Chiefs call for Shabana Mahmood to consider changing the law so officers can use more discretion when policing online comments
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Chiefs call for Shabana Mahmood to consider changing the law so officers can use more discretion when policing online comments
Chiefs call for Shabana Mahmood to consider changing the law so officers can use more discretion when policing online comments
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Sir Mark Rowley wants to free police from investigating complaints with no evidence of intended real-world harm

The home secretary has told police chiefs: ‘I was a reformer at the Ministry of Justice. I will be a reformer at the Home Office…

Officers must separate the offensive from the criminal to protect free speech, says Sir Andy Cooke

Home Secretary to commission review of ‘bureaucratic’ model she believes diverts resources away from neighbourhood policing

Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, also signalled that she would consider greater powers to ban demonstrations outright

Nowadays, officers are less a force for law and order than a glorified community service