Northants Interceptors: The shift to proactive policing

The Friday 15:00 – 02:00 shift – two weeks after the second step of the easing of the lockdown – Northants interceptor team had a busy night with incidents spanning mental health, missing persons and suspicious circumstances. The interceptors were launched back in September 2020, creating a new fleet of… Northamptonshire Police are relaunching their fleet of Interceptors as eight months down the line their full potential as criminal hunters has still not yet been realised....

NPCC appoints first National Policing Chief Scientific Advisor

The new National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) role will “connect science and technology expertise both in the UK and globally to keep policing at the forefront of best practice”. Funded by the Home Office, the CSA will focus on crime prevention and will use emerging evidence, research and innovation in… Professor Paul Taylor has been appointed as the first National Policing Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA)....

Dyson to retire as Square Mile's Chief

The City of London is beginning its search to find a new Commissioner to replace Ian Dyson who has announced his retirement. The Square Mile's force has revealed Commissioner Dyson is standing down after six years in charge in a planned retirement. He will leave at the end of the… One of the country’s most experienced Chiefs is standing down from City of London after 38 years....

New body launched to enhance status of cyber investigators

A new body that will provide formal recognition for investigators who are cyber crime specialists has been launched by the College of Policing and the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) The body  – the Institute of Cyber Digital Professionals (ICDIP) – has been set up to improve retention of… New self-funding institute is outsourced under a contract with the College of Policing ...

Nearly 9,000 officers recruited under drive to hit 20,000

Home Office statistics released today (29 April) said an overall provisional headcount for officers in England and Wales stood at 137,704 as of March 31. Since the launch of the Police Uplift Programme in September 2019, 8,771 officers have been recruited, 2,771 more than the initial target of recruiting 6,000 additional… Forces have hired nearly 9,000 officers under the government’s drive to recruit 20,000 by 2023, according to official figures....

Signing off: A life less ordinary on the frontline

It’s not often the top brass single out an officer for praise on social media for a doing a job few would thank them for. But that’s exactly what Thames Valley’s Assistant Chief Constable Tim de Meyer did to mark the retirement of PC Julie Susel. He shared: “Decades of… She started as a Special and became the go-to officer for the Traveller community. As she retires, award-wining PC Julie Susel of Thames Valley shares why it’s good to talk and her love of the job....

Recruitment to fill specialist roles still difficult says NCA

The NCA has difficulty filling a number of specialist roles and is too dependent on the skills of an ageing workforce many of who are close to retirement, according to evidence submitted to the agency’s pay negotiating body. However it says that recruitment rates for the majority of roles have… Record intake to agency last year but pay freeze halts bid to even up pay rates with police forces and other agencies ...

Ex-College CEO joins justice sector training body

Mike Cunningham is joining Skills for Justice, a not-for-profit training and workforce organisation that works across the justice and local government sectors. Mr Cunningham stood down at the end of last year as Chief Executive of the College of Policing rounding off a career of more than 30 years in… The former head of the College of Policing is joining the justice sector’s training body....

South Wales' new DCC transfers from Northumbria

DCC Bacon’s appointment was confirmed last month and she joins South Wales Police from Northumbria Police, where she was Assistant Chief Constable. DCC Bacon’s policing career started at Sussex Police in 1995 before moving to Northumberland in 2017. She worked as a detective for many years and was Head of… South Wales Police has appointed Rachel Bacon as their new Deputy Chief Constable....

Neil Basu announced as new strategic command course director

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu will be responsible for leading the 2021 strategic command course (SCC), which prepares officers and staff for promotion to the most senior ranks. AC Basu is head of specialist operations at the Met. He is currently the most senior serving BAME officer. The college… The Met’s head of specialist operations, Neil Basu, will be joining the College of Policing on secondment...