John Bahadur Lamb, Max Hart, James Treadwell, Adam Lynes and Craig Kelly
1. There is no definitive proof that Robert Peel ever developed the principles that underpin British Policing
John Bahadur Lamb
2. "Trust is the foundation upon which consent and legitimacy for policing is built"
Mark Manning and Nigel South
3. The police have acted as 'moral guardians' since the early 19th century
Peter Joyce and Wendy Laverick
4. The senior investigating officer role is not like you see on TV!
Stephen Tonks
5. The role of the custody sergeant is to be the guardian of an individual's rights and wellbeing
Martin Steventon
6. Crimes are classed as solved once someone is charged with an offence
Nick Mills
7. The Integrated Offender Management scheme has aided significant reductions in reoffending since its formulation in 2009
Sacha Smith
8. Roads policing is key to saving lives, disrupting crime, and police legitimacy, but it has been routinely undervalued and is sometimes resisted
Helen Wells
9. The police investigate some crimes that occur inside prisons!
James Treadwell
10. The number of volunteer "special" constables has reduced from 67,000 in the 1950s to under 10,000 in the last decade
Colin Rogers
11. Policing has now been 'professionalised'
Jacob Thandi and Nick Gibbs
12. Until 2020, Police officers did not require formal education qualifications
Mark Lakey13. The senior rank structures of the Metropolitan and City of London Police differ from every other force in England and Wales
Ron Winch14. The chief constable is operationally independent and cannot act on unlawful orders or unduly intrusive political direction
Wendy Laverick and Peter Joyce15. Policewomen had a separate department from that of their male colleagues until the 1970s
Charlotte Rigby and Em Temple-Malt16. In the six months leading to March 2022, more than 1,500 police staff in England and Wales were accused of violence against women and girls
Laura Riley17. A 2022 investigation highlighted 11,277 instances of internal misogyny and sexual misconduct in the police
Sarah Jones18. Between 2011 and 2020 there were 173 suicides in the UK Police Force
Lauren Jane Gillespie19. Over 100 police officers are assaulted every day
Michelle Clarke20. The Independent Office for Police Conduct is independent and makes its decisions entirely independently of the Police and government
Victoria Bell and Sarah Plimley21. Police rank structures have remained relatively unchanged
Dom McVeigh22. Helicopters assume a crucial role in contemporary policing
Adam Lynes23. The Ministry of Defence Police has the highest number of Authorised Firearms Officers, secondly only to the Metropolitan Police Service
Steve Wadley24. Violence is an essential tool in the vocation of Policing
David Sausdal25. Despite popular belief, a substantial proportion of the British Police is armed in England and Wales
Craig Kelly26. Between 1987 and 2023, only one officer has been convicted for manslaughter following a death in which police used force in England and Wales
Abi Dymond and Brian Rappert27. There is no automatic right to access body-worn video footage in England and Wales, even if the footage is about you
Sharda Murria28. When the police refer to evidence, this doesn't just mean DNA and fingerprints
Laura Hammond29. Criminal Profiling of Serial Murderers has never worked
Craig Jackson30. The perception of the police as being Institutionally homophobic has hampered the ability to protect members of the gay community in England and Wales
Ben Colliver31. The police uniform serves an important symbolic Purpose
Camilla De Camargo32. The majority of police investigations by 'uniformed officers' focus upon volume crime
Max Hart33. In 2023, just 5.7 per cent of reported crimes led to a charge or summons
Keir Irwin-Rogers34. In England and Wales, no suspect is Identified in 74.2% of residential burglary cases
Jack Greig Midlane and Briann Clifford35. Only 1 per cent of fraud in England and Wales results in a Criminal Justice Outcome
Max Hart36. The state is overwhelmingly reliant on the private sector to effectively police art crime
Tereza Østbø Kuldova37. UK policing structures create an open goal for organised criminals in rural areas
Kate Tudor38. The UK Serious Organised Crime Strategy (2018) aims to 'equip the whole of government, the private sector, communities and individual citizens to align their efforts in a single collective endeavour to rid our society of the harms of serious and organised crime'
Paul Andell and Kelly Gray39. The current approach to policing drugs is hypocritical, harmful and ineffective
Tammy Ayres40. The police often overestimate the value of the drugs they seize
Craig Ancrum and James Treadwell41. Much of the police's current approaches to knife crime are wholly ineffective
Natasha Pope42. In the pursuit of solving crimes against children, children are too often harmed
Sean Monaghan43. Police in England and Wales were responsible for 55 fatal police shootings in the last 24 years, much lower US counterparts
Nicholas Walrath44. Worldwide, the increasing use of militarised policing has been employed against protestors
Kyla Bavin45. Proscription under the Terrorism Act 2000 allows for arrest and prosecution, with 93 organisations listed to date
Leon Skerritt46. The police have often attempted to pre-empt cases of political and religious violence through covert intelligence
Dylan Sears47. Police in England and Wales have, for many decades, intervened more in street sex work than indoor sex work
Ian R. Cook 48. In 2021, only 1.6 per cent of rapes reported to police were prosecuted
Emma Williams
49. Contrary to popular belief, at the end of registered sexual offenders' prison and community sentences they are managed solely by specialist police officers
Sarah Pemberton and Stephanie Kewley
50. Rape is routinely used as a tool of war, however even in peacetime Military Service Police inadequately report and investigate sexual offences committed by Army personnel
Sarah Kingston