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Police working with Australia to stay ahead of illegal firearm technology, 3D-printed guns
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand Police are working with international authorities to stay at the “cutting edge” of innovations in how criminals are accessing firearms - including through 3D printing.
NZ Herald (New Zealand) 		11/5/2024
News
New approach to mental health incidents by Cumbria police
Cumbria police is adopting a new operating model to help people who need specialist support and free up officers to deal with crimes. Right Care, Right Person is about ensuring that people in need of specialist help receive that help from the right organisation – whether that is the police or a partner agency, the force said.
Cumbria Crack 		11/5/2024
News
Institutional racism is a stain on our police force – we can’t ignore it any longer
Data obtained by The Independent shows that cases brought against the Met on the grounds of racism more than doubled from 2022 to 2023.
The Independent - Subscription at source 		11/5/2024
Feature, Opinion
Shock as ministers face spin claims amid drop in police officer numbers
The thin blue line in Scotland is even thinner than official published figures suggest, we can reveal. Ministers were accused of spinning the true total of police officers as figures obtained under freedom of information laws showed there were just 16,255 in February.
The Scottish Sun 		11/5/2024
News
Dog walkers to have pets seized by police if they terrorise livestock
In addition to new Government plans, police will be given the power to take evidence to assist with their investigations of the crimes
The Telegraph - Subscription at source 		11/5/2024
News
How did police miss Brian Lush’s body? Human error — or policy gaps — may have played a role
CANADA: It sounds like the start of a true crime documentary: a search for a missing man ends with his body found in the trailer of a truck. The twist, of course, is that the missing man had been driving that truck — and it's precisely where he was last spotted alive.
CBC News (Canada) 		11/5/2024
News
£430,000 for police officer sexually assaulted by colleague
A Police Scotland officer who quit after being sexually assaulted by a colleague has accepted a payout of more than £430,000. Gemma MacRae, who left the force after attempting to expose an alleged “boys’ club” culture of misogyny and bullying at a Moray police station, said the last seven years had been “torture”. The former officer began legal action against Police Scotland but settled last month and agreed to accept £431,968 for the loss of her career, injury and distress.
The Times - Subscription at source 		11/5/2024
News
Should security guards be able to detain people committing crimes?
NEW ZEALAND: Security guards need legal powers to detain offenders while committing a crime, an industry group says. On Sunday night a man was shot dead on Auckland's Ponsonby Road and the gunman, who had been refused entry into a bar, was later found dead in Taupō.
1 News (New Zealand) 		11/5/2024
News
Police officer shot with crossbow in High Wycombe
A police officer has been shot in the leg with a crossbow and a man was stabbed in what was described as a "serious assault and weapons incident".
BBC 		11/5/2024
News
Police attend average of 19 domestic violence incidents a day in Western Australia’s Kimberley
AUSTRALIA: Family and domestic violence has spiked to a five-year high in Western Australia's Kimberley, with offences jumping 50 per cent and an average of 19 incidents being reported every day.
ABC News (Australia) 		11/5/2024
News
‘Outraged’: Muslim groups call for ASIO boss to be sacked following terror charges
AUSTRALIA: A coalition of Australian Muslim community leaders has accused law enforcement and security agencies of "extreme prejudice".
SBS News (Australia) 		11/5/2024
News
NSW to formally apologise to people convicted under historic laws that criminalised homosexuality
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government will issue a formal apology to those convicted under historic laws, which criminalised homosexuality. The announcement comes on the 40th anniversary of the passing of the Crimes Amendment Bill in 1984 decriminalising homosexuality between consenting males over the age of 18 across the state.
ABC News (Australia) 		11/5/2024
News
Queensland police told to consider not arresting offenders
AUSTRALIA: Queensland police officers have been told to consider not arresting offenders, with ongoing capacity issues in south-east Queensland watchhouses.
The Age (Australia) 		11/5/2024
News, Video
Paris police deploys controversial AI-powered video surveillance ahead of Taylor Swift concerts
FRANCE: Paris authorities have authorised using AI-driven video surveillance ahead of Taylor Swift's concerts, but the tech has raised privacy concerns.
euronews 		11/5/2024
News
First female chair of Thames Valley Federation bags role she’s ‘always wanted’
Aileen O' Connor joined the Federation as a local Rep nearly five-and-a-half-years ago, and for the past two years has been the Deputy Chair and the Treasurer and Health and Wellbeing lead.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		11/5/2024
News
‘Vigilantes’ recording assaults have gardaí very concerned
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí are very concerned at recent assaults by self-appointed “vigilantes” on foreign nationals allegedly involved in sexually assaulting, or attempting to abduct, children.
Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 		11/5/2024
News
Dublin’s new gangland feuds: Why Drimnagh killing has led to heightened Garda concerns
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Young men now engaged in several Dublin feuds were pre-teens when Kinahan-Hutch feud began and so have learned nothing from it.
The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 		11/5/2024
Feature
Guard convicted of impersonating police said he was part of ‘secret unit’
Chris Green told the victim that he worked for law enforcement, claiming to be part of a local undercover crime unit called “The Brotherhood”. A security guard who impersonated a police officer to stop a lone woman on an isolated country lane has been convicted.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		10/5/2024
News
Cambridgeshire sergeant who used excessive force sacked for gross misconduct
A Cambridgeshire Police officer who used excessive force on a man in custody, used discriminatory language and treated the man less favourably due to his ethnicity, has been dismissed for gross misconduct following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation.
Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 		10/5/2024
News
Robbery mastermind guilty of PC Beshenivsky murder likely to die in jail
Khan told jurors he had no knowledge that a robbery was going to be carried out, or that weapons were going to be taken. The mastermind of an armed robbery that ended in a West Yorkshire PC being shot dead will die in jail.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		10/5/2024
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