Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103287 total results. Showing results 24941 to 24960 «124412451246124712481249125012511252Next ›Last » AFP blocks 10 child abuse websites and tracks thousands of predators who accessed them AUSTRALIA: The AFP has proactively identified and blocked 10 child abuse websites hosted on domains associated with the Cocos Keeling Islands that were responsible for the distribution of almost one million child abuse images and videos. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 1/11/2023 News NT Police Association and business owners call for government’s private security guard funds to be put into police AUSTRALIA: The Northern Territory Police Association is warning that using public funds to pay security staff, with a fraction of the training police have, to deal with violent public order situations is risking preventable deaths. ABC News (Australia) 1/11/2023 News Minister urges police forces to increase use of facial recognition technology In a letter to Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, the Policing Minister said he wants to see police forces double their use of retrospective facial recognition and to expand the use of live facial recognition as it has ‘great potential to pick up wanted persons who would otherwise go undetecte Emergency Services Times 31/10/2023 News South Yorkshire Police officer Rowan Horrock accused of rape A police officer raped a woman after pressuring her to spend the night at his house when she was "drunk and vulnerable," a court was told. BBC 31/10/2023 News Misconduct hearing outcome Commander Julian Bennett dismissed following misconduct hearing Metropolitan Police Service 31/10/2023 News Anti-social behaviour on buses: FOI release Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Scottish Government 31/10/2023 News Gwent Police officer says he was ‘within rights’ to use force on man Gwent Police officer says he was 'within rights' to use force on man BBC 31/10/2023 News Julian Bennett sacked following finding of gross misconduct The officer has been suspended on full pay since July 2020. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/10/2023 News Senior officer behind Met drug strategy sacked over refusal to take drug test Disciplinary panel had found Julian Bennett guilty of gross misconduct for refusing test when accused of smoking cannabis The Guardian 31/10/2023 News DG NCA Graeme Biggar delivers RUSI’s 4th Annual Security Lecture Thank you, RUSI, for inviting me to give this year’s annual security lecture. Home Office 31/10/2023 News Drink driving disqualified drug dealer’s crime spree Mohammed Mehtab and his accomplice committed a range of offences that included Class A drug dealing, affray and possession of a knife in a public place. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/10/2023 News Met can’t commit to ‘minimum guarantee’ with safer schools officers Cmdr Kevin Southworth told the London Assembly that he hopes to launch the Right Care, Right Person will address 'one of the many reasons' why these officers are often abstracted. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/10/2023 News Garda searches seize over €150,000 in drugs in Cork City REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí say they seized in drugs worth in excess of €150,000 following searches in Cork City on Monday, October 30. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 31/10/2023 News 22 Quebec Indigenous police forces file complaint with human rights commission CANADA: Quebec's 22 Indigenous police forces have filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, accusing the federal government of chronic underfunding that has left them unable to properly serve their communities. The complaint follows a similar action taken with the rights body by First Nations Police forces in Ontario. Federal money for Indigenous police in Canada has been inadequate for decades, Shawn Dulude, president of the Quebec Association of First Nation and Inuit Police Directors, said in an interview Tuesday. CBC News (Canada) 31/10/2023 News AI facial recognition scanned millions of driver licences. Then an innocent man got locked up One day in 2020, police arrested Robert Williams in his Detroit driveway, handcuffed him in front of his children, and took him away. He had no idea what he'd done wrong. That night he slept on a cold cell floor using his jacket for a pillow. His wife called the Detroit detention centre repeatedly, but got no answers. The next day Mr Williams was told his alleged crime. But the full story of why him — why police mistakenly thought he was the criminal — only surfaced later, after a lot of digging. Finally, having sued the Detroit police, he learnt he was the victim of a faulty artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system. ABC News (Australia) 31/10/2023 Feature NCA calls for possession of 3D-printed gun blueprints to be made illegal UK agency seized 17 3D-printed firearms last year, up from three in 2021, and is training police to identify weapons and equipment The Guardian 31/10/2023 News Finnish neo-Nazis used 3D printer to make guns in preparation for ‘race war’ FINLAND: Three Finnish men who embraced neo-Nazi ideology have been found guilty of committing crimes with terrorist intent including plotting attacks against immigrants, critical infrastructure, and their perceived political opponents. The Guardian 31/10/2023 News Government urges police to step up facial recognition The UK government is urging police authorities to amplify their use of retrospective facial recognition (RFR) software in the pursuit of offenders. In a letter to police chiefs, policing minister Chris Philp has recommended a target of more than 200,000 searches of still images against the Police National Database, using this technology, within the next six months. Computing 31/10/2023 News Police open fire after alleged threats by woman on Paris train FRANCE: French police have shot and wounded a woman who was allegedly making threats at a train station in Paris, in the latest security incident as the country remains on heightened anti-terrorism alert after a fatal stabbing at a school this month. A police source told AFP that a woman wearing a Muslim headscarf made threats and shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is the greatest). “Police fired because they feared for their safety,” the source said. A passenger on the suburban train had called the emergency services and said the woman was making threats. The Guardian 31/10/2023 News Victorian government scrambling to prepare for long-planned end of public drunkenness laws AUSTRALIA: Sobering-up facility not completed, emergency workers unclear about their role in new scheme – and it begins on Melbourne Cup Day The Guardian 31/10/2023 News «124412451246124712481249125012511252Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
