OPINION: South Yorkshire Police Detective Chief Inspector Aneela Khalil-Khan recently completed the Senior Leadership Programme at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia; in this article she shares some of the key lessons from the experience, including the contrast and similarities between UK and US policing, and the opportunities for learning for policing in both countries.

OPINION: South Yorkshire Police Detective Chief Inspector Aneela Khalil-Khan is one of the country’s most senior female officers of colour, and recently completed a Fulbright Scholarship study looking at the recruitment, retention, and progression of minority female officers in the UK and the US; in this article she explains the findings from her research, and shares some of her own personal experiences.