Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary's Response to the Policing Green Paper / Home Office, 7 November 2008
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/inspections/special_humberside_police_report/HMCIC_s_response_to_the_pol11

"This is Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s letter to the Home Secretary in response to the policing green paper. He outlines a future for the inspectorate that champions the public interest by seeking to significantly improve public confidence in the analysis and assessment of police performance and improvement."

The Future of Policing: Speech by Jacqui Smith / Home Office, 7 November 2008
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/Speeches/home-sec-speech-police-future
"This is a transcript of the speech by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to the Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Group on 5 November 2008. She talks about the challenges facing policing.

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary: Inspection of resource leverage - Metropolitan Police Service / Home Office, 31 October 2008
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/inspections/special_humberside_police_report/An_Inspection_of_Resource_H1.pdf
"This report evaluates the financial health and resource efficiency of the Metropolitan Police Service."

Improving Performance: A practical guide to police performance management - Case studies - Volume two / Home Office, 8 October 2008
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/performance-and-measurement/Practical_Guide_to_Police_2.pdf?view=Standard&pubID=585585
"This report illustrates how police forces have implemented the principles of effective performance management and show the application of performance management in a range of policing situations."

Policing Green Paper / Home Office, 17 September 2008
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/police-reform/policegp/
"This page gives information on the policing green paper, which sets out the Government's vision for the future of policing and includes radical new plans to cut red tape and give the police more freedom to get on with the job of reducing crime. The paper also includes new measures to increase public confidence in the police and give the public a greater say about how their communities are policed."

Link to feedback form
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/police/green-paper-feedback/

Home Office: Tilley awards 2008/ Home Office,16 September 2008

http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/tilley/tilleyawards2008.htm
"This page gives details of the 2008 Tilley awards, including information on the winning projects. The awards publicise the use of problem-oriented approaches to crime reduction and what can be achieved by tackling crime in a different and more strategic way."

Police told to take deep breaths and eat healthily /The Sunday Times, August 3, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4449539.ece

"Police officers are being advised to cope with the stress of tackling crime by taking deep breaths and eating healthily. And if confronting crime all gets too much for them, further advice is to “step away from difficult situations”. Scotland Yard is concerned about levels of anxiety among its staff and is introducing a scheme called Shrinking Clouds. Officers will watch a DVD and will then be issued with a card that they can refer to if they feel under pressure. As well as the recommendation on eating fruit and vegetables, the cards also advise officers to take deep breaths “to put your thoughts into perspective”."

'Beach Beat' to make shores safer / BBC.co.uk,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7528316.stm
"A police community support officer (PCSO) will join lifeguards to patrol a beach in Pembrokeshire this summer in a bid to make the shoreline safer."

E-Bulletin (116) July 2008 Home Office, 25/07/2008

http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/police-reform-e-bulletin/e-bulletin-116?view=Standard&pubID=570890
"Find out about the Policing Green Paper, Sir Ian Magee's review, the latest crime statistics and police strength statistics, and the PCSO review."

ACPO Calls For 'Foundation' Police Forces / Police Oracle, 20 June 2008
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/ACPO-Calls-For-Foundation-Police-Forces_16581.html
“Adopting a status similar to that of foundation hospitals would allow forces to decide their own priorities locally and focus their efforts on frontline policing rather than paperwork, said Ken Jones, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO).”
“Responding to the ACPO Chairman, Ken Jones’ call for the introduction of foundation forces, Simon Reed Vice Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales said; “For over two years now we have been calling on the government and chief officers to cut bureaucracy and allow frontline officers to exercise their discretion, restore commonsense policing and quit chasing targets instead of criminals.”
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Federation-On-ACPO-Foundation-Forces_16580.html

Getting Their Butt In Gear / Officer.com, 8 July 2008
http://www.officer.com/web/online/Leadership/Getting-Their-Butt-In-Gear/16$42094
Susan Grant
"Motivation and Commitment. Every employer's dream is to have highly motivated and committed employees. Policing is no different. We want to attract the cream of the crop; the high achievers. There is so much work to do out on the streets with calls and investigations and such a shortage of personnel that we desperately need motivated officers. In fact, having unmotivated officers not only de-motivates everyone else, it can also be a liability issue within our organizations."

Read the Job Description / Officer.com, 2 July 2008
http://www.officer.com/web/online/Leadership/Read-the-Job-Description/16$42117
William L. Harvey
"Every police department has a mission statement and a set of core values. You know, the plaque on the walls with the mission statement that nobody ever reads. The core values always make up some acronym that is supposed to give more meaning to it. By the way, where do all of these acronyms come from anyway?"

What kind of supervisor do I want to be?/ Officer.com, 9 July 2008
http://www.officer.com/web/online/Leadership/What-kind-of-supervisor-do-I-want-to-be/16$42182
Elvin G. Miali
"Try to analyze various situations throughout your tour of duty. Give yourself quizzes by asking yourself: How would you explain the situation to the lieutenant? Did you properly handle various situations with the resources available to you at the time; how would you handle a disgruntled employee; would you recommend discipline (if so, how much)? With this mental attitude, you begin to feel like a sergeant. Suddenly your attitude changes and you are looking at various things in a different light, which will give you an advantage over your competition because you are now developing the feeling of a supervisor rather than that of a police officer. This mindset has to feel good; you have to feel comfortable with it; it has to become your "clothing". In other words, you have to own it!"

Call for new rape inquiry squads / BBC, 9 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7496013.stm
"Every police force should set up a specialist squad to investigate rape allegations, a senior officer says. John Yates, who speaks on the issue for the Association of Chief Police Officers, argues such teams would help raise standards of victim care."

Met to share job details with neighbours
Jane's Police Review, 18 June 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"The Met is to share the names and the number of officers it recruits from southeast forces to help its neighbours redress their skills shortages. Home counties forces have complained that they train up officers only for them to be drawn to the Met by bigger salaries..."
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Police 'fear bully accusations' / BBC, 3 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7486619.stm
"A female sergeant said she had witnessed another sergeant being sworn at after suggesting a constable needed a haircut. Another sergeant said: "Pcs now get away with blue murder as people are afraid to challenge them due to HR [human resources] legislation and are not supported by managers." One sergeant told the HMIC: "There is no adherence to simple dress codes such as ties and not wearing hats." A chief superintendent added: "We pondered whether we should challenge staff about poor standards but had to admit that we [superintendents] often had poor dress, such as no tie or epaulettes"."
Leading from the frontline - http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/inspections/thematic/Frontline/

Police 'shortage' for 2012 Games / BBC, 1 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7483598.stm
"A lack of security staff for London's Olympics means veteran police officers must be brought out of retirement, a senior police figure has said. More than 1,500 officers will also have to be brought to London from other parts of the UK to guard the Games. Cuts to police dogs and horses will now have to be reversed to provide the level of protection required, Assistant Met Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur said."

A different beat / Guardian, 10 June 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jun/10/policing?gusrc=rss&feed=society
Mark Hay
"Heavily centralised government targets may have been necessary to raise productivity and performance in the past, but they are now distracting organisations from meeting local needs. However, these changes are not the easy option. Localised policing means new ways of working and integrating with other local public services. It means an ambitious new approach to defining and measuring performance – one which will present three major challenges"

Prevent Strategy: Background and next steps - Speech by Jacqui Smith / Home Office, 17 April 2008
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/Speeches/bcu-conference-speech
This is a transcript of the speech by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith at the Basic Command Unit Commanders Conference on 16 April 2008. She talks about counter-terrorism.

Predicting crime scene attendance
International Journal of Police Science and Management, Volume: 9 Issue: 4, December 2007, Page(s): 312-323
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/ijps.2007.9.4.312
Richard Adderley, John W. Bond, Michael Townsley
"This paper ascertains the feasibility of using a data mining supervised learning algorithm to predict which crime scenes potentially offer the best opportunity of recovering forensic samples such as finger prints or DNA. UK police forces have a finite number of Crime Scene Investigators and an ever-increasing demand to attend crime scenes. The research demonstrates that the methodology is portable between forces."
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