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Academic insight

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

The conviction of Jamie Varley for the murder of 13-month-old Preston Davey has renewed a familiar and troubling question: why do the same systemic failures in multi-agency safeguarding recur despite ...

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Command decisions

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

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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

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

Evidence brief

Flushed out

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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...

Feature

It's who they know

Jun 17, 2026 @ 14:27

New research using 200,000 UK police records shows that a young suspect's criminal connections are a stronger predictor ...

Academic insight

Is the police workplace safe?

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As assault rates rise and officer safety training hours fall, the gap between what the law requires of police employers ...

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