Most Scottish people oppose measures to release prisoners early from jail to deal with overcrowding, a new poll has revealed. Only 28 per cent said they are in favour of the policy, which was ...

A man who stabbed a police officer and attempted to set fire to a police van has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and ...

Fiona McQueen CBE has been appointed chair of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA). She has been acting as interim chair since ...

A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer who used his work phone to contact sex workers has been dismissed without notice. At a misconduct hearing on Friday (March 28), PC Shabul Miah was found to ...

Places of worship will be better protected from “intimidatory protests” under new powers being given to police. The new measures, which will be included as an amendment in the Crime and Policing Bill, ...

Police officers proactively undertook 58,675 roadside tests for drink and/or drugs on drivers across the UK over the festive period in 2024 (Dec 1, 2024 to Jan 1, 2025) as part of the nationally ...

The Retail Crime Taskforce has been set-up to address a rise in offences, such as shoplifting. The Taskforce was created following a £3 million funding allocation from the Scottish government and will ...

A team of researchers from the University of Sunderland have received a major funding boost for their innovative study into ...

From August 1, ninja swords will be banned, making it illegal to possess, manufacture, import or sell these deadly weapons, the Home Office has announced.

Despite the challenges, there were dozens of examples of good initiatives that forces have introduced to improve the standard ...

A new inspection by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) published today (March 27), has examined how the ...

Police Scotland’s national roll-out of body-worn video started on Wednesday (March 26), with the first officers equipped with the new cameras on duty in Tayside. Around 750 Tayside officers, including ...