Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 93903 total results. Showing results 27921 to 27940 «139313941395139613971398139914001401Next ›Last » Met Police officer David Carrick admits to being serial rapist A Metropolitan Police armed officer who used his role to put fear into his victims has admitted dozens of rape and sexual offences against 12 women. David Carrick, 48, who met some victims through dating websites, pleaded guilty to 49 offences across two decades. BBC 16/1/2023 News Mass recruitment drive for Victoria Police AUSTRALIA: More than 40,000 failed Victoria Police applicants will be asked to re-apply amid a concerning recruit shortage. Brisbane Times (Australia) 16/1/2023 News, Video Police unveil enhanced online sexual assault reporting option AUSTRALIA: The NSW Police Force has unveiled an enhanced online reporting option to allow victims of sexual assault to provide information without having to take part in a formal police interview. News of the Area (Australia) 16/1/2023 News Tensions rise as Police Union set to fire entire board from office AUSTRALIA: The Western Australia Police Union has called a special meeting with the aim of removing the entire board from office. [AUDIO] 6pr (Australia) 16/1/2023 News The Whole Truth: Has violent crime gone up under Labour? NEW ZEALAND: National has been increasingly talking up law and order as an issue heading into an election year. [AUDIO] Stuff (New Zealand) 16/1/2023 Feature Five youths arrested in relation to stolen vehicles NEW ZEALAND: Five youths were arrested in the early hours of this morning in Hamilton following the theft of several vehicles and a fleeing driver incident. New Zealand Police 16/1/2023 News Metropolitan Police investigating 800 officers over abuse claims after David Carrick case Sir Mark Rowley said all 45,000 Met officers and staff would be rechecked for previous offences. Express 16/1/2023 News David Carrick: One of the ‘Most shocking cases involving a serving officer’ it has dealt with, says CPS The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says the case of David Carrick who pleaded guilty to multiple rapes and other serious sexual offences is “one of the most shocking” it has dealt with involving a serving police officer. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News NPCC responds to guilty pleas from serving Met officer Statement issued by the National Police Chiefs' Council Chair regarding guilty please from serving Met Police officer, David Carrick National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 16/1/2023 News David Carrick: Met investigating 800 officers over abuse claims The Met Police is investigating 1,000 sexual and domestic abuse claims involving about 800 of its officers, the commissioner has said. BBC 16/1/2023 News Shame of the Met: Demand for answers from police force as officer revealed as one of UK’s worst serial rapists ‘We have failed,’ commissioner admits after decades of missed opportunities to stop predator The Independent 16/1/2023 News Man arrested after police car rammed A 31-year-old man has been arrested after two officers escaped serious injury during an incident in Derry/Londonderry on Friday night (January 13) in which a police vehicle was rammed. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News Police widow welcomes BMW decision to stop supplying cars to UK forces The widow of PC Nick Dumphreys has welcomed the news that BMW is to stop supplying cars to police forces in the UK with immediate effect. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News MPS condemns officer guilty of relentless campaign of sexually and mentally abusing women The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has condemned the “appalling criminal actions” of a serving officer who degraded, raped and sexually assaulted multiple women. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News Passengers encouraged to become ‘active bystanders’ to tackle sexual harassment on public transport A new campaign is encouraging people to become “active bystanders” to help tackle sexual harassment on London’s public transport network. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News PM to give police ‘greater flexibility and clarity’ to stop disruptive protests Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is backing the police to clamp down on highly disruptive and dangerous protests under plans announced on Monday (January 16). Police Professional 16/1/2023 News IOPC investigation after death of lorry driver taken into police custody The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the actions of police prior to the death of a man taken into custody just before Christmas. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News Defund – not defend – the police: A response to Fleetwood and Lea We argue that defunding the police is necessary to address fundamental and systemic problems plaguing British policing. We do so in response to an article written by Fleetwood & Lea (2022), published in this journal, claiming that ‘defunding the police does not translate well to the UK’ (p.172). The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice 16/1/2023 Research article Two years after the defund the police movement, police budgets increase across Canada A key element of many of the 2020 policing protests was the call to defund police and reinvest more heavily in community spending and solutions, but two years on, policing budgets have continued to increase across Canada; Concordia University Associate Professor Ted Rutland looks at how and why spending has increased, and what progress has been made on investing in non-police responses. Policing Insight 16/1/2023 Analysis, Feature Not if – but how – to defund the police: Response to our critics Our article (Fleetwood & Lea, 2022) advocated a strategy of ‘minimal policing’ oriented to dismantling institutional racism, sexism and class oppression in policing. Our approach aimed to do this by breaking down the institutional isolation and autonomy of the police as a state agency. This would involve, first redefining the police role essentially as backup to other (mainly welfare) agencies far better suited to intervention in the vast majority of local crime and conflicts than police and, second, placing police intervention under the direction of a ‘Controller’ – an expanded and democratised variant of the (Scottish) Procurator Fiscal. We further specified that a continued role for police in governance of public space would become an administrative role under the direct control of mayors. Rather than debating whether police should be defunded, our focus is on how. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice 16/1/2023 Research article «139313941395139613971398139914001401Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
