Historically, domestic abuse has been understood as a predominantly male-perpetrated crime against female victims – as an instrument of male control over female partners. However, contemporary reviews ...

A former police chief superintendent has been appointed as the new Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. Darrin Jones, who ...

Civilian staff at the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) are to be balloted for strike action over a dispute on a new hybrid working policy that increases the time they must attend an office.

Police officers in Scotland will withdraw their goodwill as of 5pm today (November 1) in a dispute over pay and conditions. The Scottish Police Federation said the proposed increase of 4.75 per cent, ...

A plan to enable a time-limited pilot of single-judge trials for rape and attempted rape cases will not be pursued, says the ...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has taken management action against 74 officers after a Police Ombudsman investigation found that they had accessed body-worn video (BWV) footage without ...

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher . With police officer numbers at an all-time low, Jon Boutcher said he wants to see the justice ...

The Review of the Retention of Biometric Data provided under sections 18 to 19C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 ...

Gloucestershire Constabulary’s interim chief constable has met members of the local media to deliver a message of “reassurance to communities” and to provide an overview of her immediate aims and ...

Safe Access Zones are now in force around abortion clinics in England and Wales to protect women accessing these services. Within these boundaries it is now a criminal offence to “intentionally or ...