Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98635 total results. Showing results 55021 to 55040 «274827492750275127522753275427552756Next ›Last » Police could be powerless to stop people flying off on holiday during coronavirus lockdown, top officer warns Police may be powerless to stop tourists leaving the country, a top officer suggested yesterday. Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said forces will carry out extra Covid patrols at airports and ports. But he suggested officers may not have the power to stop holidaymakers getting on flights. Mail Online 29/1/2021 News Police bolstered with 6,620 extra officers and extra funding Government on track to bring in 20,000 more officers by 2023 and makes £20m available to crack down on crime including burglary and theft. Home Office 29/1/2021 News Coronavirus vaccine ‘denied to police officers after Welsh Government intervention’ It is understood that officers at South Wales Police were set to be offered the vaccine as batches were due to expire but it was stopped by the Welsh Government Wales Online 29/1/2021 News Top police chief urges Canada to decriminalize hard-drug possession CANADA: TORONTO -- The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday. CTV News (Canada) 28/1/2021 News PSA gives evidence to Home Affairs Select Committee over concerns around the police complaints process The Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) has raised concerns around the police complaints process, as part of a government-led inquiry. Police Superintendents' Association (PSA) 28/1/2021 News NYPD officers to get training on speaking up against bad policing USA: New program teaches officers to step in when another officer uses excessive force or goes against police department guidelines Wall Street Journal (USA) 28/1/2021 News Joint operation sees two members of British Army arrested on firearms offences Two serving members of the British Army have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences. Police Professional 28/1/2021 News Radicalisation and retention: how long can the police hold data about a person allegedly vulnerable to radicalisation? If concerns are raised that a person might be vulnerable to radicalisation, how long can a police force hold data about that person? This was the question facing the High Court in the case of R (II) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2020] EWHC 2528 (Admin), which held that the police's continued retention of data a sixteen year old was contrary to the Data Protection Act 2018 and article 8. In finding this, the court held that a force’s retention of data must be proportionate, what is proportionate in any given situation is fact-specific and that when the police cease to be able to identify a policing purpose for continued retention of personal data, it should be deleted. UK Police Law Blog 28/1/2021 Analysis, Feature Interview with new Fresno Chief Paco Balderrama USA: Paco Balderrama was sworn in as Chief of Police in Fresno, California on January 11 after a 22-year career with the Oklahoma City Police Department, where he retired as a deputy chief. He spoke with PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler about his career and his plans for the agency. Police Executive Research Forum 28/1/2021 Feature, Interview, Opinion SPA welcomes extra funding in Scottish Budget as “a strong vote of confidence” in the police The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) says the additional £60 million in revenue funding proposed in today’s (January 28) draft Budget announcement by the Scottish government “represents a strong vote of confidence” in the country’s police service. Police Professional 28/1/2021 News Government meets 6,000 uplift target two months early At 6250 new recruits, the Home Office has exceeded its target for signing up new police officers. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/1/2021 News Merseyside PCC begins search for new chief constable Merseyside's police and crime commissioner has decided not to appoint an interim chief but to find a long term replacement for Andy Cooke within eight weeks. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/1/2021 News NPCC urges Department of Health to step in over unused vaccines Martin Hewitt has used the DH to formally enable officers to access unused COVID-19 jabs, saying it was 'ridiculous' to waste them. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/1/2021 News Federation calls for consistent long-term recruitment programme Latest figures from the Home Office which revealed its recruitment drive is on track have been cautiously welcomed by the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) as it calls for a consistent long-term recruitment programme. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 28/1/2021 News World Class Policing Awards are postponed to 2022 Given the global pandemic, the World Class Policing Awards team regret to announce that the hugely successful World Class Policing Awards will now be postponed until 2022. Policing Insight 28/1/2021 News Covid-19: Third of police officers ‘threatened with deliberate infection’ One in three police officers in England and Wales has been threatened by someone they believed had Covid-19, a survey suggests. BBC 28/1/2021 News Nexus or not? The relationship between terrorism and organised crime Scholars and practitioners have debated the extent to which terrorism and organised crime form a nexus. Serving officer Martin Gallagher examines the evidence - and concludes that, regardless of the overlap, the criminal justice system needs to be alive to the distinction in motivations between serious and organised criminals, and those engaged in terrorist activities. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 28/1/2021 Feature, Opinion COVID-19 is adding to austerity misery, sounds frontline officers Years of cuts to staff numbers and facilities have created a heath crisis among officers that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis, according to the Police Federation. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/1/2021 News Tributes paid following death of Kent Police sergeant Tributes have been paid to a Kent Police officer who died yesterday (January 27). Police Professional 28/1/2021 News One in four officers attacked with ‘weaponised’ Covid-19 One in four police officers has been deliberately coughed at, spat on or breathed on by someone claiming to have Covid-19 infection during the pandemic, a new survey has revealed. Police Professional 28/1/2021 News «274827492750275127522753275427552756Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
