Daily Policing Media Summary

Telegraph reports around half of class A drug users are let off by police without punishment, according to Home Office data. Some forces have adopted diversion schemes, which could be rolled out nationally if successful.

The College of Policing said the aim of the diversion scheme was to “reduce re-offending and wider harms by approaching substance use as a health issue rather than a criminal justice issue,”

The research will compare re-offending rates, hospital and treatment admissions with the aim of establishing “whether and how drug diversion works, for whom, when and why”.

Widespread coverage of a former Royal Marine who will appear in court charged with dangerous driving and GBH after the Liverpool parade crash. Standard, Guardian, Daily Mail, BBC.

The Sun reports former West Midlands chief constable Sir David Thompson and Alex Murray, Director at the NCA and NPCC lead for AI, have been accused of mocking an Irish colleague’s accent in a ‘grossly offensive’ video.

Police Professional reports the Ada Lovelace Institute wants government to pass new risk-based legislation amid rapid expansion of facial recognition tech across the public and private sector.

Police Oracle reports chiefs in England and Wales want the overhaul of the structure of policing with fewer, larger forces.

Police Oracle reports Surrey and Sussex vetting arrangements and integrity testing are affected by IT systems and high workloads, an HMICFRS inspection found. Surrey have 469 personnel who don’t hold current vetting or the right level of vetting for their role.

BBC reports an inspector who made hundreds of calls on a force mobile phone to sex workers, many while working, has been banned from policing.