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 ...

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

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

ITV’s Tonight programme will air an investigative report this evening (Thursday November 7) exploring the scope and impact of spiking in the UK, supported by exclusive data from the charity Stamp Out ...

During the evening of November 5, officers in Edinburgh responded to various incidents of youth disorder in Niddrie, ...

Thames Valley Police Assistant Chief Constable Katy Barrow-Grint has been appointed interim deputy chief constable at ...

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

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

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

Almost 600 police officers in England and Wales were dismissed and placed on the barred list in the 12 months to March 2024, new figures show. According to the latest College of Policing barred list ...

Bedfordshire Police is appealing for witnesses after an “heroic” off-duty police officer was stabbed while trying to intervene in a robbery in Luton. It is believed that two men had robbed a victim of ...

Gross misconduct allegations against ex-PC Benjamin Pearson, aged 37, were found proven at a disciplinary hearing following an investigation by the force, which was carried out under the direction of ...