At the conclusion of a four-week misconduct hearing, a police disciplinary panel found that the decision to perform a strip search of the child – known as Child Q – was “disproportionate, ...

Interim guidance around searching of transgender persons and searching by transgender officers and staff has been issued by Police Scotland. The guidance has been developed in response to the UK ...

More than half of women do not feel safe on the streets of London, while nearly a half have been followed and more than a quarter have been physically or sexually assaulted, according to an exclusive ...

A Hampshire officer who suffered trauma in her policing role and came close to suicide has bravely spoken about why she supports the STEP – Suicide Trauma Education Prevention – campaign.

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and Thames Valley Police joint Operations Unit has integrated drone as first responder (DFR) technology to a police control room in the first trial of its ...

Trials of the new training for neighbourhood policing with more than 1,000 officers across 11 police forces have already shown “impressive results”, the college said. Officers report improved ...

An investigation West Mercia Police’s contact with a nine-year-old boy before his death has found no indication that any officers had breached professional standards. However, it concluded that the ...

More than 117,000 people – predominantly women and children – experience domestic abuse in Merseyside each year, according to ...

A new way for Londoners to receive updates directly from local officers is being rolled out as part of the Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) focus on neighbourhood policing.

Recorded crime in Scotland has more than halved since 1991, with serious assault and attempted murder falling to record lows, ...

Leading policy adviser and consultant Blair Gibbs has been appointed as the new director of The Police Foundation. He will ...

The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) has announced that Chris Brown will take over as its next chief executive in October. The ...