Reducing crime through innovation: PCCs and new approaches to crime
Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) have helped forces refocus their efforts and, by supporting be...
Sexual assault and the night-time economy – small ideas make a difference
Innovation should be easier to achieve now that local governance of the police is in the hands of a ...
Stop and search – getting it right
Asking individuals to account for their presence or behaviour is an integral part of everyday polici...
Multi-Agency case management: evidence and orthodoxy
Policing is undergoing substantial mission change. Where acquisitive crime rates and safety on the s...
Robocops: are the police robots coming?
In Paul Verhoeven’s dystopian 1987 film Robocop a Detroit police officer is gunned down and tr...
Organised crime on the doorstep – crime groups operating in the adult sex market
A Police Foundation and Perpetuity Research study has revealed that organised crime plays a major ro...
Great expectations: what do the public want from the police?
What do the public expect of the police? At a time of limited resources and shifting demand police f...
Spit hoods – a question of transparency
I must admit I’d not heard of spit hoods until earlier this year when I read reports that the ...
Falling police morale: “dry your eyes” is no answer
‘Dry your eyes’. Three simple words as part of a late night Twitter chat that landed PSN...
So a large portion of fraud is linked to organised crime – what are the implications for the police?
To many practitioners, it cannot come as too much of a surprise that lots of fraud has its roots in ...
The changing world, not funding cuts is the greatest test the police face
Yesterday the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released statistics confirming that crime has chan...
Policing after Brexit
The decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union is likely to be the biggest political...