Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115045 total results. Showing results 6581 to 6600 «326327328329330331332333334Next ›Last » Police chief vows to continue knife crime crackdown The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police said his force is working hard to reduce knife crime, but shared public concern after a spate of incidents. Speaking at the opening of a new police station in Dudley, Chief Constable Craig Guildford said: "Each one of those knife crime incidents is one too many, but the numbers compared to lots of other placers are reducing very considerably." BBC 21/11/2025 News Virtual Reality training launched in effort to reduce and prevent knife crime among young people A new approach to educating and preventing knife crime among young people in North Wales has been launched. The Gwynedd and Mon Youth Justice Service will be using virtual reality headsets and a specially designed training package to change the behaviour of youths who are referred to their services by police. North Wales Police 21/11/2025 News NPCC Chair Gavin Stephens: ‘Policing is at a crossroads, with tough decisions to make’ PolicingTV has been given permission to republish the opening speech from the annual NPCC APCC Partnership Summit by NPCC Chair Chief Constable Gavin Stephens spoke of the significant choices and tough decisions policing continues to navigate during increasingly turbulent times. PolicingTV 21/11/2025 Feature, Video Our response to HMICFRS child protection inspection An inspection into the way we protect children from harm has been carried out by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. The inspection looked at our performance in five areas of child protection – leadership of child protection arrangements, working with safeguarding partners, responding to children at risk of harm, assessing risk to children and making appropriate referrals and investigating reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation of children. The report acknowledged the dedicated work of officers and staff who work in child protection, who face the most complex challenges. West Midlands Police 21/11/2025 News Mayor must lobby Home Sec to create PCSO medal – London Assembly The London Assembly is calling on Sir Sadiq Khan, the capital's mayor, to garner support that would see PCSOs recognised with the Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 21/11/2025 News NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home AUSTRALIA: Police allege man ‘had reportedly threatened to harm other residents and himself while armed with a metal object’. The Guardian 21/11/2025 News Police Assistant Commissioner Sam Hoyle also visited Jevon McSkimming after charges laid NEW ZEALAND: Police Assistant Commissioner Sam Hoyle was the senior staffer who visited Jevon McSkimming along with former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura while he faced charges of possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 21/11/2025 News Police recruitment drives: solution or sticking plaster? Police finances are hanging by a thread, as forces deal with hugely increased demand and a shortage of officers on the frontline. As part of their Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, the government pledged to introduce 3,000 additional neighbourhood police officers and police community support officers earlier this year. Emergency Services Times 21/11/2025 Feature NP Guarantee will need proper training, resources, and fewer officer abstractions to succeed, says report A recent report into the UK Government’s Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee has warned that for the Guarantee to succeed, there will need to be better training for neighbourhood policing recruits, a reduction in officer abstractions from neighbourhood policing teams, and change in the perception of the neighbourhood role to recognise it as a specialism, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 21/11/2025 Analysis, Feature West Midlands Police: National child protection inspection I am pleased with some aspects of the performance of West Midlands Police in safeguarding children at risk, but there are several areas in which it needs to improve. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 21/11/2025 Report West Midlands Police works well with safeguarding partners, but should improve how it responds to children at risk of harm West Midlands Police is good at working with safeguarding partners, but it needs to make further progress in how it investigates reports of abuse and assesses risk to children, the police inspectorate has said. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 21/11/2025 News WMP should improve response to children at risk of harm, HMICFRS inspectors rule The force was told, though, that it works well with safeguarding partners as His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) graded West Midland Police (WMP) in its latest inspection. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 21/11/2025 News Medal plea for ‘forgotten’ injured emergency staff A former policeman says he wants officers seriously injured in the line of duty to be recognised for their sacrifice. BBC 20/11/2025 News Garda suspended amid investigation into drugs taken from station REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: On Wednesday, it emerged that officers from the Gardai's Anti-Corruption unit detained a serving member of the force. The officer was held under organised crime legislation. Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 20/11/2025 News Essex Police officer dies in road collision while responding to emergency An Essex Police officer has died following a collision on the A12. Police Professional 20/11/2025 News Northamptonshire chief constable fined £50,000 for contempt of court Judges spare Ivan Balhatchet a prison sentence, after an earlier ruling that the force had ignored repeated orders to turn over video footage of an arrest The Guardian 20/11/2025 News Force needs more police officers – deputy mayor South Yorkshire's deputy mayor for policing and crime says the region's police force needs more officers. BBC 20/11/2025 News Police failed to act on historic sex abuse claims against rapist Met officer Wiltshire Police were told in 2016 that serial rapist David Carrick had abused his youngest victim but failed to take action, the BBC can reveal. BBC 20/11/2025 News Police force to cut 60 support officers in savings Cheshire Police are looking to cut their roster of community support officers from 87 to 27 as they deal with "significant financial challenges". BBC 20/11/2025 News Police use of force statistics, April 2024 to March 2025 Statistics on incidents where police officers use force; including type of force, reason, outcome, injuries, and person details (such as age, gender). Home Office 20/11/2025 Report «326327328329330331332333334Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
