Getting to grips with the PCC and Chief Constable relationship
Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) locally elected officials in charge of local police forcesÛÓ...
Victims: at the heart of the criminal justice system?
This week I attended the Northamptonshire Victim’s Voice Conference, organised by Voice the ne...
Policing at a crossroads
The media talking points from the latest HMIC inspection of police force effectiveness have all been...
Making sense of “senseless” youth violence
Watching the final episode of Channel 4’s 3-part documentary Murder Detectives last week I was...
Variable geography: the implications of devolution for policing in England
England’s governance is changing radically as a result of the devolution deals being reached b...
What the CSR means for the police service – some early reflections
The outcome of this week’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) came as a welcome surprise to t...
The police have avoided the worst, but crime is changing and they cannot stand still
We will have to wait for the unofficial briefings and the ministerial memoirs to understand what rol...
What will the Spending Review mean for policing?
It seems that any hope the police had that events in Paris may have won them a last minute reprieve ...
Stop and search and knife crime in London: what we know and what we don”t
There have been increasing concerns in recent months about signs of a rise in knife crime in London,...
Telling the story on policing cuts – the importance of a cohesive narrative
Police forces in England and Wales are continually trying to raise political and public consciousnes...
A question of confidence: reflections on the case of Nick Gargan
Earlier this month, and as required by statute, Sir Tom Winsor sent Avon and Somerset PCC Sue Mounts...
The reliability of memory in sexual abuse claims
It is no secret that in the past the police have frequently and repeatedly failed the victims of sex...