Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96120 total results. Showing results 39641 to 39660 «197919801981198219831984198519861987Next ›Last » Expert warned against wrist X-rays used by AFP to prosecute children as adult people smugglers AUSTRALIA: An expert radiologist says Australian federal police continued to use wrist X-rays to prosecute children as adult people smugglers after he had given unequivocal evidence of the technique’s unreliability, something he now says was “just wrong” and akin to “child abuse”. The Guardian 3/5/2022 News Lisa Townsend: New police powers to tackle disruptive protesters are long overdue The latest incarnation of those who seek to disrupt the life and travel of ordinary people who are just trying to get to work, appointments or to see family is ‘Just Stop Oil’. Surrey Police made 35 arrests last Thursday after protestors at Clacket Lane and Cobham Services on the M25 blocked access to fuel, caused criminal damage to petrol pumps and glued themselves to signs, pumps, and a tanker. Conservative Home 3/5/2022 Feature, Opinion Met police commissioner: likely candidates to succeed Cressida Dick The possible contenders remaining in the race to take the top job in London policing The Guardian 3/5/2022 News Police plan major nationwide crackdown on gangs NEW ZEALAND: Police are planning a major nationwide crackdown on gangs. The six-month-long operation, dubbed Operation Cobalt, is scheduled to begin in late June, Stuff has learned. Stuff (New Zealand) 3/5/2022 News Former Leeds police officer charged with child sex abuse A former West Yorkshire police officer has been charged with historic sexual offences against two children. BBC 3/5/2022 News Nearly nine in ten London car thefts go unsolved by police, according to new study Nearly nine in ten car thefts go unsolved in London, according to analysis by the Liberal Democrats. The Standard 3/5/2022 News Police accept IPCA findings on use of force during Christchurch arrest NEW ZEALAND: Police accept the IPCA’s finding that an officer from the Canterbury District in Christchurch was justified in using force against a youth, referred to in the report as Mr Z, during his arrest. New Zealand Police 3/5/2022 News Use of force in arrest of Christchurch youth justified NEW ZEALAND: On 8 November 2020, Police were justified in using force to effect the arrest of a youth for a suspected family harm incident and breaching a protection order in Christchurch. Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) (New Zealand) 3/5/2022 Report Police numbers in Scotland drop to lowest level since 2008 as SNP accused of ignoring public safety Many cops are said to have delayed their retirement from Police Scotland so they could serve during the pandemic. Daily Record 3/5/2022 News White, male field likely in search for new Met head as frontrunner steps aside Decision by Lynne Owens not to apply leaves former top officer turned thriller writer Mark Rowley a favourite The Guardian 3/5/2022 News Nottinghamshire police boss Caroline Henry caught speeding five times A police and crime commissioner (PCC) who pledged to crack down on speeding was caught breaking a 30mph limit five times in four months. BBC 3/5/2022 News Teenager accused of UK terror plot took photos of police station, court told Luke Skelton, 18, allegedly carried out ‘hostile reconnaissance’ and believed he was engaged in a race war The Guardian 3/5/2022 News From ground to air: How police use drones in their search for missing people Their roles could not be more different but their goal is the same - to find missing people. Sergeant Steven Pollock is part of the Air Support Unit, helping to provide a Scotland-wide eye in the sky to help trace vulnerable people. Glasgow Times 3/5/2022 Feature Gender, Police Culture, and Structured Ambivalence: Navigating ‘fit’ With the Brotherhood, Boys’ Club, and Sisterhood Women are increasingly represented in policing; however, inclusion alone will not eradicate existing structural and cultural barriers to meaningful change. Insights from interviews with ninety-one Canadian women police of varied rank and tenure, demonstrate women’s experiences of structured ambivalence as they strategically deploy and resist gendered policing narratives of the Brotherhood, Boys’ Club, and Sisterhood to negotiate their own ‘fit.’ In this way, they both challenge and reinforce gendered boundaries that create barriers to meaningful transformation. These findings demonstrate the need for change initiatives to address the complex and ever-shifting role of gender in policing organizations. Feminist Criminology 3/5/2022 Research article Financial Crime Scripting: Introducing A Financial Perspective to the Dutch Cocaine Trade The Netherlands operates as a distribution hub for cocaine, due to its transit characteristics cocaine is imported from South America and distributed to the rest of Europe. To enhance the financial approach to organized crimes, this article proposes a new crime script: a financial crime script. With a special focus on the importing stage, 76 Dutch court rulings are analyzed to make a first financial crime script. This financial crime script provides new insight into the proceeds, costs, and means of payment of criminal organizations and therefore could aid law enforcement in calculating criminal gains. Police Journal 3/5/2022 Research article Meeting Tina Orr-Munro, author of crime novel Breakneck Point and former Editor of Policing Insight Policing Insight and PolicingTV Publisher Bernard Rix recently met Tina Orr Munro, author of crime novel Breakneck Point and former Editor of Policing Insight, for a Policing Friendship Tour walk-and-talk along part of the Tarka Trail near Barnstaple, Devon. Prior to writing Breakneck Point, her debut crime novel, Tina trained and worked as a Crime Scene Investigator for many years, then became a police and crime journalist. She and her family live in North Devon, the setting for Breakneck Point. Her time as a CSI provided much of the inspiration for the novel. PolicingTV 3/5/2022 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Nova Scotia mass shooting gunman drew police attention 10 years before killings CANADA: A new document shows that the gunman who killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia had been on the radar of police up to a decade before his two-day rampage in April 2020. Coast Reporter (Canada) 3/5/2022 News Privacy guidance on facial recognition for police agencies CANADA: Facial recognition (FR) has emerged as a powerful technology that can pose serious risks to privacy. Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada 3/5/2022 Report ‘Rolling Thunder’ convoy cost Ottawa police about $3M: board chair CANADA: The “Rolling Thunder” protest in the national capital over the weekend cost an estimated $2.5 to $3 million to police, says the chair of Ottawa’s police services board. Global News (Canada) 3/5/2022 News, Video Ireland to share face biometrics with EU to tackle crime on wider scale REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Ireland will share the face biometrics of suspects and convicted criminals with other European Union countries. BiometricUpdate.com 3/5/2022 News «197919801981198219831984198519861987Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
