Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100358 total results. Showing results 55761 to 55780 «278527862787278827892790279127922793Next ›Last » Australia’s casinos are a hotspot for global money-laundering operations Crime networks are laundering the profits from illegal activities such as trafficking in wildlife, timber and people smuggling through casinos; freelance journalist Georgina Kenyon highlights the challenges facing Australia and other countries in tackling the links between serious and organised crime and the gambling industry. Policing Insight 4/3/2021 Analysis, Feature Six Months In: Pandemic Crime Trends in England and Wales Governments around the world have enforced strict guidelines on social interaction and mobility to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Evidence has begun to emerge which suggests that such dramatic changes in people’s routine activities have yielded similarly dramatic changes in criminal behavior. This study represents the first ‘look back’ on six months of the nationwide lockdown in England and Wales. Using open police-recorded crime trends, we provide a comparison between expected and observed crime rates for fourteen different offence categories between March and August, 2020. We find that most crime types experienced sharp, short-term declines during the first full month of lockdown. This was followed by a gradual resurgence as restrictions were relaxed. Major exceptions include anti-social behavior and drug crimes. Findings shed light on the opportunity structures for crime and the nuances of using police records to study crime during the pandemic. Crime Science Journal 4/3/2021 Research article More than 1,700 people attend child exploitation awareness sessions thanks to NEP enabled technology In just over a month Avon and Somerset Police have hosted awareness raising sessions for more than 1,700 professionals, pupils and parents on child exploitation thanks to NEP enabled technology. National Enabling Programmes 4/3/2021 News Harm reduction: the former addict helping forces divert offenders A former drugs user who trains officers in harm reduction and vulnerabilities around addiction says new cohorts are looking at the issue with 'open eyes'. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 4/3/2021 Feature Standards team must adapt to new complaints system, MPs told Changing the culture within PSD's and getting the balance right between the independence of the IOPC and chief officers is critical to complaint system reform, PCC's have warned. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 4/3/2021 News Government to reimburse Kent Police £1.2m costs of policing border closure The Government has agreed to reimburse Kent Police the £1.2 million costs of policing the border closure with France at Christmas. Police Professional 4/3/2021 News Urgent review needed on drug-driving to end ‘postcode lottery’ of enforcement A new report claims enforcement of drug-driving is “a postcode lottery”, with some police forces convicting ten times more offenders than others. Police Professional 4/3/2021 News Release more stop and search footage to counter ‘misleading’ social media clips, says NCA adviser Police should be able to release body-worn video footage of stop and search encounters in a timely manner to counter “misleading” edited clips posted on social media, an adviser to the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. Police Professional 4/3/2021 News Fake COVID vaccine distribution network dismantled after INTERPOL alert South African authorities have seized hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccines following a global alert issued by INTERPOL warning vaccines would be a prime target for criminal networks. INTERPOL 4/3/2021 News Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000, quarterly update to December 2020 OFFICIAL STATISTICS; Contains statistical material relating to the Terrorism Act 2000, including arrests and outcomes, and stops and searches. Home Office 4/3/2021 Report User guide to operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation USER GUIDE; The user guide to operation of police powers under terrorism legislation is a useful reference guide with explanatory notes. Home Office 4/3/2021 Report More specialist officers and improved cross-border working are key to tackling modern slavery, says Commissioner Dame Sara Thornton, the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, has urged forces to invest in training for specialist teams, more financial investigations and closer cross-border working to tackle the huge but often hidden and complex crime of modern slavery and human trafficking. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 4/3/2021 Feature, Interview, Opinion The DUMA Drug Market Indicator Framework: Methamphetamine AUSTRALIA: Australia has experienced a major escalation in methamphetamine use over the past two decades, with the current national prevalence among the highest ever observed. In 2019, approximately 5.8 percent of the general population (1.2 million people) had ever used methamphetamine in their lifetime, and approximately 1.4 percent (340,000 people) had used the drug in the previous 12 months (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020). [pdf] Australian Institute of Criminology (Australia) 4/3/2021 Report Child sex criminals escape prosecution Child sexual exploitation prosecutions have almost halved in three years and police action against offenders is “disappointingly low”, a charity has said. The Times - Subscription at source 4/3/2021 News Report suggests legal advice for child suspects should be made mandatory REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: It should be mandatory for children detained by gardaí to receive legal advice from specialist solicitors, a landmark study commissioned by the Policing Authority has suggested. A first-of-its-kind study into children’s experiences of their rights during police questioning in Ireland has been carried out by Professor Ursula Kilkelly and Dr Louise Forde and was published last week. Irish Legal News (Republic of Ireland) 3/3/2021 News Police using drones that are at centre of international controversy NEW ZEALAND: Police are using drones that have been partly banned in the US over fears that China is using the technology to spy. The world's leading drone maker Dai Jing Innovations, or DJI, based in Shenzhen, supplies all the New Zealand police's drones. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 3/3/2021 News Additional assistant commissioner announced AUSTRALIA: Commissioner Katarina Carroll has today announced the appointment of Debbie Platz as an assistant commissioner of the Queensland Police Service (QPS). Assistant Commissioner Platz is a former member of the QPS and more recently an assistant commissioner with the Australian Federal Police. myPolice - Queensland Police News 3/3/2021 News WA Police want to ‘refine’ hard border after state election with permanent stop-and-search powers AUSTRALIA: Western Australia's Police Commissioner wants new legislation to give officers greater powers to stop and search vehicles at the state's border. It comes after Premier Mark McGowan yesterday walked back suggestions that Australians could require an official Government permit to enter WA for years to come. ABC News (Australia) 3/3/2021 News Thunder Bay police to bring body-worn cameras, in-car cameras online CANADA: Thunder Bay police are moving forward with a $2.1 million digital evidence management project, which will include equipping officers with body-worn and in-car cameras. CBC News (Canada) 3/3/2021 News Drones with ‘most advanced AI ever’ coming soon to your local police department USA: Three years ago, Customs and Border Protection placed an order for self-flying aircraft that could launch on their own, rendezvous, locate and monitor multiple targets on the ground without any human intervention. In its reasoning for the order, CBP said the level of monitoring required to secure America’s long land borders from the sky was too cumbersome for people alone. To research and build the drones, CBP handed $500,000 to Mitre Corp., a trusted nonprofit Skunk Works that was already furnishing border police with prototype rapid DNA testing and smartwatch hacking technology. Forbes 3/3/2021 Feature, Innovation «278527862787278827892790279127922793Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
