The acting chief constable of West Midlands Police has been named as the preferred candidate to take on the role permanently. Scott Green has been selected by West Midlands Police and Crime ...

Police leaders are calling for a Royal Commission into England and Wales’ criminal justice system, warning that years of fragmented and underfunded services are undermining policing and public ...

Research further suggests that higher education supports stronger understanding of diversity and vulnerability, encourages innovation and organisational learning, and contributes to the broader ...

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has published new guidance for police forces on preventing children from becoming involved in violence. The recommendations draw on its research and the best available ...

A forensic linguist might be called upon to identify the most likely author of an anonymously written threatening text message, based on its language features; or they might assist the courts in ...

The next phase of online safety should focus on closing investigative blind spots. By connecting and validating signals across online environments, authorities can build a clearer picture of harmful ...

Police suicides already exceed 2025 total as forces urged to act. Hampshire and Sussex Police Federations have delivered a letter to the Policing Minister calling for urgent Gover ...

A new White Paper warns that escalating volumes, technological complexity, and the emergence of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) are surpassing the capacity of current systems, ...

There’s a growing data problem in policing, which is placing pressure on law enforcement to modernise investigations for speed, efficiency and public safety. Public trust and legal protections have ...

Community Intelligence-Led Policing Methodology (CILPM) was devised to plug a conspicuous gap in frontline policing: the lack of an embedded process within police data management designed to capture ...

Designed as the “flight recorder” for public safety artificial intelligence (AI), a new governance solution creates a single, time-aligned record of AI-assisted activity and human decision-making.

Modern policing is restricted by a reactive, treatment-based operational model. While popularised under the banner of ...