The Government is bringing in compulsory microchipping for all dogs from 6 April 2016, along with laws on dog attacks extended to cover private property

The current leadership of this service is well qualified: Sir Hugh Orde responds to Lord Geoffery Dear's article “Most wanted: new leadership for the police”

Today sees the official launch of the College of Policing, the professional body for policing. This is an important development as the College will be the first national body to focus solely on strengthening professionalism in the service

The police service is keen to work with the IPCC to improve its response to police complaints and to carefully consider the recommendations made

Figures published today show police officer numbers have reduced to the lowest level since 2002

Twitter has published a transparency report outlining the number of information requests made by police to the social networking site

Police forces are not short of talent. In fact a bigger challenge is dealing with ambitious staff frustrated by the lack of promotion opportunities

Sir Hugh Orde, ACPO President, responds to Stephen Glover article ‘Why shouldn't we sign up a U.S. supercop to put a rocket up Britain's complacent police chiefs?’ (Daily Mail, 24/01/13)

The Office of National Statistcs analysis of variation in crime trends provides a series of hypothesis for variations in crime recording

The Office of National Statistics bulletin published today shows police recorded crime is down seven per cent, while the independent crime survey shows an eight per cent decrease in crime

ACPO is conducting a trial in one police force that gives officers the discretion to decide whether to complete a Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour-based-violence (DASH) form after risk assessing and investigating a domestic incident

The Association of Chief Police Officers today publishes an external review of policies and practices relating to organisational integrity in the UK police service