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Macron ‘shocked’ by video of French police beating black man
EUROPE: President condemns ‘shameful aggression’ amid growing anger over apparently unprovoked assault
The Guardian 		27/11/2020
News
Victoria to introduce sobering-up centres after review finds that police should be the last resort
AUSTRALIA: The government made commitments and will introduce a new offence for police following the death of Tanya Day
The Guardian 		27/11/2020
News
Peel police call for $16.7 million budget increase for 2021
CANADA: Peel Regional Police are forecasting a $16.7 million increase in spending for 2021, the bulk of which will service a spike in salaries and benefits, and the addition of 27 officers. The budget, presented at a police board meeting Friday, calls for $462.5 million in total spending in 2021, a 3.8 per cent increase or a $316 per capita bump in the annual tax levy.
The Star (Canada) 		27/11/2020
News
Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford says she accepts all recommendations
AUSTRALIA: An audit of Queensland's firearm regulations has uncovered a raft of flaws, including police granting gun licenses to people with a history of offending behaviour.
ABC News (Australia) 		27/11/2020
News
Exclusive: Police to get unprecedented powers to arrest and search freed terrorists
Police will get unprecedented powers to arrest and search freed terrorists at any time, without the need to prove suspicion, as they prepare for the imminent release of 100 jihadists.
The Telegraph 		27/11/2020
News
Macron condemns ‘racist’ police brutality as shameful for France
President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that images showing Paris police beating up a Black music producer were shameful for France, and that the government would have to find a way to restore public confidence in the force.
The Telegraph - Subscription at source 		27/11/2020
News
Force focus: Beds, Cambs and Herts on being first forces to gain crime scene accreditation
In October, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Police (BCH) became the first forces to gain accreditation for volume crime scene examination from UKAS. Bedfordshire Police is the legal entity which delivers forensic services to all three forces and is now accredited to ISO/IEC 17020 for activities at the Hatfield site, in Hertfordshire. The three-force collaboration has five other Scenes of Crime offices which will be assessed throughout 2021.
Forensic Capability Network 		27/11/2020
Feature
Survey to examine role sport can play in tackling serious youth violence
New research is to examine how sport can divert potential offenders from knife crime and youth violence.
Police Professional 		27/11/2020
News
Pay submissions paused as frontline leaders consider next move
The fallout from the government's spending cuts announcement could include a legal challenge and forces borrowing their way out of trouble.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		27/11/2020
Feature
Officer who survived coronavirus shares his story
A City of London police officer who nearly dies after contracting COVID-19 has urged his colleagues to wear PPE and remian socially distant from each other.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		27/11/2020
News
Covid: Travel fine figures revealed by Police Scotland
Police Scotland issued 33 fixed penalty fines during the first five days of the country's tough new Covid travel restrictions.
BBC 		27/11/2020
News
New Prevent Statistics warn of increase in young men becoming fixated on violent extremism
Counter Terrorism Policing has warned that a rise in the number of boys and young men becoming interested in violent extremism without a clear ideology, on top of low levels of community reporting, show the need for friends and families to Act Early on any signs of radicalisation.
Counter Terrorism Policing 		27/11/2020
News
Quarter of women murdered by their partners previously reported abuse to police, survey finds
The study, the biggest of its kind, showed nearly two thirds of victims had been in an intimate relationship with their attacker
The Telegraph - Subscription at source 		27/11/2020
News
Thank you for your service: Providing better support for ex-service personnel in the criminal justice system
Former armed forces personnel make up the UK’s largest group of male prisoners by occupation, so what more can be done to support ex-service mean and women in the CJS? Sarah Grand-Clément, senior analyst at RAND Europe and one of the authors of a new report into the issue, believes there are more steps that police and government can take to provide targeted support to those from a military background.
Policing Insight - Subscription at source 		27/11/2020
Feature, Opinion
Sheku Bayoh death in custody Public Inquiry to begin next week
Mike Fuller appointed as one of two assessors to provide 'knowledge and experience'.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		27/11/2020
News
Almost half of UK police forces now using ‘hybrid-cloud’ to manage data
The number of UK police forces transitioning to the cloud to access and manage data has more than doubled since 2019.
Police Professional 		27/11/2020
News
‘Increasing trend’ for local resolution as police forces implement new complaints system
As police forces in England and Wales continue to implement “significant reforms” to the complaints system, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has today (November 26) published the final statistics for complaints recorded under the old system.
Police Professional 		27/11/2020
News
Investigation update regarding inappropriate photographs taken at a murder scene in Wembley
A file of evidence relating to allegations that two police officers took inappropriate photographs at a crime scene and subsequently shared them has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and fast time learning recommendations have been made to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).
Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 		27/11/2020
News
Statement from the Joint Chairs of the APCC Race Disparity Working Group
In May, David Munro and Hardyal Dhindsa, the PCCs for Surrey and Derbyshire respectively, expressed on the behalf of all PCCs how appalled and saddened we were by the death of George Floyd at the hands of US police officers. We recognised how this horrific killing and the resulting protests shone a renewed spotlight on issues of racism and disproportionality in policing and criminal justice.
Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 		27/11/2020
News
Damilola Taylor: What lessons have been learnt 20 years on?
Twenty years ago, 10-year-old schoolboy Damilola Taylor was stabbed in the leg and left to die in a south London stairwell. It took six years and three trials for brothers Danny and Ricky Preddie to be convicted of manslaughter. They were aged 12 and 13 at the time of the killing.
BBC 		27/11/2020
Analysis, Feature

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