This article reviews the controversies surrounding broken windows policing and emphasizes the value of a more nuanced, tailored, and evidence-based approach to police crime control strategy. Thanks to Gary Cordner of Modern Policing for the heads up “For many police departments, the notion…

Over the weekend I received a right royal rollicking email from a chap called Ian (name changed to protect the innocent) who was, in effect, blaming me for the theft from his car. Now before you start to form an opinion about my trustworthiness and possible nighttime criminal activity I have plenty…

This is a message sent by Action Fraud, which should be of interest to students looking for accommodation: Fraudsters are targeting college and university students ahead of the start of the new term with fake lettings in local accommodation, taking advantage of huge demand to collect fees up front…

Yesterday I wrote about my personal experience at the Notting Hill Carnival on Monday and later I started to read about the violence and the drugs and the calls to relocate the event into a park.

Here’s a summary of the crimes/injuries from this year’s events (various…

My wife has lived in London for almost as long as I have and she recently remarked that in spite of visiting the vast majority of places and events around the city the one thing she had never experienced was the Notting Hill Carnival. With my experience of policing the event I could have put her…

Until last year Cumbria police were one of those police services that linked to the Crime Prevention Website. Then they changed their policy about linking to external sites like mine and launched an all new look version of their own website. I wrote to them about the loss of the link and got no…