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 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 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 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 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 ...

PC Jonathan Holmes, 24, who was based in Bradford District, was found guilty at Leeds Crown Court of charges of sexual assault and perverting the course of justice. He was found not guilty of ...

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) police constables Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes are two of the first recipients to be posthumously honoured by the Elizabeth Emblem, which commemorates public service ...

These complaints, involving investigations from 2008 and 2013, address concerns about the quality of police response and, in the case of the 2013 investigation, how details came to be disclosed ...

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 ...

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 ...