Press Releases

In response to concerns that have been raised over the quality of one location being used to house officers on reserve for the forthcoming Presidential visit, the following statement has been issued.

Police forces are working together on a significant, multi-faceted security operation supporting the Presidential visit to the UK.

A minority of celebrations resulted in significant disorder following England’s match on Saturday 7 July, leading to criminal damage, blocked roads and anti-social behaviour.

The key advice is:

Run- to a place of safety. This is better than trying to surrender or negotiate.

Hide- it is better to hide than confront. Barricade yourself in, turn phones to silent and use only when it is safe to do so.

Tell - Make sure you know the local emergency numbers in the country you're travelling to. For all EU countries it's 112.

UK forces are currently planning a major national policing operation to support the forthcoming visit of US President Donald Trump.

As England progress further in the World Cup, the behaviour of travelling fans remains excellent. However, the fans at home in the UK are letting the side down.

UK police have been planning for the World Cup for the past two years, working closely with partners and the Russian police to deliver a safe and successful event.

The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and the National Police Chiefs’ Council have submitted a joint response to a Government consultation on unauthorised encampments calling for the shortage of transit sites and lack of accommodation provision to be addressed.

In response to questions about the ‘away from home allowance’ and how it will work for upcoming mutual aid operations, the Strategic Lead of NPoCC ACC Chris Shead has said:

With the final England group game only a few days away, the national police lead for football policing, thanks fans for their behaviour so far.

The number of arrests being made by counter terrorism officers in the UK has risen by 17 per cent in the past year.

Police forces in England and Wales are focussing on a month-long campaign to tackle drink and drug driving.

Former England stars Alan Shearer, David Seaman and Paul Parker have teamed up with Counter Terrorism Policing to offer football fans security advice ahead of the World Cup.

The Queen has included members of the police service in her most recent birthday honours list, highlighting their commitment to public service.

National Police Chiefs' Council Chair, CC Sara Thornton, has issued her response to the undercover policing campaign launched by Lush on Friday 1 June 2018.

Staff at the UK’s biggest summer events are to be trained in how to react in the event of a terrorist incident as part of Counter Terrorism Policing’s second annual ‘Summer Security’ campaign.

A package of measures to improve the way that the criminal justice system deals with stalking and harassment has been unveiled today.

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.

National Lead for Criminal Justice, Chief Constable Nick Ephgrave says that there is a need for more effective, consistent training on disclosure, but sets out the need to ensure sensitive unused material is not automatically shared.

On Tuesday 27 March, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for digital forensics, DCC Nick Baker was interviewed on Victoria Derbyshire. He spoke about how the police approach the issue of mobile phone data extraction, and stressed the importance of balancing proportionality and necessity.    

I’ve spent the last three decades in policing - as a uniformed officer, as a roads policing specialist, Cleveland’s first female armed response officer, and now as a chief constable. In that time I’ve seen a huge cultural shift in attitudes towards women in policing, from a culture where women were a tiny minority and were issued with a force handbag on joining, given a stockings allowance and told we were only allowed to wear trousers on nights, to one where women make up an integral and ever growing part of the service.