Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114980 total results. Showing results 4221 to 4240 «208209210211212213214215216Next ›Last » Police panel says it has ‘lost confidence’ in PCC A crime panel has said it has "lost confidence" in Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne over her attendance at a protest march over an asylum seeker camp in Crowborough. BBC 30/1/2026 News Government sets out final police funding settlement for 2026/27 Overall funding for the policing system in England and Wales for 2026/27, including to police forces and wider system funding, will be up to £21 billion, an increase of around £1.3 billion when compared with the 2025/26 funding settlement, the Policing Minister has confirmed. Police Professional 30/1/2026 News Police Scotland secures continued funding to tackle retail crime for next three years Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce will continue its work to tackle shoplifting and violence against staff after securing funding in the draft budget for 2026/27. The Taskforce was launched in April last year following £3 million investment from the Scottish government to combat a rise in retail crime. Police Professional 30/1/2026 News Sixteen officers and two staff served misconduct notices over contact with murdered woman These include 15 officers, two police staff members and one former officer, who were involved in logging information, risk assessments and safeguarding decisions. More than a dozen officers have been served with misconduct notices over contact Devon and Cornwall Police had with a woman before she was murdered by her estranged husband. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/1/2026 News Police mergers are a ‘London centric power grab’ and a ‘death knell for local policing’ That's the view of Durham's Police and Crime Commissioner, Joy Allen, who has raised concerns over proposals to merge England and Wales' 43 forces into 12 regional teams. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/1/2026 News Forces and EA collaboration sees two men arrested after 150m mountain of waste dumped The two men were arrested as part of a joint-investigation between Thames Valley Police, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and Surrey Police into illegal tipping of waste at a site close to the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/1/2026 News Probation still struggling to protect the public Russell Webster reviews the findings of the first in a series of 'dynamic inspections' of public protection. In October last year (2025), the Chief Inspector of Probation Martin Jones took the unprecedented step of pausing the inspectorate’s core inspection programme to try to drive up the probation service’s performance at protecting the public. The inspectorate had judged two thirds of the cases it had inspected in the last year were failing in this crucial activity. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/1/2026 News New rural and wildlife crime policing strategy focuses on tackling organised criminality using the 4Ps approach A new rural and wildlife crime policing strategy for England and Wales incorporates the ‘4Ps’ approach of prevent, pursue, protect and prepare to tackle criminal activity, alongside increased police powers, greater co-operation and better use of technology, with a particular focus on the actions of organised crime groups that are blighting rural communities, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 30/1/2026 Analysis, Feature Serious Violence Duty evaluation RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: This report presents the findings of a process evaluation of the Serious Violence Duty, which was introduced in 2022 as a statutory requirement to prevent and reduce serious violence. It places a duty on local authorities, police, and other public sector bodies such as youth justice services, to work in partnership to tackle serious violence across all of England and Wales. The statutory guidance can be found here: Serious Violence Duty This evaluation examines how partnership working was achieved and sustained, and reports areas’ assessments of the outcomes of the Serious Violence Duty. The report also provides recommendations to support the further development of multi-agency approaches. Home Office 30/1/2026 Report Dorset Police confirms it is testing the use of AI in policing Dorset Police confirmed it is testing the use of AI in policing, in a statement from the Superintendent, Emma Sweetzer: “We are currently exploring how the use of Live Facial Recognition could help us bring offenders to justice and keep the residents and visitors of Dorset safe.” Daily Echo (Bournemouth) 30/1/2026 News North Yorkshire Police could lose 21 officers due to budget cuts North Yorkshire Police may have to reduce the force by 21 officers to help balance the budget, it has emerged. The reduction is the worst-case scenario outlined in a report for the Police, Fire and Crime Panel, which will meet next week to agree the force’s share of the council tax bill for 2026/27. York Mix 30/1/2026 News Police misconduct notices after lecturer’s murder A police watchdog has served 18 misconduct notices related to a force's actions in the lead up to the murder of a university lecturer. As part of the Independent Office for Police Conduct's (IOPC) inquiries, 15 Devon and Cornwall police officers, two police staff members and one former officer have been served with misconduct and gross misconduct notices. The IOPC is investigating what contact Claire Chick, a lecturer at the University of Plymouth, had with the force prior to her murder on 22 January 2025. BBC 30/1/2026 News Gardaí in white-collar crime agency want out over ‘toxic work culture’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: More than half of gardaí assigned to the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) are seeking to leave amid reports of a ‘toxic work culture’, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard yesterday, writes Jamie McCarron. Business Plus (Republic of Ireland) 30/1/2026 News Do gardaí need martial arts training? REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A motion from a Dublin city councillor suggests they do. Last August, independent Councillor Malachy Steenson added a motion to the agenda of Dublin City Council – which has yet to be debated, but has been moving up the list towards its day in the chamber – calling for gardaí to be given “effective martial arts skills”. Steenson said by phone recently that he was concerned by a video of an arrest on O’Connell Street that saw four or five gardaí required to successfully restrain and cuff one individual. Dublin InQuirer (Republic of Ireland) 30/1/2026 News Inside Andrew Coster’s resignation after a damning police watchdog report NEW ZEALAND: Former police commissioner Andrew Coster told staff he was "sorry" to be leaving the Social Investment Agency following a scathing report by the police watchdog. Coster resigned from the Social Investment Agency (SIA) last year following the police watchdog's damning report into police's response to allegations of sexual offending by former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ has obtained a series of messages and emails from Coster in relation to his resignation under the Official Information Act. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 30/1/2026 News Dozens of Victoria Police employees caught drink-driving over nearly a decade AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police recorded seven drink-driving detections among its workforce last financial year, matching its five-year average. A custody officer accused of fleeing after crashing his vehicle while he had three times the legal blood-alcohol limit is among the seven Victoria Police employees caught drink-driving last financial year. The off-duty custody officer was charged with three offences in November 2024 after his car struck a traffic-light pole in Keysborough. The 44-year-old allegedly fled the scene, before police eventually located the man who returned a blood-alcohol reading of 0.159. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - Subscription at source 30/1/2026 News Chery family SUVs join police fleet in NSW, but not to catch criminals AUSTRALIA: More Chinese cars have earned their stripes in Australia – this time, a pair of Chery family SUVs in NSW – but there are no lights and sirens to be seen. Two plug-in hybrid Chery family SUVs have become the latest Chinese cars enlisted by police forces in Australia. As with an LDV G10 loaned to NSW Police before it, the Tiggo 7 and Tiggo 9 Super Hybrids will not be operational patrol cars with lights and sirens, used for chasing stolen cars or writing speeding fines. Instead, they have been loaned for "youth outreach, crime prevention initiatives and community engagement" programs under the Burwood Crime Prevention Unit, which covers western Sydney suburbs from Earlwood to Rhodes. Drive (Australia) 30/1/2026 News Queensland Police to trial new blackspot technology AUSTRALIA: Queensland Police are set to embark on a trial of new technology to overcome communications blackspot issues, particularly in rural and regional parts of the state. The trial, which will commence in the Western Downs region from March, will see police vehicles fitted with modern technology along with mobile kits to deliver high speed internet and critical communications to navigate the state’s blackspots. Inside State Government (Australia) 30/1/2026 News Law to prevent domestic violence on the books for 3 years, but still not in effect CANADA: Proponents of the law say the delay may cost lives, but government offers no timeline. When Colette Martin’s ex-partner stabbed her 37 times, it wasn’t the first time he’d committed violence against someone he'd been in a relationship with. But Martin, of Baie-Sainte-Anne in northeastern New Brunswick, only learned of the man's earlier violence when she attended his trial for the violence he committed against her. Had she known about this history, Martin said, she would have been able to make different decisions about her relationship. Three years ago, the province passed a law to give police the legal authority to disclose a person’s history of intimate partner violence. CBC News (Canada) 30/1/2026 News Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge. Domestic abusers are increasingly using AI, smartwatches and other technology to attack and control their victims, a domestic abuse charity says. The Guardian 30/1/2026 News «208209210211212213214215216Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
