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Why wasn’t the Southport killer stopped?Today’s Big Question Inquiry into 2024 rampage revealed an ‘inappropriate merry-go-round’ of state bodies refusing to accept responsibility for Axel Rudakubana’s attack
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Do the Freemasons have too much sway in the police force?Podcast Plus, what does the growing popularity of prediction markets mean for the future? And why are UK film and TV workers struggling?
By The Week UK Published
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Why have homicide rates reportedly plummeted in the last year?Today’s Big Question There could be more to the story than politics
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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How the ‘British FBI’ will workThe Explainer New National Police Service to focus on fighting terrorism, fraud and organised crime, freeing up local forces to tackle everyday offences
By The Week UK Published
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Who is to blame for Maccabi Tel Aviv fan-ban blunder?Today’s Big Question MPs call for resignation of West Midlands Police chief constable over ‘dodgy’ justification of ban from Aston Villa match, but role of Birmingham Safety Advisory Group also under scrutiny
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Facial recognition: a revolution in policingTalking Point All 43 police forces in England and Wales are set to be granted access, with those against calling for increasing safeguards on the technology
By The Week UK Published
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‘Stakeknife’: MI5’s man inside the IRAThe Explainer Freddie Scappaticci, implicated in 14 murders and 15 abductions during the Troubles, ‘probably cost more lives than he saved’, investigation claims
By The Week UK Published
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Massacre in the favela: Rio’s police take on the gangsIn the Spotlight The ‘defence operation’ killed 132 suspected gang members, but could spark ‘more hatred and revenge’
By The Week UK Published
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‘The business ultimately has a customer base to answer to’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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3 officers killed in Pennsylvania shootingSpeed Read Police did not share the identities of the officers or the slain suspect, nor the motive or the focus of the still-active investigation
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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DC prosecutors lose bid to indict sandwich throwerSpeed Read Prosecutors sought to charge Sean Dunn with assaulting a federal officer
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Trump expands National Guard role in policingSpeed Read The president wants the Guard to take on a larger role in domestic law enforcement
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Dash: the UK's 'flawed' domestic violence toolThe Explainer Risk-assessment checklist relied on by police and social services deemed unfit for frontline use
By The Week UK Published
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Man charged for hoagie attack as DC fights takeoverSpeed Read The Trump administration filed felony charges against a man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal agent
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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