Home Secretary says stop and search can be used to ‘confront’ acid attacks
Stop and search powers must be used to “confront” the rise in acid attacks, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said. She also gave her backing to police officers using the controversial checks to deal with other offences, but only if used correctly.
Outgoing chief talks direct entry, police degrees and training overseas
From training police in countries with questionable human rights records to the introduction of direct entry, the College of Policing has had an eventful life since its inception in 2012. The body, which replaced the National Policing Improvement Agency, has sought to set guidance on a raft of issues and increase its membership in order […]
Pioneering scheme could reduce number of domestic abusers re-offending
A two-session counselling programme for low-level, first time domestic abusers can cut re-offending rates by a third, a groundbreaking experiment has shown. The trial also saw the harm suffered by victims in cases of re-offending reduced by over a quarter when the abuser had taken part in the inexpensive, charity-run scheme.
Just one in five say officers are ‘highly visible’ in their communities
The number of people who believe police are “highly visible” in their community has fallen by almost half, statistics show. Just one in five (22 per cent) people said they feel officers are highly visible, according to the latest Crime Survey for England and Wales, which looks at the period from April last year to […]