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Violence against women soars by 40% as police chief brands crime rate a ‘national emergency’

Deputy chief constable brands violence against women and girls ‘national emergency’

The Independent UK

Two UK Police Digital Service leaders arrested on suspicion of fraud and bribery

Suspects suspended from senior posts at firm providing digital services for all of British law enforcement

The Guardian - UK

Police chiefs defy calls to arrest fewer people to ease prison overcrowding

The Met said they will ‘never agree’ to pause arrests while Hampshire Constabulary vowed to continue ‘relentlessly pursuing criminals’

The Independent UK

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Sunak says Labour taking victory for granted as Starmer calls on voters to ‘stop the chaos’ – as it happened

Prime minister announces early summer election with date putting parties on campaign trail for six weeks

The Guardian - UK

Police chiefs say prison crisis in England and Wales is ‘unsustainable’

Public safety said to be at risk as a result of crisis measures such as freeing convicted criminals to ease overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways

Device in development fires electromagnetic pulse that tricks ebikes and scooters into shutting off

The Guardian - UK

Hunt announces funds for police to use drones as ‘first responders’

Police chiefs say £230m boost falls far short of funding required as Amnesty International warns safeguards about usage are needed

The Guardian - UK

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Home Office launches probe after faulty mobile phone data used in police evidence

EXCLUSIVE: Fears convictions could be challenged and trials delayed after police chiefs told of concerns about accuracy of information 02 provides to forces

Evening Standard

‘Toxic’ online culture fuelling rise in sexual assaults on children by other children, police warn

Observer investigation in England and Wales reveals 40% increase in reports of sexual assaults and rapes where both victim and perpetrator were under 18

The Guardian - UK

Police failed to record race of nearly two-thirds of people referred to Prevent

Human rights groups say lack of data hinders assessment of whether counter-extremism scheme is discriminatory

The Guardian - UK

UK mass screening of police employees has led to nine criminal inquiries, chiefs say

Records of 307,000 officers, staff and volunteers checked against national intelligence database after recent scandals

The Guardian - UK

Children now ‘biggest perpetrators of sexual abuse against children’

Police data shows 52% of alleged offenders in England and Wales are minors – a situation exacerbated by ‘accessibility of violent porn’

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of UK police working away from frontline crime amid funding crisis

Leader of Britain’s police chiefs Gavin Stephens says policing is still being damaged by austerity

The Guardian - UK

Head of Britain’s police chiefs says force ‘institutionally racist’

Exclusive: Gavin Stephens becomes most senior serving officer to accept discrimination in policing operates at a ‘fundamental level’

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Thousands of women at risk as police reject over 10,000 background checks on potential abusers

Exclusive: Campaigners describe a ‘postcode lottery’, with one expert warning that the rejection of so many applications made under Clare’s Law is putting women’s lives in danger

The Guardian - UK

Police still victim blaming in grooming gang cases, watchdog finds

Inspection in England and Wales criticises pace of change since child abuse scandals in Rotherham and Rochdale came to light

The Conversation

Firearms officers: new report reveals the 'toxic culture' keeping women and ethnic minorities out of specialist squads

Hundreds of London’s Metropolitan police officers temporarily turned in their firearms in September after the Crown Prosecution Service charged an officer with the murder of unarmed 24-year-old Chris Kaba. Up to 300 of the force’s 2,500 armed officers stepped back from their duties, leading the Met to request backup support…

The Independent UK

Inside police operation to tackle Armistice Day protests as 1,000 extra officers drafted in

Officers from every region have answered calls to help during Saturday’s rally

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The Guardian - UK

UK police report domestic abuse victims to immigration, shows data

43 police forces referred people who asked for help to Home Office in last three years, finds watchdog

The Independent UK

Revealed: Scandal of police failure to protect vulnerable women

Exclusive: Labour vows to crack down on police failures to keep women safe, as campaigners warn lives are being put at risk

The Independent UK

Plans to use amputated human legs in tests to help police dogs find bodies

It is thought dogs will be offered a mix of decomposed animal and human scent samples to test whether they can identify the difference.

The Guardian - UK

Home secretary orders review into ‘political activism’ within policing

Labour accuses Braverman of focusing on ‘political obsessions’ as she says officers should avoid contentious issues

The Guardian - UK

The dirty secret behind Tory ‘crime week’: their policies ruined policing

Ministers now say the police will pursue leads on all crimes, but why wasn’t this happening already? Budget cuts, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Braverman ‘interfering with police independence’ after crime pledge

The home secretary instructed forces to pursue all reasonable crime leads despite squeeze on funding

The National (Scotland)

Home Office facing legal proceedings after failure to tackle drug spiking rise

THE Home Office is facing legal proceedings after campaigners said the department failed in its statutory duties around drink spiking, a crime which…

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