Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102947 total results. Showing results 59321 to 59340 «296329642965296629672968296929702971Next ›Last » Community Payback Orders New measures will help ensure the justice system can operate effectively and ease pressure on local authorities as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues. Scottish Government 29/1/2021 News Police officer uplift, quarterly update to December 2020 OFFICIAL STATISTICS - Quarterly update on progress with the recruitment of an additional 20,000 police officers in England and Wales. Home Office 29/1/2021 News Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: changes to bodies granted accredited financial investigatory powers CONSULTATION; The consultation seeks to obtain views on whether five public bodies should be granted access to certain powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). Home Office 29/1/2021 News UK sex workers face rising violence and hardship during pandemic Some women have taken up sex work for the first time because of money worries, while others who had left the trade have returned The Guardian 29/1/2021 News Coronavirus vaccine ‘denied to police officers after Welsh Government intervention’ It is understood that officers at South Wales Police were set to be offered the vaccine as batches were due to expire but it was stopped by the Welsh Government Wales Online 29/1/2021 News Police officer charged with misconduct A police officer who allegedly began a sexual relationship with a vulnerable woman was yesterday charged with two counts of misconduct in public office. Belfast Telegraph 29/1/2021 News COVID-19: Third of police officers have faced ‘threats of being infected’ with coronavirus It comes as the Metropolitan Police revealed five of their officers have died with the virus in the past two weeks. Sky News 29/1/2021 News Police bolstered with 6,620 extra officers and extra funding Government on track to bring in 20,000 more officers by 2023 and makes £20m available to crack down on crime including burglary and theft. Home Office 29/1/2021 News Forensic linguists can make or break a court case. So who are they and what do they do? In an increasingly digital world, the role of forensic linguistics will be crucial to law enforcement as an aid to correctly identifying text authors and voices, so investment in research and awareness raising among police officers and the judiciary, are vital to its success. Georgina Heydon outlines how this powerful, yet little known, tool can be integrated into investigations. Policing Insight 29/1/2021 Feature Priti Patel vows to make communities safer with £20m boost to tackle crime Priti Patel vowed to make communities safer by giving police and councils £20million to tackle neighbourhood crimes such as burglary and robbery. Express 29/1/2021 News CPD for superintendents: Why the need for development never stops The Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA), which represents officers in forces across England and Wales as well as those in the Isle of Man, Bermuda and Gibraltar, recently announced the launch of a programme of CPD events for superintendents, in collaboration with the College of Policing; PSA President Paul Griffiths discusses why the need for professional development never ends, regardless of rank. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 29/1/2021 Feature, Opinion UK trialling NZ police hijab design NEW ZEALAND: UK police are trialling the same hijab design used in New Zealand. In November, Zeena Ali became the first in New Zealand to don a police-issued hijab as part of her uniform. It took 16 months from July 2019 to design and implement. A police spokesperson said the Leicestershire police are so impressed, that they are now trialling the Massey University design for their staff. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 29/1/2021 News Police could be powerless to stop people flying off on holiday during coronavirus lockdown, top officer warns Police may be powerless to stop tourists leaving the country, a top officer suggested yesterday. Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said forces will carry out extra Covid patrols at airports and ports. But he suggested officers may not have the power to stop holidaymakers getting on flights. Mail Online 29/1/2021 News Police bolstered with 6,620 extra officers and extra funding Government on track to bring in 20,000 more officers by 2023 and makes £20m available to crack down on crime including burglary and theft. Home Office 29/1/2021 News Coronavirus vaccine ‘denied to police officers after Welsh Government intervention’ It is understood that officers at South Wales Police were set to be offered the vaccine as batches were due to expire but it was stopped by the Welsh Government Wales Online 29/1/2021 News Top police chief urges Canada to decriminalize hard-drug possession CANADA: TORONTO -- The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday. CTV News (Canada) 28/1/2021 News PSA gives evidence to Home Affairs Select Committee over concerns around the police complaints process The Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) has raised concerns around the police complaints process, as part of a government-led inquiry. Police Superintendents' Association (PSA) 28/1/2021 News NYPD officers to get training on speaking up against bad policing USA: New program teaches officers to step in when another officer uses excessive force or goes against police department guidelines Wall Street Journal (USA) 28/1/2021 News Joint operation sees two members of British Army arrested on firearms offences Two serving members of the British Army have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences. Police Professional 28/1/2021 News Radicalisation and retention: how long can the police hold data about a person allegedly vulnerable to radicalisation? If concerns are raised that a person might be vulnerable to radicalisation, how long can a police force hold data about that person? This was the question facing the High Court in the case of R (II) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2020] EWHC 2528 (Admin), which held that the police's continued retention of data a sixteen year old was contrary to the Data Protection Act 2018 and article 8. In finding this, the court held that a force’s retention of data must be proportionate, what is proportionate in any given situation is fact-specific and that when the police cease to be able to identify a policing purpose for continued retention of personal data, it should be deleted. UK Police Law Blog 28/1/2021 Analysis, Feature «296329642965296629672968296929702971Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
