Gavin Hales

More trouble at the PFEW www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Maybe. It's very ambiguous.

It's also unclear why there is no category for "charged with a criminal offence".

That is that only 4% had been dismissed *at the time the data were obtained* (another 4% had resigned or retired), while 60% were still being investigated (though I don't understand how the data can also show 55% no case to answer). domesticabusecommissioner.uk/wp-content/u...

I was surprised to read this in an article on the BBC website today (link to follow). I think a key point has been missed that won't be appreciated by the general public.

Lead of independent review on new number of forces appointed Lord Hogan-Howe to lead independent review to determine new number of police forces.

Link to today's announcement www.gov.uk/government/n...

Bernard Hogan-Howe was previously an advocate for replacing the current 43 force structure with 9 regional forces www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014...

Interesting choice

Lead of independent review on new number of forces appointed Lord Hogan-Howe to lead independent review to determine new number of police forces.

Link to today's announcement www.gov.uk/government/n...

Bernard Hogan-Howe was previously an advocate for replacing the current 43 force structure with 9 regional forces www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014...

Interesting choice

I was talking to some friends the other day who live in Croydon, who said some of the Croydon schools named in this nonsense don't exist anymore.

Here's the BBC article

'BBC News - Met chief 'can see why women don't trust police'' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's also unclear why there is no category for "charged with a criminal offence".

That is that only 4% had been dismissed *at the time the data were obtained* (another 4% had resigned or retired), while 60% were still being investigated (though I don't understand how the data can also show 55% no case to answer). domesticabusecommissioner.uk/wp-content/u...

I was surprised to read this in an article on the BBC website today (link to follow). I think a key point has been missed that won't be appreciated by the general public.

It strikes me there may also be an issue with (moral) comparability around the issue of intent. Conventional conceptions of street crime generally centre on actions intended to cause harm, rather than eg recklessness.

What % of motoring offences heard at court are 'victim based', involving actual harm caused, rather than state-based? I'm not suggesting they don't involve social costs, I'm just curious how they fit with notions of public-place ('street') crime, which would typically exclude state crimes.

Isn't it the case that most people seeking asylum in the UK arrive via other safe states and therefore are choosing to come here as a separate consideration to why they left their country of origin?

I live in the MPD and am a Ward Panel Chair in an outer borough. One our biggest problems is having our officers having to backfill Response Teams as they are abstracted regularly for Central London Aid!

Article discussing the issue of Wayne Couzens' CNC pension and why the employer's contributions portion hasn't yet been (and may never be) forfeited www.pensionsage.com/pa/images/PA...

A friend who works in a Catholic school reports that they may need to widen their intake to non-Catholics, especially as the area's Polish community has shrunk (over and above wider falls in birth rates etc).

'From Principles to Populism: Sentencing in England and Wales',
available now ahead of print in Crime and Justice vol. 55,
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
in which Julian Roberts and I provide an introduction to sentencing in E&W, and review recent developments in policy and research.

New Home Office data on police protest powers underlines the degree to which protest activity is concentrated in London and impacting on the Met www.gov.uk/government/s...

I guess it's possible at least part of that was replacing officers who left.

Interestingly, WMP had an increase in police officer direct recruits in 2024/25, a trend not seen in most other forces. (Source here: the Home Office joiners open data.)

I previously showed that general increases in resignations in recent years were correlated with recruitment under the Police Uplift Programme from late-2019. The leavers' data don't break down by years of service or age.

Looking at voluntary resignation numbers for all forces, the W Mids trend is striking, but similar if less marked trends are seen in places like Hants and Lancs.

Looking specifically at West Mids, the surge is mainly voluntary resignations.

I've been having a rummage in the Home Office police workforce data on police officers leaving forces in E&W (includes transfers) and thought the West Mids trend looked notable.