Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103185 total results. Showing results 43361 to 43380 «216521662167216821692170217121722173Next ›Last » Meeting Richard Ullger, Royal Gibraltar Police Commissioner Policing Insight and PolicingTV Publisher Bernard Rix recently met Richard Ullger, the Commissioner of Police for the Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP). Richard and Bernard discuss some of the RGP's policing successes and the challenges, ranging from recruitment and diversity; how, with its limited resources, the force meets challenge of preventing and tackling international and local crime; and how Brexit continues to have an impact on the force's work. PolicingTV 8/8/2022 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Met officers accused of cutting woman’s clothes off in ‘unjustified’ strip search Two Met Police officers are facing disciplinary proceedings over claims a female detainee’s clothes were cut off with scissors in an “unjustified” strip-search witnessed by male officers. The Standard 8/8/2022 News Hundreds of children strip searched by Met police in ‘traumatic’ experiences faced no further action In 2018, three-quarters of all children strip searched, and 70 per cent of those strip searched without an appropriate adult, were black boys, Dame Rachel de Souza’s report found i News 8/8/2022 News Armed police sent to heart attack patients as crisis-hit NHS buckles under surging demand Officers becoming ‘first, last and only resort’ due to NHS staffing shortage, warns watchdog The Independent 8/8/2022 News New guidance on street-based sexual harassment Street harassment such as cyber-flashing, up-skirting or the exposure of genitals in a public place are crimes which can and will be prosecuted the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has stressed, as new legal guidance is published today. Even one-off incidents of “cat-calling” could be classed as offences under existing public order laws. Police Professional 8/8/2022 News New data reveals extent of child strip-searches by MPS The strip-search of a black girl by police at school in east London was not an isolated case, England’s children’s commissioner has said. Dame Rachel de Souza requested data from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) after details of the “Child Q” incident became public in March. Police Professional 8/8/2022 News Winnipeg police get funding to boost blockchain-related cybercrimes investigation unit CANADA: The Manitoba provincial government is providing new funding to the police department in its capital city, the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS), to upskill the force in fighting digital assets-related cybercrimes. Manitoba’s Minister for Justice Kelvin Goertzen announced in a press release that CAD100,000 (almost U.S.$78,000) has been approved for the WPS from the Manitoba Criminal Property Forfeiture Fund. Coin Geek 8/8/2022 News Vic Police take on IBAC recommendations AUSTRALIA: Aboriginal cultural awareness training is being rolled out to all Victorian police officers as one of 10 recommendations handed down in an anti-corruption commission report. In May, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, Victoria's police oversight body, examined the force's handling of 41 complaints from Aboriginal people and its oversight of 13 serious incidents involving an Indigenous person. IBAC Commissioner Robert Redlich said the findings highlighted systemic and longstanding failures within Victoria Police's complaints-handling processes. The Advocate (Australia) 8/8/2022 News Head of Queenland police union says no widespread cultural problem in domestic violence response AUSTRALIA: Ian Leavers’ affidavit in response to inquiry says failings in responding to such incidents more likely caused by ‘workload pressures or inadequate training’ The Guardian 8/8/2022 News Electric police cars in Gloucestershire have only run out of power twice while on duty, FOI reveals Police and Crime Commissioner Chris Nelson had previously said he has heard "lots of stories" of police officers struggling to find charging points and electric vehicles would "run out of puff" Gloucestershire Live 8/8/2022 News Police chiefs accused of keeping crime commissioners in the dark A transparency row has erupted between chief constables and police and crime commissioners after the elected officials complained that they were being blocked from briefings about force failings. The National Police Chiefs’ Council concluded that it was “inappropriate” for police and crime commissioners (PCCs) to attend briefings with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), the watchdog that carries out evaluations of forces. The Times - Subscription at source 8/8/2022 News Police ordered to consult victims of crime when releasing suspects on bail Police officers will have to seek the views of victims before deciding how they release criminal suspects in a reform of bail rules, The Times has learnt. Victims are to be asked about their “perception of future risk of harm” as part of an initiative aimed at reducing repeat violence by suspects who are under police investigation. The Times - Subscription at source 8/8/2022 News Report upskirting and cyberflashing to the police, victims told CPS move comes after it was found most women don’t think some forms of harassment are serious enough to report them The Guardian 8/8/2022 News Street harassment will end in charges, Crown Prosecution Service vows People responsible for sexual harassment in the street can - and will be - charged, new guidance to prosecutors in England and Wales says. The Crown Prosecution Service suggests even one-off incidents of "cat-calling" could be classed as offences under existing public order laws. The CPS warned of charges for "sexually threatening or abusive" comments. BBC 8/8/2022 News Colombia: New left-wing leader wants global drugs rethink COLUMBIA: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called for a fresh global strategy to combat illegal drugs trafficking. Speaking at his inauguration, the country's first ever left-wing leader declared the "war on drugs" a failure. BBC 8/8/2022 News Covid fines disproportionality driven by officer ‘uncertainty’ and ‘perception of offender attitudes’, says new research Covid fixed penalty notices were issued to BAME individuals in England and Wales at up to twice the rate as white individuals; now a new report has found that officer ‘discomfort and uncertainty’ of the regulations led to a focus on ‘blatant’ breaches, with fines more dependent on the circumstance of the breach and the how officers perceived an individual’s attitude and responses to them, than on the potential risk of harm, as Policing Insight’s Keith Potter reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 8/8/2022 Analysis, Feature Revealed: Met police strip-searched 650 children in two-year period The children’s commissioner for England has denounced the Metropolitan police’s record on child protection after new data revealed that 650 children were strip-searched over a two-year period and the majority were found to be innocent of the suspicions against them. The Guardian 8/8/2022 News Police fail to solve a single theft in more than eight out of 10 neighbourhoods Victims’ watchdogs say the ‘shocking’ data showed that theft from the person had been ‘effectively decriminalised’ The Telegraph - Subscription at source 7/8/2022 News Provincial police force could help mitigate gang-related violence and crimes: Wally Oppal CANADA: A provincial police force with deeper, local relationships and context could help mitigate gang-related violence and crimes, according to former Attorney General Wally Oppal. “It involves community input where a local force may have officers with more contacts on the ground,” said Oppal. He added that ideally there should be regional police forces, such as one for the Interior, the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, that work together and share information. Vancouver Sun (Canada) 7/8/2022 News Cybercrime rampant in New Zealand and cases not investigated until there’s multiple victims NEW ZEALAND: When Kimbrian Van Loggerenberg bought a television online that never arrived he went to the police with all the information about the person who scammed him, including a name, address and bank account number. But, instead of looking into his case he was told there would be no police investigation as the crime simply wasn't a priority. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 7/8/2022 News «216521662167216821692170217121722173Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
