Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 94114 total results. Showing results 56501 to 56520 «282228232824282528262827282828292830Next ›Last » Britain’s biggest ever crime bust 'The Wire'-style sting snares 746 kingpins and 200 gangland hits, seizes £54M in cash and two tonnes of drugs after police smash 'impenetrable' secret phone network used across the world Mail Online 3/7/2020 Analysis, Feature ’‘No one has a normal phone these days’ Police used data from an encrypted chat service to track down one of the UK’s most wanted criminals over his alleged role in a violent dispute between two crime gangs in the north of England, it has emerged. The Times - Subscription at source 3/7/2020 Analysis, Feature Ban pointed knives and the number of stabbings will fall Louis XIV would have known just what to do after the attacks in Reading and Glasgow. Seventeenth-century France was a dangerous place. It was dangerous for the same reason the rest of Europe was at the time: there was great wealth inequality, there was little in the way of policing and, the French king noted, everyone carried an offensive weapon. The Times - Subscription at source 3/7/2020 Feature, Opinion £54m seized and 800 arrests after gangs’ phone messages are hacked The National Crime Agency and police have struck the biggest blow against organised crime in decades by infiltrating an encrypted phone network used for trafficking drugs and firearms. The Times - Subscription at source 3/7/2020 News Hero cops who have worked through the coronavirus pandemic will get a one-off $1,250 bonus and two weeks extra leave – but only in one state AUSTRALIA: Police officers in Queensland will get a one-off $1250 bonus and two weeks extra leave for going 'above and beyond' during the pandemic. The Queensland Police Union struck up the deal with the state government on Thursday after 'thorough negotiations and discussions'. Mail Online 3/7/2020 News Elite police, drones to roam lockdown suburbs amid COVID-19 spike AUSTRALIA: More than 1000 police including elite units will roam the streets of locked-down suburbs and drones will be deployed as the state battles to control rising COVID-19 cases. The increased police presence comes as hundreds of residents dial into the state's hotline for reporting breaches of lockdown rules, with 500 calls in the hours before stay-at-home orders came into force in 36 suburbs. The Age (Australia) 3/7/2020 News Secret police strike force investigating senior detectives AUSTRALIA: A highly secret police strike force has been set up to investigate the conduct of senior police in the New South Wales drug squad. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 3/7/2020 News Minister won’t take guns from gangs NEW ZEALAND: The New Zealand National Party Police Minister Stuart Nash has refused to back law changes that would keep guns out of the hands of gangs in New Zealand, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. Mirage News 3/7/2020 News Don’t leave keys in unoccupied patrol cars, police told NEW ZEALAND: The police now have explicit instructions not to leave keys in unoccupied police cars after an incident last year in which a patrol car and two Glock pistols were stolen. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 3/7/2020 News Police and NCA infiltrate encrypted communication platform in UK’s biggest ever law enforcement operation UK law enforcement has made a massive breakthrough in the fight against serious and organised crime after the takedown of a bespoke encrypted global communication service used exclusively by criminals. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 2/7/2020 News Chief constables could be stripped of powers to decide best way to fight crime in their area after concerns raised over policing of lockdown and statues Chief constables could be stripped of their powers to make key decisions in their areas amid calls to nationalise the way police forces operate. Mail Online 2/7/2020 News PCC welcomes next stage of review into drugs misuse in the UK The APCC’s national lead for Drugs and Alcohol and Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Hardyal Dhindsa has today welcomed the latest phase of a national review into the misuse of illegal drugs in England. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 2/7/2020 News Operation Venetic – NCA and police smash thousands of criminal conspiracies APCC Serious and Organised Crime Lead, Marc Jones, PCC for Lincolnshire said: “The outstanding results of this exceptional operation led by the NCA, with the full cooperation of police forces across the UK as well as collaboration with European partners, proves that when law enforcement agencies work together there is nowhere for criminals to hide. Even those criminals who have evaded the police for many years. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 2/7/2020 News ACC Todd urges people to act responsibly as bars set to reopen From Friday 3 July many licensed premises will be able to reopen with restrictions designed to protect the public from Coronavirus. Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) 2/7/2020 News National serious and organised crime disruption operation Police Scotland continues to work with partners to severely disrupt the activities of serious and organised criminals operating in Scotland - following the seizure of controlled drugs with a street value of over £25 million in recent weeks. Police Scotland 2/7/2020 News Police and psychiatric nurses team up in Red Deer CANADA: The calls for more police funding to be redirected to services such as mental-health programs continue to grow, but RCMP officers and psychiatric nurses have been working side by side in Red Deer for almost a decade. Red Deer Advocate (Canada) 2/7/2020 News Comment: Police officers serve for all the right reasons CANADA: I’ve been a police officer for 11 years now. I am definitely used to public criticisms of my organization and police officers as a whole. Some of these criticisms are required, as we must keep ourselves and the powers we are given as law enforcers in check. Oversight bodies and independent investigations are necessary and were implemented in Canadian policing standards years ago. Times Colonist (Canada) 2/7/2020 Feature, Opinion Nova Scotia justice minister ready to discuss the role of police in mental health calls CANADA: Some police chiefs say officers not well equipped to help people in mental health crisis CBC News (Canada) 2/7/2020 News Studies show no consistent evidence body cameras reduce police violence CANADA: A Calgary police officer loudly tells an Indigenous man to put his hands on the roof of his car and, within seconds, the situation escalates to yelling. Body-worn camera video from the officer’s chest then shows the man’s head pushed into his vehicle. Blue Line (Canada) 2/7/2020 News EncroChat: What it is, who was running it, and how did criminals get their encrypted phones? The company - which had servers in France - provided an encrypted phone network widely used by criminal, according to Europol. Sky News 2/7/2020 Analysis, Feature «282228232824282528262827282828292830Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
