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Jacqui Durkin appointed Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman

Jacqui Durkin has been appointed as the new Police...

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MOPAC grants MPS a 12-month extension to Palantir pilot

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IOPC launches mandatory training course for new recruits

Student police officers across England and Wales w...

Jun 25, 2026 @ 06:43

MPS and Federation clash over technology versus officer numbers

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Feature

Why Andy Burnham should think like a criminal

Keir Starmer's resignation earlier this week and the near-certain elevation of Andy Burnham to Downing Street, does more than change the occupant of Number 10. It opens a window for a radical rethink ...

Jun 25, 2026 @ 12:39
Feature

First lie wins

Jun 25, 2026 @ 12:32

The murder of Henry Nowak has exposed a cognitive failure that has nothing to do with bad policing and everything to do ...

Academic insight

When every agency knows a child but no one sees th...

Jun 24, 2026 @ 09:34

The conviction of Jamie Varley for the murder of 13-month-old Preston Davey has renewed a familiar and troubling questio...

Command decisions

Leadership under pressure: an outsider's perspecti...

Jun 23, 2026 @ 13:04

A US homeland security veteran who watched the PSNI's response to Belfast disorder from inside its command structure say...

Contributed view

The system that lets drug drivers slip through

Jun 17, 2026 @ 15:06

Laboratory delays, stretched roads policing and dangerously low public awareness are allowing a worsening threat to outp...

Evidence brief

Flushed out

Jun 17, 2026 @ 14:46

Wastewater analysis is providing an unprecedented picture of illicit drug use in England. The latest findings suggest ke...

Contributed view

Who governs the algorithm?

Jun 17, 2026 @ 14:41

Given the special nature of policing by consent in England and Wales, legitimacy in the machine age cannot be maintained...

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