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Police Reform

Find out more about where the police force is heading and what we're doing to make it better.

The police force has undergone a raft of operational changes since the start of the 21st century.

Find out more about where the police force is heading and what’s already been achieved.

Explore this section:

  • Background

    Why there is a need for police reform and how the policy has been developed..

  • Police Green Paper

    Find out about the Police Green Paper.

  • Protective Services

    Find out about the Protective Services programme and demonstrator sites.

  • Police and Justice Act

    Information about the bill that is helping to build safer communities.

  • Police Authorities

    Find out about the role and functions of police authorities and how you can get involved.

Latest News

Home Secretary's Strategic Policing Priorities 2009-10

The Home Secretary's Strategic Policing Priorities for 2009-10 were laid in Parliament on Monday the 8th December 2008 in a Written Ministerial Statement.

Policing Policy e-bulletin

The Home Office bulletin is emailed every month to Home Office policing policy stakeholders.

The December 2008 e-bulletin includes information on the the Tackling Drugs Changing Lives awards, the government response to Sir Ian's Magee's Review of Criminality Information, the National Prevent conference, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, Participatory Budgeting and the Tilley awards..

Read the Policing Green Paper

On 17 July 2008 the Home Secretary published the Policing Green Paper 'From the neighbourhood to the national: policing our communities together'

Read the Policing Green Paper

Missing Persons Code of Practice Consultation

The NPIA Missing Persons Bureau, working with ACPO and the Home Office, will develop a police code of practice on the collection of missing persons data.  NPIA consulted with all police officers on their proposed code of practice.  The consultation closed on Friday 21st November 2008

Read Annex A and Annex B which provides background and requirements of the code of practice. 

Read Peter Neyroud's (Chief Executive of NPIA) consultation letter

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