Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115042 total results. Showing results 6381 to 6400 «316317318319320321322323324Next ›Last » Garda shortages in Meath branded ‘unacceptable’ as new proposals unveiled REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Meath’s long-running Garda shortage is having a “direct impact” on community safety and leaving residents “increasingly anxious” about crime and anti-social behaviour, a recent public meeting in Bettystown heard. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 26/11/2025 News Britain’s first AI police assistant rolled out ‘Bobbi’ will interact like a human to answer non-emergency questions, says Thames Valley Police The Telegraph - Subscription at source 26/11/2025 News Build intelligence skills for better policing Intelligence is not just for specialists – it is fundamental to effective policing at every level. College of Policing 26/11/2025 News Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime ITALY: Deputies in the Italian parliament have voted unanimously to introduce the crime of femicide – the murder of a woman, motivated by gender – as a distinct law to be punished with a life sentence. BBC 26/11/2025 News Winnipeg police roll out electronic traffic ticket system in wake of officer’s guilty plea to ticket fixing CANADA: Police say update was in the works for years, is not related to Const. Elston Bostock’s recent guilty pleas CBC News (Canada) 26/11/2025 News Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities by nearly 300% Exclusive data shows crime rates still well above pre-pandemic levels. CBC News (Canada) 26/11/2025 News Violent crime up nearly 60% on Calgary transit over past decade. Police chief calls it ‘very concerning’ CANADA: Exclusive data shows increase in violence on transit systems across the country. New numbers showing violent crime on Calgary transit has spiked by nearly 60 per cent over the last decade are spurring concern and calls for action from top officials. Calgary Police Chief Katie McLellan called the rise in transit violence "very concerning. We have to get that number down," said McLellan. "We have to have presence, we have to ensure that that number doesn't continue to go up." CBC News (Canada) 26/11/2025 News Toronto Police Service expands the Neighbourhood Community Officer Program to four new Toronto neighbourhoods and the TTC CANADA: Today, Chief Myron Demkiw announced the expansion of the Service’s successful Neigbourhood Community Officer (NCO) program into four new Toronto neighbourhoods, along with a dedicated NCO presence on the TTC’s Yonge Subway Line. Chief Demkiw was joined by Mayor Olivia Chow and TTC’s Chief Strategy and Customer Officer Josh Colle at 11 Division to make the announcement. Currently present in 56 Toronto neighbourhoods, NCOs are experienced officers who are embedded in one neighbourhood for at least four years to actively co-develop solutions and mobilize police resources to reduce crime, fear of crime and anti-social behaviour. They work collaboratively with residents and community agencies to build sustainable solutions to these issues. Toronto Police Service (Canada) 26/11/2025 News APCC Finance Leads’ response to the Budget Commenting on the Budget, the APCC Joint Leads on Funding and Finance, Roger Hirst and Joy Allen, said:.. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 26/11/2025 News The Meaning of Missing: The Hidden Power of Police Data Recording Practices in Rape Cases Missing values represent a major weakness of police-recorded crime data. This article examines missing data in rape cases recorded by five police forces in England and Wales between January 2018 and December 2020. A thematic analysis of semistructured interviews with police practitioners reveals factors that influence missing information in police datasets, and quantitative data analyses explore the volume and patterns of missing data across cases defined by different victim, suspect, and offense characteristics. Finally, we investigate the impact of missing data on outcomes of police investigations. We find that missing data is partly explained by victim, suspect, and case characteristics and is also associated with outcomes. Violence Against Women - Subscription at source 26/11/2025 Research article Bad Lieutenants: Off-Duty Police Misconduct and Accountability Police officers are granted wide discretionary powers of detention and the use of force. These powers are granted ostensibly out of necessity, so that officers may ensure public safety and maintain law and order. But no other arm of the state bureaucracy elicits as much controversy as the police; frequent revelations of police abuse have prompted long-standing debates about how to identify and mitigate misconduct. There is considerable variation in how states limit and oversee police powers. In this manuscript, I examine one type of variation: the distinction between on-duty versus off-duty misconduct. Some countries restrict police oversight mechanisms to on-duty behavior while oversight in other countries is understood to encompass even off-duty behavior. While there is a growing literature on police accountability mechanisms, there is no research which addresses whether off-duty abuses of power are covered by these mechanisms. This paper addresses this gap by mapping the scope of oversight bodies in 14 economically developed democracies. The data show that approximately 35% of the countries restrict oversight to on-duty activities while 65% of the countries apply a universal approach to oversight by also receiving complaints about off-duty behavior. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of off-duty misconduct for how societies understand and regulate abuse of power by the police. CRIMRXIV 26/11/2025 Research article Inquiry into handling of the Tom Phillips case announced by government NEW ZEALAND: The government has announced an inquiry into the handling of the Tom Phillips case by government authorities. Phillips died following a shootout with police, when they were called to reports of a burglary in the early hours of 8 September, after 1358 days in the bush with his children. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 26/11/2025 News Founder of CCTV register in Australia urges NZ police to look into similar scheme NEW ZEALAND: The founder of a CCTV register in Australia says a similar scheme in New Zealand may have allowed police to find a young woman much faster than the three months she was missing for. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 26/11/2025 News Concerns as police granted new weapon search powers in Melbourne CBD AUSTRALIA: Victorian civil liberty advocates are outraged at a police declaration that will allow officers to conduct weapons searches throughout Melbourne's CBD without a warrant for the next six months. 9 News (Australia) 26/11/2025 News Melbourne’s mayor welcomes greater police search powers but some MPs say it’s overreach AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police has declared part of Melbourne's CBD a designated area for six months from this weekend, giving police greater search powers until May next year. The move has been criticised by a civil liberty advocacy group and some state and federal MPs. ABC News (Australia) 26/11/2025 News NSW Police ordered to pay $24k to Sydney woman over ‘confrontational’ mental health check AUSTRALIA: NSW Police have been ordered to pay a woman $24,000 after pepper spraying her during a mental health check in Western Sydney. During the welfare check, officers also forced entry into her home and tasered her dog. ABC News (Australia) 26/11/2025 News ‘Political move’ or ‘invaluable tool’? Police powers to search without warrant questioned AUSTRALIA: For the next six months in Melbourne, police will have the power to stop and search people without warrants in what they say will be an invaluable tool for removing weapons from the streets. SBS News (Australia) 26/11/2025 News PCC urges government to continue investing in tackling the causes of crime The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Simon Foster, is urging the government to continue funding important work designed to prevent and tackle the causes of violence. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 26/11/2025 News Policing pioneer awarded honorary degree Alex Murray OBE was awarded University of Staffordshire’s highest honour at its Autumn Awards ceremonies this month, alongside Social Work, Law, Criminology and Policing graduates. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 26/11/2025 News Forces first in the UK to trial new AI virtual assistant Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and Thames Valley Police have become the first forces in the country to trial a pioneering new way to contact them. Police Professional 26/11/2025 News «316317318319320321322323324Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
