At a glance
• The College of Policing has issued guidance encouraging officers to engage more openly with journalists and share key details such as suspects’ nationality and ethnicity
• Forces will be urged to publish more on misconduct cases, prosecution decisions and criminal convictions to strengthen the relationship between police and media
• Editors and police leaders welcomed the move as a major step in improving transparency and public confidence
Police will be actively encouraged to speak to journalists and provide more information about suspects under draft guidance seeking to repair a “decade-long fractured relationship”.
