Words: Catherine Levin, Editor, Emergency Services Times March 2023 will go down in the history of the emergency services as the month that the public looked at its police and fire and rescue service and asked why they had let them down. With the publication of two major reports in the space of a week,… Read more »
Baroness Louise Casey DBE CB has published her independent review into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police Service. The review was commissioned in the aftermath of the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by serving Met PC Wayne Couzens in March 2021. The review found, ‘Widespread bullying, discrimination, institutional… Read more »
Thames Valley Police is looking to review the structure of local policing. The last review took place in 2010. The force says that it is now working in a more complex environment and following extensive research and analysis two proposals for how it delivers local policing are being considered: The review aims to enhance the… Read more »
A police officer who broke her heel bone and ripped ligaments in her foot yet continued searching with her dog for a missing woman has won a national award. Constable Carly Fulton and Police Dog Ben won the National Police Chiefs’ Council ‘Dog Team of the Year’ award. It was presented to them by Chief… Read more »
More than 668,000 text messages have been sent to British Transport Police from members of the public and rail staff in the past ten years using the 61016 service. This has led to the conviction of criminals, the saving of lives and the dismantling of drug lines. A decade after it started, a text is… Read more »
The National Audit Office has published a new report looking at progress with delivering the Emergency Services Network (ESN). It finds that despite the programme to deliver the new emergency services network to replace Airwave costing £2bn so far, the Home Office still does not know when ESN will be ready or what it will… Read more »
Fleet management expert, Rivus, has been awarded multiple maintenance and repair contracts for the Metropolitan Police Service from 1 November 2023. Following a rigorous, multi-lot, competitive tender process, which began in February 2022, Rivus has been appointed to take care of the capital’s fleet for a period of up to 10 years. With over 43,000 officers and… Read more »
National Highways has teamed up with national emergency services organisations to remind drivers not to ignore the Red X sign when travelling on the nation’s roads. The Red X is used to close lanes when an obstruction such as a broken-down vehicle is detected in the road ahead. Drivers can face a fixed penalty fine… Read more »
For the first time since 2015, the Home Office has published an updated Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR). It sets out the national threats and national capabilities to counter those threats and applies to police forces in England and Wales. The Government consulted on the draft SPR during 2021/22 and concluded that six threats – terrorism,… Read more »
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has launched a partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People Northern Ireland (RNIB) to increase awareness and understanding of sight loss within the police force and increase engagement with the sight loss community to deliver important public safety messaging.Police and Crime Prevention officers will liaise directly with… Read more »
