Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100546 total results. Showing results 3121 to 3140 «153154155156157158159160161Next ›Last » Met officers who fail vetting scheme may keep jobs Policing has been left in a "hopeless position", Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said, after the High Court ruled an officer accused of rape could not be dismissed because the process was fundamentally unfair. BBC 11/2/2025 News Former RCMP deputy commissioner Kevin Brosseau named Canada’s fentanyl czar CANADA: The federal government has appointed former RCMP deputy commissioner Kevin Brosseau to be Canada’s fentanyl czar, as Ottawa seeks to demonstrate to the United States that it is working hard to disrupt illegal production and distribution of the deadly opioid. The Globe and Mail (Canada) 11/2/2025 News Testing application-based tasking and hotspots policing in a geographically large, non-metropolitan police service: a two-in-one randomised trial Purpose: Test the impact of mobile application-targeted patrols of Joint Operations Unit officers at hotspots of violent crime on levels of patrol conducted, and levels of violence in those locations. Methods: Crossover-randomized experiment, with hotspots (n = 45) randomly allocated using a mobile phone-based tasking application, with half allocated each day. Impact on levels of patrol and of violent crime were examined using t and chi-squared tests. Results: Tasking via app led to dramatically increased officer time in hotspots. An 8.74% decrease in violent crime was seen but was non-significant, and with lower effect sizes than have been found elsewhere. Conclusion: Using a tasking application provided a cost-effective mechanism for achieving hotspots patrols using business-as-usual resources. Traditionally designed hotspots didn’t appear optimal for policing violent crime in Thames Valley, and these need to be redesigned to work for the geography and crime density in Thames Valley. Further research should test redesigned hotspots. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 11/2/2025 Research article ‘We’re in a crisis’: Idris Elba calls for more action on youth violence in UK Actor highlights trauma faced by young people during meetings with police, teenagers and coaches at community football scheme The Guardian 11/2/2025 News Home Office review of Southport killer contains key inaccuracies The ‘rapid learning review’ commissioned to examine the systemic failings that led to the attacks is itself prone to contradictions and discrepancies The Times - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News Police officer charged with further sex crimes A police officer has been charged with seven sex assaults against a child - a year after he was charged with raping a woman. BBC 11/2/2025 News Met police officers who fail vetting scheme may keep jobs after court ruling Sergeant Lino Di Maria brought a judicial review after being stripped of his warrant card over rape allegations. The Times - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News With 800 unsolved homicides, Montreal’s police force is bolstering its cold case unit CANADA: he new head of the Montreal police force's major crimes unit is taking aim at cold cases. Mélanie Dupont, who was appointed as the unit's commander in November, said in an interview on Tuesday that the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal will assign 16 full-time detectives to tackle unsolved homicides. CBC News (Canada) 11/2/2025 News Man fatally shot at police station ‘wanted help’ The family of a man who was fatally shot in a police station car park after wielding a knife at officers say they believe his actions were a call for "help". BBC 11/2/2025 News Police sergeant demoted, docked pay for ‘inappropriate’ sexual comments to gay subordinates CANADA: An Edmonton police officer has been demoted after he made sexual remarks to gay male colleagues under his command. In a written decision released by the Edmonton Police Service on Thursday, five allegations that now-former sergeant Ken Smith made disparaging remarks on three dates in 2021 and 2022 to gay officers under his command were found “proven.” A sixth count was not. CTV News (Canada) 11/2/2025 News Police behind dramatic takedown of hatchet-wielding man in Kitchener acted with ‘compassion,’ chief says CANADA: Waterloo region's police chief is praising officers involved in a dramatic takedown of a hatchet-wielding man in the middle of a busy road in Kitchener, Ont., that ended with no one being hurt. CBC News (Canada) 11/2/2025 News Met vows to keep suspect officers away from public after court blocks their sacking Commissioner says force in ‘hopeless position’ after being told to reinstate scores of officers who had failed its vetting The Guardian 11/2/2025 News UK response to national security emergency tested in nationwide exercise More than 120 members of policing, the Armed Forces and government took part in a national exercise to simulate their response to an extreme national security emergency. Police Professional 11/2/2025 News Drug testing methods under scrutiny in major methamphetamine case NEW ZEALAND: A defence lawyer in a case involving 11kg of methamphetamine has questioned why police didn’t put all of the drugs into the boot of a police car and drive it to the ESR for testing. Lawyer Keith Jefferies is defending Sunia Mano To’ofohe, who was arrested as part of a large-scale drug distribution in May 2023, known as Operation Elusive. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 11/2/2025 News Sydney police officer almost four times over alcohol limit charged with drink-driving AUSTRALIA: An off-duty Sydney police officer has returned an alcohol breath test almost four times the BAC limit and been charged with drink-driving following a crash in Wollongong on Tuesday, February 4. 9 News (Australia) 11/2/2025 News Policing left in ‘hopeless position’ after High Court judgment on vetting-based dismissal, says MPS Commissioner The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) warned policing has been “left in a hopeless position” after a High Court judgment found it was unlawful to dismiss officers by removing their vetting clearance. Police Professional 11/2/2025 News Officers cannot be dismissed by removing their vetting judge rules in significant test case Judge rules that under the process to dismiss officers who fail vetting 'the normal safeguards' such as a full hearing with witnesses are removed. So it effectively removes the right to a fair trial. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News Federation ‘curious’ at how Scotland Yard thought they ‘could operate outside the law’ Fed official says he wrote to Met management offering to work with them on ensuring vetting dismissals were legal but was 'ignored.' Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News How WMP reduced 101 call times from 29 minutes to under 10 seconds The force has used artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help identify the most vulnerable callers entering the 101 system and ensure they are put through to experienced staff. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News Edmonton police sergeant demoted for sexualized comments toward gay colleagues CANADA: A senior Edmonton police officer has been demoted to the tune of $14,000 per year and removed from leadership duties after making sexualized remarks to gay officers under his command. 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