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Cost of kennelling seized dogs expected to reach £25m amid XL bully ban: reports

In the first eight months of 2024, 1,991 suspected banned dogs had been seized, the BBC reported.

The Independent UK

‘Rough haircut’ logged by City of London Police as hate incident

Debate over ‘appalling’ treatment of Telegraph writer Allison Pearson continues as it emerges children as young as nine investigated

Evening Standard

‘You are not the thought police’: Top Tory weighs in on Allison Pearson row at police chiefs summit

Chris Philp has called for guidelines around non-crime hate incidents to be rewritten and expressed caution over ‘new bureaucracies’ after government announced a national police performance unit

The Independent UK

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Chris Philp wants guidelines around non-crime hate incidents to be rewritten

The shadow home secretary will address a major policing conference in Westminster.

Evening Standard

Plans to bring in thousands more neighbourhood police ‘will take years’

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the number of people who never see an officer on the beat has doubled since 2010.

Evening Standard

Calls for move away from police structure designed in the early 1960s

Chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Gavin Stephens said responsibilities should be redefined and a new national body set up.

Evening Standard

AI could be used to solve Britain’s most notorious cold cases, police chief says

A trial showed AI can review evidence which would take 81 years of man-hours in less than two days

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Misogynist influencers fuelling wave of online abuse against girls, warn police

Unregulated access to pornography and influencers like Andrew Tate having ‘terrifying’ impact, says National Police Chiefs’ Council

Evening Standard

UK parents should check under-18s’ phones for nude photos, says police chief

Head of child protection says intimate images should be reported to tackle ‘tidal wave’ of online sexual abuse

The Guardian - UK

London's spiked drinks menace: More than 100 cases happening in capital's bars and nightclubs every month

100 spiked drinks a month in bars across London ‘is just the tip of the iceberg’

Evening Standard

Report hits out at ‘glacial’ progress in plan to stamp out police racism

The president of the National Black Police Association slammed the lack of progress and said change needs to be forced on policing

The Independent UK

Police in race crisis as minority ethnic officers end support for action plan

Exclusive: NBPA, which represents thousands of police across UK, accuses leaders of breaking promises

The Guardian - UK

Infected blood inquiry: passage of time no bar to prosecutions, lawyers say

National Police Chiefs’ Council sets up team to examine report as lawyers confirm prosecutions are still possible

The Guardian - UK

Suicide becomes the biggest cause of deaths related to domestic violence for first time

Police urged to do more to stop perpetrators of abuse - as figures show four out of five abusers in fatal cases are already known to police

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The Guardian - UK

Vandalism on rise at historic English sites amid cost of living crisis – report

Graffiti at medieval church and removal of York stone from bridge among incidents cited

The Guardian - UK

Police failed to record race of nearly two-thirds of people referred to Prevent

Human rights groups say lack of data hinders assessment of whether counter-extremism scheme is discriminatory

The Independent UK

Violent porn and smartphones fuelling surge in child sex crimes committed by children

Rise in offences has been fuelled by violent porn and access to smartphones, a police chief warns

The Independent UK

Thousands of women at risk as police reject over 10,000 background checks on potential abusers

Exclusive: Campaigners describe a ‘postcode lottery’, with one expert warning that the rejection of so many applications made under Clare’s Law is putting women’s lives in danger

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Firearms officers: new report reveals the 'toxic culture' keeping women and ethnic minorities out of specialist squads

Hundreds of London’s Metropolitan police officers temporarily turned in their firearms in September after the Crown Prosecution Service charged an officer with the murder of unarmed 24-year-old Chris Kaba. Up to 300 of the force’s 2,500 armed officers stepped back from their duties, leading the Met to request backup support…

The Guardian - UK

Missing evidence led to 16 homicides in England and Wales not going to trial

Exclusive: Figures for 2021-22 raise concerns about police handling of crucial material used to prosecute the most serious crimes

The Independent UK

More than 1,000 arrested and £130m of cannabis seized in largest-ever police crackdown

A total of 200,000 cannabis plants were identified as part of Operation Mille

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Why Covid fines were more likely for minorities and the worse off

In today’s newsletter: More than 120,000 penalties were handed out during the pandemic – but there’s a question of how fairly they were issued

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of UK missing persons cases may be reinvestigated

Volunteer detectives could look again at all 13,000 cold cases on National Crime Agency’s missing persons unit

Manchester Evening News

Nearly 150 GMP employees accused of violence against women and girls in last six months

It comes as data revealed complaints about police officer's treatment of women and girls are highly unlikely to result in action

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