Police Professional, the UK's journal for police and law enforcement professionals. See also @PolicePEditor

Joined March 2009
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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
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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…
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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/…
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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/…
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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/…
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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…
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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/…
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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/…
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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/…
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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…
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wiltshire police and crime commissioner Philip Wilkinson has resigned from the National Police Air Service Board after the Home Office approved funding for two additional police helicopters as part of a major fleet replacement programme. #police policeprofessional.com/news/…

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The arrest of a woman using a two-decade-old image taken when she was a teenager has raised fresh questions about just how powerful modern facial recognition systems have become. #police #lfr policeprofessional.com/featu…
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The Met will deploy live facial recognition technology at a protest operation for the first time this weekend as commanders prepare what they describe as one of the largest and most complex public order policing operations in recent years. #police #protest policeprofessional.com/news/…
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Simon Blatchly has been appointed acting chief constable of Derbyshire Constabulary following the retirement of Rachel Swann. #police #derbyshire policeprofessional.com/news/…
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A new book examines growing evidence that mainstream pornography platforms may be creating pathways to child sexual abuse offending - and what that means for policing. #police #csa #grooming policeprofessional.com/featu…
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Schools are being advised to review the use of pupil photographs on websites and social media after child protection experts warned criminals are using AI-generated abuse imagery in blackmail attempts. #police #ai #nca policeprofessional.com/news/…
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