Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103290 total results. Showing results 22821 to 22840 «113811391140114111421143114411451146Next ›Last » Insights from Churchill Fellowship Award winner Dr Iain Britton (Part 4) Dr Iain Britton is one of, maybe the foremost academic globally with insights on policing volunteers - also known as Specials or Auxiliaries. Following a distinguished UK-based career in policing governance, he was recently awarded a Churchill Fellowship to facilitate further international research into his specialist area. In this final part of a four part series of conversations for PolicingTV, he speaks with PolicingTV's Founder, Bernard Rix about how he is helping to "realise the huge potential of volunteers in policing", through the development of a significant evidence base in this area. PolicingTV 20/12/2023 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video ‘Bitterly disappointed’: Mother of slain police officer on coroner’s decision not to hold inquest NEW ZEALAND: The mother of an unarmed police officer killed on the job is bitterly disappointed an inquiry into his death will not go ahead. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/12/2023 News Cocaine worth $1b found after foiled kidnap plot in NSW AUSTRALIA: One of the largest onshore drug busts in NSW history has resulted from a foiled kidnapping plot and a bit of luck on the side of investigators. 1 News (New Zealand) 20/12/2023 News Police Association hails ‘positive step forward’ in industrial dispute AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police officers will move towards working nine-hour shifts after a breakthrough in the union's fight for better pay and conditions. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source 20/12/2023 News Met saves 34,000 hours of officer time in first month of new approach to mental health calls Reporting to the Met Police Board earlier this month, Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley confirmed that his officers attended 6,000 less deployments to mental health calls, almost half compared with the same period last year. This comes after the Met introduced a new approach called Right Care, Right Person for those in mental health crisis. Emergency Services Times 19/12/2023 News Serving officer found guilty of stalking A serving officer has been found guilty of bombarding his former partner with calls, texts and WhatsApp messages despite being told numerous times to leave her alone. Metropolitan Police Service 19/12/2023 News No intelligence system would have predicted scale of Dublin riot, Garda chief says REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: No intelligence system would have predicted the scale of serious rioting in the heart of Dublin last month, the Garda Commissioner has said. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 19/12/2023 News UK cities risk turning into ‘drug-ravaged’ San Francisco due to changes in illegal drug market, police chief warns Major UK cities, including London, risk turning into 'drug-ravaged' San Francisco due to ongoing changes in the illegal drug market, a top police chief has warned. LBC 19/12/2023 News More than 80% officers experienced workplace incivility over past year, finds wellbeing survey The year’s national police wellbeing survey saw its highest response yet. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 19/12/2023 News UK cities risk becoming like drug-ravaged San Francisco, warns policing chief Donna Jones says surge in synthetic opioids could lead to the sort of epidemic of drug overdoses seen in the US The Telegraph - Subscription at source 19/12/2023 News XL Bully breed guidance confirmed The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has issued guidance for enforcement officers on applying the XL Bully breed type conformation standard. College of Policing 19/12/2023 Report UK cities will be blighted by drug-fuelled chaos as synthetic opioid use soars, police chief warns Major cities in Britain could be in for a new drugs epidemic amid the rise of high-potency synthetic opioids, a top police chief has warned. Mail Online 19/12/2023 News Victims’ Commissioner statement on joint inspectorate report: Meeting the needs of victims in the criminal justice system The criminal justice system is not providing the highest quality service to many victims and does not always invest the time and attention needed in cases, a new report has found. Victims' Commissioner 19/12/2023 News Repeat offender assaults officer and paramedic after being released on licence Surrey officer, paramedic and member of the public all assaulted Police Oracle - Subscription at source 19/12/2023 News Toronto police board approves $20M budget increase for 2024 CANADA: The Toronto Police Services Board has voted unanimously in favour of a 1.7 per cent increase in the police's net operating budget next year to bring their funding to nearly $1.2 billion — an increase of $20 million from the 2023 budget. CBC News (Canada) 19/12/2023 News Queensland government considers random breath testing for electric scooter riders and cyclists AUSTRALIA: Queensland's random breath testing (RBT) regime could be expanded to include cyclists and scooter users. Unlike with motorists, police in Queensland do not have the legal authority to conduct RBTs on bicycle and scooter riders, but the state government has signalled this could change. ABC News (Australia) 19/12/2023 News Police wrong to log ‘transphobia’ row retweet as hate incident, minister says A Government minister has claimed a police force was wrong to record an allegation of transphobia made against a Conservative MP as a “non-crime hate incident”. Redditch MP Rachel Maclean is challenging the decision made by West Mercia Police after an investigation into her retweet of a post on X, formerly Twitter, which described transgender woman Melissa Poulton as “a man who wears a wig”. The Independent 19/12/2023 News More police 999 calls taking longer to answer The number of 999 calls received by a police force has increased, while the proportion of those answered within the national 10-second target has dropped. Cleveland Police took nearly 122,000 emergency calls in the year to September, a rise of more than 8,500 on the previous 12 months. The average waiting time was less but the percentage of calls answered within 10 seconds decreased to 84.3% from 88.2%. BBC 19/12/2023 News Illicit tobacco products and weapons seized during Gippsland raids AUSTRALIA: Police have seized almost $2.5 million worth of illicit tobacco products in Victoria's east as part of an ongoing investigation into organised crime syndicates operating across the state. ABC News (Australia) 19/12/2023 News More police 999 calls taking longer to answer The number of 999 calls received by a police force has increased, while the proportion of those answered within the national 10-second target has dropped. BBC 19/12/2023 News «113811391140114111421143114411451146Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
