Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103150 total results. Showing results 30401 to 30420 «151715181519152015211522152315241525Next ›Last » Ex-Detective Sergeant says police are stuck behind desks and letting gangs run streets Police have become too preoccupied with progressive issues, leaving little resources for urgent police work, a veteran Detective Sergeant has warned. DS Dave Speight, 63, spent over three decades putting some of Britain's most violent criminals behind bars and is said to be responsible for offenders receiving half a millennium of jail time. Express 1/7/2023 News Cumbria Police Federation decries Government as cop pay rises unlikely The chair of Cumbria Police Federation, Ed Russel said the prime minister is ‘woefully out of touch with the challenges faced by working people’ in response. Sunak’s suggestion is linked to his attempts to tackle soaring inflation, but the union argued the effect this may have on working people is far worse than inflation itself. Times & Star 1/7/2023 News Teenage boy dies and five others injured in Cork motorway crash REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A TEENAGE BOY died and five others were injured following a car crash on the M8 motorway in Cork. Gardaí said that the incident has been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) as the vehicle involved was subject to an interaction with An Garda Síochána prior to the crash. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 1/7/2023 News The uneasy relationship between the police and Pride Underneath the rainbow bunting in Soho, PCs Sam Mason and Matt Smith weave among the customers enjoying drinks in the sunshine, occasionally stopping to chat. "We're kind of hoping to make a human connection again", PC Mason tells me, and "then victims might be able to be a bit more comfortable, a bit more open". BBC 1/7/2023 News Stephen Lawrence murder: How I found the new suspect 30 years on Earlier this week, the BBC publicly named a major suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder. In response, Stephen's mother Baroness Doreen Lawrence said, "It should not have taken a journalist to do the job that a huge, highly resourced institution should have done." Correspondent Daniel De Simone started investigating the case after the Metropolitan Police stopped. BBC 1/7/2023 News Nicola Gobbo seeking damages from Victoria Police for her use as an informer, Supreme Court documents reveal AUSTRALIA: Nicola Gobbo is seeking unspecified damages from the state of Victoria for the police's "negligent" use of her as an informer, a statement of claim lodged with the Supreme Court reveals. ABC News (Australia) 1/7/2023 News FPN funds should come back to road traffic policing, says PCC West Midlands PCC Simon Foster has said that the money collected through FPNs should be fed back into roads policing. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/7/2023 News France has ignored racist police violence for decades. This uprising is the price of that denial FRANCE: The killing of 17-year-old Nahel shows how little has changed since the deaths of two teenagers fleeing police in 2005 The Guardian 30/6/2023 Feature, Opinion Police presence increased across France as officer charged over 17-year-old’s death — as it happened AUSTRALIA: France has deployed 45,000 police to tackle riots throughout the country on Friday night local time. The country is bracing for more violence following the killing of a 17-year-old by a police officer this week. ABC News (Australia) 30/6/2023 News Police can’t meet public’s expectations because of finances West Yorkshire Chief Constable John Robins has compared the current cost of living crisis to the situation policing has faced since 2010 as a result of austerity. John Robins says the financial constraints currently facing policing means he "can't deliver" what he wants to the people of West Yorkshire. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/6/2023 News French police’s tendency to violence questioned after latest killing The fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy of north African descent during a police traffic stop in a Paris suburb, and the three consecutive nights of violence and rioting it has triggered, have once more thrown a spotlight on France’s policing structures and methods. The Guardian - Registration at source 30/6/2023 Analysis, Feature Ex-Cleveland Police chief Mike Veale ‘would have been sacked’ over comments An ex-chief constable who made sexual comments to colleagues would have been sacked if he was still in the role, a disciplinary panel has said. Mike Veale, who led Cleveland Police for 10 months before resigning in 2019, told a senior female officer she could "touch herself" as they were sitting in a car. BBC 30/6/2023 News Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland were part of a cross-border operation targeting criminal activity passing through the South Armagh and Newry areas Working alongside colleagues in An Garda Síochána, as part of the Joint Agency task Force (JATF), the high visibility operation involved a number of vehicle check points. Officers from Newry CID, Neighbourhood, Interceptor Team & Tactical Support Groups were involved in the patrols. News Letter (Northern Ireland) 30/6/2023 News GMP to expand stay interview programme to staff The force will recruit two staff members to conduct stay interviews with those thinking of leaving the organisation. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/6/2023 News Garda sergeant accused of leaking material from Pulse computer system sent for trial REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A sergeant has been sent forward for trial on multiple counts of breaking data protection laws by disclosing private information on individuals from the Garda Pulse computer system. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 30/6/2023 News New police chief appointed for Cumbria Cumbria’s police, fire and crime commissioner Peter McCall has appointed Rob Carden as the next chief constable for Cumbria Constabulary. He will succeed Michelle Skeer after her recent retirement from policing was announced. Times & Star 30/6/2023 News In major ruling, feds to extend funding for Indigenous police service CANADA: In a ruling that lawyer Julian Falconer calls "a new dawn" for Indigenous policing, a federal court has ordered Public Safety Canada to extend funding to three Indigenous police services for 12 months, after the groups faced imminent shutdown due to a lack of funding. CBC News (Canada) 30/6/2023 News ‘Gun for hire’: Police reopen cold case NEW ZEALAND: Police have reopened an investigation into the attempted murder of Rotorua man Karl Anders Nyman, who was shot outside his home by a “gun for hire” more than two decades ago. The main offender, Warren Uata Kiwi, was convicted in 2019 but police said in a statement they know other people were involved and they had never been charged. NewstalkZB (New Zealand) 30/6/2023 News Senior police back claims of fatigue, understaffing in major district AUSTRALIA: One of Queensland’s largest policing districts has defended claims of being fatigued and understaffed, with reports citing how a senior officer has been forced to drink alcohol to cope with the stress. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 30/6/2023 News Jury finds ex-police officer guilty of having sex with child under 16 after hearing in Lismore District Court AUSTRALIA: A former northern NSW police officer has been found guilty of knowingly having sex with a child under the age of 16. Troy Robert Cridland was 28 and employed as a police officer in a small town at the time of the offences, which occurred over the course of several months during 2020. ABC News (Australia) 30/6/2023 News «151715181519152015211522152315241525Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
