Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115038 total results. Showing results 5981 to 6000 «296297298299300301302303304Next ›Last » 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 Statement on the National Physical Laboratory facial recognition technology report Emily Keaney, Deputy Commissioner for the Information Commissioner's Office, said: “Last week we were made aware of historical bias in the algorithm used by forces across the UK for retrospective facial recognition within the Police National Database. “We acknowledge that measures are being taken to address this bias. However, it's disappointing that we had not previously been told about this, despite regular engagement with the Home Office and police bodies as part of our wider work to hold government and the public sector to account on how data is being used in their services... Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) 5/12/2025 News Autism-specific police training launched after death of Surrey teen CANADA: After B.C.’s police watchdog ruled the RCMP officers involved in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Chase De Balinhard acted lawfully, the province has confirmed autism-specific police training is now underway. For Chase’s family and autism advocacy groups, the change is long overdue. While the new training is being welcomed as progress, the case continues to raise difficult questions about crisis response, policing, and how neurodivergent people are treated during emergencies. CTV News (Canada) 5/12/2025 News Winnipeg police chief wants body-camera pilot next year CANADA: Winnipeg police could begin testing body-worn cameras in 2026, according to Chief Gene Bowers. Speaking after Friday’s police board meeting, Bowers said the service is positioning itself to run a pilot project “sooner than later,” though funding requirements still need to be resolved. CBC News (Canada) 5/12/2025 News UKPAC announces Devon & Cornwall partnership to launch Direct to Police Reporting The SentrySIS platform will allow retailers and members of the UK Partners Against Crime (UKPAC) intelligence-sharing platform to report shop theft and related business crime directly into police systems — securely, efficiently and to a high evidential standard. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 5/12/2025 News Action Fraud replacement Report Fraud now live for public use The new service has received £152 million of funding from the Home Office and CLC to cover the next five years. The new service is now live and will become the national police lead for fraud. Police Oracle 5/12/2025 News European Migrant Smuggling Centre 9th Annual Report – 2025 EUROPE: The 9th Annual Report of the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC) provides an overview of Europol's activities and achievements in combating migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings throughout 2024. Europol 5/12/2025 Report A rapidly evolving criminal ecosystem: the escalating exploitation of vulnerable individuals EUROPE: Migrant smugglers and human traffickers are exploiting today’s geopolitical instability and economic pressures with unprecedented agility. Their business models continue to evolve at high speed, allowing criminals to recruit, transport and exploit vulnerable individuals while maximising profits. As a result, the EU faces a constantly shifting and increasingly digital criminal landscape. Both crime areas have undergone significant transformation in recent years, fuelled in particular by the rapid expansion of online tools for recruitment, advertising and exploitation. These and other latest trends are outlined in the 2025 Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre yearly activity overview, published today. Europol 5/12/2025 News Edmonton police failed to get approval for FRT trial: Alberta privacy commissioner CANADA: First test of biometric bodycams from Axon proceeding without official stamp. Whoa there, buds: that’s the message Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner has for Edmonton Police Services (EPS), after the announcement that the force would be trialing body-worm cameras integrated with facial recognition tech from Axon Industries. Commissioner Diane McLeod says the force failed to get her approval before moving ahead with the pilot, which is already live, having put Axon’s FRT body cams on 50 officers as of Wednesday. EPS says they don’t need her approval at the trial stage. She disagrees. BiometricUpdate.com 5/12/2025 News How commercial surveillance tools became essential to FBI investigations USA: Clearview AI, Babel Street, and ZeroFox sit at the center of the bureau’s investigative workflow. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has come to rely on Clearview AI, Babel Street, and ZeroFox to support its open-source intelligence (OSINT) operations – three tools a federal watchdog said are “capable of collecting … sensitive data” on people. BiometricUpdate.com 5/12/2025 News Audit to probe if gardaí are breaking the law by retaining fingerprints for over a year REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Labour’s Alan Kelly says he believes that there is a cover-up in the AGS and the department of justice about the missing prints. A major audit is underway of fingerprints in possession of An Garda Síochána (AGS) to check whether they are being legally held. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 5/12/2025 News ‘Urgent clarity’ sought over racial bias in UK police facial recognition technology Testing showing racial bias against black and Asian people prompts watchdog to ask Home Office for explanation. The UK’s data protection watchdog has asked the Home Office for “urgent clarity” over racial bias in police facial recognition technology before considering its next steps. The Guardian 5/12/2025 News Greater Manchester selected as part of violence reduction pilot to tackle knife crime The force will be part of the new pilot that will aim to reduce serious violence in Manchester City Centre, with key hotspots across the area targeted. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 5/12/2025 News IOPC investigation into Avon and Somerset after death of a teenager on the M5 The body is reviewing the actions and decisions taken by officers at Avon and Somerset Police after 18-year-old Logan Smith died on the M5 on Sunday. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 5/12/2025 News Staffordshire Police told to improve how it records missing children reports His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has released its newest findings of the national child protection inspection from an inspection in May this year. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 5/12/2025 News Home Office admits facial recognition tech issue with black and Asian subjects Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settings The Guardian 5/12/2025 News ‘Quick-release’ hijab for female police developed A hijab featuring a magnetic "quick-release system" designed to help female Muslim police officers on patrol has been put into production. BBC 5/12/2025 News Police officer appears in court accused of theft A Warwickshire Police officer has appeared in court after being charged with three counts of theft while on duty. 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