Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115778 total results. Showing results 36101 to 36120 «180218031804180518061807180818091810Next ›Last » ‘Glaring inadequacy’ in Midlands towns Garda personnel – Lowry REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The issue of rural crime across Tipperary is causing deep concern among communities, Deputy Michael Lowry told the Dáil this week. Offaly Live 30/11/2023 News Early intake of Garda recruits ‘an attempt to make the figures look better’, union says REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A Garda union official has described the next intake of recruits into the force as “an attempt to make the figures look better.” Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 30/11/2023 News Garda bodycams law passed by Oireachtas REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Legislation paving the way for An Garda Síochána to begin rolling out bodycams on frontline gardaí next year has been passed by the Oireachtas. Irish Legal News (Republic of Ireland) 30/11/2023 News Nigeria can defeat banditry by reconstructing the police system As security has deteriorated in Nigeria, one of the country’s main challenges has become ‘banditry’, with an eight-fold increase in the number of armed robberies, kidnaps and murders between 2018 and 2022; Dr Oluwole Ojewale of the Institute for Security Studies in Senegal believes that a decentralised police force, working in partnership with community activists and the military where required, would be the most effective solution to the problem. Policing Insight 30/11/2023 Analysis, Feature, Opinion West Mercia Police targets recruitment push for Authorised Firearms Officers Police in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire are urging trained firearms officers from other areas of the country to transfer to the region to help plug a recruitment gap. Shropshire Star 30/11/2023 News Surrey Police Union alleges bullying and harassment by RCMP in bid to join court battle CANADA: The ongoing saga of Surrey policing has yet another chapter. Last Friday, the Surrey Police Union filed court documents alleging harassment and bullying by Surrey RCMP members. The allegation is part of an application by the union to become a party to the petition started by the City of Surrey. That petition, and its subsequent amendment filed earlier this month, aims to halt the transition in Surrey from the RCMP to the Surrey Police Service. The lawyer for the union, Sebastian Anderson, said Wednesday that the alleged harassment and bullying has delayed the transition from the RCMP to the SPS—and is one of several reasons the province was correct in ordering the transition to go ahead. CTV News (Canada) 30/11/2023 News New program in Queensland engaging at-risk youth AUSTRALIA: Police hope a new program engaging with at-risk youth will improve relationships within the community. ABC News (Australia) 30/11/2023 News, Video Qld police to miss recruitment target: audit AUSTRALIA: The Queensland Police Service is not on track to meet recruitment targets and lacks a strategic approach to workforce planning, the state's auditor-general has found. Brendan Worrall's audit, handed down on Thursday, said a model used to assess the demand on police resources collected information mainly about on-call operations. The auditor-general said it did not capture time spent by officers on proactive policing, administrative tasks, and non-frontline work. Blue Mountains Gazette (Australia) 30/11/2023 News Why Mark Mitchell can’t get rid of Police Commissioner Andrew Coster NEW ZEALAND: Police Minister Mark Mitchell can’t sack Andrew Coster on his own volition because the police commissioner is a statutorily appointed official under the Policing Act 2008, and under section 12, is appointed on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and serves “at the pleasure of the Governor-General.” Coster was appointed commissioner on April 3, 2020 after recommendations from the State Services Commission to Police Minister Stuart Nash and Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern. Coster was a deputy police commissioner, and at the time considered an outside chance for the position which ends on April 2, 2025. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 30/11/2023 Analysis, Feature Derbyshire police to use Saab command and control system Derbyshire Constabulary has reached an agreement with Saab to use the company’s SAFE command, control and communication solution in its force control room. UKAuthority.com 30/11/2023 News Chiefs and politicians back wider LFR deployment with transformational potential equivalent to DNA At this month’s Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and National Police Chiefs’ Council Partnership Summit, politicians and police leaders presented an unambiguously positive view of the potential benefits of live facial recognition – with South Wales leading the way, as Policing Insight’s James Sweetland reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 30/11/2023 Analysis, Feature, Innovation Qld police to miss recruitment target: audit AUSTRALIA: The Queensland Police Service is not on track to meet recruitment targets and lacks a strategic approach to workforce planning, the state's auditor-general has found. The Canberra Times (Australia) 30/11/2023 News New Police Youth Taskforce to crack down on crime on Hobart’s eastern shore AUSTRALIA: Tasmania Police has set-up a new Youth Taskforce designed to tackle shop stealing and anti-social behaviour on Hobart’s eastern shore. Tasmania Police 30/11/2023 News Christchurch terror attack inquest: Front-line police should be trained to go to sound of gunfire – American counter-terrorism expert NEW ZEALAND: All front-line police officers should be trained to enter a scene with an active armed offender, an American expert in counter-terrorism has told the mosque attack inquest. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 30/11/2023 News Examining emerging fraud facilitated by the internet through crime scripts AUSTRALIA: The rise of the internet or, more specifically, of services offered and conducted online has led to a dramatic rise in frauds and scams. Australian Institute of Criminology (Australia) 30/11/2023 Research article UK terror attack linked to Gaza ‘likely only a matter of time’, security sources say A terror attack in the UK, linked to the conflict in Gaza, is “likely only a matter of time”, security sources have told GB News. GB News 30/11/2023 News NZ Police Arrest Several for Firearms, Drug Offences in Hamilton NEW ZEALAND: Ongoing investigations into the theft of firearms from a Hamilton club led to the execution of three warrants in Hamilton yesterday. Mirage News 30/11/2023 News Arrests made in relation to firearm and drug offences in Hamilton NEW ZEALAND: Ongoing investigations into the theft of firearms from a Hamilton club led to the execution of three warrants in Hamilton yesterday. New Zealand Police 30/11/2023 News Twenty forces in England now using Naloxone says NPCC Mark Lay, the National Drugs Coordinator for the NPCC, told the Public Accounts Committee that plans to provide the spray to firearms officers are also being looked at. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/11/2023 News PC cleared of gross misconduct over Tasering of 10-year-old-girl IOPC pushed for misconduct hearing after Met disagreed with action and CPS said case did not merit prosecution. A Met PC has been cleared of gross misconduct over his use of a Taser against a 10-year-old girl. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/11/2023 News «180218031804180518061807180818091810Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
