Should officers being investigated for misconduct be allowed to apply for promotion?
Blogs, Workforce
Amidst the fallout following the verdicts in the Hillsborough inquests, one story that garnered medi
A window of opportunity for sensible debate? The fall in crime as a national concern for the public
Blogs, Police legitimacy
Every month Ipsos MORI asks a representative sample of around 1,000 adults across Great Britain what
We need to talk about Kevin
Blogs, Governance
We need to talk about Kevin With the Police and Crime Commissioner elections upon us and the candida
Shoring up the foundations: Victim belief revisited
Blogs, Children and young people, Sexual assault
Last October, at the height of the controversy surrounding Operation Midland the Metropolitan Police
A call for greater transparency in the Police Innovation Fund
Blogs, Police resources
Last month the Home Office published a list of successful bids to the 2016/17 Police Innovation
Communicating ambiguity – a challenge for police leaders
Blogs, Governance, Police legitimacy
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe recently gave a speech at the BBC in which h
Getting to grips with the PCC and Chief Constable relationship
Blogs, Governance
Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) locally elected officials in charge of local police forcesÛÓ
Victims: at the heart of the criminal justice system?
Blogs, Justice
This week I attended the Northamptonshire Victim’s Voice Conference, organised by Voice the ne
Policing at a crossroads
Blogs, Cybercrime, Neighbourhood policing, Organised crime, Police resources
The media talking points from the latest HMIC inspection of police force effectiveness have all been
Making sense of “senseless” youth violence
Blogs, Children and young people, Violent crime
Watching the final episode of Channel 4’s 3-part documentary Murder Detectives last week I was
Variable geography: the implications of devolution for policing in England
Blogs, Governance
England’s governance is changing radically as a result of the devolution deals being reached b
What the CSR means for the police service – some early reflections
Blogs, Police resources
The outcome of this week’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) came as a welcome surprise to t
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