Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97187 total results. Showing results 26961 to 26980 «134513461347134813491350135113521353Next ›Last » Parliament protest report shows NZ Police have come a long way since 1981 – but practice and law must still improve A new report into the policing of the 2022 occupation of parliamentary grounds in Wellington describes a largely successful operation with a positive outcome; but Professors Alexander Gillespie and Claire Breen of the University of Waikato warn that while policing has moved on significantly since previous high-profile demonstrations, there is still room for improvement around practice, equipment, legislation, and ensuring police independence. Policing Insight 2/5/2023 Feature, Opinion Police Education Conference 2023: Book your place today! The Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies will host a conference on the topic of police education on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 June 2023. The conference, supported by Policing Insight as media partner, will be of interest and relevance to police practitioners, senior officers, and managers, particularly those who are involved in training and development. Equally to those who are involved in the development and delivery of police education in higher education and those preparing students for these programmes. Policing Insight 2/5/2023 Advertisement, Feature Criminology in Policing: Classical criminology – crime as a rational act? In the second of a new series of The Police Student focusing on Criminology in Policing, Policing Insight Academic Editor Dr Carina O’Reilly looks at the classical concept of crime as a rational act, and considers traditional justice, enlightened thinking, and the range of critiques which have founded the wider discipline of criminology. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/5/2023 Feature Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/5/2023 News UK town sparks backlash after banning hoodies to tackle anti-social behaviour People visiting in Romford will not be allowed to wear ski masks, hoodies or helmets that cover their face as part of a trial scheme Mirror 2/5/2023 News Police forces and councils are buying hacking software used to unlock mobile phones Powerful software capable of unlocking devices is being used increasingly by police and public bodies but campaigners warn guidelines around deployment of “intrusive” data extraction remains opaque. i News 2/5/2023 News Hospital staff ‘made thousands of 999 calls’ to police in five years Police have been called to healthcare facilities nearly 10,000 times in the past five years, an FOI revealed. STV News 2/5/2023 News Advancing the Méndez Principles on effective interviewing: How painful lessons have led to just practice in the UK and beyond The Mendéz Principles build on interviewing models in England and Wales to offer a global standard for effective interviewing practices that ensure non-coercive methods and procedural safeguards; ahead of next month’s conference on the subject at the Canterbury Centre for Policing Research (CCPR), Policing Lecturer James Harris and CCPR Director Dr Martin O’Neill explore the background to the principles, and the development of techniques and lessons drawn from UK cases. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/5/2023 Analysis, Feature Ten thousand 999 calls to hospitals in 5years figures show Of those, at least 3,830 were for violence, with some of the health boards not divulging the reason for the calls to police Police Oracle - Subscription at source 2/5/2023 News ‘Predatory behaviour’: Victorian police use positions to start sexual relationships, Ibac says AUSTRALIA: Victorian police officers continue to use their position to start sexual relationships with people they meet on duty despite efforts to stamp out “predatory” behaviour. A review by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission assessed 27 Victoria police investigations into alleged predatory behaviour by officers between 2019 and 2022. It found evidence that the issue was ongoing, with many cases unreported. The Guardian 2/5/2023 News New Garda system for logging calls to be rolled out in Cork city in coming weeks REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí are rolling out a new high-tech system for logging calls with computer aided dispatch in Cork city in the coming weeks, in a bid to increase response times. The new IT system, called 'Garda Safe', is the greatest transformation in Garda communications in decades. Echo Live (Republic of Ireland) 2/5/2023 News Targets missed in at least 70% of GSOC complaints investigated by gardaí REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Time limits were met by only 23 GSOC complaints that gardaí were assigned and completed in 2022. Ireland’s policing watchdog hands over a significant amount of its investigations into alleged Garda misconduct to gardaí to investigate. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is the independent body that handles complaints relating to police misconduct. Complaints are mostly brought by members of the public and are either criminal or disciplinary. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 2/5/2023 News Festus Akinbusoye: ‘Working with young children, we have to include the fact they are being exploited’ Reducing re-offending is at the heart of Bedfordshire PCC Festus Akinbusoye’s Police and Crime Plan, here he talks to Policing TV’s Tom Gaymor about Bedfordshire’s VERU and the importance of early intervention. (Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit). Festus Akinbusoye is the elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Bedfordshire, the first black ever black PCC providing overarching governance for any police force. He is passionate about, amongst other things, making sure that the good and excellent police work that takes place in Bedfordshire, and more widely across policing, is more widely shared. PolicingTV 2/5/2023 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video More questions for immigration over dawn raids case – Carmel Sepuloni NEW ZEALAND: The Associate Immigration Minister is assessing an immigration decision to detain a Pasifika man in a dawn raid who's accused of overstaying his visa. [AUDIO] RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 2/5/2023 News When we are at our most vulnerable The Women’s Rights Network began this investigation in response to concerns raised by a number of members that patients and staff were being sexually assaulted and raped in UK hospitals. Womens Rights 1/5/2023 News North Yorkshire Police officer sacked after hotel sex assault A North Yorkshire Police officer who dragged a woman out of bed by her hair and sexually assaulted her has been sacked. The Yorkshire Post 1/5/2023 News Creasy harassment concern raised with Leicestershire police by Labour MPs Move by senior party figures comes after fellow MP said she was worried about how force was handling crimes against woman The Guardian 1/5/2023 News New laws to boost Garda watchdog’s powers to go ahead despite Hutch controversy REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Government is ploughing ahead with new legislation that will give sweeping new powers to the Garda watchdog GSOC, despite internal disquiet over the controversy involving an officer who attended a party at the home of crime boss Gerry Hutch. The Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill, which is progressing through the Oireachtas, has been criticised by the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 1/5/2023 News Thousands of rapes and sexual assaults in hospitals – Only 4.1% of suspects known to have been charged More than 6500 rapes and sexual assaults - some against children under 13 - have been committed in hospitals in England and Wales over nearly four years Womens Rights 1/5/2023 News High-ranking Met Police officer on £100,000-a-year who was found to be a regular user of ‘high-class’ prostitutes was allowed to keep his job after he was let off with a minor rebuke A high-ranking Scotland Yard officer was allowed to keep his job despite being found to be a regular user of ‘high-class’ prostitutes, the Mail can reveal today. Mail Online 1/5/2023 News «134513461347134813491350135113521353Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events