Laura Heggie, chair of Essex Police Federation, was speaking after Chief Constable BJ Harrington warned that all PCSOs and 65 ...

A new campaign launched by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) highlights the importance of preventing ...

An exercise to test the response by emergency services to a terrorist attack has taken place in the East Midlands. The large-scale operation, which also involved other locations in the region, saw ...

The Labour Government has pledged to address the rise in retail crime through stronger measures to tackle shoplifting and anti-social behavior, including removing the £200 threshold of ‘low level’ ...

The Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the conduct of two former South Yorkshire Police (SYP) officers in relation to complaints from four survivors of child sexual ...

Innovative practice and “significant improvements” in 999 call answering performance have been praised by the police inspectorate in its latest report into Bedfordshire Police.

Thames Valley police and crime commissioner (PCC) Matthew Barber has reinstated Chief Constable Jason Hogg with “immediate ...

Kent’s police and crime commissioner Matthew Scott has supported a request from Chief Constable Tim Smith to extend his ...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says it has already commenced “updating training, policy and procedures” ...

The College of Policing has launched a new strategy to help develop leadership talent across police forces as part of a wider drive to build leadership, standards and performance throughout policing.

Detective Sergeant Gary Stamp was found to have sexually touched a more junior female police constable in 2020 on two occasions at a police station, including one incident when both were on duty. He ...

A stringent two-step system will be mandated for all retailers selling knives online requiring customers to submit photo ID at point of sale and again on delivery. In addition, delivery companies will ...