Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97351 total results. Showing results 25061 to 25080 «125012511252125312541255125612571258Next ›Last » Queensland forensic lab scrambling to deal with backlog of 30,000 criminal cases AUSTRALIA: Queensland’s state-run forensic lab is scrambling to hire more scientists to handle a massive backlog involving more than 30,000 confirmed cases. However the health minister, Shannon Fentiman, has denied reports it would take more than a decade to clear the cases embroiled in the bungle, saying not all affected criminal prosecutions turn on DNA evidence. The backlog is the by-product of a damning inquiry into the state’s forensic testing regime, which found many DNA samples went untested and the lab incorrectly ruled others “insufficient”. The Guardian 21/6/2023 News Police Minister confident 150 extra cops are coming to our region AUSTRALIA: Thousands of Queenslanders and many people from interstate and overseas have put their hands up to become sworn police officers but it will still some time before staffing shortfalls in our country stations are addressed. The Chronicle (Australia) - Subscription at source 21/6/2023 News Top NSW cops covered up Tasering of Clare Nowland AUSTRALIA: Top NSW Police officers covered up the Tasering of 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland by an officer, deleting crucial details from a public statement about the incident in a Cooma nursing home. Internal emails obtained by the Herald under freedom of information laws reveal the original draft media release sent for approval on the day the Tasering occurred contained detailed information about what happened at Yallambee Lodge in the early hours of May 17. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 21/6/2023 News ‘Most powerful’ Queensland police car will be electric AUSTRALIA: Queensland's newest police patrol car will quite literally be a bright spark. The state's police service unveiled its first electric vehicle on Wednesday, featuring bright yellow colouring, retro styling and torque that one officer said would make it "the most powerful vehicle in our fleet". Maitland Mercury (Australia) 21/6/2023 News Taser cover-up undermines confidence in police leadership AUSTRALIA: In a ham-fisted attempt at media manipulation that undermines confidence in those we look to for protection, senior NSW Police have been caught covering up the use of a Taser in the fatal stunning of a 95-year-old aged care resident suffering from dementia. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 21/6/2023 Feature, Opinion IO’s Diary: Insp Benjamin Sim SINGAPORE: The passion to set wrongs right while staying true to the principles of investigations helped Insp Benjamin navigate his journey as an IO! Singapore Police Force 21/6/2023 Feature, Interview, Opinion Ireland ‘below European average for police-to-people ratio’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda numbers are below the European average and “far below” the nations with the highest police-to-population ratios, according to Oireachtas estimates. Ireland has 291 gardaí for every 100,000 inhabitants, compared to an average of 328 police for every 100,000 people across 35 countries in Europe. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 21/6/2023 News GMP appoints new inspector for Manchester South Neighbourhood Policing Team Greater Manchester Police has appointed a new inspector to oversee its key neighbourhood operation in south Manchester. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) 21/6/2023 News Countering violent extremism: Transnational networks for knowledge exchange With those involved in racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism and violent right-wing extremism increasingly co-operating and collaborating internationally in their online and offline activities, those who work to prevent violent extremism will need to do the same if they are to be effective; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at the work of the Radicalisation Awareness Network in promoting and advocating international collaboration and the exchange of effective practices. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 21/6/2023 Analysis, Feature NSW Police record keeping ‘inconveniencing’ the gay hate inquiry, top judge says AUSTRALIA: Legal correspondence about an inquiry into gay hate crimes has revealed NSW Police provided material more than a year late and seemingly found old crime scene photographs "by chance". ABC News (Australia) 21/6/2023 News NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley under pressure over claims tasering of Clare Nowland was covered up AUSTRALIA: New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Catley is under pressure after allegations of a cover-up over the tasering of great-grandmother Clare Nowland. ABC News (Australia) 21/6/2023 News Plaid Cymru calls for powers over justice and policing to be fully devolved to Wales Plaid Cymru has reiterated called for powers over justice and policing to be fully devolved to Wales ahead of a Senedd debate today (21 June). Nation Cymru 21/6/2023 News Improving police risk assessment of domestic violence: A follow-up validation study AUSTRALIA: This study examines how accurately the refined Family Violence Risk Assessment Tool (FVRAT) predicts repeat domestic violence. Australian Institute of Criminology (Australia) 21/6/2023 Research article Mother still digs for son’s remains 24 years after police find him A mother has not laid her son to rest almost 24 years after he was killed in a violent attack because she refuses to believe that remains found by police are his. The Times - Subscription at source 21/6/2023 News Board of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Chair Annual Report 2021–22 AUSTRALIA: This report by the Chair of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) Board documents the operations of the ACIC in 2021–22 as required under the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (ACC Act). Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) 21/6/2023 Report Metropolitan Police ignored officer’s complaint about rapist colleague A judge has criticised the Metropolitan Police’s “shocking” treatment of a female officer whose complaint of abuse by a rapist colleague was ignored. The Times - Subscription at source 21/6/2023 News Every rank to receive leadership training under new CoP programme The police leadership programme is split across five stages of leadership: new recruits, first line leaders, mid-level leaders, senior leaders and executive leaders. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 21/6/2023 News Homophobia: Victim left waiting three years for police Police have apologised to a victim after an investigation into graphic homophobic, sexual and violent threats took nearly three years to complete. BBC 21/6/2023 News Hertfordshire Police: Calls for transparency over misconduct A charity has criticised a decision not to name an ex-police officer found to have had "premeditated" sex with a vulnerable drunk woman. BBC 21/6/2023 News Perfect storm for criminal justice puts police investigations at risk The demise of the duty solicitor across the country puts justice in jeopardy, the Law Society of England and Wales has warned as it releases new data projecting an alarming 37% fall in a decade (2,064 fewer). The Law Society Gazette 20/6/2023 News «125012511252125312541255125612571258Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
