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People caught hare coursing now faces an unlimited fine and up to six months in prison after a new law came into effect this month.

Mean getting those to around 96 every year. i think they have only every year. i think they have only ever got less than 100 killings in one year once in the past 50 years. so that kind of target really is likely to be unachievable, its not realistic. so if you are going to set targets, rather than pluck a figure out of the air, sit down with the police forces, with the chief constables, with the police and crime commissioners and devise a target that is achievable, but also challenging enough. ...

Officers are right to guard against bigotry, but this exercise in social justice thinking will make it harder to fight crime.

Race action plan sets to build trust in black communities

I SUSPECT that there is an important reason behind the retirement of so many police at the same time – pensions ("Force facing a shortage of…

Girls and women who have been through the care system should be diverted away from custodial sentences into community alternatives wherever possible, ....

A man was arrested in Bury yesterday on suspicion of possession of a knife and Class B drugs.

Im heading up the m1 to a force thats trying to reverse that trend. northamptonshire has one of the few chief constables who used to be a traffic cop. i still go out there on patrol and stop motorists when theyre behaving or driving irresponsibly. first thing they always say, "havent you got burglars and rapists to catch?" and so on. and the reality is that the amount of death and destruction that takes place on the road and the amount of criminality that takes place across the road network is s...

Has fallen by about a third in six years. im heading up the m1 to a force thats trying to reverse that trend. northamptonshire has one of the few chief constables who used to be a traffic cop. i still go out there on patrol and stop motorists when theyre behaving or driving irresponsibly. first thing they always say, "havent you got burglars and rapists to catch?" and so on. and the reality is that the amount of death and destruction that takes place on the road and the amount of criminality tha...

Barrister abimbola johnson has been appointed to scrutinise a new action plan by police chiefs, which has been drawn up to tackle inclusion and race. i think that its only fair to accept that there has been some change, there has been some improvement. and within the macpherson report, when you go through it, it can highlight in certain areas that some police forces are doing much better than others. the resourcing is there, the knowledge is there, the ability is there and now finally were seein...