Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100769 total results. Showing results 5321 to 5340 «263264265266267268269270271Next ›Last » ‘Unbelievably inappropriate’: Cops urged to keep kids out of watch-houses AUSTRALIA: As new youth crime laws threaten even greater overcrowding in watch-houses, police have been urged to exercise discretion. The Chronicle (Australia) - Subscription at source 15/12/2024 News Government launches new plan for reducing family and sexual violence NEW ZEALAND: A new plan focused on reducing family and sexual violence has been released by the government. The launch of the second Te Aorerekura Action Plan for the prevention of family violence and sexual violence on Sunday was hosted by Karen Chhour, as Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence. She was supported by the Police Minister Mark Mitchell and the Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston. Te Aorerekura - the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence - is a 25-year strategy designed to achieve intergenerational change. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/12/2024 News Police Minister Mark Mitchell praises ‘outstanding’ response to gang tangi, compliance with patch ban ‘high’ NEW ZEALAND: The Police Minister is applauding police officers’ enforcement of the gang patch ban at the funeral of a former Mongrel Mob leader in Napier. Former Mongrel Mob Barbarian chapter president Angus Benson – also known as Heil Dogg – died suddenly last weekend and hundreds attended his funeral in the Hawke’s Bay centre on Saturday. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 15/12/2024 News Inside Durham Constabulary’s new £26.3m police centre with UK’s most advanced custody suite A new police centre has been hailed as a "game-changer" for the area following its launch. Durham Constabulary unveiled the newly built hub near Spennymoor, stating it will save the force thousands of police hours and boasts one of the UK's most advanced custody facilities. Chronicle Live (North East) 15/12/2024 News Scandal-hit police force asks for emergency funds to pay suspended chief constables’ salaries Devon and Cornwall Police makes request to Home Office to cover three men in its highest-paid role at same time. A scandal-hit police force has been forced to ask the Government for emergency funding to pay three chief constable salaries at the same time... The Telegraph - Subscription at source 15/12/2024 News Several Garda applicants waiting on vetting have withdrawn as 2024 applicants are admitted REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A number of Garda candidates who completed their application process in 2022 and 2023 have withdrawn from the process as their vetting was still outstanding, while 2024 applicants are being admitted to the Garda College without their vetting completed. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 15/12/2024 News Wiltshire Police launch drive to make streets safe for women Wiltshire Police has launched a new initiative to help make women in the county feel safer. The force has started its first Walk and Talk scheme, which will see a senior female police officer walk around chosen local areas across Wiltshire with women. This is Wiltshire 15/12/2024 News Social media posts have lead to hundreds of arrests since 2018, police data shows Figures released by West Mercia Police showed that more than 560 arrests were made relating to social media posts between 2018 and 2023. Information obtained in a Freedom of Information request showed that there were 569 arrests made relating to social media posts in those five years - with the highest recorded numbers being 110 in both 2020 and 2023. Shropshire Star - Subscription at source 15/12/2024 News Off-duty garda hospitalised with serious head injuries after being attacked on busy Dublin street REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: AN off-duty cop is being treated in hospital for serious head injuries after he was attacked in Dublin's Temple Bar this morning. The garda remains in a serious condition in Beaumont Hospital after the early morning incident. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 14/12/2024 News Ottawa police get nearly 20% pay raise in new agreement CANADA: Ottawa police officers are set to get a boost in pay and extended parental leave benefits starting next year. A five-year collective bargaining agreement between the Ottawa Police Association (OPA), the union representing both civilian and sworn officers, and the city's police services board, was announced Friday. CTV News (Canada) 14/12/2024 News ‘Shameful’: Twenty NI police officers attacked in 24 hours A total of 20 police officers have been injured while on duty over a 24-hour period in Northern Ireland, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said. These incidents took place between Friday evening, 13 December and Saturday morning, 14 December. BBC 14/12/2024 News Facial recognition software ‘not going to change the way we police’, Welsh inspector says The use of facial recognition software by some officers in Wales is "not going to change the way we police", an inspector has exclusively told Police Oracle. On Friday, South Wales Police (SWP) announced its officers would be the first in the UK to use a facial recognition app to confirm the identity of an unknown person while carrying out their duties. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/12/2024 Analysis, Feature Police complaints data since system change shared An amendment to how police complaints are handled in Guernsey has not led to any being dismissed, the Committee for Home Affairs (CHA) says. The CHA said since a change to allow complaints to be initially scoped (setting out the scope on how to address the complaint) was made in August, police have received 14 complaints - none of which have been dismissed using the new process. BBC 14/12/2024 News ‘Why aren’t you using Bluetooth?!’ Officer understanding of the dangers of handheld and handsfree mobile phone-use by drivers Phone-use by drivers contributes to increasing numbers of collisions and deaths worldwide. Despite clear evidence for the equal dangers of handsfree phone-use, most jurisdictions only prohibit handheld use. This mixed-methods study provides an in-depth analysis of police officer attitudes and experiences in dealing with phone-using drivers. 411 officers completed a survey and interviews on their interactions with mobile phone offenders and their understanding of the dangers of handsfree phone-use. Three key themes emerged: (1) officers focused on handheld phone-use predominantly, associating the dangers with visual and manual distraction, while advising handsfree as a legal alternative; (2) officers use discretion in their considerations for prosecution, dependent on the context of phone-use and attributes of the offender; (3) officers wish to appear fair, and are keen for a positive relationship with the public, which impacts how they negotiate encounters with offenders. Results highlight the need for targeted education for officers on the dangers of handsfree phone-use, specific guidance on negotiating officer-offender interactions, and a change in practice to ensure handsfree phone use is not routinely recommended to offenders as an alternative to handheld use. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles 14/12/2024 Research article Defendants could be ‘diverted’ from criminal justice system amid record backlog Brian Leveson, leading England and Wales review, says number of prosecutions waiting to be dealt with is ‘unsustainable’ The Guardian 14/12/2024 News ‘My colleague had heart attack as bricks hurled’ – summer riots police speak out "It's like being in a warzone – but you've just got a shield and stick," chief inspector Zoe Kelsey said. She was one of the officers at the centre of the Middlesbrough riot which was sparked after three girls died in a knife attack in Southport earlier this year. BBC 14/12/2024 Feature Police union, service board reach five-year deal with 19.35% raise CANADA: Expanding parental leave to up to 35 weeks at 93 per cent of the member's salary described as a "massive" improvement. Ottawa Citizen (Canada) 14/12/2024 News 33 NZ police staff under fire for ‘political tourism’ trip to China NEW ZEALAND: Thirty-three police staff went on a private “cultural competency” trip to China which critics say was actually “political tourism”. Details of the October trip were shared on social media by a non-police member of the delegation. Members of the New Zealand Chinese community who were concerned about the trip shared the posts with Stuff, identifying Auckland police Ethnic Responsiveness Manager Jessica Phuang, and Ethnic Liaison Officer Constable Kevin Liang Deng. Stuff (New Zealand) 14/12/2024 News The private police patrolling London: The middle classes have lost faith in the Met One golden autumn afternoon, in a quiet North London suburb, I stumbled across a portal to a possible English future. Hadley Wood sits on the fringes of the city, between Barnet and the M25, seemingly forgotten in its own little world of metroland Tudor houses, dotted with fields of ponies and commemorative plaques to steam age pioneers. Yet between the wisteria and the Jags, there is a sense of unease. Roving bands of career burglars stalk the area. “They come every day whether you’re inside or not,” explains one local man from behind his wheelie bin. “They don’t seem to care.” Everything is up for grabs, the man tells me, from Amazon packages in doorways to the Lexus in the drive. UnHerd 14/12/2024 Feature Police 999 response no longer ’cause for concern’ Gloucestershire Police's response time to 999 and 101 calls is no longer a "cause for concern", inspectors have ruled. BBC 14/12/2024 News «263264265266267268269270271Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
