Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115648 total results. Showing results 31761 to 31780 «158515861587158815891590159115921593Next ›Last » Systemic inquiry – Victim participation in the Justice System AUSTRALIA: The Commissioner’s first systemic inquiry focused on victim participation in the justice system. As part of this inquiry, the Commissioner has looked at victims’ experiences of participating in the justice system and whether new laws or policies are needed to help victims participate in keeping with what they’re legally entitled to under the Victims’ Charter. The report was finalised in November 2023 and released in March 2024. It is available able in full or four separate parts. Victims of Crime Commissioner for Victoria (Australia) 17/3/2024 Report Broken justice system leaves victims silenced and sidelined, report says AUSTRALIA: The impact Victoria’s justice system has on victims has been exposed in a new report that finds one-quarter of them would not report a crime again after negative experiences with the court system and police. The scathing report, by the state’s Victims of Crime Commissioner, calls for an urgent overhaul of a system that is causing further trauma for victims of crime, who have fewer legal rights than those charged with an offence. WA Today (Australia) 17/3/2024 News Public pressure mounting on Govt as police pay negotiations stall NEW ZEALAND: The Government is under increasing pressure to provide an acceptable pay offer to police as negotiations stall. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Police Minister Mark Mitchell both made social media posts from Christchurch last week, in which they paid testament to emergency service staff who responded to the mosque terror attack five years ago. Many in the public commented on the posts and urged Luxon and Mitchell to improve the latest police pay offer, which some officers rejected as “insulting” and “disgusting”. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 17/3/2024 News Vast majority of stalking cases were wrongly categorised by Met Police Four out of five cases in London were recorded as less serious offences over a period of eight years. More than 80 per cent of stalking cases in London were wrongly categorised for almost eight years, prompting concern that Metropolitan Police officers are failing to spot the harm posed to victims. Data seen by The Times suggests that 82 per cent of stalking reports were initially treated as non-stalking offences between July 2015 and March 2023. They were later revised to stalking offences. The Times - Subscription at source 17/3/2024 News Suspected drugs gang in West Cork were under close garda surveillance for days before arrests REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The international trafficking gang suspected of attempting to land a multi-million euro consignment of cocaine in West Cork had been under surveillance since their arrival in Ireland more than a week ago. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 17/3/2024 News AFP warns of rising reports of forced labor AUSTRALIA: The AFP is urging domestic and overseas workers seeking employment in Australia to be aware of forced labour and exploitation indicators, with reports of the crime increasing almost 50 per cent in the past five years. Since 2018-19, the AFP has received 178 reports relating to forced labour and exploitation – crimes that are forms of human trafficking. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 17/3/2024 News Garda jailed for sexual assault was investigated over alleged €10k immigration bribes REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A garda jailed earlier this month for the sexual assault and harassment of two women was previously the subject of a high-level immigration fraud probe, the Sunday Independent can reveal. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 17/3/2024 News British Transport Police officer sacked for attempting to hire sex worker A police officer who tried to hire a sex worker while on an overnight stay for a training course has been sacked. PC Adam Abdur-Rehman was staying in London in 2023 on a trip funded by the British Transport Police (BTP). BBC 17/3/2024 News Revealed: disputed medical terms used to explain dozens of deaths after police restraint in UK A controversial unproven medical condition which is rooted in pseudoscience and disputed by doctors is routinely being used in Britain to explain deaths after police restraint, the Observer has found. The Guardian 17/3/2024 News ‘It’s an excuse to overreach’: families’ anger over UK police restraint deaths blamed on disputed condition Acute behavioural disturbance and excited delirium have been cited in police watchdog reports and inquests into 44 deaths – but campaigners say it is pseudoscience. The Guardian 17/3/2024 News Domestic abuse victims ‘lose heart’ with over half declining to help police investigations Domestic abuse crimes are continuing to rise in the Cleveland Police force area while there has been an increasing trend for more victims to withdraw from police investigations. It already has the highest recorded crime rate in the country when it comes to violence against women and girls. Teesside Live 17/3/2024 News Commissioner’s remarks ‘abhorrent’ police body says Comments made by a police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) were “abhorrent and unacceptable”, a national police body said. Stephen Mold, the Conservative PFCC for Northamptonshire, was said to have made misogynistic remarks about the county's chief fire officer, Nikki Watson, at a meeting with firefighters. BBC 16/3/2024 News Police Scotland launch crackdown on nuisance e-bikes in Glasgow as numbers of seizures soar Scores of potentially deadly e-bikes have been seized from nuisance riders plaguing city streets. The number of motorised bikes lifted from Glasgow’s streets has rocketed from just two in 2020 to 40 in 2023. The Scottish Sun 16/3/2024 News Police seize thousands of ‘lethal’ e-scooters every year Officers confiscated devices ridden illegally on pavements, without insurance, while users were drunk or high, or involved in collisions The Telegraph 16/3/2024 News ‘Better information sharing’: Chief McFee wants collaboration to help prevent tragedy CANADA: The first anniversary of the tragic line-of-duty deaths of constables Brett Ryan, 30, and Travis Jordan, 35, raised difficult questions for the Edmonton Police Service. The men were gunned down by 16-year-old Roman Zoltan Shewchuk on March 16, 2023, outside his Inglewood apartment where they were investigating a domestic disturbance. Shewchuk also shot and wounded his mother in the aftermath, before fatally turning the gun on himself. Days earlier, he shot and wounded a Pizza Hut employee. Edmonton Journal (Canada) 16/3/2024 News Victoria police notebook left in possession of suspected criminal for eight days CANADA: Police in Victoria say they are looking into digital alternatives after another lost notebook resulted in a privacy breach affecting 54 people. The latest case happened in February when an officer serving a search warrant mistakenly left a notebook at the scene. Police say the notebook containing the personal information of 54 people was in the possession of a suspected criminal for eight days. Info News (Canada) 16/3/2024 News Cops who refused Covid jab face lifelong ban AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police officers who lost their jobs after refusing to get the Covid jab will never be able to rejoin the force, despite increasing crime and dire police shortages across the state. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source 16/3/2024 News The botched backyard operation AUSTRALIA: A young man died a violent death in his own backyard. Some are calling it “the worst outcome imaginable of proactive policing”. ABC News (Australia) 16/3/2024 Feature WA Police unveil two new cadet programs to attract young people after Government’s broken promise AUSTRALIA: WA Police have opened two new cadet programs in a bid to attract more young people to the police force after Police Minister Paul Papalia conceded during the week the Government would not meet its election promise to boost officer numbers by 950 by mid-2024. The new programs include a dedicated Aboriginal Cadet Program for 17 to 25-year-olds, and another open for 17 to 19-year-olds. The West Australian (Australia) - Subscription at source 16/3/2024 News Tough on crime? We’re yet to see it, victims of brazen thefts say NEW ZEALAND: Law makers who vowed to crack down on crime before the election have done little in the eyes of business owners targeted in a series of brazen youth raids this week. 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