Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97180 total results. Showing results 27201 to 27220 «135713581359136013611362136313641365Next ›Last » Police mocked over threat to crackdown on children playing football in street A local police force has become the subject of ridicule after officers posted notices threatening they would need to shut down children's street football matches. Residents of Warndon Villages, Worcester, received letters from West Mercia Police saying they would not tolerate any street ball games in the area during a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. The locals have claimed the notices target children under 10, those most likely to play outdoors, and have criticised the warning for its "aggressive" tone. Express 25/4/2023 News Editorial: Police exodus has dire consequences AUSTRALIA: There isn’t an industry in the State that hasn’t suffered some ill effects due to the labour crunch. The West Australian (Australia) 25/4/2023 Feature, Opinion Even Queensland has realised the war on drugs is a failure. When will NSW catch on? AUSTRALIA: Back in the early 90s, taking an evening stroll through Sydney’s charming inner suburb of Paddington – my head filled with buckets of kaleidoscopically powerful THC – I suffered what Star Trek fans would recognise instantly as a spatial and temporal anomaly. The Guardian 25/4/2023 Feature, Opinion Victoria’s age of criminal responsibility to rise from 10 to 12 AUSTRALIA: The Victorian government is set to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12, with a view to increasing it again to the international standard of 14 within four years. The Guardian 25/4/2023 News Taranaki drug dealer jailed after being found with bags of P, $350k in cash NEW ZEALAND: A convicted Taranaki drug dealer found with more than 400 grams of P stuffed into a pair of socks, was later found in possession of more than $350,000 in cash. Stuff (New Zealand) 25/4/2023 News Ontario Getting More Boots on the Ground by Making it Easier to Recruit and Train Police Officers CANADA: Free tuition and expanding enrollment for basic constable training will help address policing shortages Government of Ontario (Canada) 25/4/2023 News Trust in the police This POSTnote summarises trends in levels of public trust in the police and research on barriers to trust in the police and approaches to increasing trust. UK Parliament 25/4/2023 Report Twelve young people charged over robberies, ram-raid NEW ZEALAND: Twelve youths have been arrested in the Rotorua and Tāupo areas after three separate robberies and a ram-raid in the area last week. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 25/4/2023 News Compensation won for member in mental health injury case A member who suffered damage to her mental health after being bullied by a colleague has been awarded a payout following a successful personal injury claim funded by the Police Federation of England and Wales. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 25/4/2023 News Drug-driving legislation ‘underestimated demand’ for forensic analysis, says HMICS The prevalence of drug-driving in Scotland is unclear and a “major public safety issue”, according to a new report. Police Professional 25/4/2023 News MPs back expansion of police stop and search powers to tackle protests The Government’s bid to allow police officers to use stop and search powers without suspicion to tackle disruptive protests has cleared another hurdle in Parliament. Police Professional 25/4/2023 News Police memorial charities merge to establish new remembrance trust The National Police Memorial Day has merged with the Police Roll of Honour Trust to establish the new Police Remembrance Trust. Police Professional 25/4/2023 News NCA and social media firms work together to tackle people smuggling Thousands of social media posts, pages and accounts advertising the services of people smugglers have been removed thanks to a landmark agreement between the National Crime Agency (NCA) and five major social media companies. Police Professional 25/4/2023 News CPS includes ‘love-bombing’ in prosecution guidance on stalking or controlling behaviours Updated guidance on prosecuting controlling and coercive behaviour has highlighted so-called ‘love-bombing’ as one of the tactics used by abusers. Police Professional 25/4/2023 News IWF Annual Report 2022 #BehindTheScreens In 2022, we assessed a webpage every one-and-a-half minutes. Every two minutes, that webpage showed a child being sexually abused. Internet Watch Foundation 25/4/2023 Report Stephen Lawrence: How family liaison officers became an integral part of policing in the wake of his murder The Macpherson Report into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence made many recommendations around improving the police response, including ensuring the availability of dedicated, trained family liaison officers (FLOs) at a local level; Professor Fiona Brookman of South Wales University looks at how this role has now become an integral part of policing, and what more can be done to ensure forces are making best use of FLOs. Policing Insight 25/4/2023 Feature, Opinion ‘Extreme’ child sexual abuse material found online doubles in two years The amount of Category A child sexual material discovered online has doubled since 2020, with newborn babies and toddlers among the victims of the most severe kinds of sexual abuse, new data reveals. Police Professional 25/4/2023 News Vancouver police note ‘positive signs’ in crime reduction after DTES decampment CANADA: Nearly three weeks after the City of Vancouver carried out a planned removal of tents and temporary shelters in the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver police say they’ve noted “positive signs” of crime reduction. Global News (Canada) 25/4/2023 News Report calls for major review of policing ‘intersectionality’ to improve treatment of under-represented groups The authors of a new report – the first in a series of five on policing ‘seldom heard groups’ published by Police Scotland, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and the Scottish Police Authority – have called for more to be done to overcome the challenges of policing people with multiple social identities and characteristics such as race, religion, sexuality and disability, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 25/4/2023 Analysis, Feature Ontario scrapping post-secondary education requirement for police recruits CANADA: The Ontario government said Tuesday it is introducing a number of new measures to boost lagging police recruitment numbers, including eliminating a post-secondary education requirement to be hired as an officer and covering the costs of mandatory training. CBC News (Canada) 25/4/2023 News «135713581359136013611362136313641365Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
