Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115015 total results. Showing results 5421 to 5440 «268269270271272273274275276Next ›Last » New Estate Strategy set outs plan to put neighbourhood policing at the heart of London’s communities The Met is calling on partners to help deliver 40 new policing hubs for neighbourhood teams across London, as part of major plans to ensure the Met Police is at the heart of the communities it serves to tackle crime and drive down violence. Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) 18/12/2025 News Gardai will be permitted to use Tasers on children and pregnant women REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A pilot programme equips 128 uniformed gardai with the weapons in advance of a national proposed roll-out. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 18/12/2025 News Police sackings over homeworking ‘key jamming’ Four members of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) staff have been sacked and barred from policing while two others have already resigned over so-called "key-jamming", a practice in which people can falsely appear to be working. BBC 18/12/2025 News After Canada legalized cannabis, police caught more drunk drivers CANADA: When Canada legalized cannabis in October 2018, there were many concerns about its potential impacts. One of them involved cannabis-impaired driving. Before legalization, police were already catching more drug-impaired drivers each year. So, people naturally worried that more stoned drivers would appear on the road after legalization. To lower that risk, the federal government updated its driving laws. Impairment by alcohol or drugs separately was already illegal. In December 2018, Canada also banned impairment by combinations of alcohol and drugs, or by unspecified substances. The Conversation 18/12/2025 Analysis, Feature Police sackings over homeworking ‘key jamming’ Four members of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) staff have been sacked and barred from policing while two others have already resigned over so-called "key-jamming", a practice in which people can falsely appear to be working. BBC 18/12/2025 News Fresh misconduct investigation launched against prominent PSNI ethnic minority boss The PSNI has launched a fresh misconduct investigation against one its most prominent officers for the second time this year. Chief Inspector Andy George is facing a new investigation just months after being cleared following an investigation into a social media post. The Irish News 18/12/2025 News APCC Finance leads respond to provisional grant settlement In response to today’s provisional grant settlement for policing for 2026/27, APCC Joint Finance Leads, Roger Hirst and Joy Allen, said:... Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 18/12/2025 News New VAWG reforms offer ‘vital opportunity for policing to strengthen its response’ That's the view of His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, Michelle Skeer, who was responding to the Government's new violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy that the Home Office says "will leave offenders with nowhere to hide". Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/12/2025 News Restraint ‘probably’ contributed to man’s death The "highly inappropriate" manner in which officers put a man into the back of a police van "probably contributed to his death", an inquest jury has concluded. BBC 18/12/2025 News Examining the Nature and Impact of Ethics Panels in UK Policing Ethics Panels are utilised by organisations to provide advice, guidance and opinion to aid decision-making and policy setting, amongst other roles, and to increase the ethical integrity of such decisions. EPs in policing are still a relatively new phenomena and academic scrutiny is still in its infancy. This doctoral research is the first of its kind, and is a longitudinal study undertaken between 2018 and 2024. The research has mapped the landscape of ethics panel use in UK policing then conducted an in-depth examination of the establishment, operation, outputs and outcomes of ethics panels, and how this has evolved during the period of this research. [PDF] The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) 18/12/2025 Report Canada Life denied amputee coverage to RCMP officer injured in the line of duty. Advocates say he’s not alone CANADA: Insurer reversed decision to deny $55K in coverage following CBC News request for information. When retired RCMP constable Jason Hydamacka heard the news that the insurance money for his amputated leg was coming, he sat in his truck and cried. Hydamacka had been in pain for years following an accident he suffered in the line of duty. This past summer, his lower right leg was amputated as a result. But he was twice denied $55,000 in Canada Life accidental loss insurance because the insurer said he needed to have the amputation within two years of the injury to qualify. CBC News (Canada) 18/12/2025 News Victoria Police reviewing evidence collected under secret prison bugging program AUSTRALIA: Police will be trusted to decide whether their own conduct was illegal during a secret prison bugging program, with prosecutors saying they will only reassess cases the force flags for review. The Office of Public Prosecutions (OPP) has revealed Victoria Police is currently reviewing the evidence it collected under the controversial program, where high-security prisons were bugged without a valid warrant for close to two decades. ABC News (Australia) 18/12/2025 News UK government strategy to protect women and girls from violence ‘seriously underfunded’ Campaigners welcome plans but say poor funding means Labour’s ambitions unlikely to be met. A landmark strategy to protect women and girls from violence and abuse “falls seriously short” of the funding required to realise the government’s ambitions, campaigners have said. The Guardian 18/12/2025 News Regina police officer snooped on 6 people using police database, privacy commissioner says CANADA: CTV News (Canada) 18/12/2025 News Ex-police officer denies coercive behaviour A former police officer has denied two counts of engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour. BBC 18/12/2025 News Schools to teach about healthy relationships to tackle violence against girls All secondary schools in England will have to teach students about healthy relationships to tackle misogyny as Sir Keir Starmer said too often toxic ideas are “going unchallenged”. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/12/2025 News Two arrested after shouting slogans involving calls for ‘intifada’, Met Police say The arrests were made during a protest by pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside the Ministry of Justice in Westminster, London, on Wednesday evening. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/12/2025 News Police officer charged with stalking and fraud A Sussex police officer has been charged with stalking and fraud offences, the force says. BBC 18/12/2025 News Police officer quit after positive cocaine test A former police officer who was found to have taken cocaine would have been sacked had he not resigned, a panel found. BBC 18/12/2025 News Police vehicle ramming attacks a ‘threat to operational capability’ The deliberate ramming of police vehicles constitutes a “serious and continuing threat” to the PSNI’S frontline operational capability, a senior officer has said. Police Oracle 18/12/2025 News «268269270271272273274275276Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
