Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114945 total results. Showing results 2021 to 2040 «9899100101102103104105106Next ›Last » Police officer denies assaulting man during arrest A police officer has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man during an arrest at a hostel. BBC 9/4/2026 News UK to spend £15M on AI-powered crime mapping in knife violence crackdown Home Office hopes tech will help cops target hotspots as ministers push to halve offenses. The British government is spending £15 million over the next three years to improve crime mapping in England and Wales, partly to allow more targeted policing of knife crime. The Home Office says its national mapping tool, which divides England and Wales into 1.46 million hexagons of around 0.1 square kilometers, found that all the knife crimes recorded by police from April 2024 to March 2025 took place in fewer than 2.5 percent of the hexagons. The Register 9/4/2026 News Public pledges sought for Justice For Her to help spark ‘actions’ to reduce gendered violence rates AUSTRALIA: A new initiative launched in Tasmania is aiming to help the community take tangible, measurable and public steps to reduce gendered violence. One in three women in Australia has experienced physical or sexual violence since the age of 15, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ABC News (Australia) 9/4/2026 News Experienced police officers leaving while violent crime is increasing shows WA police force is not supported, says union AUSTRALIA: According to the WA Police Union, staffing pressure, retention and frontline workload are becoming harder to manage as demand rises. The union said policing is not simply about how many recruits enter the academy, but how many experienced officers stay and how supported they feel. It has also claimed funded positions have not materially increased for nearly three years, while population growth continues and violent crime trends are worsening. Examiner Newspapers (Australia) 9/4/2026 News Police launch handbook so victims don’t have to repeatedly recount crimes JAPAN: The National Police Agency unveiled on Thursday a model of a handbook that will be issued to crime victims in an effort to ease their burden. The NPA instructed prefectural police departments across the country to use the model to prepare a finalized handbook reflecting support measures provided by local governments, with distribution set to begin sequentially by the end of next March. The introduction of the handbook was included in the fifth basic plan for supporting crime victims and their families, which was adopted at a Cabinet meeting last month. The Japan Times 9/4/2026 News Police said nothing to First Nations man immediately before opening fire, court hears AUSTRALIA: Police say they told the 27-year-old man to ‘drop the knife’ before he was fatally shot. But the only non-police witness says they said nothing, a court heard. The Guardian 9/4/2026 News Police disrupt organised crime networks Organised crime networks disrupted after police target serious and organised criminal activity in March. A month-long policing operation to target serious and organised crime has seen a number of criminal networks disrupted. In a bid to crackdown down on offenders linked to organised crime, officers across the country gathered intelligence on individuals linked to a range of offences such including immigration, cannabis cultivation and possession with intent to supply class A drugs. Such offenders are often involved in poly-criminality - multiple crime types that touch different parts of society and can span various locations across and outside of the UK. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 9/4/2026 News Humberside Police respond to HMICFRS report findings The latest report into Humberside Police’s performance has today (Thursday, 9 April 2026) been published by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The report, published under the Police Efficiency, Effectiveness and Legitimacy (PEEL) programme, is one of the first in England and Wales that reflects HMICFRS’ new inspection regime. The new PEEL inspection cycle includes two new elements of focus. These are: fraud and custody inspections. Humberside Police 9/4/2026 News The thin blue line must be thicker Police officers often live in an alternative reality from the public they notionally serve. Responses to the recent “Battle of Clapham”, with its M&S food hall carnage, was instructive. As hordes of largely Afro-Caribbean youths gleefully liberated “picky bits”, commentators and politicians asked: Why are the police so hopeless? How can such lawlessness occur? And, of course, what is to be done? None of these questions are unreasonable. Yet, to police officers, the answers are blindingly obvious. The causes are routinely discussed online by rank-and-file coppers, many risking their livelihoods for telling the truth. The much-vaunted principle of “Policing by Consent”, is on life support. The Critic 9/4/2026 Feature, Opinion PEEL 2025–2027: An inspection of Humberside Police PEEL is HMICFRS’s assessment of police forces in England and Wales. PEEL stands for police effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy. This report sets out the findings for Humberside Police. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 9/4/2026 Report Humberside Police praised for outstanding crime prevention but needs to improve safeguarding processes Humberside Police has maintained outstanding performance in preventing and deterring crime but needs to improve its safeguarding processes, the police inspectorate has said. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 9/4/2026 News PEEL 2025–2027: An inspection of Kent Police PEEL is HMICFRS’s assessment of police forces in England and Wales. PEEL stands for police effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy. This report sets out the findings for Kent Police. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 9/4/2026 Report Kent Police PEEL report published HMICFRS has graded Kent Police’s performance across eight areas. We found the force was ‘outstanding’ in one area, ‘good’ in two areas and ‘adequate’ in five areas. Today, we published the PEEL report for Kent Police. PEEL is HMICFRS’s assessment of police forces in England and Wales. PEEL stands for police effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 9/4/2026 News Kent Police ‘outstanding’ at fully integrating specials to boost morale, inspectors say Inspectors from His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) graded Kent Police 'outstanding' at developing a diverse and inclusive workforce. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 9/4/2026 News Off duty dog handler who fought off intruder with son wins bravery award PC Andy Kemp was stabbed twice after being alerted by neighbours to masked intruders. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 9/4/2026 News Humberside praised for outstanding crime prevention but needs to improve safeguarding processes HMICFRS graded the force outstanding in one area, good in one area, adequate in six areas and requires improvement in one area. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 9/4/2026 News Humberside Police praised for outstanding crime prevention but needs to improve safeguarding processes Humberside Police has maintained outstanding performance in preventing and deterring crime but needs to improve its safeguarding processes, the police inspectorate has said. Police Professional 9/4/2026 News Police force told to improve safeguarding Humberside Police needs to improve its safeguarding processes for children and adults at risk of harm, a watchdog has said. BBC 9/4/2026 News Force told to expand stop-and-search scrutiny A police force should "expand its independent scrutiny of stop-and-search" incidents, inspectors have found. BBC 9/4/2026 News New police officers to tackle anti-social behaviour A police force is to receive more resources and officers to deal with anti-social behaviour (ASB) as part of a government-backed scheme. BBC 9/4/2026 News «9899100101102103104105106Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
