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Police paid £1.2 million to confidential informants, figures reveal
West Midlands Police paid more than £1 million to snitches over the last six years, new figures have revealed.
Express & Star 		30/5/2022
News
Queensland police union boss made defamation claim against domestic violence expert
AUSTRALIA: Prof Kerry Carrington had spoken to media after giving evidence about police culture at inquest of murdered Logan woman Doreen Langham
The Guardian 		30/5/2022
News
Crime victims see delays rise and charges fall, BBC research finds
A woman who felt forced to track down her stolen car - leading to her being threatened by a man with a crowbar. A man with disabilities who says police failings led to him being targeted by a gang, and repeatedly burgled. They are among the victims of crime who say they are being left in despair and forced to do their own detective work, while facing significant delays for police help.BBC research indicates forces are taking an average of three minutes longer to attend serious offences in England and Wales compared to six years ago. And while the government has repeatedly said crime is a key priority, some forces are facing criticism for not investigating lower-level offences. A BBC News investigation has spent months talking to people about their experiences of reporting crime.
BBC 		30/5/2022
News
When it comes to criminality, do we really want equality?
Improving gender equality is a key aim in many sectors of society, with equality of opportunity for men and women widely recognised as a necessary development; but Policing Insight’s Chris Allen takes a look at the latest research which suggests that the cocaine industry is an exception to that rule.
Policing Insight - Subscription at source 		30/5/2022
Analysis, Feature
Joint business plan Alberta RCMP / Alberta Justice and Solicitor General
CANADA: The Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ensures the safety and well-being of all Albertans. Through the Provincial Police Service Agreement, the RCMP provides policing services as Alberta’s Provincial Police Service. [pdf]
Government of Canada 		30/5/2022
Report
Cocaine insights 3 – Women in the cocaine supply chain
INTERNATIONAL: The cocaine market presents a clear threat at global level. Well-defined locations of production in South America and large consumer markets in the Americas and Europe lead to trafficking routes from a circumscribed origin to specific, even if far-flung, destinations. [pdf]
United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) 		30/5/2022
Report
Joint Business Plan – Alberta RCMP and Alberta Justice and Solicitor General 2022/23-2024/25
CANADA: The Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ensures the safety and well-being of all Albertans.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 		30/5/2022
Report
Budget variance for the period ending April 30, 2022
CANADA: This report provides information and updates to the Edmonton Police Commission (EPC) on the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) current financial position for the period ending April 30, 2022. [pdf]
Edmonton Police Commission (Canada) 		30/5/2022
Report
Scottish police reject ‘disgraceful’ pay offer in cost-of-living crisis
Police officers in Scotland have rejected a “disgraceful” pay offer in a move that underlines the rebellion among public sector workers over the effects of the cost-of-living crisis.
The Times - Subscription at source 		30/5/2022
News
Felons could help to fight crime better than police
Councils should be legally obliged to carry out crime prevention work and should consider using convicted criminals to help reach out to offenders, a new report suggests.
The Times - Subscription at source 		30/5/2022
News
Police camera system takes a million photographs of drivers each day
Campaigners claim that Scots are among the most spied-upon people on Earth after it was revealed that the police take one million pictures of drivers each day. According to statistics, Police Scotland cameras shot and stored about 400 million pictures last year, up by 70 per cent on two years ago.
The Times - Subscription at source 		30/5/2022
News
The Police Race Action Plan is really about injecting far-Left theory into policing
Officers are right to guard against bigotry, but this exercise in social justice thinking will make it harder to fight crime.
The Telegraph - Subscription at source 		29/5/2022
Feature, Opinion
Police are calling transgender rape suspects by their ‘preferred pronoun’, report finds
Self-declaration of 'gender identity' rather than biological sex has been adopted by all key criminal justice institutions, think tank says
The Telegraph - Subscription at source 		29/5/2022
News
Biden’s police reform agenda in limbo two years after George Floyd’s murder
USA: Democrats have struggled to turn mobilisation in the wake of Floyd’s killing by police into concrete change
Financial Times 		29/5/2022
Analysis, Feature
Chief who challenged police on race ousted as Met commissioner candidate
Jon Boutcher, former head of the Bedfordshire force, has been told his application will no longer be considered
The Guardian 		29/5/2022
News
NSW stabbing was a targeted attack: police
AUSTRALIA: Three young men stabbed in a Sydney street were the victims of a targeted attack, police say.
The Armidale Express (Australia) 		29/5/2022
News
Youth crime ramps up on wild weekend
AUSTRALIA: A wave of weekend youth crime caused chaos for Townsville police after cars were stolen, a motorist rammed, cars set on fire and kids threatening people with knives.
The Courier Mail (Australia) - Subscription at source 		29/5/2022
News
Playing catch-up to protect kids from digital harm
NEW ZEALAND: Parliament is gradually creating new protections for children against harm caused through digital communications, but it's an area in which deftness is required to make effective law. [AUDIO]
RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 		29/5/2022
News
Sense of ‘lawlessness’ in Auckland as ramraids and shootings spread across the city
NEW ZEALAND: A brutal stabbing in Mt Albert that took the life of a man in his 20s is the latest in a string of crimes across Tāmaki Makaurau that include ramraids, shootings and violent assaults.
Stuff (New Zealand) 		29/5/2022
News
Traffic enforcement initiative launched by Lethbridge Police
CANADA: The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) begins a traffic enforcement initiative this weekend in an effort to provide safer roads for all users, offer residents more peace and quiet and alleviate demands on Patrol members.
Lethbridge News Now (Canada) 		29/5/2022
News

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