Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon has been appointed as the new Senior National Coordinator (SNC) for counter terrorism policing. DAC Haydon was appointed this week as the permanent successor to Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, who himself took over as head of the Met’s Specialist Operations in March.

Chief Constables’ Council was held in York last month and as ever the agenda was packed with important debates and decisions.

The number of firearms officers ready to protect the public in England and Wales has risen by 1351 since April 2016.

Today the ONS have published their quarterly crime statistics. The Crime Survey of England and Wales indicates that crime is falling overall but police data shows an increase crimes such as violent crime, which is up by 21%. 

On the anniversary of Stephen Lawrence’s murder, we should reflect on the legacy of what that tragedy taught us about the relationship between police and black and ethnic minority communities and look critically at the present to help us move to a better future.

Police join forces with High Street retailer to develop e-learning package for crowded places staff.

Recent Freedom of Information statistics show that frontline officers in some forces are owed time off in unclaimed rest days. 

The statistics show that a quarter-of-a-million rest days were owed to 70,000 police officers in England and Wales as of September 17 last year.  

In a report published last week, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) commended our command of extreme-threat counter terrorism operations.

A long term strategy to tackle the roots of violent crime, learning lessons from the success of Scotland's public health approach, is desperately needed - and I hope that's what we'll see next week from the Home Office's serious violence strategy. But when we have children dying on the streets of our capital, the police's first priority needs to be on what can be done now to stop this waste of life.

As part of the ongoing ‘ACT –Action Counters Terrorism’ campaign, UK Counter Terrorism Policing is calling on the public to report any suspicious online content or activity.