Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115905 total results. Showing results 45121 to 45140 «225322542255225622572258225922602261Next ›Last » West Midlands Police Federation question’s force’s rejoin scheme A police federation says a plan to retain experienced officers needs to offer better financial incentives. West Midlands Police's Rejoiners Scheme encourages retiring or recently retired workers to consider going back to work. BBC 17/5/2023 News Home Office tells Prince Harry police officers are NOT for hire as ‘private bodyguards for the wealthy’: Duke’s offer to pay for security would set ‘unacceptable’ precedent, court told Prince Harry was told by the Home Office that there are some things money can't buy - including personal armed police guards. The estranged Duke is pressing on with a legal bid to maintain, when in Britain, the Royal and Specialist Protection command (RASP) armed squad who protected him when he was a working royal, before the acrimonious fall-out with his family. When told he no longer qualified for its protection after leaving for America with wife Meghan, his offer to pay for it was declined. Now he is arguing in court he should have been allowed to do so, in the same way football clubs pay for officers to maintain order at matches. Mail Online 17/5/2023 News ‘Do not take suicides at face value’, police force told Police should not take suicides at "face value" following the death of a domestic abuse victim, a report said. A Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) into the death of a woman in Peterborough in 2021 said there were "numerous indications" of relationship issues at the scene, which were "ignored". BBC 17/5/2023 News UK prisons are at 99% capacity Magistrates have been given the power to jail people for longer Wales Online 17/5/2023 News Meeting Dubai Police Scientific Council member and Bond University Professor Lotti Tajouri French-born Professor Lotti Tajouri is a Professor at Bond University, on the Gold Coast in Australia, in the field of Molecular Genetics. He is a member of Dubai Police Scientific Council. In this interview with PolicingTV Founder and Publisher, Bernard Rix, he explains a little more about his background, about his work on the Dubai Police Scientific Council, and offers an expert insight into how molecular biology provides opportunities for terrorism - and how policing might take suitable steps to prepare. PolicingTV 17/5/2023 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Trends in violent crime This article presents recent data on violent crime in England and Wales published by the Office for National Statistics. UK Parliament 16/5/2023 Report Met Police officer charged with rape after 2019 incident PC Callum Utley, 24, was charged by Thames Valley Police in connection with an incident while he was off duty in Buckinghamshire in 2019, the force said. BBC 16/5/2023 News Victims and Prisoners Bill: call for written evidence Do you have relevant expertise and experience or a special interest in the Victims and Prisoners Bill, which is currently passing through Parliament? UK Parliament 16/5/2023 News Albanian prisoners paid by UK government to return home ALBANIA: Albanian authorities have confirmed that most of its citizens forcibly sent back home from the UK this year were convicted of crimes there. The BBC has spoken to those men sent home, and learnt that some prisoners were offered £1,500 to leave - and some plan to come back. BBC 16/5/2023 News UK police forces could soon roll out facial recognition cameras Policing minister Chris Philp is understood to be pushing behind closed doors to expand the use of the controversial AI-driven technology. Mail Online 16/5/2023 News Police recruitment crisis putting officers and community ‘at risk’ AUSTRALIA: The organisation representing police unions across the country says officers and the community will be at risk if a recruitment crisis isn't addressed soon. "We're in a crisis situation at this point in time," said Ian Leavers, president of the Queensland Police Union and the Police Federation of Australia. "It is a real challenge, not only recruiting but in the retention of police across Australia. ABC News (Australia) 16/5/2023 News Mental health care affecting frontline police – PCC A crisis in mental health care is forcing police officers to divert from frontline duties, the Surrey police and crime commissioner (PCC) said. Lisa Townsend said two Surrey officers recently spent a week supporting one vulnerable person. BBC 16/5/2023 News Ministers looking at body-worn facial recognition technology for police Ministers are calling for facial recognition technology to be “embedded” in everyday policing, including potentially linking it to the body-worn cameras officers use as they patrol streets. Until now, police use of live facial recognition in England and Wales has been limited to special operations such as football matches or the coronation. The Guardian 16/5/2023 News Government urged to ‘look into’ Gsoc as garda faces charges over car chase REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Labour TD Alan Kelly has urged the Government to “look into” the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc), labelling plans to prosecute a member for doing “his duty” as “outrageous”. Mr Kelly said the public is “outraged” at the decision to charge the guard and called for a debate on Gsoc, which he said is “desperately needed”. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 16/5/2023 News ‘Grave concern’ that target to recruit 1,000 extra gardaí will fall short – GRA REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí are facing a recruitment and retention crisis that is unprecedented in scale, a representative body has warned. The Garda Representative Association (GRA) said a year-end target of adding 1,000 new gardaí to the ranks will “clearly not be achieved”. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 16/5/2023 News Government’s Garda recruitment targets falling short by more than 30% REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Nearly one in three Garda recruits not taking up their places at Garda College despite being successful in recruitment process. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 16/5/2023 News Prince Harry begins second legal case against Home Office over personal security A decision to not allow the Duke of Sussex to pay for police protection while in the UK was unlawful, his lawyers have claimed, as he launched a second legal challenge against the Home Office over his security arrangements. At a high court hearing in London, lawyers for Prince Harry argued he should be given the go-ahead to bring a case over the decision of the executive committee for the protection of royalty and public figures (referred to in court papers as Ravec) that people should not be allowed to pay privately for their protective security. Lawyers for the Home Office argued it was not appropriate for “wealthy people” to be able to “buy” specialist armed police protective security. The Guardian 16/5/2023 News Prince Harry UK police protection ‘would allow rich to buy armed officers’ The Duke of Sussex’s demand to be allowed to pay for police bodyguards would allow the wealthy to “buy” armed officers prepared to put their lives on the line, the Home Office has warned. Prince Harry complained to the High Court that a ruling, made by a committee representing Elizabeth II, the home secretary and police chiefs, which said that he was no longer entitled to taxpayer-funded specialist protection, should not prevent him paying for officers. The Times - Subscription at source 16/5/2023 News Police banned from ‘fishing expeditions’ in rape cases By Monidipa Fouzder16 May 2023 Police will be banned from going on ‘expansive fishing expeditions’ for information such as therapy notes in rape cases, the government has confirmed. The Ministry of Justice announced yesterday that rape complainants will no longer face unnecessary and invasive requests from the police to access their therapy notes or other personal records. The Victims and Prisoners Bill will be amended to state that police should only request material that is absolutely necessary and proportionate. The Law Society Gazette 16/5/2023 News Police get 200 tip-offs for 22 unidentified murdered women EUROPE: Police have had more than 200 tip-offs about unidentified women murdered in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. It comes a week after the three countries launched a campaign with global policing agency Interpol to find the names of 22 women, whose bodies were discovered between 1976 and 2019. It is the first time Interpol has gone public with a list seeking information about unidentified bodies. BBC 16/5/2023 News «225322542255225622572258225922602261Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
