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Forces remain on track for Uplift target, says Home Office

Forces remain on track with their targets for recruiting new officers, according to Home Office data. According to the latest quarterly update, shared by the College of Policing, there are now 13,576 officers recruited for the Uplift programme. It means forces have reached 68 per cent of the 20,000 target… The government remains on target for Uplift recruits, says the Home Office. But frontline officers say forces still aren’t up to strength....

Disruptive behaviour: keeping firearms off UK streets

Preventing weapons from getting into the hands of violent criminals is a relentless task for policing. In London alone, more than 450 weapons were recovered last year. They are usually obtained through criminal networks and armourers, often exploiting cultural, ethnic and familial links to source regions. The market is supply-driven,… Keeping firearms of UK streets is complex work but old fashioned ‘nous’ is a vital tool in CT policing, an officer reveals....

All systems go behind the CT firewall

The digital world is both the biggest opportunity and the biggest threat in policing. As a result, the need for staff with specialist IT expertise is huge – and by their very nature they rarely come from the traditional policing route. Counter Terrorism Policing HQ is hosted by the Metropolitan… With machine reading, AI and the online world rapidly expanding, the demand for IT workers in counter terrorism has never been greater. As part of our CT insight series, an IT staff officer reveals what life is like....

Superintendents' lead says policing needs to be more flexible

Kent Chief Superintendent Paul Fotheringham told the Sunday Telegraph that a degree of flexibility is needed within the job in order for policing to remain an attractive career choice. He said: “There's no escaping the fact that we can't compete in many ways with the private sector when it comes… Paul Fotheringham, President of Police Superintendents' Association, has said that the way officers and staff complete desk-based work needs to change ...