Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96648 total results. Showing results 32581 to 32600 «162616271628162916301631163216331634Next ›Last » Upgrade for CCTV cameras to replace ‘outdated’ version NEW ZEALAND: Whangārei is upgrading its public CCTV cameras so they can recognise car number plates. A report shows the joint project by the district council and police is expected to cost $765,000. The upgrade extends from about 60 central city cameras to others run by businesses in outlying Kamo and Hikurangi. Some of the cameras are monitored and some are not. The new cameras can store number plate records for six days, but they are not as advanced as the automated number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras used elsewhere. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/11/2022 News More than a quarter of would-be gardaí are failing fitness tests REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Force in dire need of new blood amid senior officer drain and decline in new entrants Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 20/11/2022 News Police Scotland beards ban under review after complaints from officers A Police Scotland beards ban is being reviewed following complaints from officers. The Sunday Mail revealed in August how the controversial new rules were brought in during the pandemic to allow high-quality Covid masks to be fitted. But a number of officers were furious at being told to shave their facial hair, with some understood to have been placed on desk duties for failing to comply. Daily Record 20/11/2022 News The Observer view on the police’s failure to prioritise violence against women As the murders of Raneem Oudeh and Khaola Saleem reveals, some forces don’t regard domestic abuse as a serious crime The Guardian 20/11/2022 Feature, Opinion Gwent police officers joked about Jimmy Savile and ‘sex pests’ in the force Fresh messages found on a dead officer’s phone may trigger a national inquiry into the toxic culture at Gwent police The Times - Subscription at source 20/11/2022 News Vile sexists at Gwent police hounded me out of the force I am disappointed but not surprised by your investigation of sexual harassment by Gwent police officers (“Phone reveals new police shame”, News, last week). Forty-four years ago I joined Gwent as a naive 18-year-old. I left ten months later, frightened and disillusioned. For the next ten years I would cross the road if I saw a police officer. The Times - Subscription at source 20/11/2022 Feature, Opinion Solihull murders: Police ‘failed and let down’ women says ex-watchdog "Shocking" police failures contributed to the murders of two women stabbed to death in the West Midlands, a former inspector at the police watchdog said. An inquest jury found police errors contributed to the deaths of Raneem Oudeh and her mother Khaola Saleem in Solihull in 2018. West Midlands Police has apologised to the family. BBC 19/11/2022 News Sheku Bayoh death: Police Scotland officers may face criminal charges Scotland’s chief prosecutor has made a case for criminal prosecutions against Police Scotland over the death of Sheku Bayoh, the black man restrained by officers in Fife. The Sunday Times has learned that Dorothy Bain KC, who represented his family, played a significant role in challenging the decision of her predecessor, James Wolffe KC, that there would be no charges in connection with his death in Kirkcaldy on May 3, 2015. The Times - Subscription at source 19/11/2022 News Inside the gang war between the Head Hunters and Mongols that led to shots being fired inside Sofitel on Auckland’s waterfront NEW ZEALAND: Written on the wall of the Head Hunters’ gang pad is a quote from classic film The Godfather that says: “Real power can’t be given. It must be taken.” NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 19/11/2022 Feature Leo Varadkar promises to fight crime ‘head on’ in keynote Fine Gael Ard Fheis speech REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Leo Varadkar has promised he will take the fight to the criminal underworld in his keynote Ard Fheis speech. The Fine Gael leader talked tough on crime at the party’s annual conference that saw more than 2,000 people gather in TUS (Technological University Shannon) Athlone. Speaking directly to the criminal gangs that are wreaking havoc on our streets, the Tánaiste said: “we will take the fight to you head on.” Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 19/11/2022 News Cryptocurrency now ‘de-facto currency of crime’ as gardaí struggle to deal with their use by street-level drug dealers REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A detective garda has outlined how cryptocurrencies are now the “de-facto currency of crime”. The annual National Prosecutors’ Conference, in the Convention Centre, in Dublin, heard from Detective Garda Alan Carbery from the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) about the force’s experience in seizing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from criminals. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 19/11/2022 News EU police patrol Kosovo’s north after Serb officers quit EUROPE: European Union police officers are undertaking patrols in northern Kosovo after some 600 police officers from the Serb minority quit over a car licence plate row that the West fears may trigger fresh ethnic violence. Police officers, judges, prosecutors, and other state workers quit their jobs earlier this month after the government in Pristina ruled that local Serbs must finally replace their car plates, issued by Serbia's unrecognised authorities in Kosovo, with Kosovo state ones. Reuters 19/11/2022 News Queensland police whistleblower goes public to argue commissioner Katarina Carroll should lose her job AUSTRALIA: Kate Pausina ‘bared her soul’ by revealing the harassment and bullying she suffered to the inquiry into QPS. She wants to see change The Guardian 19/11/2022 News New police strategy to reduce drug crime across south Wales Police have launched the Substance Misuse and Harm Reduction Strategy 2022 – 2025, outlining what the force is doing to reduce and prevent the harmful effects that drugs have on communities. South Wales Guardian 19/11/2022 News Listening and acting Sir Mark Rowley: A core part of my mission for the Met is less crime, and over the last few months I've been talking to officers and staff across the Met and scrutinising our data to understand what needs changing to help us deliver this. Fundamentally to be successful in achieving less crime we need to ensure that we are making the most of every officer we have, so it was difficult hearing how stretched our people feel and reading the data that we have 3,500 officers currently with some sort of restriction who are not fully deployable. LinkedIn 19/11/2022 Feature, Opinion An Garda Siochana is hiring for up to €800 a week REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Siochana is looking for candidates with a specific set of skills for the job Dublin Live (Republic of Ireland) 19/11/2022 News ‘Policing at its best’: How two police officers brought cheer to South Australia’s African community AUSTRALIA: Two South Australian police officers are being praised for joining in a dance at the African Nations Cup football tournament in Adelaide. SBS News (Australia) 19/11/2022 News Commissioner says ‘big proportion’ of MPS’s officers ‘not properly deployable’ Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has criticised the police recruitment process, saying “a big proportion” of officers in his force are “not properly deployable” due to health and performance issues. Police Professional 19/11/2022 News The PSNI must now be fully resourced In March, MI5 lowered the threat level from terrorism here for the first time in 12 years. Belfast Telegraph 19/11/2022 Feature, Opinion Rishi Sunak vows to lock up more criminals in crime crackdown New Prime Minister vows to take tough action on crime Birmingham Live 19/11/2022 News «162616271628162916301631163216331634Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
