Theresa May has been accused of being "out of touch" with local communities after figures showed the number of police officers serving in England and ...

A police decision to retain photographs of two crime suspects who were never charged has been declared a breach of human rights in a landmark High Cou...

Almost 500 body parts have been stored by police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since 1960 in cases where inquiries have closed, a report has ...

One of the UK's most senior policemen has denied the force is inherently racist. Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Office...

Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) President Sir Hugh Orde has defended his organisation's spending on consultants as "peanuts". Recently ...

The most radical changes to the police service in 200 years, combined with massive budget cuts, have left officers "frustrated" - and could soon have ...

Up to 16,000 off-duty officers will don black caps representing each officer expected to be lost under the government's budget cuts as they take to th...

More than 20,000 off-duty police officers took to the streets as they warned that government cuts are putting public safety at risk. Many of the of...

Drug campaigners have backed the warning from police chiefs that new government powers to ban legal highs will not work. The UK Drug Policy Commiss...

Serial rapists may be escaping justice because of failures by police and prosecutors, a report has claimed. One in eight reported rapes are written...

Three new regional 'hubs' have been created to help fight cyber crime in the Humber, Northwest and East Midlands areas, it was announced on Wednesday....

Catastrophic cuts in police numbers mean that rank and file officiers are unable to do their jobs effectively, the Police Federation has said. The ...

Street dealers caught with heroin, cocaine or thousands of pounds worth of cannabis could avoid jail under new guidelines for judges which come into f...

Safety campaigners said today that warnings over drink-drinking were failing as new figures showed young drivers are still the worst offenders. Mor...