This highlights package delves into the pressing challenges facing policing today, including financial constraints, mental health crises, and systemic issues within the criminal justice system.
It highlights the impact of performance management on police work and emphasizes the need for international cooperation to tackle global crime and threats. The discussion reflects on the optimism for future improvements while acknowledging the significant hurdles that lie ahead.
Andy Prophet lays out policing’s biggest challenges — from court backlogs to mental health demand and rising social tensions — and explains why the next five years will test the system like never before.
Simon Guilfoyle reveals how police get pulled into work that isn’t policing—from mental-health calls to swans in the road—and how broken targets and pressure to ‘perform’ distort decisions and drain frontline capacity
https://policing.tv/videos/why-police-must-learn-to-say-no/
Iceland’s police chief explains how global organised crime, tech threats and child exploitation cross borders with ease—and why only trust, outreach and international cooperation can protect communities
https://policing.tv/videos/why-borders-no-longer-protect-us-icelands-national-commissioner/
Takeaways
- The next five years will be a critical test for policing.
- Financial challenges are a significant concern for UK policing.
- The criminal justice system is under immense strain.
- Mental health crises are increasingly becoming a policing issue.
- Community tensions, particularly around immigration, require police intervention.
- Performance targets can distort police priorities and decision-making.
- International cooperation is essential to combat organized crime.
- Trust and outreach are vital for effective policing.
- Technology presents both opportunities and threats to policing.
- Shared challenges exist in policing across the globe.
Chapters
00:00 The State of Policing: Challenges Ahead
02:47 Systemic Issues in Policing: Mental Health and Community Tensions
06:07 Performance Management: The Impact of Targets on Policing
09:01 Global Cooperation: Addressing International Crime and Threats
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