Crime Reduction

Home Office provides £200,000 funding boost to GM charities

17.08.20: Eighteen charities across Greater Manchester aimed at preventing vulnerable young people getting involved in serious violence have been supported with a funding boost totalling £201,000 in Government grants. The emergency, one-off gra...

Temporary 'Nightingale Courts' to open from next week

03.08.20: The Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP has announced that the temporary ‘Nightingale Courts’ will begin hearing cases from next week, following the unveiling of the 10 sites on July 19. The Nightingale Court will provide mor...

Government proposals to boost cyber security of smart products

16.07.20: The Government has published proposals today (July 16) for a new law outlining security requirements for smart devices, which could protect millions of users from cyber criminals. Drawn up by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S...

Government launches new virtual cyber school for young people

01.05.20: A new virtual cyber school is offering thousands of young people the opportunity to become the next generation of cyber security experts. As schools across the country are closed to stop the spread of coronavirus, online learning is playing...

Video tech to ensure criminal justice system continues

30.04.20: HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and the Ministry of Justice have announced today that a new video platform will be brought in to ensure criminal hearings continue to be carried out during this period of travel restrictions. The ne...

Barnsley Council publishes new Cyber Security strategy

16.04.20: A Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council cabinet meeting yesterday (Apr 15) saw a new Cyber Security Strategy approved. As local councils across the UK move a lot of their operations online, cyber security is more in important than ever, and...

Women’s Aid launches ‘Lockdown’ campaign amid coronavirus

07.04.20: National domestic abuse charity, Women’s Aid, has launched a campaign today (Apr 7) to highlight risks of abuse during coronavirus lockdown. The campaign, ‘The Lockdown’ aims to raise awareness of the added dangers of dome...

LGA responds to government proposals of ‘Protect Duty’ law

24.02.20: The Local Government Association (LGA) has today (Feb 24) responded to an announcement from the Home Office for plans to introduce a law aimed at protecting public venues and spaces from terror attacks.  Security Minister James Brokens...

More than £1.1bn in funding for the policing system

22.01.20: The government has today (Jan 22) announced the largest influx of funding for the police system in a decade. The amount of funding presented to the policing system for 2020 to 2021 will increase by more than £1.1 bn, totalling £...

Longer prison time for serious violent and sexual offenders

22.01.20: Today (Jan 22) legislation was brought before Parliament to end the automatic half-way release for offenders sentenced for crimes such as rape, manslaughter and GBH. Two separate Statutory Instruments are being debated, the Release of Priso...

New artificial intelligence technique to stop online child grooming

10.01.20: A newly developed technique which uses artificial intelligence to identify and block child grooming conversations online has been launched by the Home Office and Microsoft in Seattle. The method, which began expansion at a hackathon co-host...

£4m funding to crack down on criminal landlords

03.01.20: Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP has announced today (3 Jan) that over 100 councils across England have been presented with a share of over £4 million to crack down on criminal landlords and letting agents. Despite the majority of...

Border Force and Metropolitan Police operation highly commended at ‘World Class Policing Awards’

18.11.19: Operation Limelight focuses on raising awareness of forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) at the border and safeguarding potential victims. This summer, Operation Limelight focused solely on flights between the UK and destinat...

First prisons get new security equipment

04.11.19: As part of the government’s £100 million prison security package seven jails are set to obtain advanced new equipment to tackle the smuggling of drugs, phones and weapons behind bars, in a bid to make our prisons a safer place. ...

Birmingham City Council secure order against street cruising for an additional three years

30.10.19: The order which was first secured in 2016 by Birmingham City Council is now valid until September 1st 2022 meaning street cruising is banned for a further three years. The definition of street cruising is a congregation of drivers of 2 or m...