Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104175 total results. Showing results 6641 to 6660 «329330331332333334335336337Next ›Last » Former West Mercia Police officer sentenced for corruption offence A former West Mercia Police officer has pleaded guilty to a corruption offence, following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 12/2/2025 News Met Police can’t sack ‘predator’ officers after legal challenge as ruling slammed ‘absurd’ Sir Mark Rowley said it's 'absurd' that cops not fit to pass background checks cannot be dismissed, as Sergeant Lino Di Maria won a legal battle over removal of his vetting after sexual assault claims Mirror 12/2/2025 News Counter-terror review linked to MP’s murder ‘clearly inadequate’ Former MP Anna Firth criticised a review of how terrorist Ali Harbi Ali was dealt with under a counter-terrorism scheme. The Independent 12/2/2025 News Former PC jailed for 15 months over inappropriate conduct towards two women Olvier Dines was sacked by West Mercia Police in 2022 and admitted improper use of police powers and privileges. The Independent 12/2/2025 News Terms of reference published for Special Measures in Northern Ireland’s Criminal Courts Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) proposes to undertake an inspection of the effectiveness of the use and operation of Special Measures in the criminal Courts. Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJINI) 12/2/2025 News Probationer garda helps seize cocaine worth €350,000 in Dublin REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An estimated €350,000 worth of cocaine was seized in Dublin after a garda on probation noticed suspicious behaviour at a routine checkpoint. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 12/2/2025 News Terms of reference published for the Inspection of harbour and airport policing in Northern Ireland Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) proposes to undertake an inspection of the policing of harbours and airports in Northern Ireland, specifically the policing of Belfast Harbour, George Best Belfast City Airport and Belfast International Airport. Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJINI) 12/2/2025 News Cork garda sues over injuries sustained when rescuing woman in domestic violence incident REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda Timothy McSweeney had been unable to return to active duty following the ordeal. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 12/2/2025 News UK needs unified regulation for facial recognition: Biometrics Institute The UK needs a clearer and consistent framework for governing facial recognition in public spaces as missteps in deploying the technology could erode public trust, the Biometrics Institute says in a new paper. BiometricUpdate.com 12/2/2025 News Meme to muscle – it’s time for a police glow-up The impact of a uniform both on the wearer and a uniformed service as a whole is well-attested The Telegraph - Subscription at source 12/2/2025 Feature, Opinion Sacked officer ‘who groomed girl’ could be reinstated after ruling The Met removed over 300 police under vetting system changes made after the murder of Sarah Everard. A court judgment may give them a way back into the force The Times - Subscription at source 12/2/2025 News Community Protection Warnings and the practices of the preventive state This article explores preventive justice through the use of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs), a civil measure used to tackle anti-social behaviour in England and Wales. Through a qualitative study of frontline practitioners’ experiences, this article argues that CPWs are a preventive form of punishment, framed through non-punitive intentions and as ‘just’ a warning, while their use in practice demonstrates coercive and punitive outcomes. Drawing on Beckett and Murakawa’s notion of the shadow penal state, in which the reach of the penal system is extended through new entry points outside of the criminal justice system, we argue the use of CPWs implies a penumbra to that shadow, further stretching the state's punitive reach with fewer due process protections. Theoretical Criminology 12/2/2025 Research article Met Police chief hits out at middle-class drug users putting kids ‘in coffins’ to put cocaine on their table 'If you are middle-class and sticking drugs up your nose - getting those drugs to your door is exploitation' My London 12/2/2025 News Women police officers remain significantly underrepresented in police services across Ontario CANADA: Women police officers remain significantly underrepresented in police services across Ontario despite evidence suggesting they are often preferred by victims of domestic violence or sexual assault, are less likely to use force, North Shore News (Canada) 12/2/2025 News Now police are told to report sexism in the ranks..by sending images of ‘misogyny’ to online reporting scheme Police officers are being told to send in photographs of alleged misogyny in the ranks under an online reporting scheme. They can upload pictures – for example screen-grabs of offensive WhatsApp messages – in a bid to stamp out sexist attitudes. It comes after former Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone claimed Police Scotland was institutionally misogynist and racist before retiring in 2023. Mail Online 12/2/2025 News The police vetting system is a mess Picture the scene: the press conference room at New Scotland Yard in March 2023 – just after the publication of a damning report into the Metropolitan Police by Baroness Casey of Blackstock. Casey’s review, announced following the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Met officer, had concluded that ‘predatory behaviour’ was ‘allowed to flourish’ in the Met, with ‘too many places for people to hide’, leaving the integrity of the organisation ‘vulnerable to threat’. The Spectator 12/2/2025 Feature, Opinion Civil servants ‘dragging feet’ to blame for police vetting row, Met chief says Sir Mark Rowley says London force will appeal High Court ruling of ‘unlawful’ warrant removal following sexual assault allegation The Telegraph - Subscription at source 12/2/2025 News Knowledge, practice and professional identity: unthreading the challenges of contemporary police tutoring arrangements in England and Wales Police tutoring, to date, has received little attention from researchers and what research currently exists points to a system that is largely failing. The current research was undertaken in response to a range of concerns including those relating to the impact on tutoring of a new underpinning educational framework (Policing Education Qualifications Framework) and a substantial increase in police recruitment (Police Uplift Programme). The research is unique in that it explores these challenges through the context of different delivery models. The data upon which this paper draws consists of survey data returned from each of the 43 Home Office funded forces in England and Wales, 22 semi-structured interviews and four focus groups. Descriptive and thematic analysis of this data allowed the authors to identify four inter-related themes which will be reported on in this paper – ‘Different Models of Tutoring Delivery’, ‘Structure of Tutoring Arrangements’, ‘Status of Tutoring’ and ‘Classroom, Practice-based and Reflective Learning’. These point to the nuanced relationship between structural arrangements for tutoring delivery, the value which police organisations attribute to tutoring and the impact of these on the ways in which ‘learning’ is positioned within these arrangements. In doing so, this draws attention to the apparently intractable tension between ‘legalistic’ and ‘autonomous’ perspectives on policing (Fekjaer and Petersson [2020]. Producing legalists or Dirty Harrys? Police education and field training. In: T. Bjorgo and M.-L. Damen, eds. The making of a police officer: comparative perspectives on police education and recruitment. Abingdon: Routledge, 208). The paper concludes that police tutoring arrangements exist without a defined set of underlying pedagogic principles, are often primarily focused on enabling organisational capacity and conflate organisational socialisation with the translation of knowledge into practice. Policing and Society 12/2/2025 Research article Police discover $3 million worth of meth inside car during traffic stop in regional Victoria AUSTRALIA: A 20-year-old man has been charged after he was allegedly caught with $3 million worth of methamphetamine inside his car in regional Victoria. Police intercepted a Honda HRV on Horsham Road in Stawell about 2.20am yesterday. 9 News (Australia) 12/2/2025 News Police to stand trial over alleged false imprisonment of driver AUSTRALIA: Two police officers accused of wrongly imprisoning a man who was pulled over for a breath test have been committed to stand trial. Senior Constables Russell David Thorley, 43, and Kristy Lee O'Connor, 37, allegedly placed the man into a cell against his will at the Nhill Police Station in western Victoria. 9 News (Australia) 12/2/2025 News «329330331332333334335336337Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
