"This rigorous and common sense report from Policy Exchange is a breath of fresh air"
Lousie Casey CB, Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses on Fitting the Crime
In Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe’s first public speech following the London Mayoral election he provided a key insight into his plans for improving policing in the capital, and how he intends to reform Scotland Yard itself in line with his philosophy of ‘Total Policing’.
Policy Exchange is extensively referenced in the Winsor Review. The Review cites our analysis from Cost of the Cops and supports our analysis about the need to create a more flexible police workforce with a career structure that rewards skills, and frontline roles, not simply rank and time-served.
Blair Gibbs, Head of Crime & Justice at Policy Exchange, appears on Newsnight highlighting the similarities between analysis and recommendations made in the Winsor Review and those made in the Sheehy Report of 1993.
Head of Crime & Justice Blair Gibbs makes the case in favour of elected Police & Crime Commissioners on Inside Out West. Policy Exchange is acknowledged as being one of the main architects of the new Commissioner role.
The Huffington Post covers comments made by Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe at his recent speech to Policy Exchange that more drug tests for employees at work could act as a deterrant and affect the demand for drugs.
Police Officer Pensions: Affordability of current schemes reveals that the cost of police officer pensions has increased markedly over the past 15 years from under £1 billion in 1995/6 to £2.5 billion in 2009/10 and recommends the development of a New Model Police Pension scheme that is more affordable for officers and taxpayers alike.
This publication is a transcript of Lord Howard's speech at the Christopher Kingsland Memorial Lecture. Lord Howard argued in favour of reform of human rights legislation and bringing rights back from Strasbourg.
Crime & Justice Research Fellow Edward Boyd calls for reform of police officer remuneration, arguing that police pensions are unfair and need modernising and that in order to attract the best applicants the starting salary for police officers should be increased.
Policy Exchange's Head of Crime & Justice Blair Gibbs has argues that despite the confusion over the arrest of Abu Qatada the government has achieved progress – albeit slowly – on reforming human rights in Brighton this week.
This event will be Bernard Hogan-Howe’s first public speech following the London Mayoral election and will provide a key insight into his plans for improving policing in the capital, and how he intends to reform Scotland Yard itself in line with his philosophy of ‘Total Policing’.
In their new book, Collaborate or Perish! Reaching Across Boundaries in a Networked World, William Bratton, Chairman of Kroll and former leader of the Boston, New York, and Los Angeles police departments, and Zachary Tumin of Harvard Kennedy School’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, discuss how to collaborate in today’s digital and networked world.
