Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 93954 total results. Showing results 52521 to 52540 «262326242625262626272628262926302631Next ›Last » Wildlife and forestry crime: Worldwide seizures in global Interpol-WCO operation Coordinated by INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO), Operation Thunder 2020 rallied 103 countries against environmental crime. INTERPOL 10/11/2020 News Heroin Assisted Treatment Scheme has successful first year Middlesborough's Heroin Assisted Treatment programme has been awarded a 'prestigious' research grant, marking the first anniversary of the scheme which is successful in cutting levels of reoffending. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/11/2020 News Laws protecting crimes by undercover officers could ‘violate human rights’ Protecting undercover police officers and other agents who carry out State-sanctioned crimes could risk “violating the human rights of victims”, according to a new report. Police Professional 10/11/2020 News Government closes antique firearms loopholes to protect public The new measures target antique firearms used in violent crime and mean that up to 26,000 guns will now require firearms licences. Home Office 10/11/2020 News Undercover officer rekindled relationship seven years later, inquiry told ‘Rob Harrison’ reappeared in woman’s life in 2014, before disappearing again The Guardian 10/11/2020 News US police chief resigns over ‘death to all Democrats’ posts Lang Holland, chief of police in Arkansas city of Marshall, wrote there should be ‘no survivors’ The Independent 10/11/2020 News Northamptonshire Police officers hurt in boiling water attack Two police officers were injured when a kettle of boiling water was thrown at them, the force said. BBC 10/11/2020 News Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the UK's National Police Library. You do not need to be a member of the UK College of Policing to access its library. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 10/11/2020 News A force for change: Policing after the pandemic Even before COVID-19, the next UK Comprehensive Spending Review was set to be a crucial moment for police funding; but as West Midlands Chief Constable Dave Thompson QPM explains, the future of policing is about much more than budgets, with greater accountability, improved public trust and a clearer understanding of local delivery among the key issues. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 10/11/2020 Feature, Opinion French plan to make it illegal to identify police Showing images of a police officer’s face will in effect become illegal in France under a proposed law opposed by human rights groups and the media. The Times - Subscription at source 10/11/2020 News Durham Constabulary set to close local cells and open new £21m police custody suite near Spennymoor Existing police cells in Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Durham City and Peterlee would close and be replaced with the 48-cell central facility Chronicle Live (North East) 10/11/2020 News French police break trafficking ring that ‘sent 1,000 to UK’ Police have broken up a people-smuggling gang believed to have brought between 500 and 1,000 migrants into Britain over the past 12 months. The Times - Subscription at source 10/11/2020 News Investigation progressing into fatal police shooting in Swindon An Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation is progressing after a man was fatally shot by Wiltshire Police on a residential street in Swindon on Sunday morning (8 November). Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 9/11/2020 News Hate crime action plan 2016 to 2020 The government’s plan for dealing with hate crime in England and Wales. Home Office 9/11/2020 Report Policing and Crime Act: proposals to implement legislation to define antique firearms CONSULTATION OUTCOME: The Law Commission made a recommendation in its 2015 report to provide a statutory definition of ‘antique firearm’ to prevent criminals taking advantage of the lack of a definition to obtain old, but still functioning firearms for use in crime. Home Office 9/11/2020 News Voters approve police reform measures across the country USA: Amid a year with tense demonstrations against police violence and inequities in the criminal justice system, millions of Americans cast votes this year on local ballot measures designed to increase oversight or otherwise reform policing in their cities. Police ballot initiatives in more than a dozen cities received overwhelming support from voters. CBS News 9/11/2020 News Is the Seattle Police Department understaffed? Here’s what the data shows. USA: As the Seattle City Council considers downsizing the city’s police force, one Seattle Times reader emailed me with her concerns. The reader — a resident of downtown Seattle — wonders if the Seattle Police Department (SPD) is not currently overstaffed, but understaffed. “I have been concerned for some time about the low number of sworn police officers in Seattle,” she wrote, “especially in light of our large population growth over the past 10-15 years.” The reader suggested that I share data with my readers on staffing levels in Seattle in comparison with other large U.S. cities. The Seattle Times (USA) 9/11/2020 News Police saw crime dip in first six months of pandemic, Statistics Canada says CANADA: OTTAWA -- Newly released statistics point to a notable drop in police-recorded crime during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics Canada says 17 police services across Canada reported that selected criminal incidents were down by 17 per cent compared with the same period a year earlier. CP24 (Canada) 9/11/2020 News ‘The system isn’t working’: A third of reported rapes go unsolved AUSTRALIA: More rapes are being reported to police than ever before, but the percentage of cases being solved has dropped, and most survivors still never see the inside of a courtroom, prompting fresh calls from survivors and advocates for a public inquiry. Queensland crime statistics show reported rapes have risen by an average of 3.2 per cent annually since 2000, which is much faster than population growth and against the trend of other violent crimes, such as murders and serious assaults, which fell over the past 20 years. Brisbane Times (Australia) 9/11/2020 News SA Police’s $11m COVID-19 budget blowout AUSTRALIA: The coronavirus pandemic has forced SA Police to spend an unbudgeted $10.9 million in the past three months while up to 550 sworn officers have been redirected from their usual policing duties to respond solely to COVID-19, Commissioner Grant Stevens says. 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