Articles by Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Police and crime commissioners to be abolished

Home secretary says PCCs, in England and Wales, were ‘failed experiment’ – and scrapping them will save £100m over this parliament

Nov 13, 2025

Politics

Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce

System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs

Nov 13, 2025

Technology

Judges set to decide fate of police chief constable guilty of contempt of court

Exclusive: Ivan Balhatchet, Northamptonshire’s chief constable, could face up to two years in jail or a fine for repeated failure to obey rulings

Nov 12, 2025

World

Met police’s culture makes racial harm ‘inevitable’, internal review finds

The revew, the first to focus on the racism of the institution as a whole, found a culture and leadership determined to prevent real change

Nov 7, 2025

World

Prison sentencing reforms will lead to up to 6% rise in crime, police chiefs say

Government plans include more short sentences being suspended and earlier releases from jail

Nov 6, 2025

World

Counter-terror police take over Sussex mosque arson inquiry

Discovery of new information leads to decision for specialist officers to take over investigation into Peacehaven fire

Nov 4, 2025

World

Police investigate four knife incidents possibly linked to Cambridgeshire train attack

Questions mount for officers as Anthony Williams, 32, appears in court on charges of attempted murder

Nov 3, 2025

Man charged with murder after triple stabbing in west London

Safi Dawood to appear in court charged with murder of one man and attempted murder of another man and a 14-year-old boy

Oct 29, 2025

Man arrested after dog walker dies and two injured in west London stabbings

Dog walker was reportedly walking past Uxbridge house where man and child were stabbed

Oct 28, 2025

Man charged with rape of woman in Walsall after ‘racially aggravated’ attack, say police

John Ashby, 32, from Birmingham, also charged with sexual assault, strangulation, actual bodily harm and robbery

Oct 28, 2025

New rules will allow police misusing force in England and Wales to ‘walk away scot-free’

Critics say boosting protections for officers at misconduct cases, introduced after fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, will undermine rule of law

Oct 23, 2025

Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban

Exclusive: West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year

Oct 21, 2025

UK police to investigate violence at Maccabi Tel Aviv match

Maccabi say rivals to blame for crowd trouble while UK government still wants ban lifted for Aston Villa game

Oct 20, 2025

Entertainment

Met officers suspended over alleged abuse of suspects and support for Tommy Robinson

BBC’s Panorama to broadcast allegations about Charing Cross station after sending evidence to police chiefs

Sep 30, 2025

Politics

Black police officers would be ‘silenced’ by new rules, UK association claims

Exclusive: Guidance says members of staff group ‘must not engage in activities that could be construed to be political’

Sep 30, 2025