Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104733 total results. Showing results 3681 to 3700 «181182183184185186187188189Next ›Last » Gang tensions: ‘Off the scale’ drug supply and social media posts spark ‘dangerous’ confrontations NEW ZEALAND: Drug use and provocative Facebook posts are behind the recent violent clashes between Mongrel Mob and Black Power members along the North Island’s east coast, according to a gang source. NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 10/5/2025 News Number of gardaí placed on full-pay suspension for over 1,000 days revealed REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Almost 100 gardaí have been put on fully paid suspension for a period of more than 1,000 days in the last ten years, Extra.ie can reveal. New figures show that 262 gardaí have been put on suspension since 2015, with the longest individual period lasting more than seven years. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 10/5/2025 News Marbella police surveillance goes high-tech SPAIN: Marbella council has announced the roll-out of Tellycall, a new management system for the local police, enabling real-time geolocation of incidents. The new technology was initially unveiled in 2022 with €113,000 in funding for the project. Now up and running, it forms part of a €600,000 investment in bringing police operations up to date. Euro Weekly News (Europe) 10/5/2025 News ‘Check that bus’: York Regional Police video shows incredible reach of Project Lifesaver CANADA: The Project Lifesaver program combines radio technology with a co-ordinated police response to locate wandering and disoriented loved ones due to Alzheimer’s, autism or other conditions. YorkRegion.com (Canada) 10/5/2025 News Se Acabo: The real explanation for the collapse of the NT justice system is politics AUSTRALIA: Today’s NT ‘Criminal Justice System’ is a shadow of what it once was. Back in 1987, the year I was admitted as a legal practitioner in the Northern Territory, although not without challenges and difficulties the ‘System’ was largely effective in striving for and achieving Justice, that being the purpose of all legal systems operating in a free democratic society. What we have now is a broken system in the process of collapsing. Compared with then it’s a shambles and now operates almost solely as a ‘jailing machine’. NT Independent (Australia) 10/5/2025 Feature, Opinion Queensland Police to review pursuit policy amid spate of car thefts AUSTRALIA: Queensland police are reviewing a pursuit policy the union says gives a green light to car thieves. Despite the introduction of tougher "adult crime, adult time" penalties, the rate of car thefts remains stubbornly high in cities including Townsville in North Queensland, where a stolen car recently disrupted an Anzac Day service. Police cannot pursue a driver unless there is an imminent threat to life, a driver has made threats to kill or has committed an indictable offence. ABC News (Australia) 10/5/2025 News Younger garda recruits more likely to fail fitness tests than those approaching middle age REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Women recruits 10 times more likely to fail preliminary standard than men. The Garda‘s youngest recruits are more likely to fail the preliminary fitness test than their older counterparts, including applicants in their 40s, figures show. The data also shows women recruits are over 10 times more likely to fail the preliminary test compared to men. As a result, earlier this year garda management made the test significantly easier as it struggles to increase stagnant recruitment numbers. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 10/5/2025 News Leveraging large language models for enhanced simulation-based learning in police and law enforcement In this study, the application of Large Language Models (LLMs) in simulation-based training of law enforcement officers is being assessed. Adaptability, real-time response capabilities and dynamic and personalised learning experiences, which closely simulate real-life policing scenarios, are the hallmarks of LLMs. LLMs adjust scenarios according to trainee input to enhance learning engagement, facilitate better decision-making, and improve skill retention. Finally, the study shows how LLMs contribute to realism in training, especially in high-stakes situations such as crisis negotiation and suspect interrogation. That being said, bias and ethical concerns are currently being investigated in relation to the application of large language models (LLMs). In this study, LLM-driven simulations are assessed using a mixed-methods approach that blends qualitative feedback with quantitative data. Results suggest that LLMs significantly enhance trainee preparedness for unpredictable real-world encounters and thus can present a scalable and low-cost training solution for law enforcement training. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 10/5/2025 Research article Burglaries Constellations: A New Approach to Deal with Burglaries’ Repeat Patterns in Heterogeneous Environment Spatiotemporal patterns of repeat victimization in residential burglaries provide valuable insights for predictive applications, though they display increased complexity in large, heterogeneous environments. When the assumed homogeneous areas near prior burglary sites are diminished, the near-repeat pattern becomes restricted. This suggests that burglars may shift to other similar regions, driven by opportunity criteria aligned with criminal behaviour theories. Under this proposed strategy, certain target areas would remain consistently active throughout a burglary wave, leaving behind a detectable "hot trail" on heat maps. By applying Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation for dimensional reduction, we identified these "hot trails" as weighted groupings of cells, termed burglary constellations. Weekly series within these constellations exhibit non-random patterns, facilitating predictive modelling. The resemblance between cells and burglary profiles in each constellation, along with their spatial representation, offers significant information to improve risk prediction and guide preventive policing strategies in large, diverse areas. These findings are consistent with recent criminological studies, suggesting a novel approach in predictive policing frameworks. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 10/5/2025 Research article Jews the target of 40% of total hate crimes last year: Toronto police CANADA: New data released this week by the Toronto Police Service shows that reported hate crimes in the city rose 19 per cent in 2024 over the previous year. It also found that the Jewish community, while representing less than four per cent of Toronto’s population, was the target of 40 per cent of reported incidents. National Post (Canada) 9/5/2025 News Applications open for Garda Commissioner job REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Government is offering a salary of over €314,000 for the position of new Garda Commissioner, the same salary as the current commissioner. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 9/5/2025 News Three-week deadline raises pressure to replace garda commissioner REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Pressure is set to ratchet up in the coming weeks to resolve a row which could see no career garda officers applying for the Garda Commissioner job, advertised on Friday. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 9/5/2025 News Iranian man arrested in London as part of counter-terrorism investigation Two addresses in north-west London searched after three other Iranians detained in same investigation last Saturday The Guardian 9/5/2025 News Local preparedness for synthetic opioids in England RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: A report outlining evidence and insights for Combating Drugs Partnerships, intending to help strengthen their preparedness for the synthetic opioid threat. Home Office 9/5/2025 Research article Fourth Iranian man arrested in London terror probe A fourth Iranian man has been arrested as part of a counter-terrorism investigation in London. BBC 9/5/2025 News Minister for Justice welcomes competition to appoint new Garda Commissioner REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Minister for Justice, Jim O'Callaghan welcomed the launch of a competition to appoint a new Garda Commissioner. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 9/5/2025 News The merits of muscle memory for multi-agency working Headed up by David Boyle, the JESIP team is working hard to get its interoperability principles embedded in the muscle memory of all responders. He tells me about his approach to leading this work when I spoke to him for the first episode of the new season of the Emergency Services Times podcast, For Every Response. Emergency Services Times 9/5/2025 Feature, Interview Police told to do better to fill information void like one that fuelled Southport riots Policing boss says forces need to be "more open when dealing with mainstream media" Press Gazette 9/5/2025 News Garda Commissioner application opens in Republic to replace former PSNI officer Drew Harris REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The police in the Republic of Ireland have begun the search to replace former PSNI officer Drew Harris as Garda Commissioner, with the post advertised publicly. Belfast Telegraph 9/5/2025 News Ireland to introduce retrospective facial recognition for police by summer REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Ireland will introduce facial recognition legislation soon meaning the controversial technology could be on Irish streets by the summer. Ireland’s justice minister Jim O’Callaghan said he wants to bring in the legislation “this summer” allowing police to use retrospective facial recognition technology. The introduction follows heated debates over the technology in the Irish parliament as well as concerns raised by rights groups. BiometricUpdate.com 9/5/2025 News «181182183184185186187188189Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
