Press Releases
ACPO comment on air weapons
27 Jan 2011
ACPO responds to the introduction of a new offence to stop under 18s gaining unauthorised access to airguns
ACPO comment on Crime in England and Wales quarterly update to September 2010
20 Jan 2011
ACPO response to the latest quarterly crime statistics and British Crime Survey results
ACPO comment on the operation of national policing units
18 Jan 2011
ACPO responds to the work of national policing units and the future of the Association
ACPO comment on anti-social behaviour pilots
03 Jan 2011
Eight police force areas will trial a new approach for handling complaints of anti-social behaviour
ACPO comment on gang injunctions
16 Dec 2010
ACPO responds to the Government's announcement for new civil injunction to prevent gang-related violence
ACPO comment on the Forensic Science Service
14 Dec 2010
ACPO responds to the Home Office's announcement on the future of the Forensic Science Service
ACPO comment on police funding settlement
13 Dec 2010
ACPO responds to the detailed breakdown of how government funding for the police will be allocated across individual forces
ACPO comment on London protest
10 Dec 2010
ACPO responds to student protests in London and the police role in facilitating peaceful protest
Results of the Olympic .380 BBM amnesty announced
07 Dec 2010
A targeted national amnesty involving Olympic .380 BBM blank firing revolvers resulted in hundreds of the revolvers being handed into police forces across England and Wales
ACPO comment on deaths in custody
03 Dec 2010
ACPO responds to the Indpendent Police Complaints Commission study and annual report into deaths in custody
Hate crime data published for the first time
30 Nov 2010
Data on the number of hate crimes reported and recorded across England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been published for the first time
ACPO comment on domestic violence protection order pilots
25 Nov 2010
ACPO responds to a plan for a 12-month pilot of domestic violence protection orders in Greater Manchester, West Mercia and Wiltshire
ACPO report into firearms licensing published
02 Nov 2010
An ACPO report has concluded that there were no reasonable opportunities for intervention within the firearms licensing system to prevent the multiple shootings by Derrick Bird on 2nd June 2010 in West Cumbria
ACPO comment on MAPPA reports
27 Oct 2010
ACPO responds to the publication of the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Annual Report 2009/10
New plans for a national police air service
26 Oct 2010
A new National Police Air Service (NPAS) is set to provide a more efficient and accessible air support service throughout England and Wales that offers better value for money
ACPO comment on crime statistics
21 Oct 2010
ACPO responds to Crime in England and Wales quarterly update to June 2010
ACPO comment on CSR announcement
20 Oct 2010
ACPO responds to the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review cuts to police service funding
ACPO comment on police pay review
01 Oct 2010
ACPO responds to the Government's decision to review police pay and conditions
Fall in use of police custody for those in mental health crisis
01 Jan 0001
Data collected from police forces across England and Wales shows that there has been a reduction in the use of police custody as a place of safety for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983.