As Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) releases an assessment of Regional Organised Crime Units, the NPCC is starting a programme to develop specialist capabilities on a shared basis and next week we be holding a summit work through these issues with all chiefs, Police and Crime Commissioners and the Home Secretary

National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for Child Protection and Abuse Investigation, Simon Bailey says police have been dealing with the 'tip of the iceberg'

National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for Child Protection, Chief Constable Simon Bailey responds to a report made by the IPCC following the Surrey Police investigation of the murder of  Breck Bednar who was groomed online.

The Rape Monitoring Group have released the latest set of figures which now present the most up-to-date picture of how rapes are dealt with across England and Wales. They show an increase in reporting which is a strong endorsement that our victim led approach is ensuring increased victim confidence.

National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on digital intelligence and investigations, Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh responds to the latest techUK report which calls on police and industry to work together to tackle cyber crime.

“Traditional crime is falling”. While that statement may be true, it doesn’t tell the whole story. Modern crime investigation and prevention techniques, as well as simple economics, have resulted in sharp reductions in many acquisitive crimes types over the period of my service.

This quarter's crime statistics have trialled questions to the public on the scale of cyber-crime and fraud experienced.  It shows 5.1 million incidents fraud with 3.8 million adult victims and 2.5 million incidents of crime falling under the Computer Misuse Act.

Following Panorama’s investigation into police investigations into non-recent child sexual abuse by parliamentarians, police remind those reporting or commenting on these cases to consider the impact on vulnerable victims or witnesses.

Rogue traders and forceful doorstep sellers across the UK were targeted in a national day of action on Wednesday 30 September 2015 as part of a week-long crime prevention initiative.

National Police Chiefs' Council Lead on Communications Data, Assistant Chief Constable Richard Berry, responds to Apple's recent announcement that they are committed to using powerful encryption on their devices.

National Police Chiefs Council Lead on Firearms Licensing, Chief Constable Andy Marsh, has responded to today’s (Tuesday) report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary – ‘Targeting the Risk’ – on the issue of firearms licensing.

The National Police Chiefs' Council have responded to the National Appropriate Adults Network's report, published today, into the provision of appropriate adults for vulnerable adults in police custody.