Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 101034 total results. Showing results 36961 to 36980 «184518461847184818491850185118521853Next ›Last » ‘Women are still dying because police are still thinking: Oh, it’s just a domestic’: Expert’s call for urgent reform The number of women dying because of domestic abuse could be six times higher than official Scottish crime statistics, according to professor Jane Monckton Smith. The Sunday Post 20/11/2022 News Local vigil demanding justice for Ottawa woman slain in Saskatchewan one of five held across Canada CANADA: “Justice looks different for everybody, but, in this case, we're asking for transparency and accountability in the process.” Ottawa Citizen (Canada) 20/11/2022 News Judge critical of police efforts to look after domestic abuse ‘victim’ A district judge slammed police and prosecutors for failing to ‘take care’ of an alleged domestic violence victim. Oxford Mail 20/11/2022 News Welsh police officers ‘swapped nude images of footballer’ and joked about ‘sex pests’ in the force More messages have been exposed from the phone of Ricky Jones, a deceased former Gwent Police officer Wales Online 20/11/2022 News Terrorists face longer in jail for offences in prison PRESS RELEASE: Terrorists who continue offending in prison will always face the prospect of more time behind bars, the Deputy Prime Minister announced today (Sunday 20 November). Home Office 20/11/2022 News Rape victim waiting five years for justice has case delayed again Further months have been added to one of the longest delays for a rape trial on record The Telegraph - Subscription at source 20/11/2022 Feature Upgrade for CCTV cameras to replace ‘outdated’ version NEW ZEALAND: Whangārei is upgrading its public CCTV cameras so they can recognise car number plates.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 «184518461847184818491850185118521853Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
