing, following a trial in five forces. Init
- Rapid debrief process giving Essex Police 'early, quick wins'
- Project Odyssey: a breakthrough in sexual abuse evidence gathering
Comment
Facial Recognition Technology: a force for good
Real life cases of LFR finding missing children and identifying sex offenders are being lost in a narrative centred on privacy and data protection says former surveillance camera commissioner Tony Porter. • In recent months, there have been a number of reports of UK police forces leveraging Fac
- Comment: The Lord, the Policing College and the front line
- Comment: where next for policing and technology?
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