Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114945 total results. Showing results 2461 to 2480 «120121122123124125126127128Next ›Last » UK national security cases involving hostile states up 50%, police say Investigation continues into Iran-linked group’s claim it attacked Jewish charity’s ambulances in north London The Guardian 24/3/2026 News Toronto Police Service enhances public safety readiness with new counter-terrorism security unit and high visibility deployments CANADA: In response to an evolving security landscape, the Toronto Police Service is taking operational action to keep our communities safe by strengthening how we identify, prevent, and respond to terrorism and violent extremism. The Service is establishing a dedicated Counter-Terrorism Security Unit (CTSU) to provide continuity, oversight, and proactive risk mitigation through an intelligence-led, evidence-based approach. The CTSU will also improve information‑sharing and complement the integrated response that exists between our many security partner agencies. Toronto Police Service (Canada) 24/3/2026 News How evidence of confession contamination affects perceptions and judgments in a mock case Confession contamination, in which confidential case information is shared with a suspect during an interrogation, provides misleading credibility to confessions. We hypothesized that indications of confession contamination provided through questions from an interrogation and expert information on contamination would significantly lower mock jurors’ judgments about guilt (in a verdict determination and a likelihood of guilt rating) and their rating of the strength of a confession as evidence in a case vignette. In a 2 (interrogation questions vs. no interrogation questions) x 2 (expert video vs. no expert video) design, 181 jury-eligible adults read case materials that included a false confession. Expert testimony and questions that involved contamination resulted in significantly lower likelihood of guilt ratings, and participants exposed to the interrogation questions rated the confession as significantly less accurate and persuasive than participants who were not provided evidence of contamination. However, we did not find the expected additive effects of questions showing confession contamination and expert information. Additionally, participants’ responses to an initial Confession Attitude Questionnaire (CAQ) suggested better knowledge about some aspects of confession than has been reported in previous studies. Our findings support recent recommendations about interrogations and confessions. Psychology Crime and Law 24/3/2026 Research article Fast and Spurious: A Causal Evaluation of NYPD’s Pursuit Policy, 2022–2025 Objectives: This study examines the consequences of the New York Police Department’s late-2022 operational shift that dramatically expanded vehicle pursuits without a formal policy change. We evaluate whether the surge in pursuits affected motor vehicle collisions, robberies, and shootings, and whether any crime-prevention benefits offset the associated collision costs. Methods: ITS segmented regression estimates changes in pursuit-related collisions following the October 2022 escalation; no external comparison group is required because collisions are mechanically linked to pursuit volume. For crime outcomes, a precinct-level heterogeneous-effects DD design exploits pre-treatment crime-level variation across all 77 NYPD precincts, with event-study diagnostics assessing the parallel trends assumption. A cost–benefit analysis estimates the threshold of prevented crimes needed for pursuit escalation to break even. Results: Monthly pursuits surged from roughly 8 to over 160 events — a rise exceeding 2,000%. Pursuit-related collisions increased proportionally with pursuit volume and declined sharply following the February 2025 partial re-restriction that reduced pursuits by approximately three-quarters. Crime outcomes provide no evidence of deterrence: the robbery DD estimate is positive and significant, while the shooting DD estimate, though nominally negative, rests on non-parallel pre-trends. The February 2025 reduction in pursuits was not followed by any increase in crime. Conclusions: Pursuit escalation produced clear and attributable collision harms while providing no credible evidence of crime reduction. Cost–benefit estimates suggest the threshold of prevented shootings required to offset these harms was not achieved. Agencies should require affirmative evidence of crime-prevention benefits before expanding pursuit authority. CRIMRXIV 24/3/2026 Research article Saskatchewan RCMP facing 14.6 per cent vacancy rate amid national staffing shortages CANADA: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan is working to address ongoing staff shortages – a strain felt by RCMP nationwide. The current vacancy rate across the province is 14.6 per cent, up about 1 per cent from August of last year. PA Now (Canada) 24/3/2026 News How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement CANADA: Secret files reveal Mounties penetrated Assembly of First Nations’ predecessor, spied on Indigenous leaders. The Mounties called it the "Native extremism program." Today, it sounds like a spy novel. Intelligence dossiers stuffed with documents. Wiretaps. Paid informants. Covert operatives with code numbers like "A-828." A Red Power dissident photo album. Surreptitious surveillance at homes, offices, airports and bars. But it wasn't fiction. In fact, newly declassified RCMP Security Service files confirm Canada's Cold War-era domestic intelligence agency infiltrated and sought to disrupt legitimate political Indigenous organizations in the 1970s, in an extensive program of covert surveillance, informants and countersubversion. CBC News (Canada) 24/3/2026 Feature Complaint database part of Montreal police anti-racism plan CANADA: Chief Fady Dagher says the new centralized database will allow the force to better monitor allegations against officers throughout their careers, and improve accountability across the organization. Global News (Canada) 24/3/2026 News Hundreds of Ontario cases tossed, compromised after police officers violated Charter rights: report CANADA: Charges were tossed or evidence was excluded from Ontario court proceedings hundreds of times over the past decade due to police officers in urban areas violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a new report examining more than 600 cases has found. Report co-author Sunil Gurmukh, an adjunct law professor at Western University, said in an interview after the report’s release Wednesday that people accused of criminal offences are frequently “walking free” because of violations by officers in Toronto, Ottawa and Peel, York and Durham regions. Blue Line (Canada) 24/3/2026 News Montreal police sets 2030 deadline to stamp out racism CANADA: Montreal police (SPVM) chief Fady Dagher says he’s giving himself five years to stamp out systemic racism within the force. “The vision is I’m hoping that in 2030 the police department of the SPVM is going to be as close as possible to all the communities without any discrimination, any racial issues,” says Dagher, who became head of the 4,500-strong police force in 2022. CTV News (Canada) 24/3/2026 News Ontario police chiefs, nurses’ association split on drug consumption site cuts CANADA: The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police calls the move toward a recovery-centred approach "an important step" in addressing drug use. The London Free Press (Canada) 24/3/2026 News Cops with patrol rifles to be deployed to key locations in Toronto as police create new unit, task force CANADA: Toronto police say they are creating a counter-terrorism unit and a specialized task force that will see officers with semi-automatic rifles stationed at key locations in the city. CBC News (Canada) 24/3/2026 News ‘Violent mob’ at Epping asylum hotel protest attacked police, court hears Prosecution alleges that the violence included “punching, kicking, throwing, pushing, and shoving – mostly aimed at police officers and police vehicles," Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/3/2026 News ‘This is a transition period for AI – but it’s here to stay. There’s no way we’re going back’ Police Oracle speaks to Dr Barak Ariel, Professor of Experimental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology in the University of Cambridge and an officer who has benefited from his research facility about how the next generation of officers are helping shape what recruits are learning. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/3/2026 Feature, Interview, Opinion Fitness test overhaul could start next year Researchers are due to deliver recommendations amid concerns over shuttle run levels and accusations of a postcode lottery, writes Ian Weinfass Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/3/2026 News Body worn video for Police Scotland officers in Glasgow ahead of the Commonwealth Games As Glasgow prepares to welcome the Commonwealth Games, and with a busy summer of events ahead for the City, Police Scotland is equipping 2,000 officers and staff with body worn video (BWV) cameras. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/3/2026 News PCC aims to have first families in new homes built by offenders on probation within 12 months PBH brings together housebuilders, prisons, probation services and landowners to create high quality, low carbon homes for local communities. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/3/2026 News Operation Henhouse delivers strongest results yet in fifth year of national fraud crackdown More than 550 arrests were made as part of Operation Henhouse, the fifth year of a UK-wide campaign against fraud. Police Professional 24/3/2026 News Detective inspector charged with child sex offences A senior police officer has been charged with sex offences against two children, according to Sussex Police. BBC 24/3/2026 News Retail crime is a shared public safety challenge Retail crime in the UK is rising fast, but efforts to tackle it are being held back by a lack of trust. Many retailers no longer believe reporting incidents leads to action, weakening the system. Rebuilding trust through better communication between retailers and policing is essential to improve reporting, strengthen intelligence and deliver better outcomes. Policing Insight 24/3/2026 Advertisement, Feature Digital transformation of frontline file management saves thousands of hours for NZ Police A new frontline file management system rolled out by New Zealand Police is proving to be a “game changer” for the workforce, says Superintendent Blair Macdonald, cutting the backlog for case processing from two weeks to just four hours, and helping to increase public trust and confidence in the service, as he explained to Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 24/3/2026 Feature, Innovation, Interview «120121122123124125126127128Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
