Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114910 total results. Showing results 601 to 620 «272829303132333435Next ›Last » Violence, childhood and knife crime: Support must be a right, not a referral Public debate often frames fatal knife crime as a problem of serious youth violence in public space, but data from the National Child Mortality Database complicates this narrative, says the University of Bristol’s Dr Jade Levell, who argues that with children experiencing violence in a range of scenarios – including in education and as a result of domestic violence – there needs to be a fundamental shift to ensure they always have the right to violence support at the earliest opportunity. Policing Insight 27/5/2026 Analysis, Feature, Opinion Judge dismisses case after Gardaí did not disclose CCTV REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The failure of Gardaí to disclose CCTV evidence to a defence solicitor has prompted a judge to dismiss legal proceedings against a man who was charged with being drunk in charge of a vehicle. Western People (Republic of Ireland) 27/5/2026 News Heartbreak as cops avoid charges over Aboriginal death AUSTRALIA: A family is heartbroken after learning two police officers who forcibly restrained a mentally disabled Aboriginal man will not be prosecuted over his death. The Examiner (Australia) 26/5/2026 News SAPOL commissioner rejects incentive plan to attract officers to ‘understaffed’ outback town AUSTRALIA: SA Police has rejected a plan to attract more officers to Coober Pedy over funding concerns, as the outback town continues to struggle with personnel shortages. As part of an ongoing legal battle between SA Police and the state's police union concerning officer safety at Coober Pedy, the South Australian Employment Tribunal made two non-binding recommendations to SAPOL. ABC News (Australia) 26/5/2026 News Irish army bomb disposal experts called to deal with explosive device at Kilkenny garda station REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Army bomb disposal experts were called to a Garda station in a busy city this weekend after a man walked into the public office with a suspected device. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 26/5/2026 News B.C. attorney general says potential victims of Saanich voyeur have ‘right to know’ key details from police CANADA: B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma says people deserve to know whether they may be among the at least 652 women and girls filmed by a Saanich, B.C., man convicted of voyeurism and making child pornography — now known as child sexual abuse and exploitation material. CBC News (Canada) 26/5/2026 News Apple, Google blast Canada’s plan to expand police data powers CANADA: A proposed law in Canada allowing police more access to citizens’ data faces a growing chorus of criticism from technology companies, including threats that they’ll pull out of the country. Financial Post 26/5/2026 News New mental health hotline to end police culture of ‘toughing things out’ AUSTRALIA: Homicide detective Bree Sonter has seen some of the worst crimes imaginable during her 20-year career, but says here first three as a beat cop were the hardest. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - Subscription at source 26/5/2026 News Average garda pay hits €1,736 a week, as public sector wages power ahead of wider economy REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: However, An Garda Síochána also recorded the longest average paid working week in the public sector at 45.7 hours Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 26/5/2026 News Ethical AI in Law Enforcement: Balancing Crime Prevention and Civil Liberties in the U.S. and European Union This article examines the legal, ethical, and pedagogical implications of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into law enforcement. Utilizing a comparative framework, the study analyzes AI surveillance governance in the European Union and the United States, highlighting the tension between the EU’s rights-centered regulatory model and the U.S. Fourth Amendment tradition. Beyond legal analysis, the article argues that the rapid evolution of technology-mediated policing necessitates a fundamental shift in criminal justice education. It proposes that higher education curricula must move beyond traditional procedural law to incorporate algorithmic literacy, ethical reasoning, and international human rights awareness. By synthesizing domestic case law with international standards, the article provides criminal justice educators with a framework to prepare future practitioners for the challenges of digital-age policing. The study concludes with policy and instructional recommendations designed to foster ethically responsible AI adoption while maintaining democratic accountability and institutional legitimacy in the criminal justice classroom. Journal of Criminal Justice Education 26/5/2026 Research article Examining Domestic and Family Violence Typologies Using Queensland Police Data: Differences in Risk of Harm Identifying domestic and family violence (DFV) offender typologies can aid risk assessment and intervention. However, the current body of literature is limited in its inconsistent, resource-intensive methodologies and resultingly small sample sizes. The current study explores Holtzworth-Munroe and colleagues’ intimate partner violence typologies in a large-scale sample of 10,956 male Queensland DFV offenders. We focused on a generality of offending measures, using police records of offending histories. Hierarchical cluster analysis with Ward’s linkage clustered perpetrators based on offending in 16 categories. The four-cluster solution comprised homicidal, generally violent/antisocial (GVA), low-level antisocial (LLA), and family-only offenders. Aligning with previous literature, family-only and GVA offenders presented at opposing ends of a continuum of antisociality. Family-only demonstrated the lowest-level offending, largely restricted to violence within the family. GVA displayed a variety of severe and frequent offending, including intra and extrafamilial violence. LLA clustered between the two, showing a similar yet less severe pattern to GVA. The novel homicidal subtype suggested that offenders who escalate to homicide may not fit within general DFV typologies. A Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test with Dunn’s pairwise comparisons examined differences in harm caused, identifying cluster risk-levels. All clusters differed significantly, with homicidal offenders displaying highest harm levels, followed by GVA, LLA, and family-only, respectively. This showed typologies of differing risks could be identified by police to some degree, with implications for future research and practice. Research focusing on generality of violence could identify typologies at a larger scale more consistently, and provide information applicable to policing. Grouping at a policing level could support identifying high-risk offenders and implementing tailored interventions. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 26/5/2026 Research article RCMP investigator should lose job for having an intimate relationship with informant: ruling CANADA: Decision says Mountie's behaviour could 'disrepute the justice system'. A lead RCMP investigator who had a secret, intimate relationship with their confidential informant risked "the integrity of an active criminal investigation" and needed to be let go, according to a recently published conduct board decision. The Mountie, referred to as only Corporal X in the documents, admitted to the accusations against them. CBC News (Canada) 26/5/2026 News Google and Apple rail against Carney government’s police powers bill CANADA: Google’s Jeanette Patell told a parliamentary committee Tuesday that Bill C-22, “would treat all Canadians like potential suspects.” Google and Apple are warning that the Carney government’s effort to make it easier for police and spies to intercept private communications risks opening up “backdoors” in their products that would hinder Canadians’ privacy and make their data vulnerable to malicious hackers. Toronto Star (Canada) 26/5/2026 News Paul Cleary appointed Deputy Garda Commissioner REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Government has appointed Paul Cleary as Deputy Garda Commissioner, the second highest rank in An Garda Síochána. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 26/5/2026 News Police Scotland officer raped two women and violently abused a third Cameron Ross, 39, denied any wrongdoing but was found guilty following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. Sky News 26/5/2026 News Officer defends police handling of search for Noah Donohoe A police officer has defended the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) handling of the search for Noah Donohoe. The 14-year-old disappeared in north Belfast after cycling across the city in June 2020. His body was found more than 600 metres downstream from a culvert entrance close to his last known location. PSNI Constable George gave evidence at an inquest into the boy's death on Tuesday. BBC 26/5/2026 News Police-reported crime in rural and urban areas in the Canadian provinces, 2024 CANADA: This article, which is based on data from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey and the Homicide Survey, presents key trends in crime rates and the Crime... Statistics Canada 26/5/2026 Report Interdisciplinary approaches to policing and mental health crisis Police interactions with people experiencing mental health or behavioral crises constitute a complex field in which public and officer safety, health needs, and institutional mandates collide under conditions of uncertainty and risk (Wittmann et al., 2020). In many jurisdictions around the world, police officers remain the default responders to behavioral health emergencies, even when the core problem is clinical, social, or relational. These encounters may involve acute distress, trauma histories, intoxication and substance use, psychiatric disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and other neurodivergent presentations, as well as social marginalization, including homelessness, often with more than one factor present in combination. Mental health-related police encounters often unfold in public spaces with multiple audiences and constraints that shape what can be done, how quickly it has to happen, and what can and should be avoided from happening. Navigating these situations requires professional judgment and decision-making across competing knowledge bases and divergent “lenses” of observation, along with underlying knowledge, skills, and abilities (Bennell et al., 2022; Staller et al., 2022). These differences in expectations and meaning-making structure the interaction itself and can either enable de-escalation or amplify escalation dynamics. Frontiers in Psychology 26/5/2026 Research article N.W.T. RCMP say new laws will improve public safety, but concerns remain CANADA: Northwest Territories RCMP say new laws like the Trespass Act and the proposed Civil Forfeiture Act would improve public safety — but some still aren’t convinced. CBC News (Canada) 26/5/2026 News Reimagining postcolonial policing in Africa: Towards a decolonial perspective In recent years, a growing body of literature has examined ongoing decolonisation efforts within contemporary African policing. However, scholarly attention to the distinct phases of decoloniality in policing has been limited. In employing a decolonial literature review approach, this article identifies and elucidates these phases, which involve: (i) recognising the presence of coloniality; (ii) balancing the perspectives, knowledge, practices, and discourses of the Global North and South; and (iii) providing strategies for epistemic decoloniality to replace the knowledge and perspectives of the Global North. The first aim acknowledges the dominance of Global North perspectives in African policing as a crucial step toward decoloniality. The second aim incorporates a hybrid policing model that combines knowledge from both the Global North and South by merging systems rooted in colonial legacies with Indigenous, community-based practices. Finally, epistemic reclaiming and reordering are proposed as strategies to replace Western perspectives with Indigenous viewpoints. These insights aim to guide African scholars and practitioners in transforming and reforming colonial policing structures, ideologies, and discourses. Additionally, the three-phase model of recognition, balancing, and replacement is valuable for encouraging policymakers to incorporate Indigenous knowledges in counterbalancing the dominant and ongoing effects of coloniality on African policing. Journal of Policing Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 26/5/2026 Research article «272829303132333435Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
