Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114981 total results. Showing results 4421 to 4440 «218219220221222223224225226Next ›Last » Met police settle out of court with retired dancer shot with Taser Roy Morton was 80 when he was stunned, restrained and arrested in bungled raid at his home in 2021 The Guardian 26/1/2026 News Every officer will need ‘a licence to practice’ under Home Office plans Police officers in England and Wales will be required to hold and renew a licence to work throughout their career or risk being removed from the profession. Police Professional 26/1/2026 News Victims of sexual crime to get better support in armed forces justice reforms The new Armed Forces Bill, which will be debated in Parliament today for its second reading, introduces measures to protect military personnel and civilians who are victims of crimes including sexual assault, domestic abuse and stalking. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 26/1/2026 News Force mergers will start within ‘this Parliament’ after White Paper on reform published Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has made it clear she is in a hurry to get the reforms moving as quickly as possible. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 26/1/2026 News Front line officers ‘remain unconvinced’ by radical reform plans Officers, who have already worked through failed mergers between forces, simply do not believe these new plans will ultimately work. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 26/1/2026 News PC barred from policing over assault recording A former officer has been barred from policing after a misconduct hearing found he failed to record assault allegations properly, later texting a colleague and saying "I'm in serious trouble here". BBC 26/1/2026 News Police officer to face assault charge A police officer has been charged with assaulting a woman while dealing with a domestic dispute. BBC 26/1/2026 News Ex-Police Federation chair wins suspension review A decision to suspend the chairman of the West Midlands Police Federation, who suggested claims of widespread racism in the force were "nonsense", has been quashed by the High Court. BBC 26/1/2026 News Home secretary rejects Welsh police powers in major reforms The Home Secretary says a major overhaul of policing will not see the Welsh Parliament given powers to decide how the service is run. Shabana Mahmood's stance comes as the Labour party remains split over whether Cardiff Bay politicians should have direct control of criminal justice. First Minister Eluned Morgan called for the devolution of policing last Thursday in a speech which warned Westminster Labour to act now to prevent pro-independence parties dominating the Senedd. BBC 26/1/2026 News Labour announces policing overhaul but critics fear it will centralise power Home secretary to regain authority to sack chief constables and set crime- fighting targets in England and Wales The Guardian 26/1/2026 News Police Federation responds to police reform white paper Responding to today’s publication by the Home Office of From local to national: a new model for policing, PFEW National Chair Tiff Lynch said:... Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 26/1/2026 News Police chief backs plans to merge forces Greater Manchester's chief constable has said he supports the government's plans for a radical reform of policing. BBC 26/1/2026 News NPCC head and GMP chief back reform plans 'There is something genuinely old-fashioned about policing services that reflect a world that is no longer as it might have been 50 or 60 years ago.' Police Oracle - Subscription at source 26/1/2026 News Our response to government’s police reform proposals Our CEO Chief Constable Sir Andy Marsh responds to the government white paper on police reform College of Policing 26/1/2026 News White paper sets out reforms to policing Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced the largest reforms to policing since the police service was founded 2 centuries ago. The largest reforms to policing since forces were professionalised 2 centuries ago have been announced today (26 January) by the Home Secretary. A white paper titled ‘From local to national: a new model for policing’, outlines a radical blueprint for reform, so local forces protect their community and national policing protects us all. Home Office 26/1/2026 News Live facial recognition nationwide rollout amid major policing reforms Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood set out how the policing structures are outdated and called policing the ‘last great unreformed public service’. The Independent 26/1/2026 News ‘Today is a landmark moment for policing’ – T/CC Maggie Blyth Statement from Temporary Chief Constable Maggie Blyth following the publication of the police reform white paper. Gloucestershire Constabulary 26/1/2026 News Massive overhaul of England and Wales policing announced The home secretary has announced a blueprint for reforming what she called the "broken" policing model in England and Wales. Shabana Mahmood confirmed the shake-up will create a new National Police Service (NPS) to fight the most complex cross-border crime and could also see the number of local forces in England and Wales cut by around two-thirds. She told the House of Commons she also intends to make better use of technology - including the "largest-ever rollout of facial recognition". BBC 26/1/2026 News UK military sexual abuse investigation widened as more than 500 contact police Inquiry into enlistment medical examinations has been expanded from army to also include navy and RAF. More than 500 people have contacted police investigating sexual abuse that allegedly took place during armed services medical examinations over almost 50 years. The Guardian 26/1/2026 News UK Government reform statement – Our response Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled the details of the white paper for police reform in a statement to Parliament. Following Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's statement to Parliament today (Monday, January 26), Chief Constable Gavin Stephens, Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said:... National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 26/1/2026 News «218219220221222223224225226Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
