Sunday, 12 October 2025

How to improve public confidence in UK policing will be explored at a conference held by Warwick Business School.

Today's police forces are being challenged to respond to cuts, to the changing nature of crime, and to changes in police governance in England and Wales - with the introduction of directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners. For any police force to be effective in safeguarding the public, public confidence is critical. Historically, public confidence seems particularly important in the UK, given the origins of the “British policing model” which means policing by consent.

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Brian Krebs reports that Henderson, KY-based Methodist Hospital recently fell victim to the "Locky" strain of ransomware and: "...says it is operating in an 'internal state of emergency' after a ransomware attack rattled around inside its networks, encrypting files on computer systems and holding the data on them hostage unless and until the hospital pays up." In response, security experts note:

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