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Questions over plan for police to attend all home burglaries

A police pledge to attend all home burglaries has prompted warnings that it could pile pressure on officers and risks becoming another “box-ticking exercise” unless “proper resources” are provided. Police chiefs in England and Wales have promised ...

05 Oct 2022 at 17:53

Police officers who damage public trust ‘must face tougher sanctions’

Police misconduct guidance has been updated in a bid to bring tougher sanctions against officers who damage public confidence in the profession, with a specific section on violence against women and girls. The College of Policing, the national ...

17 Aug 2022 at 01:01

‘Middle-class coke heads’ who take drugs at football matches face five-year ban

“Middle-class coke heads” could face five-year football bans if convicted of selling or taking class A drugs at matches. Anyone convicted could also be ordered to surrender their passports when their team is playing abroad, the Government ...

19 May 2022 at 16:32

Anti-racism plan not about being ‘woke or politically correct’, police insist

Police chiefs have insisted that a new plan to tackle racism among officers is not about political correctness or being “woke”. The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) launched a Police Race Action Plan on Tuesday, aimed at tackling ...

15 Jun 2022 at 10:45

More than 1,400 arrests in a week in nationwide county lines crackdown

More than 1,400 people have been arrested in a week as part of a nationwide crackdown on county lines drug gangs, police said. Drugs were found hidden inside dog bones in one search during the operation, which uncovered around £4.25 ...

18 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Child abuse images helpline sees number of calls double

The number of people contacting a helpline to stop them or another person viewing child abuse images online more than doubled last year. A total of 165,225 people contacted Stop It Now! by phone or online with concerns about their ...

01 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Operation Sceptre sees almost 2,000 arrests and thousands of knives seized

The national operation to tackle knife crime – known as Operation Sceptre – has seized thousands of knives, police chiefs have said. The operation, which was undertaken by all 43 forces in England and Wales as well as the British ...

26 May 2022 at 11:31

Police to reform death probes approach following Stephen Port victims’ inquest

Senior police officials are reforming the national approach to investigating unexplained deaths following the inquest for victims of serial killer and rapist Stephen Port. In January this year, a coroner’s report on the deaths ...

19 Apr 2022 at 21:25

Only one UK police force meeting 999 response targets, data shows

Only one police force in the UK is meeting 999 answer targets, data shows

Only one police force in the UK is meeting a target to answer 90% of 999 calls in under 10 seconds, new data has shown. Avon and Somerset Police was the only force to meet the standard, according to national statistics ...

31 May 2022 at 09:36

Meeting 999 response targets a ‘challenge’ amid budget cuts, police chief says

Meeting a target to answer 90% of 999 calls in less than 10 seconds is a “significant challenge for policing” at a time of squeezed budgets, a police chief has said as new data revealed only one force in the UK is ...

31 May 2022 at 16:48

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Crowd trouble at EFL fixtures ‘illustrate the problem of disorder at all levels’

Crowd trouble at English Football League games at the weekend “illustrate the problem of disorder at all levels of the game”, a leading police official has said. The EFL issued a statement on Sunday stressing ...

31 Jan 2022 at 14:25

Activist deceived into relationship with undercover officer awarded £230,000

An environmental activist who was deceived into a nearly two-year relationship with an undercover officer has been awarded almost £230,000 compensation after winning a landmark tribunal case against the ...

25 Jan 2022 at 12:25

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