Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100394 total results. Showing results 58001 to 58020 «289728982899290029012902290329042905Next ›Last » Free speech provisions must be strengthened in Hate Crime Bill, MSPs say The Hate Crime Bill must be amended to strengthen its free speech provisions, Holyrood’s Justice Committee has concluded. Holyrood Magazine 11/12/2020 News From poppies to meth: How Afghanistan is changing the global drug-trafficking landscape for good The recent discovery that the world’s most fertile breeding ground for heroin is also home to the plant used to make the main ingredient in crystal meth went largely unnoticed in the mainstream media; but as Policing Insight’s Chris Allen explains, it has huge consequences for organised crime both internationally and in the UK. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 11/12/2020 Analysis, Feature Humberside Police: Senior police officer admits using racist term A senior police officer has admitted using racially abusive language to describe a black colleague. BBC 11/12/2020 News CT Policing warn of need for vigilance over Christmas Counter Terrorism Policing has warned that the threat from terrorism has not been diminished by the global pandemic, despite the Covid-19 lockdown continuing to reduce the number of terrorism-related arrests. Counter Terrorism Policing 11/12/2020 News New surrender scheme starts to keep dangerous weapons off the streets Measures to keep dangerous weapons off the streets are a step closer today with the opening of a surrender scheme, under prohibitions introduced in the Offensive Weapons Act. Home Office 11/12/2020 News ‘It’s a stunt’ caller brands weapons buyback scheme ‘garbage’ "Stunt" was how this caller branded a scheme by police to offer compensation in exchange for handing in certain offensive weapons. LBC 11/12/2020 News Rape victims given the right to ask for female forensic team Rape victims have the legal right to be treated by female forensic teams before going to the police after a new law was passed at Holyrood last night. The Times - Subscription at source 11/12/2020 News Face-recognition cameras to catch shoplifters raise fears over privacy A supermarket chain‘s extension of facial-recognition technology in its stores has prompted outrage among privacy campaigners. The Times - Subscription at source 11/12/2020 News Interview with Yonkers, NY Police Commissioner John Mueller and Newark, NJ Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose USA: For today’s Daily COVID-19 Report, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler spoke with Yonkers, NY Police Commissioner John Mueller and Newark, NJ Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose. Both cities were hit hard by the first COVID wave in the New York City area last spring, and are now responding to the recent case increase. They discussed how they’ve changed their operations, and described their plans for offering COVID vaccines to their workforce. Police Executive Research Forum 10/12/2020 Feature, Interview, Opinion Isolation report: Police dragged heels over request for confinement info NEW ZEALAND: Police did not initially cooperate nor provide data on time to a Human Rights Commission report into how agencies keep people in confinement. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 10/12/2020 News Christchurch gunman’s racist views traced to when he was 12 – report NEW ZEALAND: The Christchurch gunman, a loner and self-described introvert, expressed racist views from a young age. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 10/12/2020 News City police closer to adopting body cams CANADA: Greater Sudbury Police Chief Paul Pedersen gave body-worn cameras an enthusiastic endorsement on Wednesday, hailing the technology as a way to promote accountability and to build trust between police and the public. The Sudbury Star (Canada) 10/12/2020 News Intelligence agencies’ failures highlighted but no accountability sought NEW ZEALAND: Several key security and intelligence agencies failed to do their counter-terrorism job well, or at all, but there remains no way of holding them to account. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 10/12/2020 News ‘Porch pirate’ crimes spike across New Zealand NEW ZEALAND: Porch pirates are opportunistic thieves who follow courier vans or scour the street for freshly delivered parcels. Stuff (New Zealand) 10/12/2020 News Advanced operational communications for WA’s emergency services AUSTRALIA: Part one of multi-stage project to build an emergency services radio network. Project's first phase expected to replace more than 11,000 radio devices. McGowan Government building strong and safe communities Government of Western Australia 10/12/2020 News Police Commissioner: Crime rates plummet in WA AUSTRALIA: WA’s Police Commissioner has revealed crime rates in WA have plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic. 6pr (Australia) 10/12/2020 News Mayor’s office fails to state confidence in Greater Manchester Police’s Chief Constable after damning report Andy Burnham repeatedly ducked the question, while his deputy Bev Hughes suggested Ian Hopkins may now be on notice Manchester Evening News 10/12/2020 News Surrey Police admit failures on domestic abuse within force A landmark complaint brought by a women's advocacy group has forced Surrey Police to admit its failure to act correctly after learning that staff members were committing domestic abuse. Comet (Surrey) 10/12/2020 News With Far-Right Extremism On the rise, Germany investigates its police EUROPE: Four years ago, Simon Neumeyer enrolled in the Saxony State Police Academy in the eastern German city of Leipzig as a 19-year-old cadet. "At the time, I naively thought the police were 100% committed to law and order," he remembers. His naiveté began to wear off on the academy's target-shooting grounds while he and his fellow cadets, guns in hand, listened to a lecture from their commander. npr 10/12/2020 Feature Minneapolis switches $8m from police budget to violence prevention USA: The Minneapolis city council unanimously approved a budget early on Thursday that will shift about $8m from the police department toward violence prevention and other programs. The Guardian 10/12/2020 News «289728982899290029012902290329042905Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
