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Police confidence in justice system is 'badly damaged'

MPS Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has warned that p...

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PC Harper petition nears one million signatures as campaign moves 'beyond policing'

A petition calling for the killers of PC Andrew Ha...

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New Police Ombudsman makes abuse of position a priority

Northern Ireland’s new Police Ombudsman has iden...

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Victims' Commissioner calls for review after Levy case

The Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales ha...

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IOPC investigates death following police custody in Chester

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Police leaders demand action to prevent early release of PC Harper's killers

Fifty policing and law-enforcement leaders from ac...

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BTP expands facial recognition trial to Underground

Student officer charged with rape and kidnap

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Contributed view

Measuring what matters in modern policing

Crime statistics remain essential, but they cannot fully explain how communities experience policing. PFEW National Board Member Paul Matthews argues that forces should judge success not only by what ...

Aug 6, 2026 @ 12:32
Academic insight

Prison overcrowding: the difficult choices facing ...

Aug 11, 2026 @ 11:12

The government is under pressure to reduce the prison population while maintaining public confidence in the justice syst...

Feature

Lawful on paper, risky in practice?

Aug 6, 2026 @ 11:32

The High Court has upheld the Metropolitan Police Service's 90-day WhatsApp deletion policy, rejecting a four-pronged le...

Evidence brief

Closing the intimate image abuse gap

Aug 6, 2026 @ 11:06

Data obtained by Refuge reveals that while reports of intimate image abuse continue to rise, charges have remained stubb...

Contributed view

Systems, not slogans

Aug 6, 2026 @ 09:54

Policy Exchange says British policing has drifted from impartiality into identity politics. Dave Hill, EMPAC Senior Rese...

Feature

Exit wounds

Jul 31, 2026 @ 11:10

A study of 325 police leavers describes a service that processes the paperwork of departure but not the person departing...

Executive

The Weakest Link

Jul 30, 2026 @ 19:06

Matt Horne, former NCA Deputy Director and Gold Commander of Operation Venetic, argues that organised crime now runs lik...

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