Today (August 4), Sky News ran an item on police procurement and a debate on police force mergers in England and Wales. National Police Chiefs' Council Chair Chief Constable Sara Thornton has outlined our position on these issues.

Chief Constables' Council (CCC) is the main decision making forum of the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC). It allows chiefs to regularly come together, discuss and debate the issues facing policing and make decisions about how they will operate to meet the demands of the day.  This blog aims to open up CCC to those interested in our work and policing in general. 

National figures, published today (July 30), showed that, although levels of drink-driving have risen slightly in the last year, the traditionally higher-offending under-25 year old demographic has started to learn the lesson, with offending rates down marginally by 1.5%

The National Police Chiefs’ Council has today responded to mid-year data from the Community Security Trust (CST) suggesting that reports of anti-semitic incidents have gone up between January and June 2015.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead on Child Protection, Chief Constable Simon Bailey, has responded to claims made by the NSPCC in relation to applications made by members of the public for Child Sexual Offender Disclosures under the legislation known as ‘Sarah’s Law’.

The National Police Chiefs' Council lead on reward and recognition, Chief Constable Francis Habgood, has addressed the issue of police overtime pay following a Freedom of Information Request by BBC Radio 5 Live on the cost of overtime.

NPCC lead outlines how rigorous, established processes ensure that approrpriate action is taken against officers and staff who fall short of expected standards and behaviour.

The NPCC welcomes the anouncement by Home Secretary Theresa May for an independent review of deaths and serious incidents in police custody and will fully support the review team.

Forces rely on central government funding to varying degrees; the NPCC and police forces will respond to the consultation.

The job of police officers is to enforce the law and they will use the range of options available to them when dealing with those found in possession of cannabis or who cultivate the plant.

Chief Constable Sara Thornton has today argued that the twin challenges of changing requirements and cost pressure mean that we have to think imaginatively and radically about policing.

On the day that control orders to protect girls from female genital mutilation, Bedfordshire Police uses them to prevent two girls travelling to Somalia for the illegal operation