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This week's annual Police Federation Conference was one of the more controversial in recent years, if you missed out on any of the action we've recapped the key events from @policingtoday's Twitter coverage of the event.

Police planned for safe Olympic Torch tour

ACPO Olympic lead Chris Allison has expressed his confidence that the Olympic Torch Relay "will be respected" when the flame arrives in Britain today but is equally confident that there is an "appropriate policing operation in place" should their be any protests.

Home Sec comes under fire at Federation conference

Home Secretary Theresa May was given a hostile reception by delegates when she delivered her keynote speech to the Police Federation conference earlier today.

No guarantee from Home Office on professional body membership fees

The Home Office Director of Police Reform and Resources outlined some of the details of the upcoming professional body for UK policing on the opening day of the annual Police Federation Conference today

Rebekah Brooks charged with keeping evidence from police

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was one of six people charged today with perverting the course of justice today [15 May] as part of the ongoing Leveson Inquiry into phone hacking.

Operational

Shadow Home Sec says government reforms undermine the future of policing

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has reiterated Labour’s opposition to changes to policing being made by the Coalition Government.

Improving Efficiency

Marching Melville shows strength of police anger

Gloucestershire Chief Constable Tony Melville has said he will join the 20,000 strong Police Federation protest march against "government cuts and policing changes" this week

Professional Development

Inspectors Central Committee continue anti-cuts calls

The Police Federation's annual conference is continuing the anti-cuts theme with today's opening session recapping last week's march while also looking to potential future action.

Community Policing

NI welcome WPFG Committee ahead of Games

As part of their preparations to host the largest international sports event of next year, Northern Ireland's fire and police chiefs have welcomed a delegation from the World Police and Fire Games Federation to view the potential venues and facilities

Police TV

Editorial Feature

Bin Laden: one year on

Policing Today Security Correspondent Dave Sloggett surveys the landscape 12 months after the death of the Al Qaeda leader and figurehead

National resilience to combat a global threat

Chief Executive of CEOP Peter Davies talks about the future of child protection and the organisation’s imminent move to the National Crime Agency

Press Releases

Clear thermal images and intrinsically safe operation – the new Draeger UCF Thermal Imaging Cameras

Car hijackers will find that abandoning a vehicle and hiding in the undergrowth is simply not an option when police officers are using the new Draeger UCF range of thermal imaging cameras.

2012 Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show Preview

The eyes of the workwear and corporate clothing world will be on the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on the 17th – 18th April at the UK’s biggest ever Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show. This unique event will showcase the very best workwear, personal protective equipment (PPE) and corporate clothing available today from across the globe.

Gas detection for law enforcement applications

Providing continuous detection of up to five gases simultaneously, the Draeger X-am 7000 brings a flexible solution to individual monitoring tasks and can be used in law enforcement and hazard detection applications.

The blue light data crisis

Cutting costs by 20% over the next four years is no easy task for any sector, but the emergency services have a tough challenge bearing in mind that public safety is a number one priority - Matthew Palmer, head of control room futures at Capita’s Secure Information Solutions business investigates how it can be done.

Fast, Reliable, Non-Invasive Checks For Suspected Drug and Alcohol Abuse from Draeger

The Draeger DrugTest 5000 drug detection system detects six different substance categories simultaneously, within just a few minutes.

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