Party Political


What's the future of PCCs?
(26/03/21) As reforms are proposed to clarify the operational independence between chiefs and PCCs Police Oracle speaks to police and crime commissioners about the future of the role.

Reform of PCC role will make chief dismissal process 'transparent'
(16/03/21) Home Office says reforms will make line of operational independence 'clearer '.

Four arrests does not constitute brutal or insensitive policing
(15/03/21) Selected social media clips appears to have prompted politicians to unfairly condemn the policing of Saturday's south London vigil says Chris Hobbs.

Comment: The Lord, the Policing College and the front line
(18/01/21) The appointment of the former austerity policing minister Lord Nick Herbert to the College of Policing rightly raised a few eyebrows, writes Chris Hobbs.