Chief officers have voted in favour of proposals for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to be replaced by a new coordinating body.

The national policing lead for child abuse investigation has confirmed that police are currently dealing with 21 historic sexual abuse cases across 14 forces

National Policing Lead for the reduction of honour-based violence, forced marriage and female genital mutilation, Commander Mak Chishty, has reaffirmed the police service's determination to play its part in eradicating FGM.

Elected police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands Bob Jones has died suddenly aged 59

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children (APPGC) has published the findings of information requests to police forces on data of children and young people in relation to stop and search. During the last five years (2009 to 2013), across 26 police forces, over one million stop and searches were carried out on children and young people

The National Police Lead for the Prevent Programme has said there needs to be a sense of realism about what the police can achieve in combating extremist ideology and the impact on young people in particular

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is supporting Independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers in launching the second phase of its campaign to tackle cannabis cultivation in areas across the UK, following on from the success of its first project last year.

The government has made khat an illegal drug from June 24 2014, police have been preparing for the change in the law

At ACPO Conference in Harrogate on June 19 2014, ACPO members discussed proposals to enable operationally independent and locally accountable chief constables to coordinate the work of the police service in order to protect the public

While the current backdrop against which we lead the service forward is challenging, and we recognise that policing has much to do to improve, to face up to fair criticism and challenge, I remain confident. The people we lead are of great quality and without question, they are up for the challenge

The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 comes into force on June 16 and makes it a criminal offence to force someone to marry

Women’s Aid, supported by the Premier League and BT Sport today will hold a Parliamentary event [Tuesday 10 June] to launch Football United Against Domestic Violence, a campaign working with football clubs, organisations, players and fans to help raise awareness of domestic violence and the sexist attitudes that underpin abuse against women.