Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115741 total results. Showing results 34981 to 35000 «174617471748174917501751175217531754Next ›Last » Man dead after police shooting at Winnipeg apartment, watchdog investigating CANADA: Police in Winnipeg say a man who was shot by an officer at an apartment on New Year’s Eve has died. Police Chief Danny Smyth told reporters at a news conference that two officers responded to a 911 call on Sunday afternoon about a man at the apartment who was armed and was acting erratically. Blue Line (Canada) 1/1/2024 News Department of Justice refuses to detail disciplinary action after ‘confronting’ Unit 18 shackling footage AUSTRALIA: The Department of Justice has refused to detail disciplinary action taken after youth custodial and riot squad officers swamped, pinned down with shields and shackled a 16-year-old detainee after he threatened self-harm. Explosive footage of the incidents at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 last year, exclusively obtained by The West Australian, also showed the troubled teen cry out while being restrained in the now-banned “figure four” hold. The West Australian (Australia) 1/1/2024 News Greater Manchester Police officer charged with child sex attack A serving Greater Manchester Police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. PC Dean Dempster, based in Oldham, has been charged with the sexual assault of a child under 13 and misconduct in a public office after a police investigation. BBC 1/1/2024 News Provisional toll of 340 road deaths in 2023: ‘Too many people’ NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand saw 340 road deaths in 2023, according to provisional numbers released by police this morning. 1 News (New Zealand) 1/1/2024 News West Midlands Police looking to the future in golden anniversary year This year marks the 50th anniversary of the force which was formed on April 1, 1974 due to reorganisation of counties under the Local Government Act 1972 which created the new West Midlands metropolitan county. For police services this resulted in the merger of Birmingham City Police, West Midlands Constabulary (Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Oldbury), Coventry, Solihull, Chelmsley Wood, Sutton Coldfield and Halesowen. Express & Star 1/1/2024 News Transit safety, gang shootings, international conflicts: Calgary police chief Mark Neufeld reflects on 2023 CANADA: CTV News Morning Live anchor Jefferson Humphreys spoke to Calgary police chief Mark Neufeld recently about the state of the city's police service in 2023. The following interview has been edited for clarity and length. CTV News (Canada) 1/1/2024 Feature, Interview, Opinion Police in Northern Ireland being ‘slowly strangled’ by government – federation REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The police service in Northern Ireland is being “slowly strangled” by government using public services as a “political bargaining chip”, it has been warned. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 1/1/2024 News Greater Manchester Police officer charged with child sex attack A serving Greater Manchester Police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. PC Dean Dempster, based in Oldham, has been charged with the sexual assault of a child under 13 and misconduct in a public office after a police investigation. BBC 1/1/2024 News Retailers want rest of UK to follow Scotland’s example over law protecting shop staff Holyrood imposed law creating a statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abuse of retail staff The Guardian 1/1/2024 News Victims’ Commissioner slams ‘culture of disbelief’ among police in sexual offence cases as forces see falling charge rates – with cases taking up to FIVE YEARS to get to court Campaigners have slammed a 'culture of disbelief' among police forces as figures show the number of recorded sexual offences that result in a charge or summons has fallen to below 4 percent in some areas of the UK. A Freedom of Information request found just 3.6 percent of recorded offences in the West Midlands, including rape and sexual assault, result in a charge or summons - compared with 13.6 percent in 2016. Mail Online 1/1/2024 News Gloucestershire police sorry for months of delays in responding to freedom of information requests Gloucestershire Constabulary is hiring more staff to tackle its backlog of information requests Gloucestershire Live 1/1/2024 News Police in Northern Ireland being ‘slowly strangled’ by Government – federation Police Federation chief Liam Kelly said ministers are using public services pay as a ‘political bargaining chip’. The Standard 1/1/2024 News For families of LGBTQ+ hate crime victims, our tragic loss was compounded by NSW police who turned away with a ‘sorry, mate’ AUSTRALIA: Dozens of cases profiled by special commission are studies in police tactics to erase LGBTQ+ murders from the history books The Guardian 1/1/2024 Feature, Opinion More than a million breath alcohol tests NEW ZEALAND: Police breath alcohol testing figures have returned to levels not seen in nearly a decade in a huge boost for road safety. The number of tests in 2022/23 totalled 2,662,852. This was more than a million more tests that the previous 12-month total of 1,592,286. Sun Live (New Zealand) 1/1/2024 News Concern over garda ‘brain drain’ to Dublin after riots as county-by-county breakdown of road deaths released REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Fears are mounting that a “brain drain” of garda personnel to Dublin in the wake of the riots threatens to decimate road safety plans for the rest of Ireland. Numbers of garda personnel in Roads Policing Units (RPUs) have plummeted by 13pc since 2021. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 1/1/2024 News NCSC highlights cyber risk to cultural sector The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has highlighted the cyber risk to the country’s cultural institutions, saying they provide an attractive target for threat actors. UKAuthority.com 31/12/2023 News UK police forces rapidly expanding use of controversial lie detector tests Police in England and Wales are conducting hundreds of polygraph tests a year to assess risk posed by suspects but researchers warn that the science around "lie detectors" remains contentious and additional safeguards are needed i News 31/12/2023 News Almost 90,000 police days lost due to mental health absences, figures show 202 police officers were absent due to a psychological disorder as of September 2023, figures showed. STV News 31/12/2023 News Thousands of women at risk as police reject over 10,000 background checks on potential abusers Exclusive: Campaigners describe a ‘postcode lottery’, with one expert warning that the rejection of so many applications made under Clare’s Law is putting women’s lives in danger The Independent 31/12/2023 News If you dial 911 and ask for police in Surrey, B.C., does the RCMP or SPS respond? CANADA: Working out finer points of prolonged transition from Mounties to Surrey Police Service to continue in 2024 CBC News (Canada) 31/12/2023 News «174617471748174917501751175217531754Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
