policefoundationuk
The only independent think tank in the UK focused on improving policing. Hosted the Strategic Review of Policing police-foundation.org.uk
- 'Our current policing model was built for 1960s' says Sir Mark Rowley. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
- 'VAWG is a public health emergency requiring a whole system response' our Researcher @ruthhalkon.bsky.social responds to the government's VAWG strategy ⤵️ www.police-foundation.org.uk/2025/12/vawg...
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- We're calling on the government to encourage partnerships between the police and the private sector to tackle crimes like theft and fraud. Read our latest report ⤵️ www.police-foundation.org.uk/wp-content/u...
- ...There have been widespread questions about whether the current force structure, established through a programme of force mergers in 1974, remains well suited to tackling the new set of demands... Our Director Blair Gibbs is quoted here ⤵️
- Sarah Jones appointed as Policing Minister. www.gov.uk/government/p...
- 'Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary amid pressure to tackle migration' www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
- Clare Waxman named as new Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
- The head of the Metropolitan Police has called on the government to "change or clarify" the law following the arrest of comedian Graham Linehan over posts he made online. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Chief Constable Gavin Stephens, chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council, has said people in leadership positions in the UK needed to think about how to "reduce and diffuse tension and not sow division". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- How effectively do the police record crime? Read the latest inspection report from HMICFRS hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-...
- A new Office for National Statistics report on perceptions of the police in E&W reveals only 49% of respondents rated their local police as doing a good or excellent job, down from 62% a decade ago. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
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- Government launches AI crime prevention challenge to support safer streets www.gov.uk/government/n...
- 'Police have been encouraged to consider disclosing the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile cases, after facing mounting pressure over the details they make public' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- Reposted by policefoundationuk🚨 Registrations are now open for our annual conference “Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice” 🚨 🗓️ 9-10 September 2025 📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK Register: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confe...
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- We held our 20th Oxford Policing Policy Forum at All Souls College Oxford in May. All agreed that structural police reform is difficult but urgently needed. The Forum reflected on previous attempts at reform & lessons learned. Read the summary here⤵️ www.police-foundation.org.uk/past-event/2...
- The Home Office has published data showing robberies involving a knife, or the threat of one, have fallen in most of the UK’s high-risk areas. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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- The latest crime statistics for England and Wales show a 20% increase in shoplifting. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
- ➡️NEW blog from our Senior Associate Fellow Suzanne Jacob OBE. Our criminal justice system isn't listening but there are ways to close the gap between professionals and the public they serve... 🔗Read it here www.police-foundation.org.uk/2025/07/our-...
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- New report | How might AI change policing? And what do the public want, fear and hope for a future where AI is part of policing? From Sciencewise and the UK Home Office. sciencewise.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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- ➡️Open access: ‘We work in the grey around decision making’; how ‘thematic discretion’ can help understand police decision-making in cases of youth image-based sexual abuse An article by our Researcher Alishya Dhir www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Anderson report recommends potential large expansion of Prevent to include individuals with no fixed ideology. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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- College of Policing launches an evidence-based neighbourhood policing programme www.college.police.uk/article/new-...
- 📣 The Police Foundation welcomes Blair Gibbs as incoming Director. Blair is a leading policy advisor and consultant with expertise in public policy and government relations. Read more ⤵️ www.police-foundation.org.uk/news/blair-g...
- 'Reflecting on the past to transform the future: exploring the role of history in policing reform' a new article by our Researcher @ruthhalkon.bsky.social in Policing & Society. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Grooming gangs in UK thrived in ‘culture of ignorance’, Casey report says. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- 'National Crime Agency to launch operation targeting grooming gangs' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- 'Unfit officers to be banned from major law enforcement agencies' www.gov.uk/government/n...
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- Reposted by policefoundationukThe programme is now confirmed and registrations open for our annual conference "Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice". 🗓️ 9-10 September 2025 📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK Read more and register: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confe...
- 'the police can’t pin all their woes on a lack of cash. Inefficiency is baked into the structure of the service, which was designed half a century ago'. The Police Foundation's Strategic Review of Policing is quoted in this article by @dannyshaw.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
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- Police service is 'broken' and 'shedding' officers, top officers warn Rachel Reeves. www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
- Policing is expected to receive an above-inflation boost in the spending review but there could be cuts to other areas of the Home Office. www.itv.com/news/2025-06...
- 'Rowley: Police will choose which crimes to investigate without more funding' www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
- 'Thousands of criminal cases collapsing due to missing or lost police evidence' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- 'The head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Gavin Stephens said he would back a model with fewer, larger forces' www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/mark...
- The National Police Chiefs' Council's refreshed National Policing Digital Strategy has been published. Read it here ⤵️ cdn.prgloo.com/media/b38047...
- Police 101 call waits drop to an average of 32 seconds. news.npcc.police.uk/releases/pol...
- Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley: 'the scheme to free thousands of offenders early to ease overcrowded prisons would “generate a lot of work for police”.' www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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- A 'victimless crime'? Why fraud policing needs a re-design. Read our latest report ⤵️ www.police-foundation.org.uk/publication/...
- 'Fraud victims let down by 1960s policing structure' Coverage of our latest report how the policing of fraud needs to change ⤵️ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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- 'Northumbria Police becomes the first force to offer specialised Neighbourhood roles'
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- The latest inspection report from HMICFRS ⤵️ hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/news-fe...
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- 'Two top job openings in UK policing get one applicant each' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- 'Police ill-equipped to tackle impact of online content during serious disorder' concludes HMICFRS inspection report on the police response to last year's Southport riots. hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/news-fe...
