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Hampshire police constable Jed Osmond avoids prison after pleading guilty of possessing more than 100 child abuse images A police constable has avoided being sent to prison after he downloaded child abuse images of youngsters as young as one year old on to his phone The News (Portsmouth)	2/12/2023 News
NSW Police Officer Faces Manslaughter Charges for Fatally Tasering Great Grandmother AUSTRALIA: Many have welcomed the upgrading of charges against the New South Wales police officer the man whose tasering of a great grandmother at a nursing home resulted in her death. Sydney Criminal Lawyers	2/12/2023 News
Opium imports into Australia on the rise AUSTRALIA: The AFP is seizing significant amounts of opium amid concerns criminal groups in Australia are using connections in the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan to source the illicit drug Australian Federal Police (AFP)	2/12/2023 News
Met officer sentenced following unauthorised searches on police systems A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer who made unauthorised searches on police computer systems on multiple occasions has been sentenced following an investigation we directed. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)	2/12/2023 News
Police cannot ‘arrest their way’ out of drug gangs A police force has warned it cannot "arrest its way" out of the problem of county lines drug dealing. Norfolk Constabulary said it had "significantly reduced" the number of lines operating in its area. The force said it was aware of 20 lines still running across the county, compared with about 75 in 2019. BBC	2/12/2023 News
Burnt out cops ready to quit job amid bitter wage dispute AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police officers suffering “extreme fatigue” are quitting in droves, a new survey has found, as the union prepares to launch industrial action over a bitter wage and condition dispute. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source	2/12/2023 News
Facial recognition technology: Time to face the facts REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Scanning CCTV with facial recognition technology is proposed as an effective tool in preventing crime, but evidence suggests it is not the panacea that some claim it to be. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland)	2/12/2023 Feature
Dublin riots show that the current Garda model of policing is no longer viable REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: I have repeated on many occasions that the Garda Síochana is not a corporate business. It is a public service, writes retired Garda Sergeant Christy Galligan. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland)	2/12/2023 Feature, Opinion
Top NSW cop’s name to be secret until 2063 after drink-drive charge AUSTRALIA: The identity of a top-ranking police officer accused of crashing his car in Sydney while drunk will remain suppressed for 40 years after a court agreed to an unprecedented secrecy push by NSW Police. The Sydney Morning Herald	2/12/2023 News
Police Scotland’s DCC Designate to retire in the New Year Recruitment has opened today for the position. Police Scotland's Deputy Chief Constable Designate Fiona Taylor will retire from policing in the New Year, with recruitment now underway for her replacement. Police Oracle - Subscription at source	1/12/2023 News
PSNI opens new 21-cell custody suite The £15m facility will provide custody provision for the entire north west and is expected to detain an average of between 400 and 500 people each month. Police Oracle - Subscription at source	1/12/2023 News
Killers brought to justice after officers analyse 1,000 hours of CCTV Two men were convicted on Thursday, 30 November, of killing Koray Alpergin after Met homicide detectives identified their involvement through analysis of more than 1,000 hours of CCTV. Metropolitan Police Service	1/12/2023 News
‘Appalling’ football violence worst officers have seen in decades The deputy chair of West Midlands Police Federation said the violence outside Villa Park on Thursday evening (November 30) was the worst officers had seen at a football match in more than two decades. Police Professional	1/12/2023 News
Deputy Chief Constable – Vacancy The Scottish Police Authority has launched a recruitment campaign today, Friday 1 December 2023, seeking a new Deputy Chief Constable for Police Scotland - the second largest police service in the UK Scottish Police Authority (SPA)	1/12/2023 News
GMP much improved but offender management needs further work HMICFRS' last inspection took place in 2021 when the force was in special measures, from which it was removed in October 2022. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has improved its investigations through having a clear quality assurance process and reducing its number of ongoing investigations to a more manageable level. Police Oracle - Subscription at source	1/12/2023 News
Winnipeg police charge 32-year-old man in mass shooting that killed 4 CANADA: Winnipeg police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old man with second-degree murder in connection with the mass shooting that left four people dead early Sunday morning in the city's West Broadway neighbourhood, a news release says CBC News (Canada)	1/12/2023 News
Gwent Police revisit: service to victims cause of concern Today we published a cause of concern revisit letter relating to Gwent Police. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS)	1/12/2023 News
Police Scotland chief asks government for extra £128m Police Scotland’s new chief constable has recommended the Scottish Government provides the force with an extra £128 million next year to maintain “a visible, accessible and proactive front line”. Glasgow Times	1/12/2023 News
Wiltshire Police force was ‘the worst performing force in the country’ The police and crime commissioner for Swindon and Wiltshire has said that Wiltshire Police was "probably the worst performing force in the country". Swindon Advertiser	1/12/2023 News
Police constable avoids jail over child abuse images A police officer has avoided being sent to prison after he downloaded child abuse images of children as young as one on to his phone. Jed Osmond, of Binstead Road, Winchester, Hampshire, was given a 13-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. He pleaded guilty to possessing more than 100 indecent images of children. BBC	1/12/2023 News

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