Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115895 total results. Showing results 48241 to 48260 «240924102411241224132414241524162417Next ›Last » UK Policing institute to join project to block child abuse images Machine learning will help detect and block child sexual abuse images online Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/2/2023 News There is no logic to the targeting of police officers in the advancement of a political idea: DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, whose cousin was the first police officer to be murdered by the PIRA in 1970, said there was an alternative to shooting police officers then and there remains no justification now. The Newsletter 24/2/2023 News Federation backs Met chief’s call for 10 per cent police pay uplift West Midlands Police Federation secretary Tim Rogers is backing calls by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley for police officers to be given a 10 per cent pay increase this year. Sir Mark has warned the Government that he would struggle to meet targets for recruitment and retention while police pay continues to lag so far behind inflation. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 24/2/2023 News Wiltshire Police Chief Constable departs organisation One of the longest serving Wiltshire Police Chief Constables will depart from the organisation this weekend. Kier Pritchard, who has led the Force since 2018, has served in Wiltshire for his entire 30 years in policing. Wiltshire Police 24/2/2023 News Former Met Police officer shoots himself with gun taken from new job after DBS blunder A former Metropolitan Police officer shot himself dead with a gun from his new job after a past conviction for a violent crime was left off his criminal record, an inquest has heard. Michael Roberts, 50, was sacked as a police officer after he was convicted and jailed, but he then managed to secure a job at the UK’s gun regulator, testing new firearms at Proof House in London. Given direct access to guns, Roberts took one of the weapons home from work and used it to shoot himself in the head on August 20 last year, an inquest at St Pancras coroner’s court was told as his death was ruled as suicide. The Standard 24/2/2023 News Project tracking police-involved fatalities suggests steady increase AUSTRALIA: Figures compiled by the Tracking (In)Justice project suggests the number of people who died after encounters with police has risen annually since 2018. The figures show Black and Indigenous people are disproportionately represented in police killings. News.com.au (Australia) 24/2/2023 News, Video A man who killed his wife with a hammer is set to be released. With probation in tatters, who will protect us? Joanna Simpson’s family are right to be worried – too many violent offenders slip through the cracks of a service that is there to keep us safe. The Guardian 24/2/2023 Feature, Opinion Powerpoint and politics: inside Queensland Labor’s shock decision to lock up children for breaching bail AUSTRALIA: At a community crime forum in Toowoomba last week, the Queensland police minister, Mark Ryan, announced the government’s new youth bail plan – an “intensive supervision” program involving police doing home checks and patrols. The Guardian 24/2/2023 Analysis, Feature ‘Greater clarity’ on firearms licensing needed following Plymouth mass shooting, says chief constable Devon and Cornwall Police’s new chief constable Will Kerr says greater clarity and direction is needed on national law and associated guidance related to possession of shotguns and firearms. Police Professional 24/2/2023 News Political leaders to meet PSNI chief after shooting of officer at sports centre Political leaders in Northern Ireland will meet the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Chief Constable later in the aftermath of the shooting of a police officer in Co Tyrone. Police Professional 24/2/2023 News AFP train police in diplomatic protection AUSTRALIA: The AFP is providing diplomatic protection training for the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) ahead of the launch of its first Mobile Protection Unit (MPU). Australian Federal Police (AFP) 24/2/2023 News Women’s Refuge comes to aid of group dealing with violent men NEW ZEALAND: On Christmas Day last year, men’s welfare worker Philip Chapman decided he had had enough dealing with police safety orders. Stuff (New Zealand) 24/2/2023 News Police involvement in 999 response to mental health incidents to be reduced Police involvement in 999 responses to mental health incidents will be reduced under a new arrangement between emergency services. Police Professional 24/2/2023 News Record sea cocaine haul is even bigger than thought NEW ZEALAND: Police have completed their analysis of almost four tonnes of cocaine recovered in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 24/2/2023 News Why it’s no surprise that chief officers are repeating our call for fair pay? This week we saw something that I cannot recall ever seeing before in my 28 years’ service –chief officers, still in the job and not yet retired, taking up the Police Federation of England Wales’s (PFEW) call asking the Government for a pay award that takes account of soaring inflation. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 24/2/2023 News NAO says Common Platform still a big problem for HM Courts Service A series of problems with the new digital case management system has hindered HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s (HMCTS) court reform programme, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). UKAuthority.com 24/2/2023 News UK police have ‘culture of retention’ around biometric data A culture of retention around biometric data in UK policing is damaging public trust, says UK biometrics commissioner, who is calling for clear regulation to govern police use of biometric technologies Computer Weekly 24/2/2023 News ASIO chief highlights evolving terror threat to Australia This month’s 2023 Australian threat assessment maintained that the risk of terrorist attacks was ‘possible’ rather than ‘probable’; but Dr John Coyne, head of the Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, warns that the domestic terror threat hasn’t gone away, and that policing’s focus on early intervention around extremist beliefs could prove counter-productive. Policing Insight 24/2/2023 Analysis, Feature Vancouver Police step up patrols in the Downtown Eastside amid recent gun violence CANADA: Vancouver Police say they are temporarily increasing the number of officers in the Downtown Eastside after nearly a week of gun violence that’s left people shaken up. Global News (Canada) 24/2/2023 News, Video Last year B.C. politicians recommended a provincewide police force — but no action is being taken CANADA: Ten months ago, an all-party legislative committee recommended B.C. implement a provincial police service, replacing the current model, which consists of a patchwork of services overseen by local RCMP detachments, municipal forces, and often supplementary police services that link the two together. CBC News (Canada) 24/2/2023 News «240924102411241224132414241524162417Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
