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Police told to reveal ethnicity of suspects under interim guidance

The change is hoped to combat misinformation spread on social media

The Independent UK

PM and Cooper pile pressure on police over revealing suspects’ details as transparency row deepens

The home secretary said she is preparing new guidance for police forces to promote transparency

The Independent UK

Home Secretary calls for more transparency from police over suspects

Yvette Cooper said guidance was already being reviewed about how the police release information on people arrested over crimes.

Evening Standard

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Guidance on police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity should change, Cooper says

Home secretary says Law Commission is looking into change amid row over case of alleged rape in Warwickshire

The Guardian - UK

Change to police corruption guidelines that equated journalists with criminals

The move comes amid efforts to rebuild the relationship between media professionals and the police.

The Independent UK

Only 4% of alleged domestic abusers in police dismissed, survey finds

Launching her criminal justice report on Wednesday, Dame Nicole Jacobs called for ‘structural change’.

The Independent UK

What are ‘non-crime hate incidents’ which have become so hated in the UK?

Children in England and Wales have been investigated by police for calling each other names, a study has found.

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'Recording non-crime hate incidents can be distracting for officers' - senior policing figure

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has called for police only to record NHCIs where there is a clear risk to community safety and wellbeing

Evening Standard

Record 600 police officers sacked for misconduct in England and Wales

Sackings come as UK police chiefs battle to restore public trust following a series of scandals.

Al Jazeera

Number of police officers sacked and barred from service rises to almost 600

Data from the College of Policing showed the most common reasons for dismissal were dishonesty, sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviour.

The Independent UK

What are abortion clinic buffer zones and what about ‘silent prayer’?

New guidance is being published on the implementation of the safe access zones across England and Wales.

The Independent UK

Police chiefs facing ‘wellbeing crisis’ with half admitting morale is lower than a year ago

Only three in 10 police superintendents would recommend policing, figures show, as leaders call for better mental health support

The Independent UK

Police are ‘trivialising stalking’ and letting victims down as figures show one in five women are targeted

Police watchdogs have called for urgent reform and tougher laws to protect victims of stalking in 29 recommendations

The Independent UK

‘He edited my worst moments into a montage’: how UK police still ignore domestic abusers in their ranks

Four years on from a super-complaint over officers’ violence against women and girls, a new report finds little progress has been made on promised reforms

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The Independent UK

AI needs to be injected into police force ‘like heroin into bloodstream’, says leading officer

Andy Marsh, from the College of Policing, said he hopes AI can make the task of preparing prosecution case files a ‘problem of the past’ in just two years

The Independent UK

Half of rape investigation team members not fully qualified, police watchdog warns

A new policing model - known as Operation Soteria - could overhaul the criminal justice system for rape victims but more changes are needed, inspectors found

The Independent UK

Disclosure of Nicola Bulley’s health struggles was ‘unnecessary’ – police chiefs

Lancashire Police was criticised over the way it made public details of missing Ms Bulley’s medical situation amid a media frenzy earlier this year.

The Independent UK

Nicola Bulley: Underwater search expert criticised in review of missing mother case

The College of Policing report said Lancashire Police felt some of his behaviour and activities "caused challenges to the investigation".

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Nicola Bulley: Police sharing missing mother's health struggles was 'avoidable and unnecessary', says report

The review found that Lancashire Police had lost control of the public narrative at an early stage

The Independent UK

Nicola Bulley police review criticises force for revealing missing mother’s health struggles

Lancashire Police’s disclosure of personal information was ‘avoidable and unnecessary’, finds report

The Independent UK

Review criticises police for disclosure of Nicola Bulley’s health struggles

The review found that Lancashire Police had lost control of the public narrative at an early stage.

The Independent UK

Boy, 13, confronted by armed police after water pistol mistaken for real gun

The boy was knocked off his bike by a police van and handcuffed during the incident in east London in July.

The Independent UK

Police ordered to investigate every theft and follow every ‘reasonable’ lead in solving crimes

Home secretary says she expects ‘radical change’ in way forces tackle so-called ‘low-level’ criminality such as theft, shoplifting and criminal damage

The Independent UK

Police pledge to pursue any ‘reasonable’ lead to improve investigations

The Home Secretary urged forces to properly investigate crimes like theft or criminal damage which have been wrongly treated as ‘less important’.

The Independent UK

Police vetting strengthened after Couzens and Carrick cases – Home Office

The College of Policing’s Vetting Code of Practice has been updated, replacing the 2017 Code.

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