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A new online reporting service has been launched across England and Wales to help people affected by intimate image abuse, providing advice, support and routes to report incidents to police.

A new national service aims to tackle one of policing’s long-standing challenges, fragmented data held across individual force systems.

Police drones operated remotely from Birmingham are now flying over Coventry as part of a national programme aimed at improving response times, situational awareness and officer safety.

The Home Office has published its long-awaited white paper setting out a substantial overhaul of policing in England and Wales that will reduce the number of police forces, centralise functions under a National Police Commissioner, put more money into AI and see police officers compelled to achieve a ‘licence to practise.’

More than 2,000 police officers have been moved into neighbourhood policing roles so far, with forces on track to deliver a 3,000-officer uplift by April under the government’s neighbourhood policing guarantee.

The National My Police Portal has gone live, marking a significant step in the digital transformation of public contact across policing.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Premier League have announced a new partnership that will test how data and technology can improve matchday safety and support policing operations.

The Police Digital Service has agreed a new partnership with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, in a move designed to strengthen digital capability, improve professional standards and support long-term career development across policing.

Britain’s police chiefs have unveiled a new three-year strategy to tackle rising rural and wildlife crime, placing data analytics, drone technology and enhanced powers at the centre of efforts to disrupt organised criminal groups targeting the countryside.

The Emergency Services Network (ESN) will redefine how the UK’s emergency services communicate and serve the public. At The Emergency Tech Show this year, the ESN team discussed the programme’s progress, the challenges ahead, and the opportunities it presents for frontline personnel.