Stewart Carle said the Official Side’s recent pay offer falls short of what is “fair and reasonable” and fails to recognise the “unique and personally restrictive factors of serving in the police”.

Commander Stephen Clayman, NPCC lead for knife crime said: “For far too long, deadly weapons have been far too easily accessible online, with content promoting their use for protection and combat rife ...

Avon and Somerset Constabulary has made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) following the death of a teenage girl on the M5 on Monday night (November 11). The ...

The Domestic Abuse Joint Justice Plan (DA JJP) commits the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to “work together more cohesively” to build strong cases from the ...

The officer, a constable aged in his 30s, was arrested on Tuesday (November 12) at a property in Gloucester on suspicion of providing support for a proscribed organisation contrary to Section 12 of ...

The Home Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into the policing of incidents of violent disorder in the UK during the summer of 2024. Committee chair Dame Karen Bradley said: “Disorder like we ...

The October 7 attacks are an example of a trigger event that usually precedes a spike in hate crime. These events can ...

ITV’s Tonight programme aired an investigative report on Thursday evening (November 7) exploring the scope and impact of spiking in the UK, supported by exclusive data from the charity Stamp Out ...

So called ‘honour-based’ abuse (HBA) offences in England and Wales have fallen for the first time in four years. However, the Home Office cautioned that the reduction could be a result of changes made ...

Police Scotland welcomed 253 new officers as they took their oath of office at ceremonies across the country on Thursday (November 7). The new recruits mean officer numbers were 16,603 as of November ...

Katie Simpson was driven part-way to Altnagelvin Hospital on August 3, 2020 by Jonathan Creswell, the man subsequently arrested and charged with her murder. On the way to the hospital, she was ...

The Initial Foundation Programme (IFP) for recruits is an intensive 18-week residential course, covering a huge range of policing skills and essential firearms skills. Since the courses were ...