The police have many roles in our society but we cannot deny that one of their central duties is to protect the most vulnerable individuals and this includes those with mental health issues. I am currently chairing the independent commission into mental health and policing, the overall purpose of which...

Now they've been sworn into office, the new Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) face a challenging task ahead.

Top of the 'to do' list is cutting crime and putting victims first, a pledge in the election manifesto of many candidates.

I've been a victim of crime so I know just...

There's one image dominating US news coverage right now: Trayvon Martin in his hoodie. The shooting of the unarmed black teenager in Florida has triggered coast to coast protests and calls to end racial profiling. The full facts about the 17-year-old's death last month are not yet known. What is...

Ed Miliband may have falling poll numbers, but lexicographers like him. The compilers of the Oxford English Dictionary last week chose his minting of "the squeezed middle" as their word of the year. At the time, Miliband was mocked for his inability to define precisely what that middle was, but...