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Review of police accountability system announced

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Former officer jailed after Court of Appeal increases sentence for misconduct

A former Dorset Police officer has been jailed aft...

Jul 30, 2026 @ 17:23

Former chief constable guilty of gross misconduct

The director general of the Independent Office for...

Jul 30, 2026 @ 15:45

Custody suicides rise for second year, IOPC finds

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What leaving policing, taught me about policing!

Alex Franklin-Smith left his role as Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police three months ago for a career in tech. Here, he reflects on the gaps in his own knowledge, the end of the 3...

Jul 30, 2026 @ 08:50
Feature

Exit wounds

Jul 31, 2026 @ 11:10

A study of 325 police leavers describes a service that processes the paperwork of departure but not the person departing...

Executive

The Weakest Link

Jul 30, 2026 @ 19:06

Matt Horne, former NCA Deputy Director and Gold Commander of Operation Venetic, argues that organised crime now runs lik...

Academic insight

Local violent crime harms mental health, even for ...

Jul 30, 2026 @ 13:50

New research from the universities of Sussex and Vanderbilt finds that violent crime drives up stress levels across enti...

Contributed view

Who audits the auditors?

Jul 23, 2026 @ 14:18

Filming police in public is lawful, and often valuable. But the law governing it was written for casual users, not for a...

Feature

Everyone's problem, nobody's job

Jul 23, 2026 @ 12:40

A study of the National Economic Crime Centre finds shared responsibility has left leadership and accountability unclear...

Road to reform

Shared ambition

Jul 15, 2026 @ 13:15

With data being placed at the heart of modernising law enforcement, Robert Walker looks at making data-sharing work for ...

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