Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 20821 to 20840 «103810391040104110421043104410451046Next ›Last » Australian Federal Police says it would repeat undercover terror operation on autistic teenager AUSTRALIA: Greens senator David Shoebridge has labelled comments by the Australian Federal Police as "chilling" and "extraordinary" after it defended its handling of terror charges against an autistic teenager. ABC News (Australia) 14/2/2024 News Policing truth: The dangers of digital disinformation With elections taking place in the UK and a number of other countries in 2024, the volume and impact of digital disinformation looks likely to reach new levels – and policing is not immune from being targeted by those determined to drive division and hatred, as Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 14/2/2024 Analysis, Feature Former cop says secret police strike force into gay hate crimes was ‘dirty, cheap, underhanded’ AUSTRALIA: Former police detective sergeant Stephen Page doesn't hold back when asked about the secret New South Wales Police strike force that he says destroyed his reputation. ABC News (Australia) 14/2/2024 News Advocates warn more resources needed if police pull back from mental heath callouts NEW ZEALAND: Mental health advocates warn support services will need more investment to cope if police pull back from responding to mental health crisis callouts. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 14/2/2024 News Garda numbers fall in Cork stations as the population increases REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda numbers in many Cork stations have fallen or stayed static over the past 10 years despite rapidly growing populations and the increasingly complex nature of crime. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 14/2/2024 News Crackdown on youth disorder is starting to pay off- Mark Hamilton The last couple of months have been a busy time for policing across the city of Edinburgh and the teams have been working hard tackling a number of issues. The Scotsman 14/2/2024 Feature, Opinion Almost 12,000 nurses, police officers and firefighters off sick as waiting list chaos bites A whopping 8,614 nurses, 2,752 police officers and 568 firefighters are away from work for long term health reasons, according to data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats Mirror 13/2/2024 News ICCL and DRI present to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on Draft General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: ICCL Senior Policy Officer Olga Cronin, along with our colleagues at Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on the Draft General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023. Irish Council for Civil Liberties 13/2/2024 News “To Celebrate a Copper”. Avon and Somerset Police Federation Secretary Tony Henley reacts to Channel 4 documentary series on the force Avon and Somerset Police Officers are out on our streets day and night putting their lives on the line to fight crime and keep people safe. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 13/2/2024 News GMP and MCC lead the way in tackling child sexual exploitation across Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and Manchester City Council (MCC) are continuing to lead the way in fighting, preventing, and reducing child sexual exploitation across Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) 13/2/2024 News Scottish Prison Population Projections: February 2024 Edition This report presents short-term Scottish prison population projections for the six month period from January to June 2024. They have been produced using ‘microsimulation’ scenario modelling which simulates prison arrivals and departures, and estimates the number of individuals in prison. Scottish Government 13/2/2024 Report Police Minister making no promises on 111 call changes NEW ZEALAND: Police Minister Mark Mitchell has received advice on updating the 111 emergency call system but will not commit to making changes before the next election. 1 News (New Zealand) 13/2/2024 News Ireland to hear from stakeholders on police facial recognition bill REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Ireland’s Joint Committee on Justice will meet in a pair of sessions today to scrutinize the draft Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) bill, which was approved by the Irish Cabinet at the end of 2023. The committee will hear from the Data Protection Committee, Digital Rights Ireland, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and An Garda Síochána (national police), and five academic experts, among others, according to the Irish Examiner. Dr. Abeba Birhane, an assistant professor specializing in AI at Trinity College will be among those speaking. She will tell the committee that facial recognition is “deeply flawed,” partly due to disparities in misidentification rates for people of color. BiometricUpdate.com 13/2/2024 News CPSU/CSA investigating safety concerns at new WA Police State Operations Command Centre in CBD AUSTRALIA: One of WA’s biggest unions has confirmed it is investigating “safety concerns” surrounding one of WA Police’s newest facilities. Police took the decision last year to move the State Operations Command Centre in Maylands and its Police Operations Centre in Midland into the Telstra Exchange Building on Wellington Street in the CBD. The West Australian (Australia) - Subscription at source 13/2/2024 News Police docs reveal ‘urgent’ need to replace flawed 111 system NEW ZEALAND: The Government was warned a year ago that the 111 emergency call system is so old, slow and fragmented that it is causing deaths and injuries, police documents show. 1 News (New Zealand) 13/2/2024 News Garda Commissioner says biometric technology ‘essential’ to catch serious offenders REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Drew Harris told an Oireachtas Committee today that the use of systems such as facial recognition technology was required to tackle serious incidents Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 13/2/2024 News Drop in Toowoomba’s youth crime, Qld Police say, but Griffith Uni criminologist calls for rethink AUSTRALIA: A year after a 75-year-old man was allegedly murdered outside a Queensland shopping centre, police say they are bucking the national trend and seeing a reduction in youth crime. ABC News (Australia) 13/2/2024 News AFP officer tells Senate he would repeat undercover operation on autistic teenager AUSTRALIA: Deputy commissioner Ian McCartney defends controversial counter-terror decision that was criticised by a magistrate. The Australian Federal Police officer who authorised an undercover operation that resulted in an autistic boy being charged with terror offences has told a Senate estimates hearing he would do so again under the same circumstances. The Guardian 13/2/2024 News DNA not collected in probe into death of Jackson Stacker near Byron Bay, inquest hears AUSTRALIA: An inquest into the 2021 death of a Melbourne man near Byron Bay has heard police initially in charge of the investigation did not gather potentially relevant DNA evidence or CCTV footage. ABC News (Australia) 13/2/2024 News Met Police scraps controversial gang database The Metropolitan Police has scrapped its gangs violence matrix (GVM) after more than a decade over concerns about the scheme's "disproportionality". The GVM database was used by the Met to identify those at risk of committing, or being a victim of, gang-related violence in London. BBC 13/2/2024 News «103810391040104110421043104410451046Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events