Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said today, after it published the national police complaints statistics, that there remain marked differences in the way police forces across England and Wales handle complaints

National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead on International Policing, Chief Constable Andy Marsh comments after two British police officers, deployed to Mallorca and Ibiza in a two week trial to assist Spanish colleagues during the summer holiday period, help secure arrest of a wanted British national.

National Police Chiefs' Council lead on Less-Lethal Weapons, Commander Neil Basu has responded to the recent inquest verdict in the case of Andrew Pimlott

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.

From 1 October the existing smokefree law is being extending to include private vehicles when they are enclosed and a person under 18 is present in the vehicle. 

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.

Police chiefs are considering whether they reluctantly ask the Home Secretary to introduce compulsory redundancy as an option for chiefs and Police and Crime Commissioners to manage significant further cuts to the service

Sunday 27 September 2015 marks the twelfth National Police Memorial Day; an annual remembrance service which commemorates police officers from throughout the UK, who have died whilst on duty since modern policing began.

The Public Accounts Committee has put forward "intended to address what must be seen as a significant failure by the Home Office to provide Commissioners and senior officers with the tools they need to run their forces"

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.

Following today’s launch of a consultation on further emergency services collaboration by the Home Office, we have prepared the following response to that launch.

A blog by NPCC Lead for Children and Young People, Deputy Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney