Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103123 total results. Showing results 181 to 200 «67891011121314Next ›Last » Garda (20s) injured after responding to robbery in Blanchardstown REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A garda has been injured after responding to a robbery at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 26/6/2025 News Police Scotland issues interim transgender search guidance Interim guidance around searching of transgender persons and searching by transgender officers and staff has been issued by Police Scotland. Police Professional 26/6/2025 News Garda stabbed after responding to attempted pub burglary in Blanchardstown REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A crazed man stabbed a garda in the hand after officers responded to a break-in at a pub in Blanchardstown last night. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 26/6/2025 News Met officers’ strip-search of black girl at school was gross misconduct, panel finds Disciplinary hearing finds two police officers’ search of Child Q, 15, was disproportionate and humiliating The Guardian 26/6/2025 News Police disposal of miner strike files ‘worrying’ A police force's disposal of documents relating to the miners' strike is "deeply worrying", the leader of the House of Commons has said. BBC 26/6/2025 News The proposed Strong Borders Act gives police new invasive search powers that may breach Charter rights The proposed Strong Borders Act, a bill currently before the Canadian Parliament, includes measures that will enable police to obtain information about an individual’s online activity by obtaining a warrant on a lower standard of reasonable suspicion of a crime, instead of probable cause; Thompson Rivers University Professor of Law Robert Diab argues that the new powers will turn tech companies such as Google, Apple, Shaw and Telus into agents of the state. Policing Insight 26/6/2025 Analysis, Feature, Opinion A tale of two statements: Top cop’s departure-news wrangle revealed AUSTRALIA: Amid the news hurricane, the relatively recent debacle surrounding the search for Victoria’s new top cop feels a bit like a distant memory. But CBD most certainly remembers the game of hot potato in the months leading up to the hiring of New Zealander Mike Bush. The Age (Australia) - Subscription at source 26/6/2025 News The man’s head injury could be seen on CCTV. Police refused to call an ambulance AUSTRALIA: A senior police officer's “unconscious racism” led him to ignore the man's injuries, amounting to serious misconduct, the police watchdog has found. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - Subscription at source 26/6/2025 News Doing discretion – authority, ambiguity and control in German traffic stops This article explores how police discretion is enacted, constrained, and withheld during routine traffic stops in Germany. While traffic stops appear mundane, they are key sites of police intervention where authority is negotiated, suspicion constructed, and legal procedures strategically mobilised. Rather than treating discretion as a static legal margin, this study conceptualises it as a situational and procedural practice embedded in institutional routines, cultural typifications, and interactional dynamics. The analysis draws on ethnographic fieldwork with urban patrol units and uses trans-sequential analysis to examine how police actions unfold in situ. This method allows for a detailed reconstruction of how officers identify enforcement and reference problems, initiate diagnostic sequences, and manage uncertainty through case work. Particular attention is paid to how discretion is exercised within the step-by-step construction of a ‘proper police case’. Three key patterns emerge: (1) discretion as a tool for negotiated order, where officers pragmatically align with compliant behaviour; (2) discretion under resource constraints, where fallback routines are used to resolve ambiguity; (3) the non-use of discretion, where rigid authority is enacted in response to defiance or typified deviance. The findings show that discretion is not a space of freedom, but a methodical intervention that enables officers to construct coherence under institutional and situational constraints. Discretion contributes to the reproduction of order – but also to the reproduction of inequality – when it is guided by typifications, vague legal categories, and unequal access to interpretive agency. The study highlights the need for greater transparency and reflexivity in routine policing. Policing and Society 26/6/2025 Research article Searches will be based on person’s biological sex but requests for ‘lived gender’ searches considered Police Scotland searches of transgender people will be undertaken on the basis of biological sex, while attempts to accomodate requests for an officer of their 'lived gender' to carry out the search will also be made, interim guidance by the force has said. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 26/6/2025 News CoP announces national rollout of Neighbourhood Policing Programme The College of Policing (CoP) has today announced the rollout of its Neighbourhood Policing Programme, which will see officers specially trained to fight crime in their local communities across England and Wales. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 26/6/2025 News Managerial approaches to mitigate police professionals’ online harms in the United Kingdom In this article, we draw on the concept of misconduct to explore how police organisations frame personnel’s online harms and its impact on managerial perceptions and strategies. The aim is to provide insights into whether and how a focus on organisational reputation pervades management practices. Based on 52 semi-structured interviews with police managers from 4 police forces in the United Kingdom (UK) and 46 social media policy documents, guidance and training materials used by 25 UK police services, we explore how police managers interpret organisational messaging in their conceptualisation of responsibilities and operationalisation of strategies to protect police personnel online. Line managers’ decisions and actions are largely shaped by, and in turn shape, the organisational culture and ethical climate around online harms. We highlight the need to shift police organisational cultures around online harms towards a duty of care, in part as a timely response to implementing the well-being emphasis in the UK’s revised Code of Ethics 2024. We present three practical recommendations for organisational leadership and social media policy making in a global context both within and beyond police organisations: (1) national-level advocacy for increased focus on personnel vulnerabilities which supports organisational-level shifts towards, (2) an emphasis on wellbeing, and (3) broader managerial training in online harms management. Police Practice and Research 26/6/2025 Research article The dire police admission about Qld’s black market gun crisis AUSTRALIA: Queensland’s gun black market is unregulated, unpredictable and granting weapons to the state’s shadiest characters. The Courier Mail (Australia) - Subscription at source 26/6/2025 News SA Police officer arrested and suspended, charged with stalking and assault AUSTRALIA: A serving South Australian police officer is facing several charges after being suspended from the force following a lengthy investigation. ABC News (Australia) 26/6/2025 News Police officer cleared over drunk man’s fatal fall NEW ZEALAND: The police watch dog has found an officer was not at fault when an intoxicated man he was escorting fell and was fatally injured. Police had been called to the Auckland City Mission in Grafton on 4 November, 2024, where an intoxicated man had reportedly been acting aggressively. "The man refused to leave despite the officer's requests, so the officer placed a hand on his shoulder to guide him along," a spokesperson for the Independent Police Conduct Authority said in a statement. "The man fell, hitting his head on the tarmac surface of the ground. Unfortunately, he was seriously injured and later died in hospital." RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 26/6/2025 News Gardaí used decommissioned firearms in sting operations to trap illegal gun buyers REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí have carried out at least two controlled deliveries of firearms since 2007, in which they used Garda-held decommissioned weapons to catch people trying to import firearms, Garda figures show. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 26/6/2025 News Minister concerned 44% of women are dissatisfied with initial Garda response to abuse REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Jim O’Callaghan said gardaí are being continually trained to deal with the issue. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 26/6/2025 News Neighbourhood Policing Programme will ‘further professionalise’ valuable community-facing specialism With this week’s official launch of the Neighbourhood Policing Programme (NPP) career pathway across England and Wales, Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons spoke to Chief Superintendent Andy Sidebotham, Head of Uniformed Policing at the College of Policing, about the reasons for introducing the NPP, the make-up of the training modules, and what the new programme aims to achieve. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 26/6/2025 Analysis, Feature, Interview New video highlights complex journey of a 999 call Cambridgeshire Constabulary has released a new video outlining the complex chain of events associated with 999 calls, from the calm voice in the control room, to officers responding on the ground. Emergency Services Times 26/6/2025 Feature, Video Romance fraud on the rise as more than £106m lost in UK last year More than £106m was lost to romance fraud in the UK last year, as the number of victims continues to rise, new figures show. Emergency Services Times 26/6/2025 News «67891011121314Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
