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Combatting 764: The rising tide of teenage extremism Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at the worrying rise of the 764 online network, which targets teenagers and promotes involvement in a range of damaging activities including abuse and…

Combatting 764: The rising tide of teenage extremism
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Male officer mental health and inequity: When distress is misread and support is misplaced In the first in a series of articles on male officer mental health in policing, accredited psychological therapist Rachel Rogers looks at what happens when emotional responses to extraordinary events…

Male officer mental health and inequity: When distress is misread and support is misplaced
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Virtual and physical abuse of women and girls: There’s #NoExcuse This week saw the launch of the United Nation’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, with a focus on tackling the digital and online abuse of women and girls…

Virtual and physical abuse of women and girls: There’s #NoExcuse
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Specialist economic crime direct entry graduate programme attracts ‘top talent’ into policing roles Earlier this year Police Now launched a new specialist economic crime programme, recruiting 12 graduates to join City of London Police and become detectives within two years; Policing Insight’s James…

Specialist economic crime direct entry graduate programme attracts ‘top talent’ into policing roles
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The end of the experiment: The abolition of police and crime commissioners Following the announcement earlier this month that the role of police and crime commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales will be abolished in 2028, Policing Insight’s Ian Wiggett looks at the…

The end of the experiment: The abolition of police and crime commissioners
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Commissioner Krissy Barrett: ‘The AFP has some of the most unique and sophisticated capability in the world’ Since Krissy Barrett’s appointment last month as Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), she has been setting out some of the challenges facing the organisation in the current policing…

Commissioner Krissy Barrett: ‘The AFP has some of the most unique and sophisticated capability in the world’
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Telling not reporting: Rethinking victim attrition Attrition rates in UK rape cases have prompted considerable concerns, but data analysis led by Dr Fiona Vera-Gray and Jo Lovett of London Metropolitan University (as part of the Operation Soteria Data...

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How Victoria’s new crime-reduction unit can help tackle its youth crime problem Following months of headlines and community concerns around youth violence in Victoria and its capital Melbourne, the State Government recently announced plans to create a specialist team focused on…

How Victoria’s new crime-reduction unit can help tackle its youth crime problem
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Myths that mute victims: Understanding and responding to harmful sex trafficking misconceptions Despite an estimated 4.8 million people being forced into the sex trade each year, surveys indicate just 4% of law enforcement personnel believe human trafficking is a problem in their community…

Myths that mute victims: Understanding and responding to harmful sex trafficking misconceptions
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STIM analysis is helping forces to identify victims and perpetrators of sexual exploitation Developed by an academic team at the University of Sheffield, the Sexual Trafficking Identification Matrix (STIM) assesses adverts on adult service websites and analyses factors such as the…

STIM analysis is helping forces to identify victims and perpetrators of sexual exploitation
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Cyber review says lack of clarity around systems creates opportunities for state bad actors and criminals The latest review from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that the “opaque” nature of computer technology is leaving both state and organisational systems vulnerable to cyber-attack…

Cyber review says lack of clarity around systems creates opportunities for state bad actors and criminals
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NP Guarantee will need proper training, resources, and fewer officer abstractions to succeed, says report A recent report into the UK Government’s Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee has warned that for the Guarantee to succeed, there will need to be better training for neighbourhood policing recruits…

NP Guarantee will need proper training, resources, and fewer officer abstractions to succeed, says report
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Europol human trafficking joint action days: Combating labour exploitation across Europe Following this month’s EMPACT day of action across Europe to tackle human trafficking, co-ordinated by Europol, Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth explores the scale of the problem as well as the…

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INTERACT: How can police build confidence with various publics amidst technological changes to police contact? Policing is looking to technology to establish new channels for public contact, but the impact on public-police encounters has until now been little studied; a three-year research project by SIPR…

INTERACT: How can police build confidence with various publics amidst technological changes to police contact?
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Is artificial intelligence the solution for policing in England and Wales? Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasing role in policing – both in tackling crime and improving efficiency – with suggestions that it could also be key to improving public trust and…

Is artificial intelligence the solution for policing in England and Wales?
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Forces urged to ‘borrow best practice with pride’ to tackle ‘unprecedented levels’ of retail crime With retail crime reaching “unprecedented levels”, Superintendent Lisa Maslen, the lead of the National Business Crime Centre, is looking to build a repository of best practice and urging forces to…

Forces urged to ‘borrow best practice with pride’ to tackle ‘unprecedented levels’ of retail crime
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Culture eats inclusion for breakfast: Breaking the barriers to inclusion in specialist policing Despite a continuing focus on diversity and inclusion across policing, specialist units in particular remain stubbornly homogeneous; new research within tactical and firearms teams by Dr Ashleigh…

Culture eats inclusion for breakfast: Breaking the barriers to inclusion in specialist policing
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Commissioner Robert Clark: What it’s really like policing in Anguilla (Part 2) In this second half of our exclusive Policing TV interview, Commissioner Robert Clark offers a unique look into life as a police leader on a small but globally…

Commissioner Robert Clark: What it’s really like policing in Anguilla (Part 2)
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PCCs, politics and police reform: Rolling the pitch for mega-forces Following the announcement by UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood last week of the abolition of police and crime commissioners as a “failed experiment”, Ron Winch, Associate Professor in Policing at…

PCCs, politics and police reform: Rolling the pitch for mega-forces
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CC BJ Harrington: ‘When it gets to policing delivery, it’s better to be locally controlled, locally held, and in touch’ Essex Chief Constable BJ Harrington, one of the longer-serving chief constables in England and Wales, spoke recently to Policing Insight’s James Sweetland about avoiding “distractions” in delivering…

CC BJ Harrington: ‘When it gets to policing delivery, it’s better to be locally controlled, locally held, and in touch’
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Beyond the badge: Prioritising the frontline employee voice to modernise policing Police forces globally face continuing modernisation challenges – with technology a key element in driving change – but the employee experience is often neglected in the transformation process…

Beyond the badge: Prioritising the frontline employee voice to modernise policing
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Marches and assemblies: Protests law explained Following last month’s announcement by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood of a review of the UK legislation around demonstrations and assemblies, Policing Insight’s Graham Wettone…

Marches and assemblies: Protests law explained
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Call for new diversion framework to tackle ‘revolving door cohort’ of offenders costing £5bn each year Criminal justice campaign group Revolving Doors is calling for a new cross-departmental government diversion framework across the UK to tackle the “revolving door cohort” – low-level offenders who…

Call for new diversion framework to tackle ‘revolving door cohort’ of offenders costing £5bn each year
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‘Fragmented and inconsistent’ use of OoCDs leaves children more likely to offend, warn inspectorates A recent joint report from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services and HM Inspectorate of Probation warns that the inconsistent use of out-of-court disposals for children is…

‘Fragmented and inconsistent’ use of OoCDs leaves children more likely to offend, warn inspectorates
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Turning up the heat: The challenge of combatting faster fires With the frequency and severity of wildfires increasing across Europe, a series of innovative new projects has been launched to strengthen wildfire management and readiness…

Turning up the heat: The challenge of combatting faster fires
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Redefining Justice: How 46,000 survivor voices are reshaping the UK justice system for victims of childhood abuse Research from the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) is spearheading survivor-informed change throughout operational policing and the criminal courts…

Redefining Justice: How 46,000 survivor voices are reshaping the UK justice system for victims of childhood abuse
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Policing in the Age of AI: International Insights produced in partnership with SAS This valuable webinar looked at how law enforcement agencies across the world from US, Canada, UK, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates are applying data and…

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They’re not narco-states: Understanding Pacific organised crime demands nuance Recent headlines around the Pacific island nations’ role in drug production and trafficking have seen comparisons made with Latin America’s cartel-dominated countries; but John Coyne…

They’re not narco-states: Understanding Pacific organised crime demands nuance
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Ensuring effective and ethical governance of new technology in policing In the latest in a regular series of articles from the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC), Bedfordshire PCC John Tizard, the APCC’s Joint Lead on Performance, Data and New Tech…

Ensuring effective and ethical governance of new technology in policing
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Modernizing law enforcement with data and AI: Explore real-world examples of AI transforming police investigations Today’s law enforcement leaders are pressured to do more with less – all while managing new waves of crime, volumes of complex data and growing demands for public transparency. That’s why departments…

Modernizing law enforcement with data and AI: Explore real-world examples of AI transforming police investigations
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