This edition looks at how to better help stalking victims as well as how time and monetary savings can be implemented to improve the efficiency of the Force. Also, the eCrime section is here as usual talking about the pitfalls of piracy in business.

Shoplifting costs the UK economy more than £4 billion a year, in this issue we have a special feature on the different approaches taken by police forces to tackle shoplifting, including case studies. We'll also be looking at geotagging and the danger of falling victim to online criminals.

November is the month when we traditionally celebrate with a roaring bonfire, and this will be coming hot on the heels of the October spending review, which is expected to result in a few police jobs going up in smoke. In these conditions can the police deliver the same kind of service we have come to expect? 

Our primary focus in this issue is on the spread of e-crime and where responsibility lies for tackling it. e-crime may cost people money, but other forms of crime cost lives and this is particularly the case with terrorism. This issue’s guest columnist, Ruth Dudley Edwards, talks to The Billboard about her book Aftermath which follows the victims' families’ pursuit of justice following the devastating Omagh bombing in 1998.

Change, if you listen to the politicians we all want it, but in this issue we look at the changes that may be on the horizon for UK policing. Our ecrime columnist Andrea Barnard will also be advising on how to protect yourself from Olympic ticketing scams.