The team also found that offences involving offenders engaging victims in conversation or sneaking up on them decreased significantly during lockdowns, as did internet-facilitated offences in two of ...

However, police forces across the UK report feeling unsupported and ill-equipped to manage the growing complexity of drug-related issues,” it adds. “Two thirds (66 per cent) of police officers think ...

Five officers were injured when a mass fight inside a south Belfast nightclub spilled out onto the street. The Police Service ...

In the news-style programme, the NPCC will be showcasing the positive work in action within policing and the services, ...

The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism says legislation still does not adequately deal with individuals who travel abroad to ...

The lack of a collectively agreed vision and strategic priorities shared by the Department of Justice and the key criminal justice organisations in Northern Ireland has been identified as a barrier to ...

The current Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, Jacqui Durkin, has been reappointed for a further three ...

It is part of her commitment to step up the response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). The County Durham and Darlington PCC has provided funding worth £5,610 to Paladin – the National ...

More 90 tonnes of illegal drugs have been seized by Border Force so far this year, a 92 per cent increase on the year before. Between January and June 2024, Border Force made a total of 22,719 illegal ...

The police and crime commissioners (PCCs) for Wiltshire, Hampshire and Isle of Wight and Thames Valley are determined to make their counties a “hostile place” for those committing rural crime.

The Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) service has helped 75,000 people across Scotland since it launched as a pilot seven years ago in Lanarkshire, Borders, Inverness and Aberdeen.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) says two Avon and Somerset Constabulary officers have been served with misconduct notices as it continues its investigation into the death of a ...