Learning the Lessons
Learning the Lessons aims to improve police policy and practice by supporting the police service to learn from our investigations and reviews. Each issue of the magazine focuses on a particular theme and brings together a series of case studies, including reflective questions for those working in policing. Learning the Lessons is for frontline officers and staff, and those working in policy, learning or management roles in policing.
Alongside case studies, the magazine explores work happening across the IOPC, in local police forces, in academia and in national organisations like the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs’ Council. The magazine is supported by:
Use the case factor table to find Learning the Lessons content on specific themes or operational areas. Our force response log lists all the reflective questions we’ve asked across all issues of Learning the Lessons. Read more about how we create the magazine in our ‘Making the magazine’ blog.
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Read Learning the Lessons issue 48
This edition focuses on children and young people and has been co-produced with the IOPC Youth Panel. The Panel’s message is that to improve young people's trust and confidence policing must listen to them and act on what they say. For young people lasting trust comes from genuine engagement, transparency, accountability and meaningful action.Key themes featured in the magazine include stop and search, use of force, safeguarding, exploitation, mental health, neurodiversity, violence against women and girls and strip searches.
Previous issues of Learning the Lessons are available on the National Archive.