An officer has been dismissed after a misconduct hearing found he sent and received offensive WhatsApp messages over a number of years, many of them pornographic.

The risk checker has been developed in partnership with real modern slavery survivors, and launches this week, to mark ...

More recently, as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, I’ve been able to help drive substantial improvements in police forces ...

Established in 2020, with the plan published two years later, it was intended that the national team would drive delivery of the programme for four years, but the national team has been extended for ...

Predators who create sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ could face prosecution as part of government plans to protect women and girls. While it is already illegal to create such images of a child under the ...

The Police Ombudsman’s Office says it is currently assessing “a range of information” about an incident involving police and a teenage female with “complex needs” at a shop in Lisburn in Northern ...

A Police Scotland officer has pleaded guilty to three non-recent charges of communicating indecently. Peter Fleming, 41, who appeared at Greenock Sheriff Court on Monday, was also placed on the sex ...

At a hearing held at the Old Bailey on Friday, (January 3), PC Brotheron pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. He will be sentenced at the same court on Thursday, February 27. PC ...

The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) is exploring legal action to stop new vetting rules, which it says will “unfairly destroy the careers” of good police officers.

Gwent Police needs to ‘urgently’ improve the oversight of its custody services and how it manages risk to keep detainees safe ...

Police and crime commissioner (PCC) Joy Allen has been appointed as the new chair of the BlueLight Commercial board.

The Home Secretary says those who cover up or fail to report child sexual abuse could face professional or criminal sanctions ...