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A cautionary word on evidence-based policing
Blogs, Evidence based policing
As recently reported on PoliceOracle.com, ACPO vice presidents Sir Peter Fahy and Sara Thornton have...
Burglary risks and partnership approaches
Blogs, Burglary, Police effectiveness
In my last blog I dealt with the changing partnership landscape that confronts police efforts to tac...
Cuts, partnerships and police effectiveness
Blogs, Police effectiveness, Police resources
This is my first blog since I took over from Jon Collins as Deputy Director of the Police Foundation...
Is rural crime under-policed?
Blogs, Police resources
Yesterday (11 August) the National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society, the UK’s leading ru...
Policing in austerity: doing well but could do better
Blogs, Police resources
Tom Winsor, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, has just published his end of term ...
Just doing her job: the Home Secretary’s Police Federation speech
Blogs, Police resources
Last month the Home Secretary delivered a scathing speech to the Police Federation. Reported by the ...
What are the police for?
Blogs, Governance, Police resources
London’s Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime recently published a report in which he (together...
How should we use police targets?
Blogs, Crime statistics, Governance, Performance management
The House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee recently published Caught red-handedR...
Should the Met be abolished?
Blogs, Governance
Earlier this month, writing in the Guardian, Owen Jones reflected on the troubling findings of the S...
Government dragging its feet on stop and search
Blogs, Police legitimacy, Stop and search
Last week Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper threw the Labour Party’s weight behind reform of...
CCTV: money well spent?
Blogs, Digital technology, Police resources
Last week the Guardian revealed that the number of police ANPR (automated number-plate recognition) ...
The Stevens report: A curate’s egg?
Blogs, Governance, Police reform, Police resources
The report of the Labour-backed Stevens Commission on policing was finally published this week. Two ...