6th March 2024
POLICE FORCE FOCUS: The election for the first York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayor will take place on Thursday 2 May 2024. The powers of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner to oversee the Police and Fire services in York and North Yorkshire will be transferred to the new Mayor once elected, along with the Commissioner’s role as the Fire Authority.
6th March 2024
POLICE FORCE FOCUS: The election for the South Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayor will take place on Thursday 2 May 2024. The powers of the Police and Crime Commissioner to oversee the Police services in South Yorkshire will be transferred to the new Mayor once elected.
6th March 2024
POLICE FORCE FOCUS: The office of West Yorkshire police and crime commissioner was abolished on the date of the 2021 elections and the role was taken up by the office of the to be elected mayor of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
FEATURE: This month marks the 20th anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack on Madrid that killed 191 people and injured more than 1,500 others; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks back at Al Qaeda’s bombing of the Spanish capital and how it changed counter-terrorism approaches across Europe, ahead of European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism on 11 March.
5th March 2024
ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Defined as a tactic that uses advanced analytics for proactive crime prevention and supporting investigations, predictive policing identifies intervention targets, solves past crimes, and makes effective crime prevention policies. Due to the adoption of knowledge graph databases and their rigorous nature, such analysis is starting to become commonplace.
