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Promotion barriers to and at chief officer level – findings from my own research
Blogs
During 2013 and 2014 I worked with colleagues from Birkbeck College and University College London on...
Police officers aren’t getting younger every year, and there’s a debate to be had about the implications
Blogs, Workforce
The Home Office recently published the latest Police Workforce Statistics for England and Wales (cov...
Navigating the maze: reporting online fraud
Blogs, Cybercrime, Fraud
Just before Christmas I started getting letters for an online discount retailer, let’s call th...
Assessing child sexual exploitation from police and partner agency records: a confused and partial picture
Blogs, Children and young people, Sexual assault
Drawing on information from various local agencies we recently completed an assessment to understand...
Stalking: an age-old problem on a new platform
Blogs, Cybercrime
The shadowy figure causing you to look over your shoulder as you cross the street. The bouquet of fl...
Stop and search and knife crime revisited: a small piece of the bigger picture
Blogs, Stop and search, Violent crime
Last year I wrote a blog on 'what we know and what we don't' about the links between stop and search...
What does an offender count really tell us about organised crime going on in communities?
Blogs, Organised crime
The National Crime Agency places the number of known organised crime groups (OCGs) operating at arou...
Armed reassurance? Why context and perspectives matter
Blogs, Police legitimacy
If the smiling armed police officers photographed in a market in Newcastle had been at Heathrow airp...
It’s time to face up to the challenge of policing in a digital age
Blogs, Cybercrime, Digital technology
We are living through the birth of a digitally networked society characterised by technological chan...
Supra-force specialist policing capabilities: new research by the Police Foundation
Blogs, Specialist capabilities
A review of the governance of supra-force specialist policing capabilities: new research by the Poli...
Driving positive change – the PCC role is about more than holding the police to account
Blogs, Governance
When the first PCCs were sworn into office back in 2012, there were manywho were less than optimisti...
PCCs are here to stay…
Blogs, Governance
Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are here to stay. The new Prime Minister Theresa May was respo...
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