police
Failure to disclose evidence reminiscent of dark days of miscarriages of justice
Vera Baird QC, former Solicitor General, writes about the worrying Mark Kennedy affair, and the Crown Prosecution Service's failure to disclose evidence.
Cooper: Tory “reputation” on law and order “was only ever rhetoric”
One of the key arguments at yesterday’s Progress conference was that Labour, not the Conservatives, are the party who can rightly claim to be the party of law and order.
Coalition police cuts are unsafe and unsound
Dominic Browne reports on the dangers and unfairness of Tory cuts to the police force.
Frontline policing matters more than Romeo enviro-spookery
In the wake of the Mark Kennedy case, Kevin Meagher argues dwindling police resources are better spent on frontline services than undercover "enviro-spookery".
Study shows strong link between police numbers and crime
A study has shown a strong negative correlation between police numbers & crime, contradicting police minister Nick Herbert's claim that "there is no such link".
Front-loading of police cuts adds insult to injury
Police budget cuts are being front-loaded, which means that police services will have no choice but to start cutting staff now, writes UNISON's Dave Prentis.