Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114987 total results. Showing results 4961 to 4980 «245246247248249250251252253Next ›Last » A shortage of ‘copaganda fascists’ and the need for more police pracademics This essay examines the evolving relationship between policing and academia, highlighting the increasing significance of pracademics – police practitioners with scientific training who, like embedded criminologists, bridge the gap between research and practice. The historical development of police – academic collaboration has highlighted the challenges faced by embedded criminologists amid ideological polarization within universities. Academic hostility toward policing scholarship has combined with unstable research funding to hinder objective, data-driven reform from academia. Pracademics, positioned within police organizations, can translate research into practice, address operational needs, and foster evidence-informed decision-making more efficiently than external academics. I argue that increasing the number of pracademics within police departments is essential to improving policing quality, sustaining reform, and ensuring that criminological research and evidence-based policing remain empirically grounded and practically relevant to modern law enforcement. Evidence Base 9/1/2026 Research article Police officer reached 93mph in fatal Bristol city centre car chase, court told PC Matthew Pike is on trial charged with causing death of Dr Keryl Johnson by dangerous driving in 2021 incident The Guardian 9/1/2026 News Police leadership commission wants to hear from past and serving officers and other stakeholders The police leadership commission, set up by the College of Policing (CoP) and supported by the Home Office, is seeking out views of how policing can meet its many challenges. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 9/1/2026 News No evidence of link between unregulated cannabis, human trafficking: police CANADA: Nova Scotia's premier and justice minister have referred to human trafficking when discussing why they're directing police to crack down on unregulated cannabis. But the province's two largest police forces say they don't have evidence to support a connection. The CBC's Taryn Grant has the story. CBC News (Canada) 9/1/2026 News, Video Right to protest facing ‘unprecedented crisis’ amid successive reforms A report warned that successive governments had shifted the law’s focus from facilitating peaceful protest to suppressing it. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 9/1/2026 News NSW may launch separate inquiry into Bondi Beach massacre police response AUSTRALIA: NSW Premier Chris Minns said the state may conduct a separate inquiry into the Bondi terror attack, focusing on the police response to the December 14 massacre, running in parallel to a Federal royal commission under former judge Virginia Bell. “I’ve got confidence in the royal commission, but there may be elements that need to be investigated quickly as it relates to New South Wales issues,” he told reporters in Sydney on Friday. “For purposes of full disclosure, I’m not ruling out having our own inquiry, obviously not a royal commission, about specific issues to do with New South Wales if we need quick answers.” The Nightly (Australia) 9/1/2026 News Victoria police revokes powers to allow warrantless pat-downs across inner Melbourne AUSTRALIA: Police say declaration of Melbourne CBD and surrounds as a designated area will end on 9 January, more than four months ahead of schedule The Guardian 9/1/2026 News Dyfed-Powys Police expected to face financial pressure Concerns have been raised over what has been described as a "real-terms cut" in police funding. Despite a cash increase of 4.2 per cent for Dyfed-Powys Police in 2026–27, the force is expected to face greater financial pressure due to rising costs and new national insurance contributions. Funding will rise from £163.6 million to £170.5 million in the next financial year, but much of this increase will be absorbed by inflation, currently around 3.5 per cent, and additional employer national insurance costs. County Times (Powys) 9/1/2026 News Review aims to shape future of police leadership The police leadership commission has issued a call for evidence as part of a national review into the future of police leadership in England and Wales. Established by the College of Policing with support from the Home Office, the commission is undertaking a comprehensive assessment of how police leadership must evolve to meet changing operational demands and rising public expectations. Emergency Services Times 9/1/2026 News Beyond data ceilings: rethinking how we understand missing persons Missing persons research has expanded substantially over the years, yet its analytic focus has changed quite little. This essay introduces the concept of data ceilings to examine how what is known about missing persons has been shaped by the systems through which disappearance is documented and governed. It argues that police records and police perspectives have come to structure the field not because they are comprehensive, but because they constitute the primary administrative sites through which disappearance becomes visible. It shows how police response mandates, documentation practices, data quality limitations, access constraints, and institutional perspectives function as epistemic filters, yielding an evidence base that is strongest on institutional response and weakest on lived experience, longer-term patterns, and prevention. This essay concludes that advancing missing persons scholarship requires confronting these data ceilings and expanding the field’s evidentiary and analytic horizons beyond the institutional record. Evidence Base 9/1/2026 Research article Police commissioner proposes maximum tax rise The Suffolk police and crime commissioner has proposed the maximum possible increase in council tax to ensure the county's force is "efficient and effective". BBC 9/1/2026 News Child hit by police drone after cable ‘not seen’ A Kent Police officer who quickly launched a drone which then crashed injuring a child had not spotted an overhead cable, an investigation has found. BBC 9/1/2026 News JUSTICE report calls for urgent action to establish national body for the police use of AI A new report from the charity JUSTICE into international lessons on the policing use of artificial intelligence (AI) and how these can be applied to the UK has called for the creation of an independent central body to set minimum standards for the use of AI in policing and act as a repository of good practice, in an effort to remove inconsistencies created by the 43-force structure in England and Wales, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 9/1/2026 Analysis, Feature, Innovation Inside ANZPAA Police Conference 2025: Two days shaping policing From Melbourne, ANZPAA PC25 brings together police leaders, practitioners and industry partners from across Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Across two packed days, delegates share ideas on technology, AI, wellbeing, leadership and cross-jurisdiction collaboration – with one clear theme: we’re stronger when we learn together. In this highlights reel, commissioners, frontline officers and tech partners explain why the real strength of ANZPAA is the people in the room – the networking, practical “steal-with-pride” ideas, and partnerships that turn conference insights into real-world change for safer communities. PolicingTV 9/1/2026 Feature, Video Inspirational police chief shows we can get a grip on crime Greater Manchester’s Sir Stephen Watson has transformed a failing force with his back-to-basics approach — it’s a blueprint for other cities The Times - Subscription at source 8/1/2026 Feature, Opinion Met hired child rape suspect to boost diversity Serial sex offender Cliff Mitchell was among candidates recruited despite failing background checks The Telegraph - Subscription at source 8/1/2026 News Police misconduct probe over train stabbing suspect Two police constables are being investigated for potential gross misconduct after alleged failures to investigate an assault connected to the suspect in the Huntingdon train attack. BBC 8/1/2026 News Moree selected for NSW Police Drone Trial in crime reduction effort AUSTRALIA: NSW Police’s Aviation Command (POL AIR) has launched a new drone surveillance trial in Moree, marking an Australian first in regional policing technology. Two drones were installed at Moree Police Station on Thursday, 8 January 2026, as part of a trial designed to support both proactive and rapid-response policing in the township. Operated remotely by POL AIR from Bankstown, the drones are expected to reach incidents across Moree faster than local officers, providing aerial support and real-time visibility for police on the ground. New England Times (Australia) 8/1/2026 News Should Surrey police have access to traffic cameras? CANADA: Opinions are split after Surrey city councillor Linda Annis called for local police to have greater access to traffic cameras to fight extortion and gang activity. To hear both sides of the debate, CBC’s Stephen Quinn spoke to Tamir Israel with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Eli Sopow, a retired B.C. RCMP civilian analyst and former head of the RCMP change management project. CBC News (Canada) 8/1/2026 News, Video ICE killing of driver in Minneapolis involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself USA: Minneapolis is once again the focus of debates about violence involving law enforcement after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother, in her car. The Conversation 8/1/2026 Analysis, Feature «245246247248249250251252253Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
