Reducing the disproportionate policing of Black children Birmingham University Associate Professor Dr Tara Lai Quinlan argues that the disproportionate policing in England and Wales of people of colour – particularly children – and other under-represented…

Reducing the disproportionate policing of Black children
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Congratulations to policing recipients of the 2025 Australia Day Honours We are pleased to publish and recognise the policing and criminal justice recipients of the 2022 Australia Day Honours.

Congratulations to policing recipients of the 2025 Australia Day Honours
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Chief Fady Dagher: ‘It’s not reinventing the wheel, it’s about adapting our culture to meet the needs of today’ Chief Fady Dagher of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (Montreal City Police) is looking to transform the relationship between police and the communities they serve, with a range of…

Chief Fady Dagher: ‘It’s not reinventing the wheel, it’s about adapting our culture to meet the needs of today’
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The year ahead: Cyber security challenges for Canada The latest National Cyber Threat Assessment for Canada highlights the increasing cybercrime risk posed by state actors such as China, Russia and Iran, as well as the growing prevalence of criminals…

The year ahead: Cyber security challenges for Canada
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Kent’s Operation Voice leverages roads policing data to target VAWG perpetrators Kent Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott spoke to Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons about Operation Voice, a pilot initiative launched within the force which overlaid road traffic data onto…

Kent’s Operation Voice leverages roads policing data to target VAWG perpetrators
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Congratulations to policing and public safety recipients of the 2025 New Year Honours We are pleased to publish and recognise the policing and public safety recipients of the UK and New Zealand 2025 New Year Honours. The team at Policing Insight offer our congratulations and thank all…

We are pleased to publish and recognise the policing and public safety recipients of the UK and New Zealand 2025 New Year Honours. The team at Policing Insight offer our congratulations and thank all the recipients for their service.
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Part of the walk to the Yellow Flower cafe in Ubud, Bali, with a view over to Mount Agung once I've got my morning coffee

Happy Christmas, Cate!! 🎅🎄👍👍👍

Stronger together: Combatting child sexual exploitation and abuse With the “global health emergency” of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSAE) reaching harrowing levels, Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at the work of Protect and Prevent Through…

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How technology can consolidate community trust in policing and put victims first Debbie Kettle discusses how collaboration with the third sector, emergency services and victims helped to build a system that will help organisations take an impactful approach to maintaining public…

How technology can consolidate community trust in policing and put victims first
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Inspectorate urges Police Scotland to commit more resources to roads policing amid rising fatalities A new report from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland has urged Police Scotland to allocate more posts to roads policing, improve training, and increase enforcement in an effort to cut down on...

Inspectorate urges Police Scotland to commit more resources to roads policing amid rising fatalities
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Thornton’s Advent Calendar turns out to be surprisingly informative and definitely passes the low bar for a thread from me. Standby… 1/25

Picking a way through minefields – leadership with political astuteness for senior police The importance of ‘political astuteness’ as a skill for leaders is increasingly recognised – particularly in roles with tricky issues and diverse stakeholders – but the subject has seemingly been…

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Report highlights ‘blind spot’ of ignoring women’s roles in organised crime as criminals, victims and responders A new report argues that ignoring the role of women in organised crime – whether as criminal actors, as vulnerable victims, or as policy makers and leaders in law enforcement – is creating a ‘blind…

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Fusion analysis: Faster and more flexible for law enforcement? With over a decade of military and cyber intelligence experience, including training alongside NATO, Iulian Timischi introduces the urgent need for a new model of intelligence analysis that can keep…

Fusion analysis: Faster and more flexible for law enforcement?
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Police are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service on response, behaviour and engagement A new report from the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre highlights that police are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service across a number of key areas…

Police are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service on response, behaviour and engagement
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Corniche, Abu Dhabi

Research highlights the need for police and correctional services to collaborate more closely on criminal intelligence Research by criminal intelligence specialist Helen Glazebrook as part of a Churchill Fellowship award examines the collaboration between police and correctional facilities in Australia, New Zealand…

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How well do officers understand distracted driving – and how do they police it? New research exploring the challenge of distracted driving and police officers’ role in educating drivers about the dangers of mobile phone use highlights a lack of understanding about the impact of…

How well do officers understand distracted driving – and how do they police it?
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Turns out I didn't quite have the best spot to see the #EidAlEtihad fireworks tonight on Abu Dhabi's Corniche. But impressive, even at a distance!

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Evaluation of Dimensions’ disability hate crime training shows improvement in police confidence and understanding The under-reporting of disability hate crime (DHC) is widely acknowledged, and a DHC training package for police and the wider criminal justice sector has been developed by support organisation…

Evaluation of Dimensions’ disability hate crime training shows improvement in police confidence and understanding
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Inspectorate calls for Garda strategic assessment to address the growing threat of transnational organised crime A new report by the Garda Síochána Inspectorate has called for the force to carry out a strategic threat and risk assessment to identify and tackle transnational organised crime; a workforce plan to…

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A story that highlights ongoing issues with police culture & another reason why dropping in a shiny new programme on vawg won’t be enough. Answers lie in the culture. When little effort is made to motivate/equip those in the culture we will continue to see harm doing. Trust will keep falling

The courage to evolve: Evidence-based policing and the future of public safety Police leaders, academics and stakeholders gathered in Ontario recently for Canada’s first in-person evidence-based policing (EBP) conference, exploring a range of topics including overcoming barriers...

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Successful police digital academy for north-west forces tackling domestic abuse set to expand A new police digital academy providing officers from five forces in north-west England with easily accessible short sessions on retrieving evidence and digital safeguarding in domestic abuse cases…

Successful police digital academy for north-west forces tackling domestic abuse set to expand
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Severe weather warnings: Emergency planning and protecting the most vulnerable With law enforcement playing a vital role in the planning, preparation and response to major disasters, the increasing number of catastrophic weather events – such as the recent devastating flooding…

Severe weather warnings: Emergency planning and protecting the most vulnerable
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Watchdog refuses to sign off UK public sector accounts over unreliable data National Audit Office ‘disclaims’ accounts because of shortcomings in auditing of English local authorities

The National Audit Office said it was impossible to sign off the government’s latest public spending figures as accurate because of the unreliability of financial data relating to hundreds of councils and police and fire authorities. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...