Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100904 total results. Showing results 20641 to 20660 «102910301031103210331034103510361037Next ›Last » Regional Victorians feel vulnerable due to rising crime, low police numbers AUSTRALIA: When Josh Carmody and Samantha Bright took over a small supermarket in Victoria's South Gippsland region about one year ago, they never imagined it might be burgled twice in that time. ABC News (Australia) 14/12/2023 News Man arrested on three rape charges, police investigate migrant exploitation NEW ZEALAND: A man has been arrested on three rape charges following a Hawke's Bay police and Immigration investigation. The joint operation was launched after a victim complained to Immigration New Zealand last week about migrant exploitation and potential human trafficking. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 14/12/2023 News Summary of findings – Complaints from Parliament Protest 2022 NEW ZEALAND: On 20 April 2023 the Independent Police Conduct Authority published ‘The Review: Policing of the Protest and Occupation at Parliament 2022’. 21 complaints about specific incidents during the protest required either a specific investigation or further enquiries to determine what action should be taken. Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) (New Zealand) 14/12/2023 Report Mutual aid specialists may have to be withdrawn warns cash-strapped force 'We provide a level of resilience with regards to mainstream policing because of our specialist skills' Police Oracle - Subscription at source 13/12/2023 News Met Police attend less than half of shoplifting incidents in the past year, figures reveal, as offending blows £1 billion black hole in UK high streets Scotland Yard attended less than half of shoplifting incidents in the last year, despite soaring offending blowing a £1billion annual black hole in Britain's high streets. Mail Online 13/12/2023 News Simon Fell appointed as new Anti-Fraud Champion Simon Fell will be responsible for driving collaboration between the government, law enforcement and the private sector to help block fraud. Home Office 13/12/2023 News PSNI will not be able to send resources to help Garda if numbers keep falling, new chief says REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Northern force that provided support after riots is at ‘lowest ever level’ – 1,000 below recommended strength. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 13/12/2023 News Preferred candidate for North Yorkshire Police chief named South Yorkshire Police's deputy chief constable has been named as the preferred candidate for chief constable for North Yorkshire Police. BBC 13/12/2023 News NCA ‘pleased’ that new legislation would criminalise three key tools used by SOC Director General Graeme Biggar and Director General Operations Rob Jones discussed what has been included in the Criminal Justice Bill introduced to Parliament last month. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 13/12/2023 News MoJ highlights ‘secure by design’ for cyber security The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is aiming to make every critical justice service resilient to cyber attack, with ‘secure by design’ embedded into everything it does. UKAuthority.com 13/12/2023 News Police redact key details in new security threat reporting system assessment NEW ZEALAND: In the wake of the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks, New Zealand’s police force is charged with developing a public reporting system to counter terrorism and extremist violence. This system is a response to recommendations from the Royal Commission of Inquiry, aimed at bridging gaps in understanding threats and enhancing inter-agency information sharing. However, a preliminary privacy impact assessment of the system—released under the Official Information Act—is heavily redacted, leaving critical aspects of the system’s operation, risks, and privacy implications obscured from public view. BNN Breaking 13/12/2023 News Thales’ latent fingerprint biometrics algorithm scores high accuracy, speed in NIST test USA: Thales has scored a rank-one hit rate of 91.9 percent for latent fingerprint biometrics in the last evaluation by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), according to a company announcement. The company also says its forensic latent print identification algorithm uses over 50 percent less computing power than the algorithms submitted by competing vendors, and is more than 50 percent faster than all other submissions to NIST’s Evaluation of Latent Friction Ridge Technology (ELFT). BiometricUpdate.com 13/12/2023 News Ought the Irish State take a tougher stance on female genital mutilation? REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: While there have been claims that there are thousands of women and girls living in Ireland who have suffered Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), it is an issue that has mostly gained little public attention. Last week, Gript’s Ben Scallan posed a number of questions on this issue at a Garda press conference. Detective Superintendent Ian Lackey outlined the Garda approach to tackling FGM which appears mostly to focus on an “awareness campaign” which was recently manifested publicly in the handing out of leaflets at Dublin airport. Gript (Republic of Ireland) 13/12/2023 News South Australia to hold royal commission into family and domestic violence AUSTRALIA: The South Australian government has announced it will hold a royal commission into family and domestic violence. The government has been facing mounting pressure to launch an inquiry following the deaths of six South Australians from alleged family and domestic violence in recent weeks. ABC News (Australia) 13/12/2023 News Surge in ‘aggressive’ shoplifting blamed on Garda shortage REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Lack of Gardaí has led to a surge in “aggressive” shoplifting, a shop owner has said. Michael O’Sullivan owns a shop on Talbot Street in Dublin’s north inner city and testified that crime has “always been an issue” in the area but believes it has got much worse since the pandemic. newstalk (Republic of Ireland) 13/12/2023 News Budget crisis could end PSNI providing support to other police forces, MPs told The PSNI will have to stop providing assistance to other police forces and looking after people with mental health issues in hospitals if a funding crisis is not resolved, Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said. Mr Boutcher told a Westminster committee that if the number of officers in the region falls below 6,000 by 2025, then the policing situation would become “untenable”. The Irish News 13/12/2023 News Human rights watchdog urges Portugal to address dysfunctional police complaints system PORTUGAL: The Portuguese authorities' system of investigating allegations of police violence is dysfunctional and should be subject to an independent review, human rights guardian the Council of Europe said. The body's anti-torture committee (CPT) published a report on Wednesday following its visit to Portugal last year to look into allegations of ill-treatment of detainees, primarily slaps, punches, strikes with a baton and kicks to the body. Reuters 13/12/2023 News Police say nearly 90 per cent of intimate partner violence goes unreported in the region CANADA: After intimate partner violence was deemed an epidemic in Waterloo region, police say as many as 90 per cent of victims never come forward to police Cambridge Today (Canada) 13/12/2023 News ‘Community and police working together’: Calgary police roll out community outreach van CANADA: The Calgary police are using a new tool to have more friendly conversations with members of the public. The CPS mobile community engagement vehicle was introduced on Wednesday outside a grocery store in Sunnyside. “We were seeing how it was increasingly harder and harder for people to come and talk with us. District offices are famously not exactly the most inviting places for people to come and interact with us,” Acting Sgt. Anthony Thompson said. “So we thought, let’s flip this on its head and let’s get out to the community and start engaging them a little more. It’s critically important that we intersect people where they live their daily lives.” Global News (Canada) 13/12/2023 News Opinion: When calling the police does more harm than good CANADA: “To serve and protect” sums up the mandate of the police for many people. But what if some routine police activities are unnecessarily taking lives, rather than saving them? Edmonton Journal (Canada) 13/12/2023 Feature, Opinion «102910301031103210331034103510361037Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
