Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100981 total results. Showing results 21801 to 21820 «108710881089109010911092109310941095Next ›Last » Police to trial use of drones as first responders to emergencies Trials to begin in Norfolk, Thames Valley and Hampshire next year, following similar moves in the US and across Europe The Independent 19/11/2023 News Police ‘enabling dangerous officers’ with high rate of complaint failures in England and Wales An Observer investigation has revealed 40% of internal inquiries into serious accusations were overturned on review. The Guardian 19/11/2023 News ‘Black box’: Police secretly lobby Canberra to bypass criminal justice system AUSTRALIA: Police forces around the country are lobbying the federal government to deport non-citizens pointing to suspected crimes not proven in court, in a process experts warn undermines basic justice principles. Non-citizens’ visas are automatically cancelled if they are sentenced to more than 12 months in prison, meaning they must pass a character test to remain in Australia. The Age (Australia) 19/11/2023 News Norfolk Police to pilot emergency ‘first responder’ drones Plans to use drones as first responders to emergencies will be trialled by a police force next year. Dubbed Project Eagle X, initial trials will take place in Norfolk because of limited access to the helicopters flown by the National Police Air Service. BBC 19/11/2023 News Police county lines strategy ‘cruelly targets’ black youth in UK The Home Office’s approach to tackling county lines drug operations is based on unproven assumptions and “racialised tropes” that criminalise Black boys and young men, according to new research. The study also found that the policing strategy towards county lines stigmatised Black youngsters in a similar way to how the Metropolitan police’s discredited gang violence matrix database was found to be discriminatory. The Guardian 19/11/2023 News South Australia police commissioner’s son dies at schoolies AUSTRALIA: Charges have been upgraded over the death of the South Australia police commissioner's son, the victim of an alleged hit-run incident during schoolies celebrations. 1 News (New Zealand) 19/11/2023 News Shock figures show nearly 800 reports of intimate images being shared last year as hundreds face prosecution REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A staggering 786 reports of intimate images being shared without consent were reported to a telephone hotline last year, it has emerged. And 514 of the images were posted online, with the Irish National Centre combating illegal web content successfully removing 96 per cent of them. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 19/11/2023 News Drew Harris: How ‘the quiet man’ of Irish policing is feeling the heat in the hot seat REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Drew Harris has been at the helm of An Garda Síochána for over five years — but with two years left in his tenure, he is coming under pressure on multiple fronts. Rank and file gardaí voted overwhelmingly to express no confidence in the Belfast native’s leadership in September; there are rising numbers of gardaí leaving the force; and much criticism of the pace of new recruitment — though the hiring of new recruits is being accelerated. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 19/11/2023 News ‘Forty years of torture’ continues for ex-garda Majella Moynihan as legal action drags on REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Majella Moynihan, the former garda disciplined for giving birth outside of marriage, has called on Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to fulfil a promise following the apology he made to her in 2019. Moynihan was 22 when she was charged with two counts of misconduct under garda discipline regulations — that she had sex with an unmarried male garda, and had given birth to a baby. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 19/11/2023 News Canadian-made fentanyl is an international problem, RCMP says CANADA: Seizures of fentanyl precursors at border have surged, law enforcement numbers show. The head of the RCMP unit responsible for fighting organized crime says Canada is not just a significant producer of fentanyl — we also export it. Organized crime groups in Canada are using precursor chemicals to produce the deadly drug for both the domestic market and for sales abroad, Mathieu Bertrand said in an interview with CBC's The House airing Saturday. CBC News (Canada) 18/11/2023 News Durham Police gets funding for metal detecting wands Hand-held metal detectors are to be carried in police cars across County Durham and Darlington to help officers with suspects who may be armed with a knife. The Northern Echo 18/11/2023 News Police shouldn’t use powers ‘inappropriately’ against blocked grandparents, says Lord Blunkett Survey reveals some grandparents who have tried to send cards or gifts to grandchildren have faced police intervention The Telegraph - Subscription at source 18/11/2023 News Are Toronto-area police forces finding it harder to recruit after years of turbulence? CANADA: As police chiefs across the GTA put the finishing touches on their plans for the next year, the question of recruitment after a turbulent few years continues to bubble under the surface. In April, the Ford government announced a slew of changes to boost police recruitment, with the premier saying local forces were struggling to attract new cadets. Global News (Canada) 18/11/2023 News Senior Met Police officer cleared of misconduct A Metropolitan Police officer accused of accessing force information to defend a bullying investigation has been cleared. BBC 18/11/2023 News Tasmania Police are still mistaking family violence victims for abusers. For too many women, correcting the record is impossible AUSTRALIA: When two police officers arrived at Bianca's* front door in the middle of a cold winter's night last year, she assumed they were coming to tell her they'd taken out a family violence order against her partner. ABC News (Australia) 18/11/2023 Feature Police ‘failing to act’ on deluge of museum and gallery theft Just one in 40 thefts from galleries, museums and libraries in London results in any kind of criminal sanction, police data shows. Nearly 6,500 offences have been reported to the Metropolitan Police since 2013, with the value of items stolen estimated at about £4.4 million. Yet in that time only 160 people have been charged with a crime or been given a warning, fixed penalty notice or any kind of summons, the Times can reveal. The Times - Subscription at source 18/11/2023 News Concern over three-year delay to Sadiq Khan’s Met Police stop and search study The mayor promised in November 2020 that his office would complete a study into the Met's use of stop and search - but the project remains incomplete The Standard 18/11/2023 News ‘Senseless loss of life’: Commissioner’s inquiry to be held into SA Police shooting AUSTRALIA: A commissioner's inquiry will be held into the shooting death of a South Australian police officer, the Minister for Police has confirmed. Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig was fatally wounded after being called to an isolated rural property in Senior, 15 kilometres north of Bordertown, at 11.20pm on Thursday. A second officer, Sergeant Michael Hutchinson, was allegedly shot by the same man, 26-year-old Jaydn Stimson, sustaining non-life-threatening injuries. 9 News (Australia) 18/11/2023 News ‘An accident could block up the whole city’: New Garda roster could cause ‘bedlam’ for morning traffic in Cork REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí in the Cork City Roads Policing Unit will start at 10am instead of 7am and this could lead to traffic “chaos” in the city should an early morning incident occur, it has been claimed. A source close to roads policing told The Echo that the roster change is to fully come into effect from next Monday. Echo Live (Republic of Ireland) 18/11/2023 News Gangland thugs jailed for thousands of years Gangsters in England and Wales have been jailed for almost 6,000 years after specialist police cleared the streets of several tonnes of drugs and lethal weapon hauls in just 12 months. 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