The government have announced a review of new psychoactive substances in a bid to clamp down on the trade in potentially fatal drugs

Law enforcers visited head shops, arrested more than 40 people and seized cash, illegal drugs and a firearm in operations to disrupt the market in new psychoactive substances

A top police officer has called for an open and honest debate about the criminal justice process in rape cases

We are thinking of those who have lost their lives and been injured, their families, the emergency services and the people of Scotland

The review identifies pockets of effective practice around the country, including good examples from the police service in tackling such crimes

Independent Police Commission review, chaired by Lord John Stevens, today published its report Policing for a Better Britain

25 November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - White Ribbon

Address by Sir Hugh Orde to ACPO Leading Change in Policing conference 2013

ACPO responds to media coverage of evidence given to the Public Administration Committee about the recording of crime statistics yesterday

Vigilance key to tackling burglary and stolen goods.

The review aimed to examine the standing structures and functions currently delivered by ACPO in the context of the radically different national environment of PCCs, the College of Policing and the National Crime Agency and make recommendations to PCCs on the requirement for a collective national policing function akin to that currently fulfilled by ACPO

National policing lead on out-of-court-disposals, Chief Constable Lynne Owens, speaks on new guidance and review.