These complaints, involving investigations from 2008 and 2013, address concerns about the quality of police response and, in the case of the 2013 investigation, how details came to be disclosed ...

So called ‘honour-based’ abuse (HBA) offences in England and Wales have fallen for the first time in four years. However, the Home Office cautioned that the reduction could be a result of changes made ...

Police Scotland welcomed 253 new officers as they took their oath of office at ceremonies across the country on Thursday (November 7). The new recruits mean officer numbers were 16,603 as of November ...

ITV’s Tonight programme aired an investigative report on Thursday evening (November 7) exploring the scope and impact of spiking in the UK, supported by exclusive data from the charity Stamp Out ...

The October 7 attacks are an example of a trigger event that usually precedes a spike in hate crime. These events can ...

Prevention is preferable to detection; what community policing provides is a positive contribution at both ends of the ...

During the evening of November 5, officers in Edinburgh responded to various incidents of youth disorder in Niddrie, ...

Almost 600 police officers in England and Wales were dismissed and placed on the barred list in the 12 months to March 2024, new figures show. According to the latest College of Policing barred list ...

“Ultimately, as a result of our continued policing pressure making County Lines a high risk enterprise, we are seeing changes in the way County Lines operate, with offenders moving away from running ...

Inspector Mark Colwell, who oversees the force’s designated drones department, added: “Drones within West Midlands Police ...

Gross misconduct allegations against ex-PC Benjamin Pearson, aged 37, were found proven at a disciplinary hearing following an investigation by the force, which was carried out under the direction of ...

Bedfordshire Police is appealing for witnesses after an “heroic” off-duty police officer was stabbed while trying to intervene in a robbery in Luton. It is believed that two men had robbed a victim of ...