Police lack training to spot coercive control as only three per cent of reports result in charges
Police still lack the fundamental training needed to spot cases of coercive control, a leading charity has warned, as figures reveal less than four per cent of…
The Cane Field Killings, review: unambitious police procedural plods along
Back in the present, Reyka is struggling to crack the murder of a woman dismembered in a sugar cane field – on land disputed by black villagers…
More police officers working from home would improve diversity, says superintendents’ leader
Police officers of the future should be allowed to choose their own hours and spend more time working from home, the newly-elected president of the Police Superintendents’…
Extramarital affairs should be a ‘dangerous red flag’ for police recruits
Extramarital affairs should be considered “dangerous red flags” when hiring police officers, the head of the watchdog has told the Times. Michael Lockwood, director-general of the Independent…
Rape victims waiting five years for court cases to be heard due to police bureaucracy
Detectives say crime victims are having to wait 50 per cent longer for them to charge perpetrators because officers are being bogged down by “needless” paperwork. They…
TV’s dirtiest cops: how The Shield took toxic masculinity to the limit
The question is always this: what’s the greatest American TV series, The Sopranos or The Wire? The answer (the real answer) is The Shield, the thundering, breakneck, perilously dark cop…
TV’s dirtiest cops: how The Shield took toxic masculinity to the limit
The question is always this: what’s the greatest American TV series, The Sopranos or The Wire? The answer (the real answer) is The Shield, the thundering, breakneck, perilously dark cop…
Trigger Point, episode 3, recap: snipers, love triangles and more suspects than you can shake a pigstick at
A far-right group calling themselves “The Crusaders” claimed responsibility, declaring it revenge for Westhaven Estate. Worryingly, MI5 had no intel on them. One theory was they were…
The police’s skewed priorities are a betrayal of the public
It should not need to be said, but when a crime is committed the offence should be properly investigated, and when a culprit is identified they should…
Cocaine fuelling surge in fan violence at stadiums
Rowland Stone, whose firm Tyler Security now works with several top-tier clubs, told Telegraph Sport of an urgency to tackle “a deterioration of public order resources within…
How realistic is Trigger Point? Bomb disposal experts weigh in
The first bomb, rigged to the flat’s toilet, has two triggers: a landmine-style pressure plate and the hallway light switch – cue McClure’s character almost detonating the…
‘I couldn’t ask for help’: Tony Schumacher on why he wrote police drama The Responder
The thing about hitting the bottom is that you don’t know you’re on the way there until you’re actually there. I mean, you know you’re in a…
Martin Freeman on The Responder: ‘Not all policemen are heroes’
“No one in this is a goody or a baddy,” says Freeman, “but essentially I think he’s a very decent human being. He’s probably been in the…
Firearms holders face long wait for new gun licences as system grinds to a halt amid chaos
A number of police forces have stopped issuing new gun licences, it has emerged, amid claims the system has fallen into chaos. “Untenable” delays to the processing…
Council tax set to rise by £10 to help police forces hire new officers
Dorset has warned householders in band D properties that they will see their council tax bills rise by £10. David Sidwick, the county’s Conservative police and crime…
Stephen Merchant on playing the ‘Grindr Killer’ Stephen Port – and how The Office predicted the culture wars
“Cop shows have conditioned us to believe that police detectives are all brilliantly clever and committed,” says Stephen Merchant. “On screen they’re like dogs with a bone,…
I’ve had 26 years of sleepless nights over women killed by violent men – could they finally be over?
Every three days a woman is killed by a man. I have worked with many of the families and know that most of these murders are preventable….
Morris Minor: the unlikeliest police car ever
Five years ago, Michael Burgess, a retired police officer, acquired a rather special Morris Minor. Not only was it a genuine former London Metropolitan Panda Car, but…