Police effectiveness 2016: Robbing Peter to pay Paul?
Waving a “large and deep-red warning flag”, HMIC’s 2016 PEEL Effectiveness report ...
Is a mental health dam in policing starting to crack?
This week, Flint House police treatment centre in Oxfordshire (temporarily) closed its doors to offi...
Promotion barriers to and at chief officer level – findings from my own research
During 2013 and 2014 I worked with colleagues from Birkbeck College and University College London on...
Police officers aren’t getting younger every year, and there’s a debate to be had about the implications
The Home Office recently published the latest Police Workforce Statistics for England and Wales (cov...
Navigating the maze: reporting online fraud
Just before Christmas I started getting letters for an online discount retailer, let’s call th...
Assessing child sexual exploitation from police and partner agency records: a confused and partial picture
Drawing on information from various local agencies we recently completed an assessment to understand...
Stalking: an age-old problem on a new platform
The shadowy figure causing you to look over your shoulder as you cross the street. The bouquet of fl...
What does an offender count really tell us about organised crime going on in communities?
The National Crime Agency places the number of known organised crime groups (OCGs) operating at arou...
Armed reassurance? Why context and perspectives matter
If the smiling armed police officers photographed in a market in Newcastle had been at Heathrow airp...