The Police Foundation’s staff offer their personal views on some of the big policing and crime issues of the day from an evidence-based perspective. The views expressed through the Police Foundation’s blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of The Police Foundation.
Unsung heroes – How volunteers can be the single most important element in reducing crime (long read)
Andrew Morley – former Chief Executive of the London Criminal Justice Partnership (Andrew also...
Where have all the Special Constables gone, and what can we do about it? (long read)
CJ Marshall – Special Assistant Chief Officer, Metropolitan Special Constabulary; Trustee, Ass...
Understanding and controlling harm in policing: The case of Section 60
At the end of last year policing’s main inspection and standards bodies – HMICFRS, the College o...
Policing needs more male allies
Male allyship. Two rather innocuous words, however two words when used in the context of tackling th...
As a Pakistani Muslim senior police leader I should not be a rarity
By Detective Chief Inspector Aneela Khalil-Khan, South Yorkshire Police When I joined the pol...
The constitutional consequences of Mrs Braverman
Suella Braverman has decided to set fire to a core aspect of the British model of policing, the oper...
With more road deaths each year than homicides and terrorist attacks combined we need a greater emphasis on road safety
Written by a Police Constable, Essex Police Every year around 1,700 people die on Britain’s roads ...
Don’t dumb down! Invest in advanced frameworks for good practice and research in crime prevention
Paul Ekblom Visiting Professor, Department of Security and Crime Science, UCL; Emeritus Professor of...
Serious fraud offending in the UK
Last week the government published its long-awaited fraud strategy which seeks to strengthen the nat...
The Met must reinvent itself – or die
The Casey Review has found that the Metropolitan Police Service is institutionally racist, misogynis...
More precision please: Can the Met bring community policing and data science together?
It was no coincidence that MPS Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley chose London’s Institute of Engineerin...