PCC Election 2024: Norfolk
PCC Elections
POLICE FORCE FOCUS: Candidate details for the PCC Elections 2024 in Norfolk, along with details of previous PCC election outcomes.
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.
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.
OPINION: A recently published article on Policing Insight regarding modern slavery highlighted concerns about the impact of UK Government reforms on victims of trafficking, but the outcome in Scotland differs significantly to England and Wales, says SNP policing spokesperson Allan Dorans MP, who believes researchers and others need to pay closer attention to the emerging divergence in policing north and south of the border.
FEATURE: In the latest in the new series of The Police Student focusing on Criminology in Policing, Policing Insight Academic Editor Dr Carina O’Reilly explores right realist perspectives, rational actors, and the development of a societal ‘underclass’.
INTERVIEW: In the second half of an exclusive two-part interview with Policing Insight’s James Sweetland, Temporary Assistant Commissioner Nik Adams – the City of London Police lead for fraud and cybercrime – explored the policing response to offences which now constitute nearly 50% of all crime in England and Wales, including the launch of the Government’s National Fraud Strategy and a £150million overhaul of Action Fraud.
INTERVIEW: Following the recent publication of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Covenant for Using Artificial Intelligence in Policing, Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons spoke to Dylan Alldridge, Head of Innovation at the Office of the Policing Chief Scientific Adviser, about the importance of the Covenant, and how AI is likely to be transformative for law enforcement in the future.
FEATURE: Following a string of scandals and tough inspection reports, there have been near-constant demands for policing in England and Wales to reform; at the recent Canterbury Centre for Policing Research annual conference, three academics presented their blueprints for making change a reality – from new powers to intervene in failing forces, to adopting UN standards, and creating a new ‘police reserve’ – as Policing Insight’s James Sweetland reports.
INTERVIEW: In an exclusive interview with Policing Insight, Policing Minister Chris Philp told James Sweetland why he believes that dramatically increasing the use of facial recognition can transform policing and help forces across England and Wales catch wanted criminals.
FEATURE: A new report by the UK’s House of Lords has called for greater use of community orders to reduce reoffending and address the growing prisons crisis, arguing that intensive rehabilitative support rather than longer tariffs would bring the most benefit to communities and individuals, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.
FEATURE: The latest report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services into the police response to group-based child sexual exploitation in England and Wales has found that inconsistent definitions are fuelling a lack of understanding of the scale of the issue, with some officers still engaging in victim-blaming language, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.