We are fighting 21st-century crime with 20th-century tools.
Policing in the UK has reached a breaking point. It’s not just about rising crime rates; it’s about a fundamental mismatch in speed. On one side, we have borderless, industrialised cybercrime syndicates that move with the agility of a Silicon Valley startup. On the other, we have a reactive policing model built on legacy systems, fragmented data, and bureaucratic layers that were never designed for a digital-first world.
In my latest article, Policing at an Inflection Point, I explore why "catching the bad guys" is no longer a sufficient strategy. We need to stop patching old systems and start redefining the entire relationship between law enforcement, technology, and the public.
Key themes explored in this piece:
The Asymmetry of Speed: Why "Institutional Latency" is the greatest weapon in a criminal's arsenal.
Moving Beyond the Reactive: Shifting from responding to incidents to building "Community Resilience" through predictive, ethical data use.
The Trust Gap: Why transparency and human-centric governance are the only ways to restore public confidence in an algorithmic age.
The goal isn't just to modernise the police force, it's to ensure that as our world becomes more complex, our commitment to justice remains human-centric and structurally sound.
