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 ...

Inspector Mark Colwell, who oversees the force’s designated drones department, added: “Drones within West Midlands Police ...

Prevention is preferable to detection; what community policing provides is a positive contribution at both ends of the ...

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

The PCDA changes are part of a wider initiative to embed work-focussed, practical training across all the entry routes for ...

His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland, Craig Naylor, has called on Police Scotland to review its ...