FGM Protection Orders, which allow the courts to act to protect and safeguard victims and potential victims of Female Genital Mutilation, come into force today (July 17, 2015). The NPCC Lead on FGM, Commander Mak Chishty, has commented.

National Police Chiefs' Council Lead on Communications Data, Assistant Chief Constable Richard Berry, has responded to the six-monthly report by the Interception of Communications Commissioner, which was laid before the Prime Minister yesterday (July 16).

NPCC lead on undercover policing, Temporary Chief Constable Jon Boutcher, has given the service's take on the Home Secretary's announcement of the remit of Lord Justice Pitchford's inquiry into undercover policing.

The NPCC's lead on communications data, Assistant Chief Constable Richard Berry, has responded on behalf of operational policing to today's Independent Surveillance Review report from the Royal United Service Institute (RUSI)

NPCC Lead on Honour-Based Abuse, Commander Mak Chishty, has been addressing the issue of HBA in light of figures published today showing that police have handed 11,000 cases between 2010 and 2014.

In response to two HMIC reports today on child protection, NPCC says that we have got to fundamentally change our approach to policing so that our absolute focus is on working proactively with other agencies to protect the public from harm committed on or offline.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council has today (Monday, June 29) given its wholehearted support to ‘Say Something’ a new helpline targeted at children and young people with concerns about child sexual exploitation (CSE) involving themselves or others.

As police deal with an unprecedented number of investigations, more needs to be done by all of us to protect children

Fifty kilos of heroin and more than £500,000 has been seized as officers from UK law enforcement agencies have been carrying out a week of heightened operational activity at various air, sea and rail ports as they continue to protect the public from the threat of terrorism and serious organised crime at these key locations across the country.

The National Police Chiefs' Council has responded to a review by David Anderson QC - the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation - into investigatory powers.

Following the release of Dame Elish Angiolini's review into 'The Investigation and Prosecution of Rape in London', Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt considers how the findings can be applied to policing outside of the capital

National Police Chiefs' Council lead on Communications Data, Assistant Chief Constable Richard Berry, has spoken about the importance of ethical, accountable use of communications data in a wide range of police investigations, following a Big Brother Watch report on the topic.