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Police and press need to repair ‘broken relationship’, as report warns over social media being ‘weaponised’

SUBSCRIBE 16th July 2024Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight
A new UK report by the Society of Editors, the Crime Reporters Association and the Media Lawyers Association has called on the police and press to work on rebuilding their “broken” relationship for the benefit of transparency, trust and confidence, while also warning that social media posts which often dominate high-profile investigations and court cases are in danger of being “weaponised”, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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