Policing news

Undercover police are to face tighter regulation following criticism of officers who started sexual relationships with their targets and adopted the identities of dead children, the Home Office announced yesterday.    ...

Britain is likely to sign back up to the controversial European Arrest Warrant as long as it is reformed to stop citizens being extradited for minor crimes, Whitehall sources said last night.    

Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans is arrested on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault.

Policing in the age of social media is complicated and difficult - but it's getting more important by the day, writes Carl Miller    

A teacher accused of abducting a schoolgirl to France will not give evidence in his defence, a jury is told.

Moors Murderer Ian Brady remains "chronically psychotic", an expert at high-security Ashworth Hospital tells his mental health tribunal.

An RBS cashier allegedly stole nearly £3 million from customers' accounts.    

Met step up search for suspect after series of attacks targeting women entering blocks of flats in Docklands Police have released CCTV pictures of a man suspected of carrying out a string of sex attacks, targeting women as they enter blocks of...

Chief Constable Matt Baggott has said the G8 summit in Fermanagh was "the most peaceful and secure" in history.

Police commissioners running fire services 'should be debated'
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"But we also would need to query if it should be a role for police and crime commissioners, albeit re-titled, or for local authorities.

The judge leading a review of the Waterhouse inquiry into abuse at north Wales children's homes holds public meetings.

Legal observer was filmed and made to hand over personal information as condition of release from containment in 2011 A legal observer who was kettled during a demonstration against government cuts has won a high court declaration that police acted...

The King of Jordan endorses a treaty with the UK, paving the way for the extradition of radical cleric Abu Qatada.

New approval procedures for using spies will be required under legislation announced by minister for policing Ministers have announced proposals to tighten up the regulation of undercover police following a succession of scandals over the...

Overtime payments by three of Wales' four police forces rose substantially in the last financial year amid UK government efforts to cut costs, figures obtained by the BBC show.

The head of the Supreme Court criticises the way it felt forced into holding a secret session that had "no point" to it.

Response was 'proportionate and justified' says Scotland's independent police investigations commissioner Police firearms officers who fired a baton round and a Taser to subdue a 15-year-old boy armed with a large knife used "proportionate and...

The Guardian G8 police operation 'means officers well prepared' for possible future riots The Guardian Police officers from England, Scotland and Wales who were drafted into Northern Ireland in their thousands for this week's G8 summit will now be...

CBC.ca Wearing a mask at a riot becomes a crime today CBC.ca A bill that would ban the wearing of masks during a riot or unlawful assembly and carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence with a conviction of the offence is scheduled to become law...

Prisons and health inspectors warn that those detained with mental disorders should be in hospital not police custody More than 9,000 mentally ill people a year are being detained in police custody despite official guidance saying such powers...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is facing a legal challenge over plans to hire 900 temporary staff in a contract which could be worth up to £180m.

Failed property developer Michael Chudley, 63, receives life sentence for murdering James Ward in Devizes shotgun attack
A bankrupt businessman who shot a solicitor dead in an attack motivated by revenge will most likely die in prison.