Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98397 total results. Showing results 32061 to 32080 «160016011602160316041605160616071608Next ›Last » Ottawa police board takes steps toward 2023 budget, hiring deputy chiefs CANADA: Among the requests approved at Monday's Ottawa Police Services Board meeting are a proposed 2023 police budget increase and help to hire two deputy chiefs. Board staff were directed to draft a 2023 budget with a 2.5 per cent tax increase in mind and an estimated 2.2 per cent increase to account for population growth. Last year's budget increased two per cent, smaller than what police were looking for. City council shifted $2.65 million to other parts of its community safety and well-being plan. CBC News (Canada) 24/1/2023 News Windsor Police Service expanding neighbourhood officer program CANADA: A Windsor police program that sees specific officers assigned to individual neighbourhoods to better address community needs is being expanded. Following a meeting of the Windsor Police Services Board on Tuesday, police chief Jason Bellaire told reporters the neighbourhood officer program — a program that began before the pandemic but fell by the wayside when COVID stymied public roundtables — will be “most impactful” for the community. Windsor Star (Canada) 24/1/2023 News Queensland tops Australia for highest rate of youth re-offending AUSTRALIA: Queensland has topped the country as the state with the highest rate of repeat offenders within 12 months, according to new data released on Jan. 24. The report, from the Productivity Commission, comes as authorities grapple with a youth crime wave that has swept up Queensland and the central Australian town of Alice Springs. The Epoch Times (Australia) 24/1/2023 News Extra police deployed to tackle Mount Isa youth crime as 30 cars are stolen in one month AUSTRALIA: Despite being born and raised in Mount Isa, local historian Kim-Maree Burton says she will consider leaving as the city grappled with an escalating youth crime problem. ABC News (Australia) 24/1/2023 News Garda union call for special taskforce with ‘extreme urgency’ over attacks on members and recruitment failure REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A Garda union has called for a meeting with the Taoiseach with "extreme urgency" following a rise in assaults on members and failures in recruitment. The Garda Representation Association said that they contacted the offices of An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Micheál Martin and Minister for Justice, Simon Harris, to formally request an urgent meeting. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 24/1/2023 News Police to spread crime squads to the bush AUSTRALIA: The NSW Police Force is to set up permanent bases in regional NSW for its organised crime squad, expanding to the State’s Northern and Southern regions to target and dismantle organised criminal networks. PS News (Australia) 24/1/2023 News NT Police Commissioner slams calls for army intervention as PM flies in amid Alice Springs crime surge AUSTRALIA: Calls to bring in federal police and the Australian Defence Force to control rising crime around Alice Springs have been rejected by NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and the Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles arrived in town to address the crisis. National Indigenous Times (NIT) (Australia) 24/1/2023 News Territory to lose 160+ police as ‘insulting’ pay debate drags on AUSTRALIA: The NT Police Association says the Territory is on track to lose at least 160 officers each year as ’woeful‘ wage negotiations drag on. Here’s how long the union’s been fighting for a pay rise. NT News (Australia) - Subscription at source 24/1/2023 News Meth ‘street dealer’ found with loaded shotgun given home detention NEW ZEALAND: A woman whose meth supply was uncovered when police pulled her over and found a loaded shotgun in her car has been sentenced to home detention. Stuff (New Zealand) 24/1/2023 News Hawke’s Bay police cracking down on vehicle thefts NEW ZEALAND: Hawke's Bay police say they are cracking down on vehicle thefts, after a spate of vehicle thefts across Napier in the past few weeks. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 24/1/2023 News Wiltshire police commissioner – ‘no confidence’ in IOPC A police commissioner is calling for the Home Secretary to improve the way police are held to account. BBC 24/1/2023 News More than 900,000 SARs received by NCA in last financial year More than 900,000 Suspicious Activity Report (SARs) were received by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the last financial year, up by more than 20 per cent on the previous 12 months. Police Professional 24/1/2023 News ‘Clear, Hold, Build’ tactic to tackle serious and organised crime to be adopted by forces New tactics outlined by the Home Office on Tuesday (January 24) to tackle serious and organised crime are an “important step” for police forces across England and Wales, says the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). Police Professional 24/1/2023 News ‘Dangers we face and scrutiny we are under isn’t reflected fairly in pay and conditions’ North Yorkshire traffic officer PC Dan Stoppard, who has protected the public for almost two decades, spotlights how the erosion in pay and conditions him and his colleagues have faced, including the removal of special priority payments, makes him feel devalued. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 24/1/2023 News Emergency services collaboration shows ‘ground-breaking’ results in disadvantaged communities A study led by the Scottish Centre for Policing and Public Health at Edinburgh Napier University has found a collaborative initiative between emergency services in a disadvantaged community had a potentially “ground-breaking” impact. Police Professional 24/1/2023 News Government announces crackdown against organised criminal gangs PRESS RELEASE: Police to adopt new 'Clear, Hold, Build' tactic, as Home Secretary launches consultation on new offences to frustrate criminal enterprises. Home Office 24/1/2023 News More than 170 arrests in multi-force crackdown on violent crime More than 170 arrests have been made as part of a multi-force operation targeting criminals involved in drug supply and violent crime. Police Professional 24/1/2023 News Winnipeg police chief seeks $1.8M to hire more 911 operators, dispatchers CANADA: Winnipeg's police chief says the city needs to hire more 911 operators and dispatchers to handle increasing call volumes and reduce the burden on existing staff at the emergency call centre. CBC News (Canada) 24/1/2023 News Police investigate report that 10 to 15 youths attacked transit workers on TTC bus CANADA: Police in Toronto say two transit workers have been injured following a report that close to a dozen youths attacked them on a bus Monday afternoon. The Globe and Mail (Canada) 24/1/2023 News Nunavik police cleared in 2021 incident in which teen died CANADA: Nunavik Police Service will not face charges after prosecutors cleared it of criminal wrongdoing in a 2021 incident in Aupaluk during which a teenage girl died. Blue Line (Canada) 24/1/2023 News «160016011602160316041605160616071608Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
