Police Review: Totally Joined Up Policing

With the appointment of Bernard Hogan-Howe as the new Met commissioner, some public commentary has focused on the style of policing he will pursue, reflecting on the ‘total policing’ he embraced during his tenure as chief constable of Merseyside Police.

I first used the term total policing in 2003 in my book Understanding social control – but what is it? What are its principles and implications? And, how does it link with the general direction of current police reform?

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Corrupt and Confused?

Article By: Martin Innes, Prospect Magazine

This summer, the police faced the crises of phone hacking and riots. The force is changing, but in the wrong way.

Images of police in full riot gear against a backdrop of burning buildings and marauding looters have seared themselves into the collective memory. The riots, sparked by the police shooting of a man in Tottenham (a non-police-issue gun was found at the scene), have challenged the reputation of Britain’s constabularies. In so doing, they sharpened concerns about policing that emerged a month earlier during the News International phone-hacking scandal.

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Sunday Times: Police turn 1,000 Muslims away from terrorism

Deradicalisation programme 'the Channel Project' was set up to prevent young Muslims being groomed by Al-Qaeda

Sir Norman Bettison said the project had a rocky start (Bethany Clarke)

More than 1,000 Muslims, including teenagers and children as young as seven, have been identified as being “at risk” of becoming Islamist terrorists in Britain, police have revealed.

The youngsters include a boy who told classmates he wanted “to go to Iraq and kill Americans” and another child who wrote in an exercise book: “I want to be a suicide bomber.” A 15-year-old white boy who converted to Islam said he was prepared to die for his religion.

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Professor Martin Innes quoted in Daily Telegraph article on Jon Venables Case

UPSI Director Professor Martin Innes joins the debate over protection of new identities for criminals which has been sparked by the recent Jon Venables case.

"Professor Martin Innes, director of the Universities Police Science Institute at Cardiff University, said the Venables case – the first time there has been a recall by someone under such an order – is "pivotal" and means a review over how they work is now needed."

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Professor Martin Innes and Sergeant Sarah Tucker contribute Executive Feature for Police Professional Magazine

UPSI director, Professor Martin Innes and UPSI PhD student Sergeant Sarah Tucker contributed the Executive Feature for a recent Police Professional Magazine. In the article they discuss how to best embed evidence-based policing to ensure that its merits are realised.

The article is available for download here.