Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115935 total results. Showing results 49961 to 49980 «249524962497249824992500250125022503Next ›Last » David Carrick: One of the ‘Most shocking cases involving a serving officer’ it has dealt with, says CPS The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says the case of David Carrick who pleaded guilty to multiple rapes and other serious sexual offences is “one of the most shocking” it has dealt with involving a serving police officer. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News NPCC responds to guilty pleas from serving Met officer Statement issued by the National Police Chiefs' Council Chair regarding guilty please from serving Met Police officer, David Carrick National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 16/1/2023 News David Carrick: Met investigating 800 officers over abuse claims The Met Police is investigating 1,000 sexual and domestic abuse claims involving about 800 of its officers, the commissioner has said. BBC 16/1/2023 News Shame of the Met: Demand for answers from police force as officer revealed as one of UK’s worst serial rapists ‘We have failed,’ commissioner admits after decades of missed opportunities to stop predator The Independent 16/1/2023 News Man arrested after police car rammed A 31-year-old man has been arrested after two officers escaped serious injury during an incident in Derry/Londonderry on Friday night (January 13) in which a police vehicle was rammed. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News Police widow welcomes BMW decision to stop supplying cars to UK forces The widow of PC Nick Dumphreys has welcomed the news that BMW is to stop supplying cars to police forces in the UK with immediate effect. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News MPS condemns officer guilty of relentless campaign of sexually and mentally abusing women The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has condemned the “appalling criminal actions” of a serving officer who degraded, raped and sexually assaulted multiple women. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News Passengers encouraged to become ‘active bystanders’ to tackle sexual harassment on public transport A new campaign is encouraging people to become “active bystanders” to help tackle sexual harassment on London’s public transport network. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News PM to give police ‘greater flexibility and clarity’ to stop disruptive protests Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is backing the police to clamp down on highly disruptive and dangerous protests under plans announced on Monday (January 16). Police Professional 16/1/2023 News IOPC investigation after death of lorry driver taken into police custody The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the actions of police prior to the death of a man taken into custody just before Christmas. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News Defund – not defend – the police: A response to Fleetwood and Lea We argue that defunding the police is necessary to address fundamental and systemic problems plaguing British policing. We do so in response to an article written by Fleetwood & Lea (2022), published in this journal, claiming that ‘defunding the police does not translate well to the UK’ (p.172). The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice 16/1/2023 Research article Two years after the defund the police movement, police budgets increase across Canada A key element of many of the 2020 policing protests was the call to defund police and reinvest more heavily in community spending and solutions, but two years on, policing budgets have continued to increase across Canada; Concordia University Associate Professor Ted Rutland looks at how and why spending has increased, and what progress has been made on investing in non-police responses. Policing Insight 16/1/2023 Analysis, Feature Not if – but how – to defund the police: Response to our critics Our article (Fleetwood & Lea, 2022) advocated a strategy of ‘minimal policing’ oriented to dismantling institutional racism, sexism and class oppression in policing. Our approach aimed to do this by breaking down the institutional isolation and autonomy of the police as a state agency. This would involve, first redefining the police role essentially as backup to other (mainly welfare) agencies far better suited to intervention in the vast majority of local crime and conflicts than police and, second, placing police intervention under the direction of a ‘Controller’ – an expanded and democratised variant of the (Scottish) Procurator Fiscal. We further specified that a continued role for police in governance of public space would become an administrative role under the direct control of mayors. Rather than debating whether police should be defunded, our focus is on how. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice 16/1/2023 Research article Met Police officer revealed as one of Britain’s worst rapists Armed protection specialist David Carrick committed more than 80 sex offences over 18 years - as force admits it missed chances to sack him The Telegraph 16/1/2023 News Winnipeg officers disciplined dozens of times in 5-year period, records released under court order show CANADA: Winnipeg police officers were internally disciplined dozens of times in a five-year period, with punishments ranging from admonition to one case where an officer was fired, according to records obtained by CBC News through a court order. CBC News (Canada) 16/1/2023 News ‘Hundreds of drug driving prosecutions’ in limbo as gardaí await critical High Court case REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Hundreds of drug driving prosecutions are in limbo as lawyers and gardaí await a judgment in the High Court. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 16/1/2023 News Garda Commissioner to meet policing committee today REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda Commissioner Drew Harris will be grilled over the “obliteration” of Donegal’s drugs unit when he visits the county today. Donegal News (Republic of Ireland) 16/1/2023 News Almost 1,000 police officers are operating in UK schools, figures show Some 979 police officers are based in schools, according to a Freedom of Information request to 45 police forces by the Runnymede Trust. Half of Safer Schools Officers (SSOs), or their police force-based equivalents, are based in London. Research suggests that officers are more likely to be in schools in areas with higher numbers of pupils eligible for free school meals. Such areas are also likely to have higher numbers of black and ethnic minority students, the Runnymede Trust said. Police Professional 16/1/2023 News Police union labels move to abolish public drunkenness laws reckless AUSTRALIA: Victoria’s much-criticised public intoxication laws will be abolished and not replaced by new move-on powers despite opposition from the state’s police union. The Victorian government informed police and a community legal service of the plan on Friday ahead of a public announcement on Wednesday, according to insiders who are not authorised to speak publicly and the Victorian Police Association. The Age (Australia) 16/1/2023 News Police go unpunished after pepper-spraying and arresting photographers at anti-lockdown protest AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police say internal investigations into the pepper-spraying and arrests of photographers at an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne in 2021 have finished and no disciplinary action will be taken against the officers involved. Police confirmed the officer who drenched Age photographer Luis Ascui in oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray was not reprimanded and was cleared of misconduct by the integrity unit despite the force paying a settlement to Ascui after he filed a lawsuit. The Age (Australia) 16/1/2023 News «249524962497249824992500250125022503Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
