Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98646 total results. Showing results 27641 to 27660 «137913801381138213831384138513861387Next ›Last » Blind justice: Are juryless trials the way to deliver better outcomes for rape complainers? The most surprising thing about the row over juryless rape trials is that the Scottish Government apparently didn’t see it coming. It is, after all, just three years since a similar plan was shelved almost as soon as it was floated. Covid had shut the courts and, with cases starting to pile up, then justice secretary Humza Yousaf suggested that bench trials could be used to clear the backlog. Holyrood Magazine 22/5/2023 Feature Man arrested after NCA raids suspected ‘gun factory’ in South London National Crime Agency (NCA) officers have uncovered what they described as “a specialist factory” in South London suspected of converting blank-firing guns into “lethal” weapons using 3D printed parts. Police Professional 22/5/2023 News Police Covenant GUIDANCE: Supporting the wider policing community and their families. Home Office 22/5/2023 Report Responses to reports compiled by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse COLLECTION: This collection page brings together government responses to investigation reports published by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Home Office 22/5/2023 Report Detective’s casebook: handling cloud data as evidence Former Radio 1 DJ Mark Page was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for child sex offences after an investigation "pushed boundaries" during early conversations around the Cloud Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/5/2023 Feature Gardaí working on plan to share child abuse information REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda HQ says it is developing a data-sharing agreement with Tusla to clear a long-running blockage preventing the transmission of important information in child sex abuse cases between the agencies at specialist facilities. The confirmation follows a heavily-critical report from the European Union and the Council of Europe into conflicting approaches by the agencies operating in a new dedicated unit for child victims of abuse. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 22/5/2023 News An Garda Síochána currently has more diversity officers than divisional drug unit officers REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Síochána currently has more diversity officers (GDO) than divisional drug unit officers according to figures seen by Gript. A breakdown of national figures for the number of divisional drug officers according to Independent TD Carol Nolan shows that there were a total of 332 as of April 2023 while the number of diversity officers, according to figures from February this year, was 481. Gript (Republic of Ireland) 22/5/2023 News Calls for proper funding of Garda fraud unit REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: There have been calls to boost funding for the Garda Economic Crime Bureau after the Policing Authority strongly criticised the lack of investment in it. Dr Joe McGrath, an expert on financial crime, said findings from the authority, following the December 2020 report of the Hamilton Review, highlighted the urgent need to properly fund the area. In a recent report, the authority said the Hamilton Review was “unambiguous” in the need for greater resourcing of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 22/5/2023 News Gardaí will not fall into ‘far-right trap’ over migrant protests – Harris REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Commissioner has said there is a policing plan in place to deal with protests and blockades at migrant centres but that the gardaí are not going to fall into a trap by over-reacting. Drew Harris said they had be to careful they do not act out the far-right playbook by creating a well of ill feeling in communities where migrants seeking international protection are being settled. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 22/5/2023 News Don’t put police officers at the mercy of undemocratic political mechanisms The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) acknowledges with absolute dismay the letter from Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, and Rt Hon Harriet Harman KC, MP for Camberwell and Peckham, to Home Secretary Suella Braverman calling for undemocratic powers to chief officers under the guise of police reforms. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 22/5/2023 News Performance and Disciplinary Bill put forward by Mayor of London The Bill has received support form Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem MPs Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/5/2023 News Commissioner doesn’t know whether police should respond to dementia patients AUSTRALIA: Specific dementia training for officers was scrapped, but Karen Webb denied NSW Police has systemic issues in how it responds to dementia matters. ABC News (Australia) 22/5/2023 News, Video Five Years of Independent Monitoring of NSW Police Force Critical Incident Investigations AUSTRALIA: The NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has released a report on 22 May 2023 on the past five years of the Commission's independent monitoring of the NSW Police Force's critical incident investigations. NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) (Australia) 22/5/2023 Report Sydney man dead in what police sources believe is gang-related shooting AUSTRALIA: A man has been shot dead in Sydney's south-west in what police sources say is believed to be a gang-related incident. Police from Liverpool City police area command found the man sitting inside a car with gunshot wounds at 4pm. ABC News (Australia) 22/5/2023 News Greens MP demands independent investigation into police officer tasering elderly woman AUSTRALIA: A politician is calling for an investigation into the tasering of a 95-year-old woman by a police officer in an aged care home to be taken “out of the hands of police." Great-grandmother Clare Nowland, 95, is receiving end-of-life care at Cooma Hospital after she sustained serious head injuries during the incident. The West Australian (Australia) 22/5/2023 News Mental health crises linked to almost half of all deaths or serious injuries in NSW police operations AUSTRALIA: Law Enforcement Conduct Commission reveals details of 157 ‘critical incident’ investigation. Almost half the people involved in critical incidents with New South Wales police over the past five years were experiencing a mental health crisis, while the number of Indigenous people killed and seriously injured doubled last financial year, according to a new report The Guardian 22/5/2023 News Operation Cobalt: Arrests made, drugs and firearms seized NEW ZEALAND: Three men are before the courts after being arrested in Masterton as part of Operation Cobalt. New Zealand Police 22/5/2023 News Police felt ‘significant pressure’ during Higgins case AUSTRALIA: Police officers felt "significant pressure" to charge former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann which led to some usual processes being skipped, an inquiry has been told. But Australian Federal Police Detective Superintendent Scott Moller, the lead investigator in the matter, admitted he and other officers made some errors during the high-profile case. South Coast Register (Australia) 22/5/2023 News Christchurch businesses targeted in three-hour crime spree NEW ZEALAND: Eight Christchurch businesses have been targeted by robberies and ram raids in a three-hour crime spree. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 22/5/2023 News Lehrmann investigator claims police were under pressure to placate media AUSTRALIA: The lead detective in the Lehrmann case says he believed the prosecution would have failed on Brittany Higgins’ evidence alone as he asserted the investigation was rushed to placate the media. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 22/5/2023 News «137913801381138213831384138513861387Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
