Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104882 total results. Showing results 2381 to 2400 «116117118119120121122123124Next ›Last » Reeves and Starmer are defunding the police Even loyal Labour ministers are telling DAN HODGES that the Chancellor's spending decisions are 'bonkers' and Britain's thin blue line will be stretched to breaking point... Mail Online - Subscription at source 15/6/2025 Feature, Opinion The families paying £1,500 for ‘private bobbies’ to police their homes We are driving at speed through the green hills of rural Hertfordshire. Through the passenger seat window, large elegant houses flash by. Each front lawn is neat, each hedgerow well-kept. It looks like England from a storybook - but this part of the country is actually on the frontline of a relatively new (and some might say divisive) approach to crime prevention. In the driver's seat is Robert, a guard employed by Blueline Security. His car is painted with blue and yellow stripes, meaning it looks a lot like a police car. Inside there's a walkie-talkie, a first-aid kit, and a Belgian Malinois dog called Bella (given similar training to a police dog, I'm told). BBC 15/6/2025 Feature Deep dive into New Zealand’s growing meth crisis NEW ZEALAND: Methamphetamine use has exploded over the past year, with the social and health related harm yet to be seen. The government is actively looking at ways to respond and the Prime Minister has pulled together a "meth sprint team", which includes the justice, police, customs and mental health ministers. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/6/2025 Analysis, Feature Political blame game over slipping standards among police recruits NEW ZEALAND: Current and former police ministers are pointing fingers at each other over slipping standards at the Police College. Findings from an audit into recruitment standards at the Royal New Zealand Police College has found a significant number of applicants were allowed into the college, despite failing preliminary tests. Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) 15/6/2025 News Facial recognition technology supported by big name retailers NEW ZEALAND: The heads of a dozen of the largest retailers and telcos in the country have come out in strong support of using facial recognition technology in their stores. This follows the Privacy Commissioner giving a "cautious tick" to a trial in New World and Pak'nSave supermarkets. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/6/2025 News Police pull-back from mental callouts continues NEW ZEALAND: The police's staged retreat from responding to mental crisis callouts reaches another milestone on Monday, with a 60-minute limit on patient handovers at emergency departments taking effect nationwide. That change - along with a requirement for people in mental distress to be assessed in health settings, not police cells - is the second of four stages in a year-long programme announced by former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster last August. SunLive (New Zealand) 15/6/2025 News Gardaí have launched review into new 999 call-taking system just a year after its launch REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Deputy Commissioner Shauna Coxon told a Dáil committee this week that a formal process to examine why 999 calls are going unanswered. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 15/6/2025 News ‘Grave issue’ – Garda members suspended for almost 90k days in last 7yrs amid ‘no valid reason’ & ‘veil of guilt’ claims REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda members have been suspended for almost 90,000 days over the past seven years. Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan also said 94 cops are currently suspended, pending an investigation. Of that number, five stretch back to 2018/19, while 15 gardai are still suspended from 2020, 14 from 2021 and 18 remain unable to work since 2022. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 15/6/2025 News Conservative plan to ban police investigating ‘offensive’ comments that aren’t crimes Conservatives want to end non-crime hate incidents so police can concentrate on fighting crime instead. Police should be banned from recording so-called “non-crime hate incidents”, Conservatives will insist this week. The Commons is to vote on a Tory bid to scrap the controversial measure following warnings that police are wasting their time and stifling free speech. Forces looked into 13,200 so-called hate incidents in one year, including comments made by a nine-year-old child in a playground. Express 15/6/2025 News Police Scotland urged to ditch live facial scanning proposals by equalities groups Human rights and equalities groups have warned of "racial injustice, creeping surveillance and democratic erosion" if controversial live facial recognition technology is adopted by Police Scotland, and have called on the force to rule out its future use. The Scotsman - Subscription at source 15/6/2025 News Ex-officer barred after accessing personal data A police officer has been barred from serving again after covertly recording confidential information. Joshua Ellis, who has since resigned from Leicestershire Police, was found to have deliberately and secretly made six audio recordings on his personal phone, as well as taking pictures on the same device during a drugs raid, a misconduct hearing found. BBC 14/6/2025 News Public would be pleased to see me doing my job – arresting people, says Lorne Castle after his dismissal for gross misconduct A decorated officer who arrested a teenage knifeman has been told he was sacked because his actions would undermine public confidence in the police... The Telegraph - Subscription at source 14/6/2025 News Officers face misconduct hearing over strip-search Three Metropolitan Police officers are facing disciplinary action after a child was allegedly strip-searched in his home without an appropriate adult there. The force said the incident took place on 2 March, 2022, where officers arrested and searched a 15-year-old boy, known as Child A, on suspicion of robbery at knife point. BBC 14/6/2025 News Scrap ‘two-tier’ anti-racism guidance for police, say Tories Force commitment to race equality ‘puts public at risk’, Yvette Cooper told. Police chiefs’ “two tier” guidance that tells officers to treat black and white suspects differently must be scrapped, the Tories have said... The Telegraph - Subscription at source 14/6/2025 News Sarnia Police launch dedicated downtown ‘Village Constable’ pilot project CANADA: The Sarnia Police Service has officially launched a new summer pilot project aimed at enhancing safety and visibility in the city’s core: the Downtown Village Constable initiative. Constable Jamie Fraser has been named to the role, serving as a consistent and approachable presence throughout downtown Sarnia, including Front Street, Christina Street, and the Mitton Village area. Fraser will be responsible for responding to calls for service in the district, while also engaging directly with business owners, residents, and community partners to address concerns and improve quality of life downtown. Sydenham Current (Canada) 14/6/2025 News PM announces national inquiry into grooming gangs The prime minister has announced there will be a full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs. Sir Keir Starmer said he had accepted the recommendations of an audit by Baroness Louise Casey into the data and evidence on the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse. BBC 14/6/2025 News Starmer agrees to grooming gangs inquiry This evening, Keir Starmer has announced he does want a national inquiry on grooming gangs after all. The Prime Minister had tasked Baroness Casey to conduct a rapid review of the evidence available on the scale of these crimes committed by gangs – and her review is expected to conclude on Monday that there needs to be a full public inquiry. The Spectator 14/6/2025 Feature, Opinion Keir Starmer to launch national inquiry into grooming gangs PM says new statutory inquiry was ‘right thing to do’ after findings of review submitted by Louise Casey The Guardian 14/6/2025 News Making the enforcement rehabilitative: Penal welfarism and emotional labor of police officers in Chinese drug policing With the recent prioritization of recovery in Chinese drug policy, drug police officers are called upon to adopt humanitarian and rehabilitative principles when dealing with drug offenders. Despite extensive studies on drug policing against the recovery turn, few have interrogated the emotional dimension of drug policing work as police officers are placed in emotional dilemmas of toughness and compassion. Drawing on ethnographic data of drug policing in a Chinese city, this study examines the emotive dimension of police officers involved in the drug rehabilitation mission, focusing on how police officers use emotional labor to navigate the tensions arising from their mandated engagement in rehabilitation services. The analysis reveals that the performance of emotional labor permeates and propels routine activities of police officers as they attempt to “rehabilitate” drug offenders, and they marshal emotional resources and manage emotions to accomplish rehabilitation. Their strategies include deconstructing life histories to actively provide meaningful enforcement, pursuing pathways of redemption that reinforce a sense of responsibility to suppress emotions, and expanding the power network by using gains to alleviate emotional fatigue. Findings highlight the importance of recognizing emotional processes in Chinese drug policing and provide implications for how to achieve positive outcomes from the emotional labor of police officers who seek to make drug enforcement rehabilitative. Criminology and Criminal Justice - Subscription at source 14/6/2025 Research article The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons Learned from a Decade of SAKI Evaluations Here we describe the processes and quantify the outcomes of the sexual assault kit initiative (SAKI) project in Anoka County, MN—a mid-sized suburban/rural jurisdiction—and make comparisons to the three seminal SAKI evaluation projects in Detroit, Houston, and Cuyahoga County, OH. Analyses of forensic data show that Anoka County tested 84% of its previously untested SAKs, nearly 60% had usable DNA, and 41% resulted in a CODIS hit; more than 100 new DNA profiles were added to CODIS. Among the 69 victim-survivors who were successfully notified, eight agreed to a new investigation; two of these investigations resulted in a new prosecution, with one conviction and one prosecution ongoing. Results also showed a high percentage of serial offenders among CODIS hits for both sex- and non-sex crimes. Comparisons highlighted similar victim, suspect, and case characteristic profiles across SAKI sites. They also showed that early-stage processes such as using a case review team versus a test all policy or victim-survivor-led decision making versus pursuing investigations for all cases have down-stream impacts on SAKI outcomes (e.g., testing SAKs, obtaining hits, charging and prosecuting offenders). Continued SAKI evaluation research focused on a wide range of jurisdictions with divergent processes and samples is needed. Justice Evaluation Journal - Subscription at source 14/6/2025 Research article «116117118119120121122123124Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
