Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115737 total results. Showing results 34681 to 34700 «173117321733173417351736173717381739Next ›Last » Improvement plan to get Wiltshire’s 999 calls answered sooner Wiltshire Police has put an improvement plan and recruitment strategy in place for responding to 999 calls. BBC 10/1/2024 News Political figures try to ‘directly or indirectly influence’ operations Some officers told HMICFRS they had been asked by members of the public whether their force was a "Conservative or Labour force" based on the political party of the PCC or mayor. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/1/2024 News Painstaking investigation using cell site data results in murder convictions Evidence gathered by murder detectives has resulted in three people being convicted of killing a man on his doorstep in Tower Hamlets. Metropolitan Police Service 10/1/2024 News Police officer forced to strip down to her underwear wins £800,000 in discrimination case Detective Inspector Rebecca Kalam joined West Midlands Police in 2012 and served in the firearms unit The Independent 10/1/2024 News PC ordered to strip to her underwear in police training wins £820,000 payout A former firearms officer has been awarded more than £820,000 after she was humiliated during training. Metro 10/1/2024 News IOPC criminal investigation after fatal collision in Nottinghamshire The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is considering the actions and decisions of a Nottinghamshire Police officer as its investigation progresses into a fatal collision on a crossing. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 10/1/2024 News Public expectations of police education in England and Wales The current Police Entry Qualifications Framework in England and Wales has undergone much debate since its inception in 2018. Recently the Home Secretary backtracked on over a decade’s worth of party policy and undid the requirement for all new police officers to hold or obtain a degree in Professional Policing. This has been immediately followed by several chief constables and elected police and crime commissioners (PCC’s) dropping the requirement for a degree completely. Some have been quoted as saying “the public don’t want police officers sat in classrooms” or words to that effect. Yet no studies exist that do examine what the English and Welsh public do expect educationally of their police force. This study fills that gap by surveying n = 520 members of the public to ascertain their views. It finds that whilst a two-thirds majority of the public ostensibly say they don’t believe police officers need a degree, more than nine out of ten expect them to have some kind of police-specific higher education qualification. They would also feel overwhelmingly more confident if an officer investigating a crime they were a victim of, held a relevant policing-related degree qualification. This dichotomy is then analysed against the wider background of HE and vocational qualifications. It concludes that the problem is not with a requirement for higher education in policing, but the ‘d word’ itself and the marketing of the degree as a ‘requirement’ versus a degree as an ‘achievement’. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Subscription at source 10/1/2024 Research article Trans police officers ‘should have gender ID papers to carry out strip search’ Ministers have told police chiefs to stop transgender officers conducting strip searches unless they have a gender recognition certificate. Research from the Women’s Rights Network found that the majority of police forces allowed officers who self-identified as female to strip-search women. Chris Philp, the policing minister, told parliament’s home affairs committee on Wednesday that codes of conduct which govern policing state that strip searches should be conducted only by someone of the same sex. He has asked the National Police Chiefs’ Council to review its guidance to ensure that transgender officers may search someone of their current sex only if they have a gender recognition certificate. The Times - Subscription at source 10/1/2024 News Understanding and controlling harm in policing: The case of Section 60 At the end of last year policing’s main inspection and standards bodies – HMICFRS, the College of Policing and the IOPC – published a joint report responding to the Criminal Justice Alliance’s (CJA) super-complaint on Section 60 stop and search and the arrangements in place for community scrutiny of all stop and search practices. The Police Foundation 10/1/2024 Analysis, Feature Dorset Police slowest at picking up 999 calls in England Dorset Police has come bottom of the pile when it comes to answering 999 calls data available for the end of last year shows. The latest data available - for the months October and November 2023 - reveals out of 44 forces Dorset Police took the longest to answer 999 calls for both months. Daily Echo (Bournemouth) 10/1/2024 News Police chiefs reducing use of social media over risks posed by foreign bots A watchdog also found that most forces in England and Wales have reduced the number of social media accounts that they use. The Independent 10/1/2024 News Police chiefs accuse ‘significant political figures’ of improper interference It was also claimed that an unnamed MP told their local force that a more senior politician would get involved if certain action was not taken. The Independent 10/1/2024 News Confused police forces fear misgendering trans people Officers want greater clarity and training on how to treat people regarding their gender and sex, watchdog finds The Telegraph - Subscription at source 10/1/2024 News West Midlands Police to pay ex-firearms officer Rebecca Kalam reported sum of £820,000 in sex discrimination case The "poster girl" for the force's firearms unit was not provided with appropriate body armour and complained of male officers drawing genitals. She was also told to strip to her underwear and do press-ups during training, when a male officer put his foot on her neck, a tribunal heard. Sky News 10/1/2024 News Calgary police chief’s dismissal of racial profiling complaint ‘unreasonable’, rules judge CANADA: 'The chief gives no justification in his decision for an opinion that the allegations were not of a serious nature; in fact, he fails to even articulate the question' Calgary Herald (Canada) 10/1/2024 News Alberta watchdog taking over investigation of fatal New Year’s Eve shooting by Winnipeg police CANADA: Manitoba's police watchdog is tapping its Alberta-based counterpart to take over the investigation into the fatal police shooting of a 19-year-old international student to avoid "any perceived conflict of interest." The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba has asked the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team to assume responsibility for the investigation into the death of Afolabi Stephen Opaso, who was shot and killed by Winnipeg police responding to a well-being call on Dec. 31. IIU civilian director Roxanne Gagné recommended an out-of-province agency take over to avoid any potential perceived conflict of interest, because a Manitoba Justice employee is a "close relative" of an officer involved in the shooting. CBC News (Canada) 10/1/2024 News Youth crime and justice: Court and prison less likely for new generations of youth NEW ZEALAND: Most New Zealanders believe youth crime is getting worse. Statistics and research shows the opposite is true. The generations born since the 1990s are coming before the courts less often, and there has been a big drop in the numbers going to prison. Open Justice reporter Ric Stevens investigates what’s really going on. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 10/1/2024 News Victorian government plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility amid a surge in youth crime that has ignited divisions in the Liberal Party AUSTRALIA: Divisions have emerged in the Victorian Liberal Party over government plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility amid a dramatic spike in youth crime rates. Sky News 10/1/2024 News Man acquitted of murder seeks $5.5 million from police AUSTRALIA: A man who was jailed for six-and-a-half years and later acquitted of murder is suing two police detectives for $5.5 million, claiming he was subject to malicious prosecution St George & Sutherland Leader (Australia) 10/1/2024 News Rise in sexual offences on the Tube, British Transport Police figures show 'Women deserve to feel safe, yet these alarming figures risk telling a different story,' MP Sarah Olney says The Standard 10/1/2024 News «173117321733173417351736173717381739Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
