Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115982 total results. Showing results 54141 to 54160 «270427052706270727082709271027112712Next ›Last » Rise in thefts and burglaries accelerates REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The increase in theft, burglaries and robberies over the last year have particularly accelerated in the last three months, new figures show. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 27/9/2022 News New project facilitates dialogue between young Black adults and Gardaí in Blanchardstown REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The UBUNTU Project is a collaboration between Dr. Ian Marder and An Garda Síochána, Sport Against Racism Ireland, Insaka-Ireland All Africa Youth Movement and Childhood Development Initiative. Hotpress 27/9/2022 News Louth Garda Division sees large increase in robbery offences in first half of 2022 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Louth Garda Division saw a 50% increase in Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences in the first six months of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, according to figures released this week by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Louth Live 27/9/2022 News To Serve and Protect? An Empirical Study of Police-Involved Sexual Assault Sexual assault is among the most challenging offenses to investigate and prosecute, a reality that is exacerbated when the perpetrator is a police officer. In this article, we analyze the attrition of 689 reports of police-involved sexual assault made to the Ontario Special Investigations Unit, between 2005 and 2020. The findings reveal that the vast majority of sexual assault reports do not result in criminal charges, with only 1.59% of complaints resulting in a conviction and sentence. We situate these findings within the wider context of criminal justice responses to sexual violence and police oversight and make suggestions for reform. Women and Criminal Justice - Subscription at source 27/9/2022 Research article 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. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 27/9/2022 News Increase in most categories of recorded crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: There has been an increase in most categories of recorded crime in the year up to the end of June this year, according to the latest crime figures released today by the Central Statistics Office. Fraud offences increased by 43%, largely driven by banking and online fraud. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 27/9/2022 News Budget 2023 – Gardai to expand as funding for 1,000 cops next year secured as force also to get 400 more civilian staff REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Siochana are set to receive funding to recruit 1,000 more cops next year as part of Budget 2023, the Irish Sun can reveal. Justice Minister Helen McEntee has secured an increasing budget for gardai that will fund a major recruitment campaign next year. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 27/9/2022 News Violence against women will not be tolerated, says police chief PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne has said the force is sending a message that violence against women and girls will not be tolerated as he launched its first action plan for policing the issue. The police force said that women and girls are in Northern Ireland are disproportionately affected by violence, abuse and intimidation. The Irish News 27/9/2022 News Met Police Chief: ‘Nonsense’ that gun cops threatened to hand back firearms over suspension The new Met Police Commissioner has dismissed suggestions that firearms officers threatened to walk out of their roles in protest against the suspension of their colleague who fired the shot that killed Chris Kaba. LBC 27/9/2022 News New Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley says it is ‘unacceptable’ his officers turn up to just HALF of burglaries – and vows to restore ‘trust’ in the force by ‘rooting out racists and misogynists’ New Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley today said it was 'acceptable' his officers are turning up to just 50 per cent of burglaries as he vowed to restore 'trust' in the force and 'root out racists and misogynists'. Britain's top policeman pledged to get the 'basics right' as he seeks to turn around the stricken organisation, which is in special measures after failing to record thousands of crimes and a raft of officer misconduct scandals. 'We're never going to turn up to every single crime, and the public understand that, but something as severe as burglary needs a proper policing response. It's too serious an intrusion not to have somebody turn up,' he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Mail Online 27/9/2022 News Time to check the police’s thinking The quality of British policing has declined. In 2010–11, fifteen per cent of crimes recorded by the police resulted in a charge or summons, which has fallen to roughly six per cent today. There were cuts to funding and falls in staff numbers but charges and summons do not correlate cleanly with these. Funding and staff numbers have increased in recent years, but police performance has yet to follow suit. The Critic 27/9/2022 Feature, Opinion Labour pledges to place specialists in 999 call centres to help rape victims Yvette Cooper says party would also ensure police forces have dedicated units amid shockingly low conviction rates The Guardian 27/9/2022 News Teacher films warning to middle-class gang targets A former inner-city teacher who moved to one of Britain’s most affluent towns is fighting back against county lines gangs who target middle-class children with a police-funded film starring his pupils. Brad Day says children, including those from well-off and stable families, are being “psychologically rewired” by gangmasters and that the county lines drugs trade is a form of modern slavery. The Times - Subscription at source 27/9/2022 News Armed gang’s plot to kidnap Belgian justice minister is foiled BELGIUM: Belgium’s prime minister has vowed that the country “will not be intimidated” after police foiled a suspected plot by a drugs gang to kidnap the country’s justice minister. Four Dutch suspects are in custody after officers swooped outside Vincent Van Quickenborne’s home in Kortrijk just before the minister left for a political event on Saturday evening. The Times - Subscription at source 27/9/2022 News Talking with Ch Insp Maria Gonzalez Martin of the Spanish National Police As part of his Policing Friendship Tour, Policing Insight and PolicingTV Publisher Bernard Rix met Chief Inspector Maria Gonzalez Martin, of the Spanish National Police's Centro de Inteligencia contra el Terrorismo y el Crimen Organizado (CITCO, the Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime) at the recent International Organised Crime Summit in Santiago, Chile, organised by Policía de Investigaciones de Chile (PDI Chile). PolicingTV - Subscription at source 27/9/2022 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Talking with Ch Insp Maria Gonzalez Martin of the Spanish National Police As part of his Policing Friendship Tour, Policing Insight and PolicingTV Publisher Bernard Rix met Chief Inspector Maria Gonzalez Martin, of the Spanish National Police's Centro de Inteligencia contra el Terrorismo y el Crimen Organizado (CITCO, the Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime) at the recent International Organised Crime Summit in Santiago, Chile, organised by Policía de Investigaciones de Chile (PDI Chile). PolicingTV 27/9/2022 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Police health fears as thousands of XXL trousers ordered in ‘shocking’ development Obesity campaigners say the stats are a sign that the UK's obesity problem is worsening. Express 27/9/2022 News ‘Ill-informed nonsense’: Met chief slaps down suggestion counter-terror police should be made a separate unit New Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has dismissed as "nonsense" any suggestion that the UK's counter-terror policing operation should be moved out of London. LBC 27/9/2022 News Project to highlight victims’ harrowing stories among international efforts to tackle VAWG A documentary film sharing the harrowing stories of Romanian domestic violence victims driven to kill their abusers, efforts to ensure Spanish support services are accessible for all, and a project to provide common operating standards for India’s two million police officers were among international initiatives to tackle VAWG discussed at a recent global conference, as Policing Insight Contributing Editor Tina Orr Munro reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 27/9/2022 Feature, Innovation Mystery over death of ex-Scotland Yard terror cop involved in Litvinenko poisoning probe ‘who may have killed himself by setting off a gas explosion at thatched cottage home’ An ex-Scotland Yard counter-terror cop who probed the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the London 7/7 bomb attack reportedly may have killed himself by setting off a gas explosion at his thatched cottage home. Mail Online 27/9/2022 News «270427052706270727082709271027112712Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
