Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114894 total results. Showing results 381 to 400 «161718192021222324Next ›Last » Drug-drive crackdown hits the skids Funding row means no cash to train local officers in testing. The flagship campaign to tackle drug-driving, one of the main threats to life on Scotland’s roads, is in jeopardy due to a funding row. Police Scotland wanted to enable local officers across the country to test and bring to justice those who drive under the influence of illegal substances. 1919 Magazine 2/6/2026 News Time-saving tool to trace missing people with dementia Police hope technology can speed up time it takes to find vulnerable missing people. A scheme to trace some of the most vulnerable people when they go missing could help hundreds more by giving officers crucial information at the touch of a button. 1919 Magazine 2/6/2026 News Annual Recruitment Report – 2 June 2026 This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority People Committee with an overview of activity and progress within Police Scotland’s HR Resourcing department, demonstrating its role in the delivery and sustainability of strategic outcomes. It highlights key developments against strategic commitments, evaluates the impact on organisational performance and risk mitigation, and outlines how improvement activity continues to address findings from the HMICS Thematic Inspection of Police Scotland Training and Development Phase 2 and the more recent internal audit of Recruitment & Retention. Scottish Police Authority (SPA) 2/6/2026 Report Demands for front line investment as Scots warn cops are less visible A new opinion poll raises concerns about the erosion of community policing. More than half of Scots think police officers are less visible in their communities, sparking demands for the new government to prioritise investment in the front line. 1919 Magazine 2/6/2026 News Body-worn video credited for fall in assaults on officers The number of complaints and allegations being made by the public about frontline cops is also falling 1919 Magazine 2/6/2026 News Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/6/2026 News Illegal e-bikes to be crushed as NSW Police, Transport officers given new powers AUSTRALIA: NSW Police and Transport officers can seize these e-bikes and Transport for NSW will crush them under changes approved on Thursday. NewsCop (Australia) 2/6/2026 News Animal abuse disclosures could provide life-saving information for those at domestic violence risk from partners Proposals for an Animal Protection Disclosure Scheme, known as Holly’s Law and modelled on Clare’s Law (the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme), could soon be debated in the UK Parliament; former police officer Mark Randell, a campaign manager at the Naturewatch Foundation, explained to Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons why the link between animal abuse and coercive control and violence could be crucial in tackling domestic abuse, and how officers can play their part. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/6/2026 Analysis, Feature, Interview Investigation underway after pedestrian struck by police vehicle – St Leonards AUSTRALIA: An investigation is underway after a pedestrian was hit by a police vehicle in Sydney’s North Shore today. New South Wales Police Force 2/6/2026 News Victoria Police operation expanded to Geelong shopping centres AUSTRALIA: The operation – which has been running across Melbourne’s largest shopping centres since December – will see teams of police and Protective Services Officers (PSOs) deploy to Geelong for the first time. Inside State Government (Australia) 2/6/2026 News Jonathan Hinder: From police officer to MP Jonathan Hinder MP reflects on the unusual path that took him from frontline policing into Parliament. Having served for nearly a decade in the Metropolitan Police before leaving in 2022, he explains how working through austerity-era policing, neighbourhood cuts and organisational change shaped his political thinking and gave him a frontline view of what policy decisions really mean in practice. The interview also explores the challenge of stepping away from a policing career to enter politics mid-career, the demands of standing for election, and the intensity of life as a new MP in a turbulent political moment. It is a thoughtful discussion about service, public life and why more people with real policing experience in Parliament may matter. PolicingTV 2/6/2026 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Quebec opens investigation into police response after officer shot, killed teen CANADA: Quebec’s domestic security minister has opened an investigation linked to the police shooting of a 15-year-old boy in September on Montreal’s South Shore. CP24 (Canada) 1/6/2026 News A review of open data efforts on police use of force This article presents a new police use-of-force data resource, along with exploratory findings. We compiled publicly available police use-of-force datasets published by cities in the United States and published a GitHub repository with the variables contained in each dataset and the corresponding links to the datasets. In our exploratory analysis, we find that use-of-force coding varies across datasets, as does the availability of demographic and spatial information. Thus, practitioners and scholars interested in analyzing specific topics, such as how use of force varies spatially or by officer and/or civilian demographics, can use our new resource to access the datasets that include that information. This resource can also be used to inform research, policy, and practice on the transparency of police departments. Our new resource can be used by police agencies that are trying to collect and publish use-of-force data through new access to a centralized repository of practices of other jurisdictions. Evidence Base 1/6/2026 Research article When police charged footballer Tom Starling with assault, one detective broke ranks AUSTRALIA: As rugby league player Tom Starling, torn shirt, bloodied face and concussed, paced his police cell, a veteran detective's phone started to ring. ABC News (Australia) 1/6/2026 News, Video No charges for off-duty Manitoba RCMP officer who handcuffed girl playing ding-dong ditch CANADA: Manitoba's police watchdog is not charging an off-duty police officer who chased and handcuffed a 13-year-old girl who was with a group of teens playing ding-dong ditch in Brandon last fall. CBC News (Canada) 1/6/2026 News New 360-degree cameras are helping Peel police solve crimes in Brampton, mayor says CANADA: Mayor Patrick Brown says cameras helped police in over 200 investigations in past year. New camera technology deployed in Brampton helped Peel police in more than 200 investigations in the past year, Mayor Patrick Brown says. The city has installed 360-degree high-resolution cameras, along with automated licence plate recognition technology, at 50 intersections at a cost of $2 million, Brown told reporters at a news conference on Monday. CBC News (Canada) 1/6/2026 News ‘Alarming’: One in four drivers fail drug tests amid police operations AUSTRALIA: Queensland Police have charged 31 people with 94 offences and found one in four drivers drug-positive during two major crackdown operations across the... NT News (Australia) - Subscription at source 1/6/2026 News Brandon police to start using body cameras this week CANADA: Brandon Police Service says it plans to have more than 60 cameras in use by end of year CBC News (Canada) 1/6/2026 News Winnipeg police staffing grows relative to population for first time in more than a decade CANADA: Statistics also show use of force dropped, complaints increased in 2025. The number of Winnipeg police officers relative to the city's population increased in 2025 for the first time in more than a decade, a new report to the Winnipeg Police Board says. The board's annual Environment for Policing in Winnipeg report says the city had 166.8 police officers per 100,000 residents last year, up from 164.8 in 2024. It marks the first increase in the ratio since 2013. CBC News (Canada) 1/6/2026 News Surrey police board ousts Chief Norm Lipinski as head of force CANADA: Lipinski was the first chief of the Surrey Police Service, the city's new municipal force. Surrey Police Chief Norm Lipinski has until Thursday at 4 p.m. to resign or be terminated without cause from his position, Postmedia has learned. Lipinski was placed on leave following a meeting on Monday morning with the Surrey police board. He turned in his badge and left police headquarters, according to a source who did not want to be identified because they are not authorized to speak on the matter. Vancouver Sun (Canada) 1/6/2026 News «161718192021222324Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
