Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115843 total results. Showing results 39321 to 39340 «196319641965196619671968196919701971Next ›Last » Police Scotland cops quitting force because they’re ‘p****d off’ claims welfare boss Stress is a major factor for a huge jump in cops retiring, union chiefs say. More than twice as many officers quit in 2022 compared to previous years. The Scottish Sun 23/9/2023 News Police board expected to approve $115.4-million contract for new south facility CANADA: The contract includes a 7.5-per-cent contingency of just over $8 million. The overall cost of the project is $193.7 million. Ottawa Citizen (Canada) 23/9/2023 News Former WA top cop Karl O’Callaghan backs The West Australian’s SAFETY 600 GPS tracking campaign AUSTRALIA: WA’s former top cop Karl O’Callaghan is calling on the Cook Government to introduce new laws which would put more GPS trackers on violent criminals. Mr O’Callaghan has backed The West Australian’s SAFETY 600 campaign, which calls for at least 600 offenders in the community to be tracked by GPS devices. The West Australian (Australia) - Subscription at source 23/9/2023 News Met Police: Mayor Sadiq Khan refuses to rule out breaking up force Sadiq Khan has refused to rule out breaking up the Metropolitan Police if current efforts to reform it fail. The Mayor of London warned "nothing is off the table" when it comes to improving the force's culture. BBC 23/9/2023 News Chris Kaba: Armed officers step back from duties after murder charge A number of police officers in London have stepped back from firearms duties after a marksman was charged with the murder of a man. BBC 23/9/2023 News Gareth O’Callaghan: Society glorifies criminals while our gardaí are given no respect REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: 'It’s becoming more difficult these days for a man or a woman to be the garda they thought they could be when they first joined' Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 23/9/2023 Feature, Opinion Sadiq Khan threatens break-up of the Met Police if it fails to reform Breaking up the Metropolitan Police was still a possibility if it did not overhaul its toxic culture, Sadiq Khan said yesterday. The mayor of London has announced measures to improve standards and restore trust in Britain’s biggest police force after it was labelled institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic in a review in March. Sir Mark Rowley, the Met commissioner, is overseeing the biggest cull in decades after scandals including the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by PC Wayne Couzens, a firearms officer. The Times - Subscription at source 23/9/2023 News ‘Gutless’ laws putting machetes into hands of young thugs AUSTRALIA: High profile youth worker Les Twentyman is calling for a ‘harder line’ on the sale of edged weapons as machete-wielding teens continue to run riot across Melbourne. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source 23/9/2023 News Juryless rape trial plans will create a ‘serious’ risk of injustice, police officers warn Scottish Government wants to pilot the scrapping of juries in rape trials – but has already attracted a major backlash. Plans to scrap juries in rape trials will create a ‘serious risk of injustice’, according to rank-and-file police officers. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) warned that allowing a judge to reach a verdict in such cases rather than a jury presents a ‘serious risk of injustice’ – and heightens the risk of unconscious bias impacting on the outcome. A series of concerns have also been raised about plans to abolish the centuries-old ‘not proven’ verdict. Mail Online 23/9/2023 News NT police officer charged with rape, choking in a domestic relationship and aggravated assault AUSTRALIA: A Northern Territory police officer is behind bars after being charged with rape. The 30-year-old male officer was arrested on Friday, according to a statement from NT Police. ABC News (Australia) 23/9/2023 News Police say officers who shot Kalgoorlie man acted in accordance with their training AUSTRALIA:A senior WA police officer says the officers involved in yesterday's fatal shooting in Kalgoorlie acted "with great courage", with the deceased man also identified for the first time. ABC News (Australia) 23/9/2023 News Hundreds of thousands of innocent people on police databases as forces expand use of facial recognition tech Police chiefs claim retrospective facial recognition searches show ‘immense potential’, including for unlocking historic crimes. But campaigners say databases contain ‘hundreds of thousands’ of innocent individuals. i News - Subscription at source 23/9/2023 News TikTok frenzies ‘putting police and schools under strain’ Police leaders and teachers' unions are warning that TikTok frenzies that encourage anti-social behaviour are putting a strain on public services. BBC 23/9/2023 News Eight-month undercover police operation in Cardiff sees 50 dealers jailed for 165 years Wales' biggest police force has hailed the success of an eight-month police operation to crack down on Class A drug dealing. South Wales Police said 50 dealers had been jailed for 165 years as part of Operation Talon. Wales Online 23/9/2023 News Sara Sharif: police release new photos in renewed appeal for clues Police say images show 10-year-old as she may have dressed in the months before her death. Detectives have issued new images of 10-year-old Sara Sharif in order to “build a picture of her life” before she was found dead. The Guardian 23/9/2023 News Police scientists urge 10,000 participants to help ‘Swab Out Crime’ with new DNA database Police and Home Office scientists are aiming to enhance their ability to identify criminals and eliminate innocent suspects in rape and other sexual offences, by creating a new anonymous UK-wide DNA database. Forensic Capability Network 22/9/2023 News Lords votes to retain West Midlands PCC ahead of next election The Levelling Up and Recognition Bill could potentially see a change in governance between the West Midlands Combined Authority and the OPCC. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/9/2023 News RCMP officer Rick O’Brien dead, 2 officers injured in Coquitlam shooting CANADA: RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien was shot and killed and two officers were injured, while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam, about 30 kilometres east of Vancouver, on Friday morning. CBC News (Canada) 22/9/2023 News GRA declines Commissioner’s offer for talks on garda rosters REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Representative Association has not accepted the Garda Commissioner's offer of talks to resolve the disputed issue of garda rosters. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 22/9/2023 News Neil Basu and Stuart Lawrence among members of Khan’s Policing Board The London Policing Board was a recommendation from the Baroness Casey Review. Neil Basu and Stuart Lawrence, brother of Stephen Lawrence, are among 12 members to form a new public scrutiny board on improvements within the Met. 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