What do we want the police to do? It’s time for an honest debate
The police might be forgiven for thinking that parts of the press have it in for them. First The Sun...
Time to redraw the cyber policing landscape
It’s becoming a cliché remarkably quickly within cyber policing circles that forces are tackling ...
What’s happening to crime? A guide for journalists and presidents
From looking at the headlines over the last 24 hours you would think the UK is in the middle of a cr...
Policing and public services on Blockchain
At this week’s Blockchain Live conference in London there was a lot of buzz and excitement aro...
Police pay: service fears and tin ears
As the dust starts to settle following yesterday’s police pay settlement, several things ...
Police governance: considering Crompton
While most of us were focused on the fallout from the tumultuous general election result, on 9th Jun...
Donald Rumsfeld and Schrodinger’s cat: how to make crime weighting useful
Donald Rumsfeld famously spoke about ‘known knowns…things that we know that we kn...
Reducing the impact of organised crime: local problems require a local response
The Police Foundation and Perpetuity Research have completed a large-scale study of organised c...
We can’t arrest our way out of cyber crime, so what can we do?
The internet has liberated human beings to trade, cooperate and exchange ideas to a degree unparalle...
A hard Brexit for policing and justice?
This week the Prime Minister triggered the start of negotiations which will lead to Britain leaving ...
How efficient and effective are the police?
We have just finished an 18-month study of value for money in British policing, which the Police Fou...