Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98644 total results. Showing results 45641 to 45660 «227922802281228222832284228522862287Next ›Last » The UK tinkers around the edges of drug policy but it still needs national reform Local trials can attempt to minimise the harm from illegal drugs, but what the UK really needs is an overhaul of its drug policy, says Ian Hamilton British Medical Journal 11/1/2022 Feature, Opinion Policing the ‘new normal’: UK’s Online Safety Bill set to toughen rules on harmful content With online communication – and social media in particular – highlighting society’s growing prevalence of abuse and the incitement to hatred and violence, the UK’s proposed Online Safety Bill has been welcomed by many as a step towards tackling big tech’s ‘land of the lawless’; Policing Insight contributor Gareth Bryon looks at the background to the Bill, and some of the measures set to be introduced in 2022. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 11/1/2022 Analysis, Feature The Suspicious Activity Report NEW ZEALAND: The Suspicious Activity Report is produced by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), part of the New Zealand Police Financial Crime Group, currently led by Detective Inspector Christiaan Barnard. [pdf] New Zealand Police 11/1/2022 Report Client and partner survey results 2020-21 CANADA: This past year, all three groups continue to report that the RCMP is important to the safety of Canadians (public: 90%; contract partners: 99%; policing partners and stakeholders: 98%). Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 11/1/2022 Report A data ‘black hole’: Europol ordered to delete vast store of personal data EUROPE: EU police body accused of unlawfully holding information and aspiring to become an NSA-style mass surveillance agency The Guardian 10/1/2022 Analysis, Feature Policing the Pandemic The way police officers have dealt with people during the pandemic, through the ‘4 Es’ approach, has strengthened public goodwill and could serve as a model for their use of other controversial powers, according to a joint report by the crime and justice consultancy, Crest Advisory, and the Police Foundation, the UK’s policing think-tank. Crest Advisory 10/1/2022 Report Alleged assault of police members lands woman in prison AUSTRALIA: One of the police officers suffered minor injuries, including muscle strain and tenderness. The Courier (Australia) 10/1/2022 News Drugs and $26,000 cash seized from vehicle; woman charged – Orana Mid-Western PD AUSTRALIA: A woman will face court today charged after drugs and over $26,000 cash were seized in the state’s central west on the weekend. New South Wales Police Force 10/1/2022 News Novak Djokovic fans clash with police in Melbourne after tennis star wins court bid to avoid deportation AUSTRALIA: A man has been arrested and dozens of people pepper sprayed by police after a crowd of Novak Djokovic fans swarmed outside his lawyers' office after a court ordered his release from immigration detention. ABC News (Australia) 10/1/2022 News Police launch homicide investigation after death of Gisborne toddler NEW ZEALAND: Gisborne police have launched a homicide investigation into the death of a 19-month-old toddler - the second preschool child to suffer critical injuries in the city within a week. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 10/1/2022 News Police must build on their approach to the pandemic to bolster public trust and adapt to online crime, says major new report The way police officers have dealt with people during the pandemic, through the ‘4 Es’ approach, has strengthened public goodwill and could serve as a model for their use of other controversial powers, according to a joint report by the crime and justice consultancy, Crest Advisory, and the Police Foundation, the UK’s policing think-tank. The Police Foundation 10/1/2022 News A child sex offender by any other name . . . NEW ZEALAND: That 50 child sex offenders have changed their names in the past five years will instinctively raise the hackles of any community that claims to be protective of its children. Stuff (New Zealand) 10/1/2022 Feature, Opinion In case of emergency: A decade in the life of a frontline police officer NEW ZEALAND: Natural disasters, a terror attack and a pandemic are challenges Kelly Tahapehi never thought she’d face. [VIDEO] Stuff (New Zealand) 10/1/2022 Feature Metropolitan police officer faces six further charges of rape PC David Carrick to appear at Westminster magistrates court as new charges bring total to 29 alleged offences against eight women The Guardian 10/1/2022 News The Effect of the Seattle Police‐free CHOP Zone on Crime: A Microsynthetic Control Evaluation Nightly confrontations occurred between protestors and officers outside of the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD’s) East precinct in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. On June 8, 2020, the SPD abandoned the East precinct in an attempt to calm the situation. Following closure of the precinct, the Capitol Hill Occupation Protest (CHOP) took hold in the surrounding 6-block area. The CHOP occupation lasted until July 1, 2020. Over this time period, CHOP operated as an autonomous zone, with police officers not patrolling and generally not responding to calls for police service within the area. We used the microsynthetic control group method to analyze the effect of CHOP on crime during the 24-day occupation. Results indicate crime significantly increased in the CHOP zone, the encompassing two-block area, and the overall East precinct service area. Criminology and Public Policy - Registration at source 10/1/2022 Research article British police suffer spike in spitting attacks as Covid ‘weaponised’ British police officers have been subjected to a rise in attacks during the pandemic, including by people "weaponising" COVID-19, a new study has found Express 10/1/2022 News ‘Join the police to make a difference’ say officers in new ads Two new adverts featuring serving police officers already protecting their communities will be shown on TV, cinemas, YouTube, Reddit and more from today. Home Office 10/1/2022 News Drink and drug spiking reports to UK police forces rise by 50% in 4 years but very few led to criminal action Data obtained by i from 15 police forces shows that only a tiny fraction of spiking-related crimes led to a suspect being charged between 2018 and last month i News 10/1/2022 News Police officer left with broken ribs after suspected homophobic attack in Birmingham Gay Village A Birmingham police officer is recovering after being injured in an alleged homophobic assault. Pink News 10/1/2022 News Manchester Arena security continually reviewed after bomb, inquiry hears Security improvements have been made at Manchester Arena since the terror attack nearly five years ago and are "continually reviewed", a public inquiry has heard. BBC 10/1/2022 News «227922802281228222832284228522862287Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
