TVP assigning rape cases to unqualified investigators, inspection finds

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Sir Andy Marsh named as preferred candidate for HM Chief Inspector

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Staffordshire Police 999 response rated inadequate again

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Drivers caught at up to 114mph on 30mph roads, RAC data reveals

More than 270,000 drivers were caught travelling a...

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Merseyside Police left cell door safety issue unresolved for six months

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Organised crime drives shift in UK vehicle theft, police warn

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Road to reform

New direction?

A landmark commission report finds police leadership training lagging the military by decades, chief officer misconduct cases mountin...

Jul 6, 2026 @ 10:07
Academic insight

Does traffic drive street crime?

10 hours ago

New research finds that rising traffic volumes are linked to higher reported vandalism, burglary and violence. For force...

Road to reform

Root and branch

Jul 6, 2026 @ 09:05

The Police Leadership Commission's 27 recommendations, from a professional digital passport to a shake-up of chief const...

Wellbeing

Waiting to break

Jul 3, 2026 @ 09:44

The PSNI knows which roles carry the greatest psychological risk. What it lacks, and can't currently fund, is any way of...

Feature

Nobody asked about the warrant

Jul 2, 2026 @ 13:18

A coroner has found that officers from the Metropolitan Police Service misunderstood their own powers to detain a man in...

Evidence brief

Out of sight: why patchy NHS data sharing is now a...

Jul 2, 2026 @ 10:57

When police and paramedics attended Edward Muwanga on the night he died, neither could see his full mental health histor...

Evidence brief

Falling grades, rising risk: what pupil records re...

Jul 2, 2026 @ 06:59

New research suggests a slump in exam performance may be one of the clearest and most scalable early warning signs of fu...

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