In honour of West Midlands Police’s 50th anniversary, Heritage Manager Corrine Brazier looks back on the uniforms, coats, and macs worn during the amalgamation in 1974.

There are 900 police drone pilots in the UK but there are no national standards for how they operate. Stuart Lawless, NPCC operational lead for drones, shares the plans for getting consistency and the drive for innovation to make the most of this technology.

Jon Graham provides a supplier perspective on the National Police Chiefs’ Council Contact Management Strategy and how it will be adopted by police forces to create a ‘fully omni-channel’ way for people to make contact.

Some thoughts on the highlights of 2023 and how Emergency Services Times moved from print to digital ready for a new era from 2024.

A wide ranging conversation about the fire and rescue service and the evolution of Emergency Services Times.

The Home Office has published its response to a consultation on a wide range of reforms to the fire and rescue service including its position on governance, pay and conditions and operational independence of chief fire officers.

NPCC cyber lead Pete O’Doherty talks about why police leaders focus on cyber resilience and how it affects public trust and confidence.

Professor Paul Taylor talks to Catherine Levin about science and technology innovation in policing.

David Holden, former Editor of EST magazine and co-Founder of The Emergency Services Show, discusses the origins of the magazine and its digital transformation from print to a leading online-only source of blue light sector information.

Dr Shane Ewen talks about his book Before Grenfell and explores decades of regulatory change that led up to the fire in 2017.