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Temporary Chief Constable Maggie Blyth has announced she will retire from policing after 36 years of public service and will not seek appointment as Gloucestershire Constabulary’s permanent chief constable. #police #leadership policeprofessional.com/news/…

Has policing become too bureaucratic, too risk-averse and too disconnected from the public it serves? policeprofessional.com/featu… #Policing #Leadership

Thames Valley Police assigned some rape and serious sexual investigations to officers without the required accreditation, HMICFRS has found. #police #vawg policeprofessional.com/news/…

A health and safety issue with cell doors at Merseyside Police went unresolved for more than six months despite being raised with senior managers, a report by HMICFRS has found. policeprofessional.com/news/… #police

Policing bodies have given a broadly welcoming but qualified response to the Police Leadership Commission’s report, backing its core recommendations while flagging significant gaps and unresolved pressures on the service. #police #reform #leadership policeprofessional.com/news/…

Rachel Nolan, currently deputy chief constable of Essex Police, has been named as the preferred candidate to succeed BJ Harrington as the force’s next chief constable. #police #leadership policeprofessional.com/news/…

What if the most important safeguard against police error is another officer willing to speak up? Following the Henry Nowak case, Graham Goulden examines the critical importance of peer intervention. Read: policeprofessional.com/featu… #Policing #PoliceLeadership

How could officers hear "I've been stabbed" and still fail to recognise what was happening? We examine the murder of Henry Nowak through the lens of anchoring bias. The argument is simple: the first lie wins. #police #nowak policeprofessional.com/featu…

The National Police Chiefs’ Council has announced a review of race guidance that may have shaped the decision-making of officers who arrived at the scene of Henry Nowak’s murder. #police policeprofessional.com/news/…

Body-worn video footage showing police officers’ first interactions with Henry Nowak and his killer, Vickrum Digwa, has been released following Digwa’s conviction for murder. #Policing #Police #Bodycam #Southampton policeprofessional.com/news/…

A new Met Police social media video highlights how forces are increasingly using digital communication to shape public understanding of policing and counter misinformation online. #police #socialmedia #misinformation policeprofessional.com/news/…

A landmark report exposes the systemic failure that turns domestic abuse victims into criminal defendants and asks why police and prosecutors still can’t tell the difference. #police #vawg #domesticabuse policeprofessional.com/featu…

The Metropolitan Police Service says it will publish body-worn video from officers more frequently and at an earlier stage of incidents, reflecting growing concern over partial footage circulating online in the aftermath of high-profile events. #police policeprofessional.com/news/…

The NPCC and the NCA have issued an unprecedented joint call for restrictions on under-16s’ access to social media, warning that the current digital environment hands criminals “industrial-scale access” to child victims. #police #socialmedia #onlinesafety policeprofessional.com/news/…

Police officers retiring under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme are facing immediate reductions in retirement lump sums following changes to pension commutation factors introduced this week. #police #policepay #retirement policeprofessional.com/news/…

Our new series on life after the warrant card opens with a former sergeant’s account of the setbacks and miscalculations that reshaped his career - and led him to write the guide he wished had existed. #BeyondTheJob #police #policing #careerchange policeprofessional.com/featu…

Police and crime commissioners have warned that government plans to restructure policing could weaken democratic accountability and distance forces from the communities they serve. policeprofessional.com/news/… #police #policereform

Knife robberies have fallen by more than a fifth across England’s major cities, the government announced today, claiming the results as evidence that a targeted enforcement initiative is beginning to take effect. policeprofessional.com/news/… #police #knifecrime

A fintech exec built a free police pay calculator after his jiu-jitsu training partners couldn't make sense of their payslips. Now officers are using it to plan maternity leave, weigh up overtime and decode their monthly figures. policeprofessional.com/featu… #PoliceUK #PolicePay

A financial investigator who worked for Cumbria Constabulary has been jailed for four months for unlawfully accessing police systems and sharing confidential information. policeprofessional.com/news/… #police