Research further suggests that higher education supports stronger understanding of diversity and vulnerability, encourages innovation and organisational learning, and contributes to the broader ...

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has published new guidance for police forces on preventing children from becoming involved in violence. The recommendations draw on its research and the best available ...

A forensic linguist might be called upon to identify the most likely author of an anonymously written threatening text message, based on its language features; or they might assist the courts in ...

The next phase of online safety should focus on closing investigative blind spots. By connecting and validating signals across online environments, authorities can build a clearer picture of harmful ...

Community Intelligence-Led Policing Methodology (CILPM) was devised to plug a conspicuous gap in frontline policing: the lack of an embedded process within police data management designed to capture ...

A new White Paper warns that escalating volumes, technological complexity, and the emergence of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) are surpassing the capacity of current systems, ...

There’s a growing data problem in policing, which is placing pressure on law enforcement to modernise investigations for speed, efficiency and public safety. Public trust and legal protections have ...

Designed as the “flight recorder” for public safety artificial intelligence (AI), a new governance solution creates a single, time-aligned record of AI-assisted activity and human decision-making.

Modern policing is restricted by a reactive, treatment-based operational model. While popularised under the banner of ...

Sir Andy Marsh has been appointed as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services. He will take up the role on 1 October 2026, bringing with him over 39 years of policing ...

Police suicides already exceed 2025 total as forces urged to act. Hampshire and Sussex Police Federations have delivered a letter to the Policing Minister calling for urgent Gover ...

A 24-hour mental health crisis line for police officers and staff has been extended to people who have left policing, including those who were dismissed or resigned. A pilot of the independent and ...