Police
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How did Met Police officer David Carrick get away with it for so long?
Today's Big Question Failure to stop one of Britain’s most prolific rapists linked to ‘toxic culture of misogyny’ at force
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Police discover ‘unconscious woman’ is art installation
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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Three children dead after plunging into frozen Solihull lake
Speed Read Search continues for unconfirmed number of other children, with rescue ‘now a recovery operation’
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Dozens arrested over plot to overthrow German government
Speed Read Police raided 130 locations across Germany and also detained suspects in Italy and Austria
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Chinese secret police stations around the globe
feature Report claims Chinese citizens in exile are monitored and coerced by their own authorities
By The Week Staff Published
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Are killer robots now legal in San Francisco?
feature Officials vote to allow police to use remote-controlled devices with lethal capability in ‘extraordinary circumstances’
By Richard Windsor Published
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Why is gun crime on the rise?
Today's Big Question Poverty, smuggling and ‘county lines’ blamed for increase in firearms offences across England and Wales
By Arion McNicoll Published
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‘Basic errors’ and low charge rates: understanding the crisis in British policing
Talking Point New report has found that only 6.6% of robberies and 4.2% of thefts result in charges
By The Week Staff Published
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Police patrols ‘cut violent crime by more than 70%’
Speed Read Latest data suggests old-school ‘bobbies on the beat’ still play key role in modern policing
By The Week Staff Published
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Telford inquiry: unease about race meant mass sex abuse ignored
Speed Read Three-year inquiry described police inaction over abuse as a 'shocking failure'
By Richard Windsor Published
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What putting Metropolitan Police in ‘special measures’ means for the force
In the Spotlight Scotland Yard facing greater scrutiny and pressure to produce improvement plan following criticisms by watchdog
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The Week Unwrapped: SIDS, Tasers and Alabaman rights
podcast Are we closer to understanding sudden infant death syndrome? Has a Trump-appointed judge given hope to trans Americans? And do too many British police have Tasers?
By The Week Staff Published
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‘Not all Britons are gearing up for the jubilee’
Instant Opinion Your digest of analysis from the British and international press
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The law on police strip searches
In Depth Scotland Yard forced to apologise after leaving 15-year-old girl traumatised at school
By Kate Samuelson Published
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