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A product of a new generation of graduate officers, his critics soon dubbed him “New Labour’s favourite police officer”.
Two Metropolitan Police officers, accused of failing to properly care for a man who died having knowingly swallowed drugs, have been cleared at a disciplinary hearing.
The original cause of concern was raised in His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS)'s 2023-25 PEEL inspection report.
A cohort of police recruits has become the first to swear a newly amended oath of office, with a senior police officer saying a new duty of candour should “reassure” the public.
The three officers who confronted and detained Rudakubana after he killed three children at a dance class in Southport have won the overall PFEW National Police Bravery Award 2025.
This is Essex Police's PCSO Allan Barley, who at 79 years old is proving age is just a number as he begins his 50th year working with the force ...
Current focus on individual offenders, while not investing to tackle OCGs, is undermining the government’s aim of reducing crime, think tank warns ...
A Met Police detective, who said she felt like "Daniel in the lion's den" while attending an internal trans rights event, has lost her employment tribunal against the force.
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