I've just taken a short break from writing reports to bring excellent news of this new link

Way back in June this year I wrote to about half the Chief Constables about linking to our website and thought by now that I’d probably heard back from those that were going to express an…

If you've wondered why I've posted only a few news stories this week it's because I'm extra busy with my crime prevention consultancy work. Yesterday I visited a company in central London, which had suffered a burglary. The company shares the building with a number of others and there's 24…

The police are today being further criticised about the way they are recording crime. I covered this story a while back when the HMIC published its interim report into crime recording, so this news should not come as a surprise and many police services have now changed their recording practices in…

Many of you will know that several of our police services have be operating firearms amnesties during the course of this year (a lot of them about now), the first since 2008. A search on the internet reveals that illegally and unwanted firearms and ammunition have been handed in at a significant…

Press Release from Cumbria Police A man has been sentenced to 28 days in prison following a hoax call to Cumbria Fire and Rescue. Andrew John James Bell, aged 37, of no fixed abode, was sentenced on 8thNovember 2014 at North Cumbria Magistrates Court. At 11:12pm on 1stNovember 2014 a 999 call…

We've known about this link since February this year but whilst we were pretty much convinced that it was from West Yorkshire Police's intranet site we've been waiting for some official confirmation, which I now have! West Yorkshire Police, just like all the other police services will have…