Learning the Lessons
Learning the Lessons aims to improve police policy and practice. It supports the police service to learn from our investigations and reviews into complaints and conduct matters. 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 both 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, 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 articles 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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Learning the Lessons issue 44 focuses on corruption. Our research tells us that one of the most significant factors affecting public confidence in policing is hearing stories of police corruption. This issue raises awareness of the key issues we see through our work, and highlights tangible learning opportunities to help the police service identify, prevent and root out police corruption.Key themes include abuse of position, computer and information misuse, social media and more.
Previous issues of Learning the Lessons are available on the National Archive.