Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103290 total results. Showing results 24741 to 24760 «123412351236123712381239124012411242Next ›Last » Police Scotland accelerates use of facial recognition Police Scotland’s use of a controversial form of facial recognition has tripled over the last five years, and is on course to rise even further in 2023, heightening concerns that suspects could be wrongly identified. The Ferret 5/11/2023 News Met Police cuts ties with adviser Attiq Malik after chant video emerges The Metropolitan Police has ended its relationship with an adviser who was filmed making a pro-Palestinian chant during a speech to a group. BBC 5/11/2023 News Top officer risks sack over snooping on accuser Bullying past was no barrier to Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Horne getting plum job at the Met The Times - Subscription at source 5/11/2023 News Met Police chief urged to ban pro-Palestinian Armistice Day protests Pressure on Scotland Yard to bar rally after warnings of clashes with veterans The Telegraph - Subscription at source 5/11/2023 News Six people charged by police after pro-Palestinian protest in London The Metropolitan Police said 29 people were arrested during pro-Palestinian marches over the weekend The Independent 5/11/2023 News Family of Exeter man who died in police custody in 2012 hope for answers Inquest begins for Thomas Orchard, who died a week after officers placed a restraint belt around his face The Guardian 5/11/2023 News Man in critical condition after going into medical distress in Saskatoon police detention CANADA: Saskatoon Police Service Major Crime Section are investigating after a man who was in detention went into medical distress, and was last reported by police to be critical condition. CBC News (Canada) 5/11/2023 News Queensland government to ban sale of replica guns and knives AUSTRALIA: The Queensland government is set to ban the sale of gel blasters along with replica guns and knives to children. The laws designed to address rising youth crime would make it a crime to sell the items to those under the age of 18. Sky News 5/11/2023 News Baby’s motorway birth delivers An Garda Síochána apology for ‘embellished’ tale on Facebook REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Síochána has apologised for an “inaccurate story” it published which claimed that three gardai in Co Meath attended and delivered a baby on a motorway. An official Meath garda social media account published on October 24 claimed: “Trim garda station received a call from our colleagues in the ambulance service. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 5/11/2023 News Senior police officer calls for backup over fears cab driver would rob him The incident, which happened earlier this year, has prompted a raft of rumours and allegations about the behaviour of Craig Guildford, chief constable of West Midlands Police. Sky News 5/11/2023 News ‘Murder’ horror in Devon: Woman is found dead at home as detectives arrest 32-year-old woman on suspicion of murder amid probe A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after another woman was found dead at her home. Officers were called by the ambulance service to a report of a woman in cardiac arrest at around 5:15pm on Saturday. Mail Online 5/11/2023 News Inside Crawley’s ‘tiny Tardis’ — Britain’s smallest police station In a town where drug and knife offences have risen sharply, the local force hopes a shed-sized but fully staffed office will help keep the peace, writes Jack Clover The Times 5/11/2023 Feature Thames Valley Police explains 11 hour wait times in Buckinghamshire New data has revealed that some crime victims in Buckinghamshire have been forced to wait nearly 11 hours for a police call response. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted to Thames Valley Police by the Liberal Democrat party has revealed that police in Aylesbury Vale take some of the longest times in the UK to respond to 999 calls for Grade 2 priority incidents, which include burglaries, missing person reports and domestic incidents. The figures showed that some callers in the region were forced to wait up to 11 hours for a police response. Bucks Free Press 5/11/2023 News Scots drivers caught for offences on pedestrian crossings plummet as police cuts blamed The number of drivers caught for offences on pedestrian crossings has collapsed in the past 10 years, figures obtained by the Sunday Mail have revealed. The areas protected by zigzag lines should be safe havens for pedestrians and the disabled. Daily Record 5/11/2023 News Police Scotland expands use of controversial facial recognition system Police Scotland’s use of a controversial form of facial recognition has tripled over the past five years and is on course to rise even further in 2023, heightening concerns that suspects could be wrongly identified. The force has increased its use of retrospective facial recognition, where algorithms help identify people caught on camera at crime scenes by comparing their faces with millions of custody images stored on a UK-wide police database. The figures were released under Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation following a request to the Home Office by the investigative unit Liberty Investigates, and shared with The Ferret. The National 5/11/2023 News New laws to restrict the sale of knives and replica gel blasters to juveniles to enhance community safety AUSTRALIA: The Palaszczuk Government will introduce new laws to Parliament to restrict the sale of knives, certain other bladed items and replica firearms (including gel blasters) to juveniles, in a commitment to protect the community and further combat knife crime and youth offending. Queensland Government (Australia) 5/11/2023 News Nearly half of police frontline patrol cars ‘crash’, but it’s not as bad as it sounds NEW ZEALAND: Just under half of new frontline police vehicles were involved in some sort of crash in 2022, one year after the Skoda model was introduced within one of the most active fleets in New Zealand. It has been two years since Skoda vehicles were introduced as a frontline patrol car for police, and data provided to Stuff through the Official Information Act revealed that in 2022, of 624 Skodas operating on the frontline, 49% crashed. By comparison, of 2492 Holden vehicles in the fleet, only 28% were involved in a crash. Stuff (New Zealand) 5/11/2023 News Vancouver police seek high-risk sex offender and convicted child abductor Randall Hopley CANADA: In 2011, Hopley snatched sleeping three-year-old Kienan Hebert from a second-floor bedroom in Sparwood. He kept the child for four days before returning him physically unharmed. Times Colonist (Canada) 5/11/2023 News Drew Harris: Gang faces ‘last chance to turn on Kinahans’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The garda commissioner has urged members of the Kinahan cartel to “walk into their nearest American embassy” and give information on the gang to get the $15 million reward from the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Drew Harris said the Kinahan cartel’s second and third-tier managers needed to be “practical” about their situation. The pressure is on. The net is closing. What I would say to them is you just need to look around you and see what is happening, and decide what your best actions are for the future. The Times - Subscription at source 5/11/2023 News ‘I know from the calls that I am getting that they are just fed up’: Former garda starts firm to help other gardaí to change career REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: After 20 years as a garda, Stephen Moore was sure of two things: it was time for a new challenge and that quite a few of his colleagues on the force felt the same. That led Moore to an idea for a business that he believed could satisfy both needs – by giving him the chance to start a new career while helping colleagues do the same. So, last month, after leaving the force, he finally started up his new company, Out of the Blue Training. 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