Navigating the maze: reporting online 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
Drawing on information from various local agencies we recently completed an assessment to understand...
Stalking: an age-old problem on a new platform
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
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What does an offender count really tell us about organised crime going on in communities?
The National Crime Agency places the number of known organised crime groups (OCGs) operating at arou...
Armed reassurance? Why context and perspectives matter
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
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
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
When the first PCCs were sworn into office back in 2012, there were manywho were less than optimisti...
PCCs are here to stay…
Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are here to stay. The new Prime Minister Theresa May was respo...
Local police, charities and children’s services – the spearhead in the fight against organised child sexual exploitation
Although it is widely accepted by enforcement practitioners that child sexual exploitation (CSE) is ...
How can PCCs better support innovative working within their communities?
In Wiltshire, the journey of modernisation and the use of technologybegan back in 2010 and continued...