Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114910 total results. Showing results 561 to 580 «252627282930313233Next ›Last » Fiosrú publishes 2025 Annual Report REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, today (May 27, 2026) publishes its Annual Report for 2025 which documents the activities of the reformed independent police oversight body in its founding year. Fiosrú – the Office of the Police Ombudsman (Republic of Ireland) 27/5/2026 Report ‘The uniform we wear is not a shield’: Police chief on Spain incident CANADA: Toronto police officers accused of sexual assault in Spain reportedly showed their badges to local police during the incident, according to the Toronto Star. On Metro Morning, Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw emphasized that 'the uniform we wear is not a shield.' CBC News (Canada) 27/5/2026 News, Video ‘We’re not going to stop asking’: Regina group calls for inquiry into cops’ access to women’s data CANADA: "It is the Board of Police Commissioners that's ultimately responsible. That's where the buck stops." When Kerry Benjoe realized a Regina police officer had accessed internal police files about her, she reported it. Former Regina Police Service (RPS) Sgt. Robert Semenchuck was later charged with and convicted of one count of breach of trust and one count of unauthorized computer use. Court heard he used police systems to obtain confidential information and pursue intimate relationships with Benjoe and other vulnerable women under a false identity between 2011 and 2023. Regina Leader-Post (Canada) 27/5/2026 News Ontario’s solicitor general will look at police suspension laws after request from Toronto police chief CANADA: Ontario's solicitor general says he will look at the province's policing laws to determine if changes are in order after Toronto's police chief said officers charged abroad could only be suspended with pay. CBC News (Canada) 27/5/2026 News, Video Ontario government will consider Toronto police request on suspending officer pay CANADA: Ontario’s solicitor general says he will review a request from the Toronto police chief to expand the situations in which officers can be suspended without pay after three were charged over allegedly assaulting a sex worker in Spain. Global News (Canada) 27/5/2026 News Police break with premier, reject calls to arm Jewish security group AUSTRALIA: NSW Police has warned against arming Jewish security group CSG in response to the Bondi terrorist attack because the privilege could harm social cohesion, rejecting an idea endorsed by NSW Premier Chris Minns. Financial Review (Australia) 27/5/2026 News Breaching the Public Trust and Sentencing Canadian Police Officers: Addressing Rotten Apples, but not Rotten Barrels or Orchards When a police officer commits a criminal offense, they not only violate the very laws they are legally entrusted to uphold, but in doing so, they also violate the public’s trust. In Canada, the importance of public trust is recognized through the criminal offense of “breach of trust by a public officer,” and as an aggravating factor in sentencing. As there is a significant dearth of research on police criminality and on the sentencing of police officers in Canada, we present an empirically grounded examination of 93 sentencing decisions between 1990 and 2024, involving over 100 police officers convicted for breaches of trust. The study sheds light on the nature of police-perpetrated breaches of trust, and on the ways in which courts sentence police-offenders in Canada. Our study underscores that although sentencing is an important element of police accountability, it does little to address the systemic aspects of police criminality. Police Quarterly 27/5/2026 Research article Situational crime prevention against cyberfraud: A case study of China’s anti-fraud centres Cyberfraud is turning into a transnational organised cybercrime, which creates tremendous conundrums for criminal justice systems in the global context. The current study examines the utility of the situational crime prevention (SCP) framework in combating this ‘wicked problem’, which has been advocated for years but remains empirically underdeveloped. Using China's anti-fraud centres (AFCs) as a case study, this research provides the Global South perspectives from the interviews with 21 Chinese police officers. The findings show the nuanced practices implemented by the AFCs under each major SCP component, such as routinised cyberfraud campaigns (increase risks), cyberfraud blacklists (increase effort), victim-focused interventions (reduce rewards), hot-spot regulation (remove provocations), and multi-situational offender deterrence (remove excuses). Although Chinese officers recognised the cost-effectiveness and tactical inclusiveness of these approaches, they also acknowledged the existence of worrying downsides, such as procedural injustice and crime displacement. This research contributes to criminological literature on cybercrime prevention by offering theoretical and practical insights for transnational fraud governance. International Journal of Police Science & Management 27/5/2026 Research article Exploring officers’ responses to cybercrime calls-for-service in the United States: A road map for the future Despite the rising prevalence of cybercrime incidents and the mandates to respond to cybercrimes, police officers are generally ill-prepared to handle these cases because of the following individual and organizational factors: police officers’ knowledge gaps, technical and evidentiary challenges, and agency cultures’ prioritizing traditional offline crimes, obsolete organization cultures, limited budget and resources, outdated training on cybercrime investigations, and the effectiveness of specialized cybercrime units. This paper reviews the international literature on law enforcement responses to cybercrime, focusing on identifying the various types of cybercrime offenses officers encounter and assessing officers’ responses to these incidents, along with the factors that influence their responses. The purpose of this work is to identify the primary challenges confronting law enforcement and explain the key factors underlying these challenges worldwide. This paper provides a comparative basis for discussing potential policy changes and future research directions to make U.S. law enforcement responses to cybercrime more effective, such as establishing an agreed-upon definition to streamline the cybercrime reporting system, broadening data availability, overcoming organizational challenges, reforming organizational cultures, and addressing structural barriers through partnerships. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Subscription at source 27/5/2026 Research article Garda watchdog finds majority of 2025 complaints focused on unhappiness with garda investigations REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Watchdog has said that it received 2,706 public complaints about Gardaí last year, with the vast majority of complainants unhappy with the outcome from police investigations. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 27/5/2026 News Your 1987 Police Pension Scheme lump sum — What’s changed & what it means The Government has undertaken a periodic exercise to adjust a financial calculation that affects how much tax-free cash lump sum officers under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme (PPS) can take when they retire. Your annual pension, which is the monthly income you receive for life, has not been cut and remains fully protected by law. These changes do not affect officers in the PPS 2006 and PPS 2015 CARE schemes. Only officers in the 1987 PPS who choose to commute part of their pension for a lump sum, and only those under this legacy scheme, retiring on or after 21 May 2026 are affected. Please be assured that your accrued pension rights are protected by statute. The Government cannot reduce the annual pension you have already earned. If you do not take any lump sum at all, nothing changes for you. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 27/5/2026 News Fiosrú investigations led to jail sentences for two gardaí REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Two Gardaí were given jail sentences for separate assaults on 17-year-old boys, while another Garda was found in breach of discipline after a 17-year-old... Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 27/5/2026 News Policing and security in Northern Ireland: First Report of Session 2026–27 Northern Ireland Affairs Committee: This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which was set up in 2001 following the recommendation of the Patten Commission. The formation of this new policing service was a central part of the post Belfast/Good Friday Agreement peace process. This anniversary, and our report, provides a timely opportunity to assess how policing and the security environment have evolved since, and key challenges now facing the PSNI. UK Parliament 27/5/2026 Report Abuse among under-16s ‘rising due to extreme porn’ Abuse among under-16s may be on the rise because of extreme pornography, an academic has said. Dr Ruth Weir of City St George's, University of London, said extreme porn had been "normalised online" and was now "playing out in young people's relationships". BBC 27/5/2026 News Scotland’s criminal courts benefiting from transformative new case management process Scotland’s criminal courts are benefiting from a transformative new case management process – which has led to over 100,000 fewer police officers called to give evidence. FutureScot 27/5/2026 News Fear and loathing in EDI: Episode 1 – attack of the box tickers…. In the first of a series of columns on the failings of current EDI training in policing, Dipti Mouj explains why it has become a box ticking exercise. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/5/2026 Feature New ‘Grab Bags’ scheme to support hospital patients fleeing violence launched The scheme was started by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) in partnership with the Office of the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner (LPCC). Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/5/2026 News Sergeant blamed ‘isolated lapse due to ill health’ for unlawful accessing of Insight system PS Cooper, of West Midlands Police (WMP), would have been sacked had he not already resigned, a misconduct hearing this mont ruled. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/5/2026 News PSNI recruits should be from more under-represented groups, report demands A report by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (NIAC) has recommended that new officers be attracted from under-represented groups - including those from a Catholic background. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/5/2026 News Former Dorset officer denies GBH after detaining suspected shoplifter Lorne Castle, 47, has pleaded not guilty to seriously injuring Daniel Meyrick in an altercation outside the Castlepoint shopping centre in Bournemouth, Dorset, on June 19 last year. 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