Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115783 total results. Showing results 36961 to 36980 «184518461847184818491850185118521853Next ›Last » Hard-hitting measures needed to eradicate toxic police culture, committee warns Without public trust and confidence in the police, attempts to prevent and detect crime will be unlikely to succeed no matter how impressive the strategic thinking behind them, the Home Affairs Committee has found. Police Professional 10/11/2023 News Police ‘working to understand how machine guns are entering country’ Merseyside Police believe fatal shootings in the region last year followed the arrival of a consignment of Skorpion machine guns. The Independent 10/11/2023 News An inspection of the north-west regional response to serious and organised crime As part of our police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy inspections, we inspected how well police forces tackle serious and organised crime (SOC). In 2022, we changed how we inspect this aspect of policing, to incorporate inspections of the ten regions, as well as the nine regional organised crime units (ROCUs) throughout England and Wales, and the 43 police forces. This improves our understanding of how well forces and ROCUs work together to tackle SOC. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 10/11/2023 Report HMICFRS has graded Merseyside Police as Outstanding in tackling serious organised crime Merseyside Police has again been graded as outstanding for its approach to tackling serious organised crime (SOC) by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire Service (HMICFRS). The force has been graded for its approach to SOC six times by HMICFRS since the first inspection back in 2016 and each time has been graded as Outstanding. Merseyside Police 10/11/2023 News Police chief defends right to ‘make difficult operational decisions’ amid protest row One of the UK’s most senior police officers has spoken out to defend force chiefs’ rights to make independent operational decisions amid intense political pressure linked to Armistice weekend protests. Gavin Stephens, who is chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), said that political views could not be allowed to influence decision making. The Independent 10/11/2023 News Guelph police chief hopes to add more officers, be more proactive CANADA: The Guelph Police Service is hoping it will be able to add new officers over the next four years. The police services board passed the service’s multi-year capital and operating budgets and forwarded its recommendations to council. Global News (Canada) 10/11/2023 News Wayne Gatt: Victoria Police are ‘sleepwalking’ the state into a major industrial dispute AUSTRALIA: Secretary of the Victorian Police Association, Wayne Gatt, has stated Victoria Police are “sleepwalking” the state into a major industrial dispute. It comes as the police union fight for a four per cent pay rise and the introduction of nine-hour shifts, with Mr Gatt claiming his members have been impacted by “relentless workloads that have been put on them in a shrinking police force”. Neil Mitchell said he’s never seen the police union boss be as tough as he was on industrial dispute as he was today. [AUDIO] 3AW (Australia) 10/11/2023 News NT police ignored DV claims and set dog on a child AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory Police set a dog on a child, left a man stuck in a hunched position in his cell for almost three hours and ignored victims of alleged sexual assault and domestic violence, the watchdog has found. NT Ombudsman Peter Shoyer has released his 2022/2023 annual report, in which he received 2155 complaints, of which 465 involved police. The Northern Daily Leader (Australia) 10/11/2023 News Queensland Indigenous police officers quit union, call for change after president’s comments on Treaty and Truth AUSTRALIA: Indigenous Police Liaison Officers in Queensland are calling on the state's Police Union president Ian Leavers to apologise for "disgusting" comments he made regarding truth-telling and treaty. Senior Police Liaison Officer Tony Bani of the Cairns Cross Cultural Unit told National Indigenous Times the comments brought a number of issues to a head, and that he felt First Nations officers like himself were being "classed as second-best". National Indigenous Times (NIT) (Australia) 10/11/2023 News Afghani interpreter who risked life to help NZ Police achieves dream of becoming officer NEW ZEALAND: Afghani interpreter Abbas Bagheri risked his life to help New Zealand police officers deployed to his home nation in 2009. After a lengthy campaign, he and his family were able to find a safe home here in New Zealand. Now, 10 years later, he has gone full circle, recently joining the New Zealand Police Force himself. Newshub (New Zealand) 10/11/2023 News Exodus of senior gardaí now ‘all but inevitable’ over pensions tax bill impasse REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An exodus of practically the entire top tier of garda management now “looks all but inevitable” over the coming months as a result of tax laws which have left assistant commissioners facing average tax bills of between €200,000 and €500,000 when they retire. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 10/11/2023 News Extra police sent to London as fears grow that Palestine march will turn ugly Over 1,000 extra police officers from every force in the UK are being sent to London this weekend amid growing fears of trouble between right-wing extremists and a mass pro-Palestinian protest march through the capital. Express 10/11/2023 News Young offenders had to share prison wing with paedophiles The Scottish child abuse inquiry was told of the physical and mental abuse a witness endured in the 1970s The Times - Subscription at source 10/11/2023 News Police must remain independent of politics, NPCC chair says Police chiefs must be able to operate without political interference, one of the UK's most senior officers has said. BBC 10/11/2023 News Victims’ Commissioner: ‘There needs to be an end to the culture where victims’ rights are regarded as optional extras’ As the parliamentary debates around the legislation set out in the King’s Speech – including a new Victims and Prisoners Bill – got underway, Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Newlove outlined to House of Lords’ colleagues the results of the latest victims experiences survey which underline high levels of dissatisfaction with the police and criminal justice system, and a reluctance to report crimes in the future, as Policing Insight’s Thomas James reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 10/11/2023 Analysis, Feature Merseyside rated outstanding at dealing with organised crime But concerns raised about importation of machine guns used in spate of shootings. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/11/2023 News Policing Protocol Order ‘clearly sets out’ chiefs position on bias NPCC rally around Met Commissioner on decision not to ban weekend protests. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/11/2023 News Two PSNI officers accept cautions as data breach charges are withdrawn Criminal data breach charges against two female police officers have been withdrawn after they agreed to cautions. Belfast Telegraph 10/11/2023 News Rishi Sunak under pressure to sack Suella Braverman amid pro-Palestine Armistice Day march row Home secretary accused of putting police at risk of violent attacks by claiming they are biased towards demonstrators The Independent 10/11/2023 News Police chief defends right to operational independence amid protest ‘bias’ row One of the UK’s most senior police officers has spoken out to defend force chiefs’ rights to make independent operational decisions amid intense political pressure linked to Armistice weekend protests. 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