The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland has called for greater transparency and accountability in the use of out of court disposals by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) ...

The chair of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland has given a “guarded welcome” to the Finance Minister John O’Dowd’s ...

For the first time Police Scotland will be using body-worn video (BWV) cameras in the capital to capture footage of violence and disorder around Halloween and Bonfire Night. From Wednesday (October 22 ...

Leading criminal barrister Richard Wright KC has been appointed to lead the review. He is one of the UK’s most experienced criminal lawyers with extensive experience working on stalking cases, ...

County Lines continues to pose “a significant threat to communities” despite stabilising over the past year, according to the latest annual report. And the annual review of the threat posed by County ...

An officer who showed “huge dedication” in a large, complex child sexual offence investigation has been named Detective of the Year at the 2025 Hampshire Police Federation Awards. Detective Sergeant ...

More than two years on, launching both his latest annual report and a statutory review of the Scottish Biometrics Commission ...

And for the month of September, Dyfed-Powys Police answered 999 calls in an average of 4.33 seconds, making it the fastest police force in the UK for that period. The target set nationally is ten ...

The winning initiatives at this year’s National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Innovation and Digital Awards included collaborative work on fraud that significantly reduced re-victimisation, use of ...

Malcolm McHaffie, head of the CPS’s Special Crime Division, said: “We have decided to prosecute former Northamptonshire ...

Avon and Somerset Constabulary has apologised to the family of Kelly Faiers after an investigation found there were “failings in the force’s response to her death”. The Independent Office for Police ...

Led by the Organised Immigration Crime Domestic Taskforce, the crackdown throughout September involved police forces and agencies including the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), Home Office, ...