Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115035 total results. Showing results 5961 to 5980 «295296297298299300301302303Next ›Last » Sir Mark Rowley won anti-terror deal from force while in private sector The commissioner left Scotland Yard in 2018 before returning to take the top job. His expertise served him well during his time away. The Times - Subscription at source 7/12/2025 News Insurance doctor never spoke to traumatised former NSW Police officer before challenging his mental health AUSTRALIA: A former NSW Police officer with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had his mental health incorrectly challenged by a doctor who never consulted or examined him during a year-long battle with the force's insurer. ABC News (Australia) 6/12/2025 News The gruelling contest to join France’s toughest police force FRANCE: Officers from the elite BRI tackle everything from crime lords to the Louvre theft — for no extra pay. This is how they're selected. The Times - Subscription at source 6/12/2025 News Why Britain’s police forces are taking to AI There are big benefits if they can overcome the obstacles. HARRY SCHONE’s job is to work out how the police can use artificial intelligence. At Police Scotland’s headquarters, a glass cube in Glasgow’s east end, he has assembled a team of coders and engineers who stand out among straight-laced colleagues. They are working on an array of schemes: a programme that transcribes evidence; a model that helps shift-planners deploy officers; a tool that matches reported thefts with ads on resale websites. The Economist - Subscription at source 6/12/2025 Feature CEO of police body says Hillsborough post ‘was wrong’ The chief executive of a police body has apologised for a statement issued after a report into the Hillsborough disaster was published. The report by the watchdog Independent Officer for Police Conduct (IOPC) concluded 12 officers involved in the response to the tragedy - which led to the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium - would have faced charges of gross misconduct if they were still serving. In a statement, shared after the report's findings were published, South Yorkshire Police Federation said it was "opinion dressed up as fact". BBC 6/12/2025 News AI in crime fighting: a systematic review using the framework of ‘what works, what doesn’t, what’s promising’ Here is the shortened abstract:This systematic review evaluates research on artificial intelligence (AI) crime-fighting applications used in U.S. policing. Using the “What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising” framework and the Maryland Scientific Methods Scale (SMS) to assess evidence strength, the review synthesizes findings from 19 empirical studies. Results show that place-based predictive policing can reduce crime, harmspot policing may lower social harm without increasing disparities, and facial-recognition systems can improve investigations and case clearance when supported by strong accountability. In contrast, person-based targeting, license plate readers, acoustic gunshot detection, and AIassisted crime-report writing show limited or mixed effectiveness. Several emerging AI technologies appear operationally promising but lack outcome-based evaluations needed to determine their real impact on crime reduction. The review highlights the importance of evidence-based AI implementation in law enforcement and calls for more rigorous research to assess both the effectiveness and risks of AI-driven crime-fighting tools. Police Practice and Research 6/12/2025 Research article Does automated feedback impact the acceptability of AI-generated police body worn camera review? An implementation science natural experiment The diffusion of innovations in policing has often been hindered by barriers to implementation and officer acceptance, which can derail an innovation regardless of its validity or effectiveness. Implementation Science (IS) is a useful lens for addressing such concerns because IS empirically examines the way a new technology or strategy is deployed, and it offers insights on barriers, facilitators, and fidelity. The present study uses an IS framework to investigate one of the latest innovations in policing: Artificial Intelligence (AI). In early 2024, two Arizona police departments deployed Truleo, an AI-driven body-worn camera review platform, via randomized controlled trials, but only one of those departments used a feature of Truleo that sends automated positive feedback emails to officers when they engage in behaviors assessed as “highly professional” by the AI algorithm. Using cross-sectional survey data from line-level officers (n = 84), we estimate both intent-to-treat and instrumental variable regression models to examine the effect of the automated emails on three implementation outcomes: acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility. Officers in the department with automated feedback enabled reported higher levels of the appropriateness of Truleo. The instrumental variable models suggest that the automated emails resulted in higher levels of acceptability and appropriateness. The findings highlight: (1) the importance of evaluating different implementation strategies when deploying new technologies like AI, and (2) the potential value of providing AI-generated positive feedback to officers in the field as a means of ensuring the successful implementation of AI-driven officer accountability platforms in an agency. CRIMRXIV 6/12/2025 Research article Taxpayers fork out £112,000 to help Police Scotland’s deputy chief constable relocate from London Jane Connors has more than three decades of experience in policing and moved to Scotland in 2023. Taxpayers have forked out £112,000 to help Police Scotland's deputy chief constable move from London. Jane Connors was paid "relocation" expenses to help her move to Scotland after working for the Metropolitan Police in London. Scottish Daily Express 6/12/2025 News West Midlands police chief sorry for saying Jewish community supported Maccabi fan ban Senior officer had told MPs some Jewish representatives did not want Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa game classified as high risk The Guardian 6/12/2025 News Met has lost more than 1,700 officers since Labour came to power – as Starmer and Khan accused of ‘running policing in the capital into the ground’ The Metropolitan Police has lost more than 1,700 officers since Labour came to power. Britain's largest police force saw numbers fall by 5 per cent from the end of June last year to the end of September – with the Tories accusing Keir Starmer and mayor of London Sadiq Khan of 'running policing in the capital into the ground'. Mail Online 6/12/2025 News Overhaul of Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog recommended to broaden definition of corrupt conduct AUSTRALIA: Ibac’s oversight of Victoria police should also be strengthened, the state’s integrity and oversight committee recommends. Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog should be overhauled, with a broader definition of corrupt conduct that could allow it to pursue cases such as those that ensnared former New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian and her ex-partner Daryl Maguire, a parliamentary committee has found. The oversight of Victoria police should also be strengthened, and the force legally required to implement Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (Ibac) recommendations, or publicly state why it was not doing so, the committee found. The Guardian 6/12/2025 News PSNI using dash-cams in cars for first time The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is using dash-cams in police vehicles for the first time. Ten cars in the Newry, Mourne and Down policing district have been equipped with the devices as part of a pilot scheme. The scheme is running throughout December in response to the high number of police vehicle-ramming incidents across Northern Ireland. BBC 6/12/2025 News CK police chief calls new NG 9-1-1 system a “double-edged sword” CANADA: The new Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) emergency response system in Chatham-Kent (CK) is ready to handle the wave of extra data coming in the future, but are the Emergency Communications Operators (ECOs)? The service is preparing for the wave of additional data expected in 2027 as part of the new system. Chatham-Kent police chief Kirk Earley told the media at an NG 9-1-1 information session on Thursday that starting in 2027, the system will be able to accept texts, videos, and photos from the public, and that could take a greater toll on the Emergency Communications Operators (ECOs), who already have a highly stressful job. CK News Today (Canada) 6/12/2025 News Missing garda fingerprints expose a troubling culture of delay, confusion and evasion REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A years-long failure to act on missing Garda fingerprints exposes a deeper cultural problem: avoiding accountability until a scandal erupts. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 6/12/2025 Feature Qld police union discontent persists months after controversial pay deal AUSTRALIA: Discontent is bubbling at Queensland’s police union as officers speak out against its leadership, and some leave to take up the services of a copper-turned-barrister offering legal protection on a retainer. The union has been in the spotlight since a vote to accept a new enterprise bargaining agreement with the state government went down to the wire, passing by less than 2 per cent. WA Today (Australia) - Subscription at source 6/12/2025 News Grant Stevens orders major review of country policing AUSTRALIA: South Australia Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has ordered a major review of country policing. It comes as the police union lodged an industrial dispute with the South Australian Employment Tribunal over serious safety concerns linked to understaffing at Coober Pedy Police Station. The Advertiser (Australia) - Subscription at source 6/12/2025 News Police pull record number of sick days Data show equivalent of 4,000 officers calling in sick daily, with critics linking surge to overstretched service The Telegraph - Subscription at source 6/12/2025 News Hillsborough survivor ‘followed by police’ – IOPC The years-long investigation into police conduct surrounding the Hillsborough disaster found evidence that police officers had followed a victim's family member. BBC 6/12/2025 News Does Coding Change What We See? The Influence of Annotation on Perceptions of Police Use of Force Objectives: This study examines whether coding body-worn camera footage affects perceptions of use of force reasonableness approximated by Graham-factor inspired measures. Methods: The present work makes use of a randomized experiment with 24 university students assigned to either provide subjective appraisals of use of force before coding the footage or to code and then provide subjective appraisals. A total of 1,281 videos were assessed. Data analyzed using a support vector machine approach to assess perceptions across Graham-Factor measures. Results: The order in which participants appraised versus coded videos affected how participants viewed reasonableness. Annotation order affected four of the Graham-based measures (immediate threat, likelihood of fleeing, risk of harm if fleeing, and ability to inflict harm). Participants who coded first relied more heavily on specific force-related behaviors (e.g., strikes, firearm draw, pat-downs), whereas participants who rated videos first drew more on contextual elements (e.g., number of officers, force escalation cues). Conclusion: The way footage is viewed affects subjective appraisals of footage which has implications camera footage as both evidence and in terms of how police release such data. CRIMRXIV 6/12/2025 Research article ADF and WA Police split with China linked drone supplier AUSTRALIA: Australia's Defence Department and the WA Police Force has confirmed they are no longer using products supplied by a Sydney IT business following... The West Australian (Australia) - Subscription at source 5/12/2025 News «295296297298299300301302303Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
