Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115640 total results. Showing results 31201 to 31220 «155715581559156015611562156315641565Next ›Last » ‘Living hand to mouth’: Record number of police officers turning to food banks Worried officers have proposed setting up food banks for police recruits, The Independent can reveal, as one in 10 admit to relying on handouts. Figures show that record numbers of police are struggling with food poverty and turned to food banks last year as wages stagnated. The Independent 31/3/2024 News Budget for Scotland’s ‘AC-12’ squad boosted to £8.5m as officers probe police complaints Police Scotland's budget for its professional standards department has soared by £4m in the last decade. Daily Record 31/3/2024 News Flipper Zero and similar devices have potential to hack car and home security systems, police say AUSTRALIA: New technology arriving in Australia has the potential to allow a generation of tech-savvy thieves to break into cars and homes with the click of a button, police have warned. Queensland Superintendent Robert Fleischer says the "Flipper Zero" and similar gadgets can be used to scan and copy electronic car keys and swipe cards. ABC News (Australia) 31/3/2024 News Police braced for ‘avalanche’ of hate crime reports as new laws come into force The Scottish Police Federation has warned officers are being given more work by the new legislation without extra resources. Police fear a deluge of hate crime complaints relating to social media posts when new laws come into force tomorrow. Daily Record 31/3/2024 News More than 15,400 incidents involving domestic violence recorded in Dublin last year REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: ‘This Government is committed to combating all forms of domestic, sexual and gender based violence’ Sunday World (Republic of Ireland) 31/3/2024 News Minister for road safety admits there are not enough gardai policing the nation’s roads REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Minister Jack Chambers said he had spoken to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, urging more gardai be deployed to the 640-strong roads policing unit. Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 31/3/2024 News Police in England and Wales fail to catch any car thieves in 100 neighbourhoods An investigation has revealed soaring numbers of unsolved vehicle crimes, with some inquiries into car thefts closed within 24 hours. Police failed to catch any criminals who stole a car in more than 100 neighbourhoods across England and Wales last year, analysis by the Observer has revealed. The Guardian 31/3/2024 News How ‘TikTok idiots’ and ‘wild’ conspiracy theories are disrupting police investigations Officers warn online speculation and misinformation "can have real world consequences that put innocent people in harm's way". "So, do we have a serial killer in the UK pushing people or drowning people in rivers, canals, lakes, etc?" a TikToker cheerfully asks, in a video that has attracted more than 300,000 views. Sky News 31/3/2024 News Police federation renews call for more Tasers after London sword attack About 7,500 of Met’s 34,000 police officers are currently trained to carry the non-lethal devices. The Telegraph 30/3/2024 News Police translation costs hit £19m a year The figures come just months after the UK set a new record for net migration. Police spending on translation services has climbed to more than £19 million a year, new figures show... The Telegraph 30/3/2024 News ‘Native policing is community policing:’ A glimpse into Indigenous police services in Alberta CANADA: Limited resources present a challenge CBC News (Canada) 30/3/2024 Feature How do Australian police taskforces get strange names like Tromperie? AUSTRALIA: In NSW, you can blame a computer which generates names at random, while in the Northern Territory ‘generic categories’ deliver operations named after rivers and battleships The Guardian 30/3/2024 Feature Gravelly Beach, Tasmania: Man, 48, jailed after police found hundreds of files including AI-generated child abuse material on his computer AUSTRALIA: A Tasmanian man has been jailed at least 10 months after police found hundreds of files depicting child abuse on his computer, including content generated using artificial intelligence. Mail Online 30/3/2024 News Metropolitan Police is urged to speed up its four-year Post Office probe after secretly-recorded meeting CEO Paula Vennells went to prove bosses were told Horizon computers could be accessed remotely Scotland Yard is under pressure to speed up its inquiry into the Post Office scandal after it emerged the company continued to fight sub-postmasters in court despite knowing its defence was untrue. Mail Online 30/3/2024 News AFP Negotiators: The secret capability rescuing kidnapped Australians offshore AUSTRALIA: Highly-trained AFP specialist negotiators are being deployed around the world to help save Australians kidnapped overseas. For the first time, the AFP is showcasing the work of the Negotiation Operations Team, which also responded to more than a hundred serious incidents in Australia last year. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 30/3/2024 News Rental crisis in Dublin is a ‘contributory factor’ in garda resignations REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Rental costs in Dublin are so high that young gardaà are faced with commuting for hours to work and some choose to sleep in cars rather than travel home after a 12-hour shift, a senior garda has said. Detective Inspector Brian Downey in Dublin, speaking at the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) conference in Westport said that gardaà have also resigned because of the cost of renting. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 30/3/2024 News Policeman sacked for drugs in his system on duty A police officer has been dismissed for gross misconduct after a drug test revealed he had taken anabolic steroids. Former PC Adam Phillips was found to have taken the Class C drugs in September 2021, while serving with Essex Police. BBC 29/3/2024 News PSNI: Civilian police staff may strike over danger money Police staff may go on strike after learning that a rise in their danger money is currently deemed to be unaffordable, their union has said. Around 2,300 civilian workers have seen little increase in their £580 annual allowance since it was introduced more than 30 years ago. BBC 29/3/2024 News Labour crime tsar who moaned about ‘savage frontline cuts’ to police funding spent £50,000 of taxpayers’ money on a campaign campervan A Labour crime tsar who bemoans a lack of cash for her force has bought a £50,000 campaigning campervan with taxpayers' money. Durham Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen, who was caught up in the Keir Starmer 'Beergate' controversy, got the VW Transporter van to enable her to 'engage with the public'. Mail Online 29/3/2024 News Centuries of Scots law tradition set to end Plan to abolish ‘not proven’ verdict wins backing of Holyrood criminal justice committee The Times - Subscription at source 29/3/2024 News «155715581559156015611562156315641565Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
