Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98633 total results. Showing results 54721 to 54740 «273327342735273627372738273927402741Next ›Last » Car crime with violence is a worrying new trend First, some good news. The current Covid restrictions have again led to fewer cars on the road but Britain’s police forces are hoovering up an extraordinary amount of drivers who have transgressed any of the 200-odd offences listed in the Road Traffic Act 1988 and, more often than not, seized their vehicles. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 9/2/2021 Analysis, Feature Police refuse to identify 2,000 suspects Britain’s biggest police force will not disclose the names of more than 2,000 suspects who faced courts for crimes including murder and rape in a decision backed by the information watchdog. The Times - Subscription at source 9/2/2021 News Covid vaccine hub avoids wasting a drop by inoculating police Dozens of police officers have been inoculated with Covid vaccines as part of a drive to stop supplies being wasted. The Times - Subscription at source 9/2/2021 News Commonwealth Ombudsman finds instances of telco data accessed without authority at all 20 agencies inspected AUSTRALIA: Late last week, the government tabled the Commonwealth Ombudsman's report on agency access to stored communications and telecommunications data for the 2018-19 financial year, and while the Ombudsman was upbeat about most agencies getting better, all agencies fell foul of sticking to the letter of the law in some way. ZDNet 9/2/2021 News NSW Police to establish 24×7 SOC in cyber security overhaul AUSTRALIA: NSW Police is building an around-the-clock cyber security operations centre (SOC) to protect its critical IT systems and data holdings from attack as part of a new multi-year program of work. IT News (Australia) 9/2/2021 News Home Office admits 15,000 people deleted from police records Policing minister, Kit Malthouse, reveals figures a month after data blunder was first revealed The Guardian 9/2/2021 News Public help needed to tackle guns and gangs – police NEW ZEALAND: Police are calling on the public to speak up about organised crime, illegal guns and violence. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 9/2/2021 News Manchester police warned in 2016 over terrorism strategy, arena inquiry hears Inspectorate found majority of force duty officers ‘felt ill-equipped’ to deal with terror incident The Guardian 8/2/2021 News Criminals using garda watchdog to derail prosecution and ‘tarnish name of officers’, rep claims as 3,000 complaints made REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A leading figure from the Garda Representative Association has called for urgent reform in the way GSOC investigate complaints after 3,028 allegations were made against garda members last year. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 8/2/2021 News Garda to follow Scottish approach in tackling north inner city violence REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Hospital admission and injury records will be used to help establish the true levels of violence that have taken hold in Dublin’s north inner city in a first step towards following the Scottish approach of “treating violence as a disease”. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 8/2/2021 News Over 50 Garda witnesses interviewed in anti-corruption probe REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: More than 50 gardaí in Munster are being interviewed as part of an ongoing Garda anti-corruption probe. The gardaí are not suspects in the investigation and are being interviewed as witnesses. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 8/2/2021 News Queensland counter-terrorism unit boss to lead new youth taskforce to crack down on repeat offenders AUSTRALIA: Queensland's new youth crime taskforce will be headed by Assistant Police Commissioner Cheryl Scanlon as several people face charges over fatal road crashes in Brisbane and Townsville allegedly involving youth offenders and stolen cars. ABC News (Australia) 8/2/2021 News Countering police bias with data USA: Last year, a widely cited research paper on racial bias in policing caught the attention of Jonathan Mummolo, an assistant professor of politics and public affairs, and his collaborator, computational social scientist Dean Knox. The study, which made national headlines and was cited in congressional testimony, claimed to find no evidence of anti-Black or anti-Hispanic disparities across fatal police shootings. The study concluded that, “White officers are not more likely to shoot minority civilians than nonwhite officers.” Princeton University 8/2/2021 Analysis, Feature Met Police officers ‘could face £1,270 commuting bill’ Plans to charge drivers up to £5.50 a day to enter Greater London could land police officers with a £1,270 bill, according to Conservatives at City Hall. BBC 8/2/2021 News Directors appointed to the Independent Office for Police Conduct Four new independent directors have today (Monday 8 February) been announced as they join the Board in non-executive roles at the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Home Office 8/2/2021 News ‘Teenagers will keep dying on our streets’ unless response to gangs is a ‘national priority’, warns Children’s Commissioner The Children’s Commissioner has warned that “teenagers will keep dying on our streets” until there is a joined-up public health response to gangs. Police Professional 8/2/2021 News PC’s dismissed without notice for statements relating to arrest Man produced mobile phone footage which overturned drunk and disorderly conviction. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 8/2/2021 News Ethnic Bias in Restorative Processes? An Analysis of Access to the Police-Based National Danish Vom-Programme In this article, possible ethnic bias in access to the national Danish police-based Victim Offender Mediation (VOM) programme is investigated. The analyses of this project show that the VOM personnel informants believe that ethnic minority offenders are underrepresented in this VOM programme. Also, numerous examples of essentialist views on ethnicity and culture emerge among police personnel in the interview and observation data. Yet interestingly, the national VOM participation rates in penal cases analysed for this article show that while young male ethnic minority immigrants are underrepresented in VOM some years, young male ethnic minority descendants are actually overrepresented in VOM meetings. Police Journal - Registration at source 8/2/2021 Research article Two Devon and Cornwall Police officers dismissed over statements following arrest of man Two Devon and Cornwall Police officers have been dismissed after a panel found that they made statements containing false information concerning the arrest of a man for allegedly being drunk and disorderly, following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 8/2/2021 News Directors appointed to the Independent Office for Police Conduct Home Secretary makes appointments to the Board of the Independent Office for Police Conduct. 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