Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102854 total results. Showing results 5661 to 5680 «280281282283284285286287288Next ›Last » Police U-turn on retaining community officers A police force looks likely to retain its 99 community support officers (PCSOs) after previously announcing plans to get rid of them. BBC 4/2/2025 News Britain’s leading the way protecting children from online predators UK becomes the first country in the world to create new AI sexual abuse offences to protect children from predators generating AI images. Home Office 4/2/2025 News Gardai take down west Dublin’s main cocaine supply network with massive €12 million seizure REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Officers swarmed Mountmellick in Co Laois tonight and seized around 182kg of the drug, as well as around 4kg of cannabis, with a combined street value of €12.8 million. Dublin Live (Republic of Ireland) 4/2/2025 News Delay in sacking police officer ‘unacceptable’ A police officer's sacking four years after a misconduct investigation is an "unacceptable delay" which requires a change to legislation, the Police Ombudsman's Office has said. BBC 4/2/2025 News Should retailers adapt to prevent shoplifting? Last week’s figures from the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Annual Crime Survey made for headline grabbing stuff. Every day, more than 2,000 shopworkers suffer violence or abuse at work. More than 70 such incidents per day involve weapons. Retail thefts rose by 3.7m, to over 20.4m last year. The cost of shoplifting to businesses hit more than £2.2bn, adding £133 to the average household’s annual shopping bill. The problem is “out of control” reports the BBC, with brazen, ‘kamikaze’ shoplifters terrorising high streets across the country, emboldened by a pitiful lack of policing and paltry punishments. The Police Foundation 4/2/2025 Feature, Opinion New £13m police centre to tackle violence against women and girls Government announces new intelligence-led national policing centre to put the experiences of victims at the heart of police investigations. Home Office 4/2/2025 News B.C. human rights commissioner at odds with province over police in schools CANADA: British Columbia’s human rights commissioner says the provincial government has effectively made police liaison programs mandatory in schools with its firing of the Greater Victoria school board, while failing to provide a factual basis for the decision. Global News (Canada) 4/2/2025 News Two officers used excessive force when arresting youths – IPCA NEW ZEALAND: Two police officers used excessive force when arresting young people in an 2022 incident in Auckland, the police watchdog has found. 1 News (New Zealand) 4/2/2025 News Improve police raid procedures: Samuel Maloney inquest jury CANADA: London police should create better raid procedures to account for the presence of children and the mental health history of people inside a home, a coroner’s inquest jury says. The London Free Press (Canada) 4/2/2025 News Report on Government Services 2025: 6 Police services AUSTRALIA: The focus of performance reporting in this section is police services, covering the operations of the police agencies of each state and territory government, including the ACT community policing function performed by the Australian Federal Police. Productivity Commission - Australian Government 4/2/2025 Report British Virgin Islands accused of ‘shameful’ attempt to avoid financial crime crackdown The British Virgin Islands (BVI) have been accused of a “shameful” attempt to avoid a crackdown on financial crime, in a growing rift with the government that threatens to escalate into a constitutional standoff. The Guardian 4/2/2025 News Swedish police say 11 people dead in Örebro campus attack SWEDEN: Victims still being identified after what Sweden’s PM says was the worst mass shooting in the country’s history The Guardian 4/2/2025 News Family disruption, domestic violence and assaults against the police in Kentucky Informed by the social disorganization theory (SDT), the study intends to identify the ecological factors most likely to predict assaults against the police recorded over five years in a southern American state, which has a relatively large rural population. The study uses aggregated county-level data on non-lethal assault against the police recorded in Kentucky between 2012 and 2016. We anticipated that structural conditions would affect directly and indirectly assaults against the police. Because predictors of social disorganization generally correlate with crimes police respond to, we hypothesized that the effects of SDT predictors on police victimization will be mediated by violent crime rates and domestic violence rates. The study found partial empirical support for the social disorganization theory. Assaults against the police were more common in counties that had a higher proportion of female-headed households, higher rates of domestic violence citations and higher violent crime rates. Conversely, police victimization was less common in densely populated areas and in counties with higher poverty rates. While family disruption had significant direct and indirect positive effects on police victimization, the significant positive effect of ethnic heterogeneity (percent Black population) was only indirect. Residential instability did not predict significant variations in police victimization. To our knowledge, no prior research attempted to determine if SDT is a valid theoretical framework when non-lethal assaults on police are examined beyond metropolitan areas. Policing: An International Journal - Subscription at source 4/2/2025 Research article Most Garda divisions had fewer frontline officers last year, figures show REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: More than half of all Garda divisions nationwide had fewer gardaí at the end of 2024 than at the start of the year, despite overall numbers in the force increasing by 1.4 per cent over the same period. Official figures on the size of the Garda workforce published by the Department of Justice show 12 of the country’s 22 Garda divisions experienced a decrease in the number of gardaí over the course of 2024. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 4/2/2025 News Plan for new police HQ taking too long, say board members CANADA: Members of the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners voted Monday to move forward with planning for a new Halifax Regional Police (HRP) headquarters, but several board members complained about how long the project is taking. The Signal 4/2/2025 News PSNI officers hailed after rescuing adults and children from burning house Officers obtained two ladders from neighbouring properties and were able to rescue an unresponsive 70-year-old woman and a young child from the rear of the property. The bravery of a group of police officers in Northern Ireland who rescued two adults and two children from a burning house has been hailed by the deputy chief constable. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 4/2/2025 News Chief constable to cut number of senior ranks in favour of more ‘worker bees’ The chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police plans to cut the number of senior ranks in his “top heavy” force to put more officers out in their community. Police Professional 4/2/2025 News PCC renews funding for victim care centre The victim hub runs one of the UK's more comprehensive schemes for victims, where independent case managers provide emotional and practical support to those who have suffered due to crime. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 4/2/2025 News PSNI must use ‘fast-track’ approach in conduct complaints – ombudsman The ombudsman in Northern Ireland said a "gap in the legislation" means cases can take longer to conclude. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) must use a “fast-track” approach when it comes to concluding complaints after it took four years to dismiss an officer found to have committed gross misconduct, the nation’s ombudsman has said. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 4/2/2025 News Drug driving becoming more prevalent than drinking driving, SPF says Over 500 positive drug wipe tests were gathered between December and January - more than breath test samples. Drug driving is becoming more prevalent than drink driving across the border as cases increased over the festive period, the Scottish Police Federation’s vice chair, Brian Jones, has said. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 4/2/2025 Analysis, Feature «280281282283284285286287288Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
