The Alliance for Police Accountability (APA), supported by Action for Race Equality (ARE) as secretariat, will be hosting a Civil Society Half-Day Briefing Session on Monday, 27 October 2025. 🕒 Estimated read time: 2 minutes This …
Police Accountability & Reform: A Call to Action
This Thursday, 29th May 2025, the Alliance for Police Accountability (APA), in collaboration with key civil society organisations, will host a pivotal full-day workshop at IBM London, aiming to co-develop a unified proposal for an Independent …
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Alliance for Police Accountability Report on “Policing & the Black Child Conference 2024” Now Available
The Alliance for Police Accountability (APA) is proud to announce the release of the Policing & the Black Child Conference 2024 Report. 🕒 Estimated read time: 3 minutes The report, derived from the discussions and insights shared at …
Black communities, protests and policing in the USA and UK
The Alliance for Police Accountability (APA) is a burgeoning project which is developing frameworks for Community Oriented Policing (COP). The project is centered around the British ideal of ‘Policing by Consent’, which, in theory, is driven by …
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Policing Black children: an urgent call for accountability and action
On the evening of the 22nd August, twenty-seven community leaders, activists, and concerned citizens gathered to discuss the pressing issues of police accountability and the safety of Black children in England and Wales. The event, organised by …
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ARE comment on use of Body Worn Cameras in Policing
This morning, the BBC published an investigation into the misuse of police body-worn cameras, finding that these cameras have been turned off whilst police force is being used. Over 150 incidents of misuse were uncovered by the investigation, …
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Policing reform for a broken system: The need for a Black community-led approach
ARE's Meka Beresford and Tara Shah reflect on the launch of the Alliance for Police Accountability, and the urgent and overdue need for deep policing reform to further race equality in the UK. It has been 24 years since the Metropolitan …
New Black-led body aiming to transform approaches to policing launches
Action for Race Equality (ARE) is delighted to announce the launch of an important new body, the Alliance for Police Accountability (the APA), which aims to transform policing and promote a new public health approach to addressing serious violence, …
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