Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96919 total results. Showing results 31841 to 31860 «158915901591159215931594159515961597Next ›Last » Survey highlights ‘negative experiences’ of black people in policing Police chiefs have reaffirmed their determination to ensure an “anti-racist” police service after 1,600 black and black heritage officers and staff across 44 forces gave their views on what it is like to be a black person in policing. Police Professional 15/12/2022 News Policing to receive up to £287 million funding boost next year The 2023/24 funding package will see an increase of up to £267 million on last year and means policing will receive up to £17.2 billion in total for 2023/24. Home Office 15/12/2022 News ‘Grave concerns’ over police being asked to drive ambulances National Chair Steve Hartshorn has shared his 'grave concern' at members being asked to drive ambulances during upcoming strike action on December 21. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/12/2022 News Mike Veale: Ex-Cleveland Police chief’s new job ‘astonishing’ A former chief constable facing a gross misconduct probe has been appointed chief executive officer for a police and crime commissioner's (PCC) office. BBC 15/12/2022 News MPS determined ‘every woman should feel safe’ after man jailed for Zara Aleena’s murder The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said it is determined that every woman should feel safe, and it remains “committed to doing everything possible to ensure that this is the case”. Police Professional 15/12/2022 News British Transport Police officer sentenced for attempting sexual communication with girl James Chatfield used Snapchat and Chat Avenue to ask her to send him intimate photos during their chats but was actually speaking to an undercover officer. Sky News 15/12/2022 News WA Police introduce alternative to prone restraint linked to deaths in custody AUSTRALIA: West Australian police have started training officers to use a new type of leg restraint, after repeated calls by coroners for alternatives to the potentially lethal prone position. WA Coroner Philip Urquhart said in an October report he was "concerned" and "troubled" about police use of the prone restraint, which involves holding a person face down on their stomach, sometimes with their hands behind their backs, often with physical pressure applied. Police use of the prone position to restrain Noongar woman Cherdeena Wynne, 26, was found to have been a factor in her 2019 death (Ms Wynne's name and image are used in this article with the permission of her family). ABC News (Australia) 15/12/2022 News Poland’s police chief wounded after gift from Ukraine official explodes POLAND: Poland’s police chief, Jarosław Szymczyk, has been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a gift he received from a senior Ukrainian official exploded, the interior ministry said on Thursday. “Yesterday at 7.50am there was an explosion in a room next to the office of the police chief,” a statement said. “One of the presents the police chief received during his working visit to Ukraine on December 11 and 12 exploded.” Szymczyk had met the heads of Ukraine’s police and state emergency services during the visit and the present was a gift from one of the heads of Ukraine’s services, the ministry said. The Guardian 15/12/2022 News ‘Our Black workforce’ survey Findings from a national survey tracking the attitudes and experiences of Black or Black-Heritage police officers and staff in service National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 15/12/2022 Report Our Black Workforce Survey: We’re listening to make change Police chiefs have reaffirmed their determination to ensure an anti-racist police service after 1,600 Black and Black heritage officers and staff across 44 forces gave their views on what it’s like to be a Black person in policing. In May the Police Uplift Programme, working with the Police Race Action Plan, National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), National Black Police Association (NPBA) and partners, launched the Our Black Workforce Survey. The survey is a commitment in the Police Race Action Plan, which aims to build an anti-racist police service and explain or change race disparities National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 15/12/2022 News Ted Heath inquiry chief Mike Veale lands police scrutiny role A former chief constable who led the investigation into alleged sexual abuse by Sir Edward Heath and who later quit over allegations of serious misconduct, is to be appointed to a police scrutiny role. Mike Veale, who previously headed Wiltshire and Cleveland police forces, will become the interim chief executive officer at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. His salary has not been disclosed. The Times 15/12/2022 News Victoria Police not doing enough to prevent database misuse, privacy experts say AUSTRALIA: More needs to be done to prevent officers from misusing information in sensitive police databases, privacy specialists have told the ABC. ABC News (Australia) 15/12/2022 News Unearthing hard truths about rape investigation is the way to transform our service to victims – Chief Constable Sarah Crew Blog The change we all so desperately want to see in investigating and prosecuting rape will be built on fixing the problems in our current approach. Today’s research findings from a landmark collaboration between academics and the police lays these flaws bare and in places is hard to read – but it is a critical step in achieving our ambition of wholescale change. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 15/12/2022 Feature, Interview Funeral service to be held for police shooting victims Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold AUSTRALIA: A funeral service for two constables killed in a shooting rampage in rural Queensland will be held next Wednesday. ABC News (Australia) 15/12/2022 News PCCS and parliamentarians warned of the dangers of illegal money lending in the run up to Christmas Fuel and food are amongst the most common reasons why people are borrowing from illegal money lenders, revealed an expert from the England Illegal Money Lending Team at a briefing session for Parliamentarians and Police and Crime Commissioners held today, Tuesday, 13 December. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 15/12/2022 News AFP seizes about $5 million in alleged dirty cash AUSTRALIA: The AFP has arrested an alleged cash courier and seized up to $5 million dollars in suspected illicit cash in Perth overnight. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 15/12/2022 News Scottish budget 2023-24 – statement from the Chief Constable Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone said: “We know the financial pressure upon the public sector in the United Kingdom and Scotland and, indeed, upon individuals and families. Police Scotland 15/12/2022 News Half of black British police suffer racial incidents from colleagues, survey finds Officers polled about experiences of bullying, discrimination and micro-aggressions in past year The Guardian 15/12/2022 News Fog cannon subsidy to become available in February – Minister NEW ZEALAND: The government has unveiled further details about its crime prevention programmes, including timeframes and criteria for the fog cannon subsidy. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/12/2022 News ‘Watershed moment’: Sending 15-year-old to jail was avoidable, say advocates NEW ZEALAND: A justice advocacy organisation says a mistake that sent a 15-year-old boy to an adult prison in 2001 was avoidable. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/12/2022 News «158915901591159215931594159515961597Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
