Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104226 total results. Showing results 6361 to 6380 «315316317318319320321322323Next ›Last » An Garda Síochána confirms update to Garda trainee pre-selection physical competency test REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Today An Garda Síochána is announcing details of an updated Physical Competency Test which must be passed by all Garda Trainee Applicants as part of the applications process. An Garda Síochána 20/2/2025 News IOPC calls for better recording, vetting and training in police-perpetrated domestic abuse investigations In the wake of a joint investigation into a super complaint over police-perpetrated domestic abuse (PPDA), the Independent Office for Police Conduct has now published its review of the way forces in England and Wales handle such cases, with calls for improved training for frontline officers on the potentially complex nature of PPDA, the need for better recording and vetting, and greater consideration of the impartiality of investigations, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 20/2/2025 Analysis, Feature Learning from tragedy The potential benefits, risks, and limitations of Offensive Weapons Homicide Reviews (OWHRs). Centre for Crime and Justice Studies 20/2/2025 Report Sexual extortion of Australian adolescents: Results from a national survey Sexual extortion is a form of blackmail in which a perpetrator threatens to release intimate material of a victim unless they comply with certain demands. We examine the prevalence and nature of sexual extortion among a sample of 1,953 adolescents residing in Australia. More than one in 10 adolescents had experienced sexual extortion in their lifetime (11.3%), one in three of whom experienced more than one instance. More than half experienced sexual extortion before the age of 16, and two in five were extorted using digitally manipulated material. Two-thirds of those who experienced sexual extortion had only ever met the perpetrator online, and there were important differences in experiences between genders. Preventing children from being sexually extorted should be a priority for social media and messaging platforms, and should be a collaborative effort across multiple sectors. Australian Institute of Criminology (Australia) 20/2/2025 Research article Swedish police say their intervention in mass shooting prevented more deaths SWEDEN: Swedish police said on Thursday that their intervention in a mass shooting earlier this month had prevented even more deaths in the country's worst-ever killing spree. The shooter, identified by Reuters and other media as Rickard Andersson, shot dead 10 people during a 15-minute killing spree on February 4 before turning the gun on himself at the Campus Risbergska adult education centre in the city of Orebro. The motive remains unclear. Reuters 20/2/2025 News Police roll out traffic camera vans that can spot speeding, drunk drivers or mobile phone users from one MILE away Police will roll out new hi-tech traffic camera vans which can detect speeding motorists and drink drivers from one mile away. The vehicles being deployed can also spot motorists not wearing seatbelts or those using their mobile phones whilst behind the wheel. The four new vans - which cost £47,000 each - will be sent out in the West Midlands in a bid to crack down on bad drivers and can be operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Mail Online 20/2/2025 News Automated racism: How police data and algorithms code discrimination into policing This report focuses on multiple aspects of predictive policing in the United Kingdom (UK), including the systems themselves, the policing outcomes or decisions they influence, and the impact on individuals, groups and communities in the UK. [PDF] Amnesty International 20/2/2025 Report UK: Police forces ‘supercharging racism’ with crime predicting tech – new report A new 120 - page report from Amnesty International UK ‘Automated Racism – How police data and algorithms code discrimination into policing’ has exposed the grave dangers to society from ‘predictive policing’ systems and technology used across almost three quarters of the UK’s police forces. Amnesty International 20/2/2025 News Victoria’s new top cop committed to tightening bail laws AUSTRALIA: Victoria's new top cop will focus on tightening the state's bail laws as he works to repair a police force fractured by an ongoing pay dispute. Addressing the media for the first time since his appointment, Acting Police Chief Commissioner Rick Nugent revealed that he had already been in talks with the government about bail reforms and emphasised the need for the force to reset. 9 News (Australia) 20/2/2025 News ‘Domestic discipline’: Hundreds of alleged child abuse cases dropped AUSTRALIA: A Queensland Law Reform Commission review has found parents are avoiding criminal charges by claiming the use of force is necessary to raise a child. The Age (Australia) - Subscription at source 20/2/2025 News Assessing technologies in law enforcement: a method for ethical decision-making EUROPE: Digital transformation and technology are vitally important in enhancing order and security but may also pose a threat to fundamental rights and freedoms. This document presents a method for assessing novel technology from a perspective of widely accepted values and principles. Part 1 of the document goes through the seven steps of the method, outlining the central values and ethical principles. Part 2 of the document sets out use cases to illustrate the application of the method in practice. Europol 20/2/2025 Report Offensive Weapons Homicide Reviews unlikely to save young adult lives, researchers find A new duty to review homicides involving offensive weapons is unlikely to achieve its aim of reducing weapons-enabled homicides, whatever else it may accomplish, according to a report published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS). Police Professional 20/2/2025 News ‘Increasingly complex’ partnership landscape needs streamlining, says APCC Despite the crucial role of effective cross-sector work in reducing crime and making communities safer, the “proliferation of partnerships” in recent years has led to an “increasingly complex” landscape, says the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC). Police Professional 20/2/2025 News More than 1,000 top-venting blank firers handed in during national gun amnesty Police forces across England and Wales have seen more 1,000 Turkish manufactured top-venting blank firers handed in. Police Professional 20/2/2025 News Alternative first responders: Position paper AUSTRALIA: This position paper, informed by broad stakeholder engagement, seeks to highlight the extent of the harm caused by current ad hoc police first responses, and explore the urgent need for, and effectiveness of, better responses in the future. National Justice Project (Australia) 20/2/2025 Report Community-led first responders needed as an alternative to police AUSTRALIA: The National Justice Project is leading an Australian campaign to advocate for appropriate first responders instead of police attending to people in a health or social crisis and has released a position paper diagnosing the problems present in Australia’s current police-focused models. National Justice Project (Australia) 20/2/2025 News Advisory Group appointed to tackle organised crime groups NEW ZEALAND: The coalition has appointed an Advisory Group on transnational and serious organised crime. It will provide independent advice to ensure there is a better cross-government response in tackling international and domestic crime groups said the Associate Police Minister. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/2/2025 News 500 extra police: Minister ‘even more confident’ in hitting target despite fewer officers NEW ZEALAND: Associate Police Minister Casey Costello says she is “even more confident” the Government will hit its target of 500 extra officers in two years, even though police numbers have fallen since it was set and she only has nine months left to achieve the goal. It comes after last year’s warning from new Police Commissioner Richard Chambers that he was open to missing the November 27 deadline if it meant ensuring new officers were trained appropriately. NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 20/2/2025 News Police officer faces no charges after beating children with a belt NEW ZEALAND: The police watchdog is criticising police after they decided not to lay criminal charges against an officer who admitted to beating his children with a belt. In a decision released on Thursday, Independent Police Conduct Authority chairperson Judge Kenneth Johnston, KC, concluded the officer's use of a webbed belt to discipline his children constituted three offences of assault on a child. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/2/2025 News Fitness requirements for garda recruits to be relaxed REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda recruits won’t have to undergo such severe fitness tests in the future. The force is relaxing the rules to encourage more people to join. There’s currently a big push to increase garda numbers but one thing stopping this is the fitness test. 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