The changes, which come into force today (29 September), will require applicants to declare any second homes where firearms could be stored, allowing police to carry out security checks and notify ...

Create local policing areas – only after support and specialist functions have stabilised should changes to local policing structures (NHP, response, volume crime investigations etc.) be implemented ...

Devon and Cornwall Police’s strategic leaders are failing to provide effective leadership, with investigations involving sexual offences and concerns for children’s safety left unallocated for almost ...

Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating whether staff information was accessed or compromised during a cyber incident which disrupted some of the force’s non-emergency systems.

The Police Federation of England and Wales is to undergo the biggest restructuring in its 107-year history, with members set to directly elect a new national leader under sweeping changes to the ...

The analysis found that almost a third of young drivers involved in fatal or serious-injury collisions were involved in single-vehicle crashes, compared with 23% of drivers overall. Two-thirds of ...

More than 230 areas affected by knife crime are to receive additional police patrols, CCTV and early intervention work under an expanded government crackdown. The programme will cover 27 police forces ...

Jo Noakes has been appointed interim chief executive of the College of Policing. Ms Noakes, previously the College’s chief operating officer, takes over the organisation’s day-to-day leadership as it ...

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Hamid had been in a relationship with a man involved in the supply of Class A drugs and had provided him with information to help him avoid police ...

The first study, ‘ Child-centred policing in practice: Insights from children and young people’, explored how police can ...

For the first time, WEDINOS identified a group of high-potency synthetic opioids known as orphine analogues, found in 18 samples, some in heroin submissions alongside veterinary sedatives; nitazenes — ...

Seven police forces have selected technology company Mark43 to provide a new records management system under a framework worth up to £450m.