Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97448 total results. Showing results 24021 to 24040 «119811991200120112021203120412051206Next ›Last » Frontline gardaí fear ‘perfect storm’ over staffing crisis REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gda Ferris said members were under “more or less constant attack from criminals who seem to have no fear of the law” and said assaults on members were up 20% on last year. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 17/7/2023 News Station closures ‘broke link’ with public, says Garda association REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Four out of 10 garda stations closed as part of austerity measures 10 years ago have been “disposed of”, with Cork and Clare bearing the brunt of the closures, new figures show. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 17/7/2023 News Three men sentenced for using religious body to smuggle £2m of cannabis into UK Three men have been sentenced for using a religious organisation as a front to smuggle 400 kilograms of cannabis hidden in fruit tins into the UK. Dalton Anderson, Alvin Russell and Sinclair Tucker used tins of callaloo and ackee fruit to hide the drugs, which would have had a street value of up to £2 million The Independent 17/7/2023 News Barnsley police make seven arrests and hail 64 per cent drop in burglaries in six-month crackdown Residential burglaries have more than halved in one area of Barnsley following a crackdown, police say. Over a six-month period, the number of homes burgled in Goldthorpe fell from 42 a month, in December 2022, to 15 in May - a 64 per cent drop. The Star (Yorkshire) 17/7/2023 News Police officers guilty of forming sexual relationships on duty with women A serving police officer and a former colleague have been found guilty of having sexual relationships with women they met on duty. Police Constable Anthony Ritchie and former Pc Steven Darren Walters, both of West Midlands Police (WMP), had sexual relationships with a total of three women, some of whom they met while responding to domestic abuse incidents. The Independent 17/7/2023 News Police warn about phone scam that cost man £25,000 Police in Devon and Cornwall are warning about a phone scam in which criminals pretend to be police officers. The scam saw one elderly man hand over £25,000. Police said people should "hang up immediately" if they receive such a call BBC 17/7/2023 News CC Stephen Watson to lead Strategic Command Course replacement The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police has been appointed as the Service Director for the Police leadership programme - Stage 5. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 17/7/2023 News Devon and Cornwall Police volunteers trained to catch speeding drivers Devon and Cornwall Police's volunteer officers are being trained to catch speeding drivers for the first time. Special constables have been given the latest Home Office approved speed enforcement cameras. BBC 17/7/2023 News Gangster who flooded Scotland with cocaine and heroin jailed after police raid A county lines drugs dealer who peddled heroin and crack cocaine into Scotland has been jailed. Patrick Kinsella, who used the name “Zac N Paddy” while controlling the supply scheme in Fraserburgh, in Aberdeenshire, was busted following a raid in Liverpool on June 14. Patrick Kinsella, who used the name “Zac N Paddy” while controlling the supply scheme in Fraserburgh, in Aberdeenshire, was busted following a raid in Liverpool on June 14. Daily Record 17/7/2023 News The Gang Harm Insights Centre (GHIC): Quarterly Insights | June 2023 NEW ZEALAND: The Gang Harm Insights Report is designed to improve understanding of the harm being caused by, to, and within the New Zealand Adult Gang environment. The report will be released on a quarterly basis reflecting some of the recent findings from the GHIC’s work, as well as the breakdown of the numbers included in the National Gang List. These reports are intended to support groups in the community with their mahi and provoke discussion around gang harm. The report has only been recently developed as a new resource, so the shape it takes may evolve as more are produced. The aim is for this to become a meaningful resource for all agencies to draw from. [PDF] New Zealand Police 17/7/2023 Report Peter Davis: Inside the report on gangs and what can be done about them NEW ZEALAND: It is perhaps tempting fate to encourage a policy debate on gangs in the midst of a tightly contested election campaign where they feature prominently. NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 17/7/2023 Analysis, Feature Public Accounts Committee rebukes Home Office over Emergency Services Network Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has sharply criticised the Home Office for a lack of clear planning and ‘optimism bias’ in its programme to develop the Emergency Services Network (ESN). UKAuthority.com 17/7/2023 News Two Midlands police officers found guilty over liaisons with abuse victims Officers had sexual relationships with women after attending their homes in response to domestic violence reports The Guardian 17/7/2023 News Hostile states using organised crime gangs in UK, head of National Crime Agency warns Director-general Graeme Biggar said there are around 59,000 people involved in serious organised crime in the UK, with around £12bn generated by criminal activities each year and around £100bn of dirty cash from around the globe laundered through the UK. Sky News 17/7/2023 News Met Police to ‘pay £2m to family of murdered private investigator Daniel Morgan’ The Met Police has agreed to pay the family of a private detective whose murder remains unsolved 30 years later around £2m pounds, it has been reported. Metro 17/7/2023 News Trial begins for Fiji’s former prime minister Frank Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho NEW ZEALAND: Fiji’s former prime minister Frank Bainimarama and suspended police commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho are back in court today for the start of their corruption trial. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 17/7/2023 News Police ‘feel the pain’ of community after night of ramraids brings anguish to shopkeepers NEW ZEALAND: Police are working “with urgency” to track down those responsible for a series of ramraids and in the early hours of Monday. Between 2.45am and 6.10am police responded to seven commercial burglaries across Christchurch, three of which were ramraids. Stuff (New Zealand) 17/7/2023 News Hundreds of weapons confiscated from Scottish schools Butterfly knives, a machete, a knuckle duster and a four-foot plank of wood have been confiscated from Scottish pupils, new figures reveal, amid concerns of increasing school violence since the pandemic. The Times - Subscription at source 17/7/2023 News Man dead after 21-hour siege with NSW police near Lithgow, west of Blue Mountains AUSTRALIA: A man is dead after a 21-hour stand-off with police near Lithgow, west of the Blue Mountains. The siege began after police went to a home on Sunday about 12:15pm at Bowenfels, after reports of a fight between a 29-year-old man, and a 20-year-old woman. ABC News (Australia) 17/7/2023 News, Video Inquest into elderly couple Maurice and Zoe Antill’s stabbing murders and police shooting of Raghe Mohamed Abdi begins AUSTRALIA: A coronial inquest probing the stabbing murders of elderly Brisbane couple Zoe and Maurice Antill, and the subsequent fatal police shooting of Raghe Abdi, has heard a terrorism expert found the incident was only partially ideologically motivated. ABC News (Australia) 17/7/2023 News «119811991200120112021203120412051206Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events