Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100547 total results. Showing results 40201 to 40220 «200720082009201020112012201320142015Next ›Last » Entire police force in Alabama disbanded because officer who sent racist text could not be fired USA: The city of Vincent was forced to abolish its own police department due to a policy that left it with no active officers while still paying salaries The Independent 21/8/2022 News UK police record 1m burglaries since 2017 as experts warn cost of living crisis could lead to more break-ins Figures obtained from 39 police forces under Freedom of Information (FoI) laws show officers logged at least 1,002,228 residential burglaries between April 2017 and March 2022 i News 21/8/2022 News The Low Threshold for Face Recognition in New Delhi INDIA: Police in India’s capital say they only require an 80 percent accuracy rate for matches, raising new alarm bells for civil liberty advocates. Wired 21/8/2022 News Call for UK police to work with Albania to beat gangs A top Albanian criminologist has called for the British police to work more closely with his country's counterparts to tackle organised crime. Professor Ervin Karamuco spoke after it emerged a large number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats are from Albania. Express 21/8/2022 News Most councils employing private police forces pay them per fine Despite a government ban on companies earning more by dishing out more fines, nearly 90 per cent of councils agreed to pay in this way The Telegraph - Subscription at source 21/8/2022 News Examining Individual and Aggregate Correlates of Police Killings of People with Mental Illness: A Special Gaze at Race and Ethnicity This study assesses the influences of race and ethnicity on the presence of resistant behavior during deadly police contacts with people experiencing mental illness. Drawing upon information mainly from the Mapping Police Violence Database, regression analysis showed that race/ethnicity is not a consistent predictor of resistance among people with mental illness. Hispanics with mental illness were less likely than White counterparts to attack the police before being killed. Counties with a higher percentage of the Black population have a higher likelihood of people with mental illness attacking the police. Homicide Studies - Subscription at source 21/8/2022 Research article Government and opposition back Carroll to reform QPS AUSTRALIA: Queensland’s police commissioner has been backed by both sides of politics in the state to reform the embattled police service after a week of damaging revelations that have led to at least one high-ranking departure. Brisbane Times (Australia) 21/8/2022 News More than half of hate incidents recorded last year occurred in Dublin REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: More than half of hate-related incidents occurred in the Dublin region last year, according to the latest figures from An Garda SÃochána. The findings, which were circulated by An Garda SÃochána follow a number of prominent assaults on members of the LGBTQ+ community in the capital's city centre. Most recently, a man aged in his 20s was left with facial injuries following a homophobic attack on Dublin Bus. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 21/8/2022 News Commissioner must reverse decision to sack garda accused of theft REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Court of Appeal has ruled the garda commissioner Drew Harris must reverse a decision to sack a garda who was alleged to have stolen a Bluetooth speaker from a confiscated vehicle. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 21/8/2022 News Police call monitoring could deny help to people in mental health crisis Emergency services use SIM programme that embeds officers in clinical teams to manage patients who make repeat calls The Guardian 21/8/2022 News NSW police strip-searched more than 100 children as young as 13 in two-year period AUSTRALIA: Exclusive: More than 4,400 strip searches were carried out in total between July 2020 and May 2022 The Guardian 20/8/2022 News Owami Davies: police watchdog investigates officers’ contact with missing woman Met says officers spoke to student nurse on 6 July after welfare concerns The Guardian 20/8/2022 News Winnipeg mayoral hopeful Klein says sheriffs in hospitals would free up police resources CANADA: Winnipeg mayoral candidate Kevin Klein says police resources are tied up doing things not related to their job and has proposed a plan to address it. Klein pitched the idea of having sheriffs in hospitals to help deal with people in custody receiving care, he added that having security guards get special constable status may help to alleviate Winnipeg Police officers who have to wait for hours on end for a person in custody. Winnipeg Sun (Canada) 20/8/2022 News Should Greater Victoria have a unified police force? One township’s decision is reviving the debate CANADA: Esquimalt has opted not to renew their joint policing agreement with Victoria, which expires on Dec. 31, 2023. When Esquimalt, a municipality in the southern tip of Vancouver Island, had its police force absorbed by neighbouring Victoria in 2002, Mayor Barb Desjardins says it was with the understanding that it would be the first step in creating a larger, regional police force for multiple municipalities in the Greater Victoria area. Twenty years later, that hasn't happened. CBC News (Canada) 20/8/2022 News Police officers with less than 5 years experience now make up almost half of some forces Retired chief superintendent Kevin Moore said the lack of experience was having a 'detrimental impact' on the quality of policing in the UK and blamed Government cuts post 2010 Mirror 20/8/2022 News Police boss furious as Yorkshire city named ‘most dangerous in Europe’ Bradford has been named the most dangerous city in Europe - and the police chief is not happy. A study from Expatriate Consultancy describes Bradford as "quite a dangerous city, with crime rates almost twice the national average". The West Yorkshire city tops a list of the 10 most dangerous cities on the continent. Coventry is ranked in second place. Yorkshire Live 20/8/2022 News Met Police respond to mental health-related emergencies every 11 minutes Britain's biggest police force responds to mental health-related emergencies every 11 minutes. The Sun 20/8/2022 News Gangs will meet police on ‘neutral turf’ in bid to tackle violent crime Strategy has been widely deployed in US cities, reducing serious crime by a third The Telegraph - Subscription at source 20/8/2022 News Victoria police issue list of demands AUSTRALIA: Victoria’s police union has issued a list of demands to both major political parties to better protect officers. The list comes three months out from the state election, where law and order will be a major focus. News.com.au (Australia) 20/8/2022 News, Video Pressure shifts to Chief Superintendent Ray Rohweder after Paul Taylor’s resignation as Queensland Police deputy commissioner AUSTRALIA: The resignation of the now former Queensland Police deputy police commissioner Paul Taylor over inappropriate comments he made during a speech has put pressure on another senior police officer to do the same. The comments made by Mr Taylor and Chief Superintendent Ray Rohweder came to light this week during the final days of the Commission of Inquiry into QPS Responses to Domestic and Family Violence. ABC News (Australia) 20/8/2022 News «200720082009201020112012201320142015Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
