Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 28621 to 28640 «142814291430143114321433143414351436Next ›Last » Dublin city crime: statistics indicate return to pre-pandemic incidence of assault REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A series of serious assaults have made headlines in recent weeks, and official crime statistics are known to under-report the scale of the problem. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 13/8/2023 News Figures reveal record number of officers resigning from police force A record number of police officers voluntarily resigned from West Mercia Police last year, new figures show. The Police Federation of England and Wales said demand is outstripping police resources as the number of officers voluntarily resigning is at its highest across the two nations Advertiser (Oswestry and border counties) 13/8/2023 News Police sergeant Matt Ratana’s murderer to challenge his whole life sentence in a bid to get out of prison early The man who murdered police sergeant Matt Ratana is preparing to challenge his whole life sentence in a bid to get out of prison early. Louis De Zoysa, 26, is planning to appeal the ruling that found him guilty of shooting Sgt Ratana, 54, while handcuffed in a custody suite, sources told the Sun. Mail Online 13/8/2023 News Five foreign nationals charged with defrauding Australians AUSTRALIA: Five foreign nationals accused of flying to Australia to install ATM card skimmers to steal money and create fake bank cards have been charged in Sydney and Brisbane. The alleged international crime syndicate is allegedly linked to five Romanian nationals charged by the United States Secret Service (USSS) in May 2023. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 13/8/2023 News Why are police still allowed to investigate themselves? NEW ZEALAND: A one-man crime wave. It’s a judgmental, reductive obituary for a young father, cut down only two weeks after celebrating the birth of his child Te Ao Maori News (New Zealand) 13/8/2023 Feature, Opinion Police Scotland to cut staff jobs and freeze recruitment Police Scotland says it will cut civilian staff jobs and freeze recruitment in order to save money and maintain officer numbers. The force said that "hard choices" had to be made to deliver policing with its current Scottish government budget. BBC 12/8/2023 News ‘You had to be strong within your own Māoriness’ – Iwi liaison marks 50-year career in NZ Police NEW ZEALAND: One of Aotearoa’s leading iwi liaison officers is celebrating a fifty-year milestone in the New Zealand Police, before his pending retirement at the beginning of next year. Sergeant Wayne Panapa QSM said there has been a massive change in the way policing is done in this country over his long career. Te Ao Maori News (New Zealand) 12/8/2023 News Child among 3 injured in ‘targeted’ downtown Toronto shooting: police CANADA: Three people, including a child, have been injured in a "targeted" shooting in downtown Toronto Saturday evening, police say. Police said they were called to the area of Princess Street and The Esplanade around 6 p.m. CBC News (Canada) 12/8/2023 News I was burgled by my former colleagues at the Metropolitan Police as payback for making a sex discrimination complaint A senior Met police officer last night claimed two junior colleagues were among four men who burgled her home as 'punishment' for making a sex discrimination complaint. Mail Online 12/8/2023 News New forensic centre planned for Thames Valley Police Thames Valley Police has revealed plans for a state-of-the-art forensic centre. The purpose-built centre in Bicester aims to become the main hub for the force - providing new laboratories, digital technologies and training facilities. BBC 12/8/2023 News Police officers and staff not told about data breach for almost a month A police-issued laptop, radio and documents were stolen on 6 July from a car that is understood to belong to a superintendent. Some 200 police officers and staff who had their details stolen were not told about the security breach for almost a month, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has confirmed. Sky News 12/8/2023 News 2 Staffordshire police officers banned from serving for life after misconduct hearing Two Staffordshire police officers were banned from serving for life after an accelerated misconduct hearing held on Wednesday found that the former officers, detective constable Clare Davenport and Special Constable Simon Redford, breached police standards by using racial verbal abuse during arrests and excessive force was used when detaining. Jurist (Canada) 12/8/2023 News PSNI data breach: 200 officers and staff not informed about theft for month About 200 police officers and staff were not informed about the theft of devices and documents with data potentially affecting them for almost a month, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has confirmed. The Guardian 12/8/2023 News Police Scotland to slash staff in £19m saving drive Police Scotland is set to cut staff jobs as it faces a projected budget over-spend of £19m, with a union warning the system is already "straining at the seams". The Herald (Scotland) 12/8/2023 News Public assistance call-out: Have you seen this wooden cabinet? AUSTRALIA: A multi-agency operation, codenamed Taskforce Phobetor, is appealing for public information after 60kg of methamphetamine was seized from a wooden cabinet sent via sea cargo from Canada. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 12/8/2023 News WA man sentenced for online child abuse offence AUSTRALIA: A man, 46, was sentenced to one year and eight months’ jail by the District Court of Western Australia last week (4 August) for possessing sexually explicit videos and images of young children. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 12/8/2023 News One arrested when police search gang house after fatal shooting NEW ZEALAND: Palmerston North Police, assisted by a specialist Police Dog from Wellington, yesterday executed a search warrant at an address just outside the city. This search was part of the response to gang tensions in the Manawatū. Scoop (New Zealand) 12/8/2023 News Police Scotland can’t cope with more budget cuts Police numbers in Scotland have already fallen by 634 from the “minimum” of 17,234 set when the national force was formed 10 years ago. We now learn Police Scotland is already £19million overspent for the year and the 8.5 per cent pay deal demanded by officers to just about let them stand still amid high inflation has not yet been agreed. Daily Record 12/8/2023 Feature, Opinion Figures reveal Staffordshire Police has paid £200,000 to informants over the last three years New figures have revealed that Staffordshire Police has spent more than £200,000 paying informants over the last three years. It handed £209,949.73 to “confidential informants known as “covert human intelligence sources” – and in the last year alone the bill was £91,041.73. Lichfield Live 12/8/2023 News What a third of Queensland’s fatal police shootings have in common AUSTRALIA: Queensland Police are being put in the invidious position of having no alternative under operational procedures but to use firearms to meet threats – and all too often those victims are those who have fallen through the cracks of a broken mental health system. The Cairns Post (Australia) - Subscription at source 12/8/2023 News «142814291430143114321433143414351436Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
