The highly targeted approach is being spearheaded by a specialist taskforce named Project Guardian, created in 2024 to reduce knife crime and serious youth violence as a top priority. With more than 7 ...

A man who stabbed a police officer and attempted to set fire to a police station has been jailed for life with a minimum of ...

PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said: “Last night in Portadown police came under sustained attack from rioters throwing masonry and other missiles. Officers deployed a variety of public ...

Child criminal exploitation is widely recognised across the UK as a form of modern slavery, with more than 11,000 British children referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) – a UK-wide ...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has condemned a third consecutive night of “completely unacceptable” disorder – ...

The survey of almost 5,000 people across Scotland estimates that since 2008/09 the volume of property and violent crime, ...

The SWROCU was graded as ‘adequate’ overall, but it was found that four of the individual forces – Avon and Somerset ...

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has secured more than 200 domestic abuse protection orders (DAPOs) in the first six months of ...

And Police Federation of England and Wales acting national chair Tiff Lynch said: “This Spending Review should have been a turning point after 15 years of austerity that has left policing – and police ...

After two nights of violent unrest that has seen more than 30 officers injured, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says it is almost certain that mutual aid officers will be requested from ...

A former member of Police Scotland staff has received a £1,650 fine plus a £75 victim surcharge at Greenock Sheriff Court for the unlawful access of police systems while in her previous role at the ...

The College of Policing is hosting a number of free virtual sessions for police staff and officers to mark this year’s ...