Police
Why weren’t police forces investigating every theft?
Police must investigate every theft. This is the message from the Home Secretary as the government heralds an agreement from…
Supercops: the return of tough policing
Old-school policing is back
Judge, jury and executioner
‘Immediate Justice’, the government’s new policing initiative of pursuing petty criminals, reflects the black-clad law-enforcer’s 1970s methods exactly
I’m in trouble with the police
There is almost nothing I like more than a running battle. As my friend Julie Burchill also says, when a…
In praise of the speeding crackdown
We all needed a laugh, what with the pound tanking and inflation running away, my old pal Kwasi delivering a…
We need to talk about tasers
Donald Burgess is the latest Briton to die after being hit by a police taser. He won’t be the last,…
The authoritarianism of British Transport Police
When our freedoms are being taken away we are like the proverbial frog boiled alive in water where the temperature…
Who are these pathologically liberal rozzers? Channel 4's Night Coppers reviewed
Grizzled police officers of the old school should probably avoid Channel 4’s Night Coppers for reasons of blood pressure. Like…
Why the Met Police keeps failing
Much has been made of the decision to place the Metropolitan Police in what is often referred to as special…
The police have bowed to the mob
On Saturday immigration enforcement officers went to Peckham to pick up a man suspected of overstaying his visa. When they…
Criminalising ‘cyberflashing’ is a waste of time
It’s a fact of life that at any given time, a woman’s social media messages will be filled with three…
What's behind the wave of French police suicides?
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last week the western media has focused on little else. In Britain this concentration is understandable:…
Letters: In defence of the police
A health-care disaster Sir: Kate Andrews’s piece on who really controls the NHS (‘Waiting game’, 12 February) gives us a…
Portrait of the week: Inflation hits 30-year high, Andrew settles out of court and Turkey changes its name
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, made ready for a Russian invasion of Ukraine by cutting short a planned visit…
Anti-police spin is tearing the force apart
Constant castigation is harming the police force
A war on drugs? I do hope so
I’m not going to lie, I let out a little chuckle — maybe even a murmur of approval — when I read…
Andrew Mitchell relives the agony of Plebgate
Andrew Mitchell, as he readily admits, was born into the British Establishment. Almost from birth, his path was marked out:…
Why Cressida Dick must go
Cressida Dick must go
Priti Patel strikes a bullish tone
The theme of Priti Patel’s party conference speech this afternoon was very much ‘large and in charge’. She devoted much…
Harriet Harman calls for Cressida Dick to resign
Labour’s Harriet Harman has called for Cressida Dick to resign as chief of the Metropolitan Police after Wayne Couzens was…
The Met must face the truth about Sarah Everard's murder
‘We are sickened, angered and devastated by this man’s crimes which betray everything we stand for,’ said the Metropolitan Police…
How the good intentions of Title IX ended up punishing the innocent
How do we have difficult conversations? Especially in an age of polarisation, where everything is immediately politicised? But also where…
