Cuts have consequences
Last week the Police Federation held its annual conference entitled ‘The Policing Challenge: C...
2015 election: what the parties have to say about policing
The political parties have now (finally)published their manifestosand the final phase of electioneer...
A property crime epidemic?
At the beginning of this month, Policy Exchange, a right-of-centre think tank, published a report ca...
The shifting sands of recorded crime
Last month the Evening Standard newspaper reported “Violent crime in London soars by 22 per ce...
Transforming policing
In my last blog I referred to the challenges that the changing world, especially the ubiquity of the...
Policing in a changing world
It has become commonplace to refer to a rapidly changing world when discussing some of the challenge...
Stop and search: Tactical bias is affecting police legitimacy
In her speech at the recent Conservative Party Annual Conference, the Home Secretary made the reform...
What works in policing domestic abuse?
Last week the Police Foundation held its annual conference on Innovations inpolicingdomestic abuse. ...
A cautionary word on evidence-based policing
As recently reported on PoliceOracle.com, ACPO vice presidents Sir Peter Fahy and Sara Thornton have...
Burglary risks and partnership approaches
In my last blog I dealt with the changing partnership landscape that confronts police efforts to tac...
Cuts, partnerships and police effectiveness
This is my first blog since I took over from Jon Collins as Deputy Director of the Police Foundation...
Is rural crime under-policed?
Yesterday (11 August) the National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society, the UK’s leading ru...