Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104175 total results. Showing results 6701 to 6720 «332333334335336337338339340Next ›Last » Justice minister announces Ruth Money’s appointment as new chief victims advisor NEW ZEALAND: The government aims to reduce the number of victims of violent crime by 20,000 by 2029. The Lawyer 11/2/2025 News Around 830,000 children face extortion and image abuse, charity predicts The new research comes as charities across the UK mark Safer Internet Day on Tuesday. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News UK response to national security emergency tested through nationwide exercise More than 120 members of the armed forces, policing and government have taken part in an exercise to practise responding to a national security emergency. Home Office 11/2/2025 News Octacine 2 simulation of how UK would respond to a national crisis The exercise took place between February 5 and 7, and saw more than 120 armed forces, policing and Government members simulate their joint response to a national emergency, such as a major terrorist incident. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News Policing in a ‘hopeless position’, Met chief warns after court rules officers cannot be sacked through vetting Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it is ‘absolutely absurd that we cannot lawfully sack’ officers subject to serious allegations The Independent 11/2/2025 News Major West Mercia Police shake-up will see three regions consolidated The local policing areas which the force operates within will be reduced from five to two, with 150 jobs lost. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News First images emerge of new Garda water cannon ordered after Dublin riots REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: This is the first sighting of one of two new water cannons bought for Gardaí – at a cost of €1.5 million. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris announced plans last year for the purchase of the two vehicles – and at least one of them is now in Dublin. Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 11/2/2025 News Palmerston North manhunt: Suspect points gun at police, public NEW ZEALAND: Police are on the hunt for a man who pointed a gun at officers who were trying to arrest him in Palmerston North last night. He is also believed to have pointed a firearm at a member of the public, police said. Officers spotted the man walking in Highbury about 8.30pm, and approached him as they believed there was a warrant for his arrest. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 11/2/2025 News Use of force expert raises questions about police methods in shooting death of Surrey, B.C., student CANADA: A use of force expert reviewing a short video of the incident says he has questions about the actions of RCMP officers after a Grade 10 student was shot and killed during a confrontation with police in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend. But the RCMP's union and a former Mountie say officers must make difficult, split-second decisions in high-pressure situations. CBC News (Canada) 11/2/2025 News Met officers who fail vetting scheme may keep jobs Policing has been left in a "hopeless position", Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said, after the High Court ruled an officer accused of rape could not be dismissed because the process was fundamentally unfair. BBC 11/2/2025 News Former RCMP deputy commissioner Kevin Brosseau named Canada’s fentanyl czar CANADA: The federal government has appointed former RCMP deputy commissioner Kevin Brosseau to be Canada’s fentanyl czar, as Ottawa seeks to demonstrate to the United States that it is working hard to disrupt illegal production and distribution of the deadly opioid. The Globe and Mail (Canada) 11/2/2025 News Testing application-based tasking and hotspots policing in a geographically large, non-metropolitan police service: a two-in-one randomised trial Purpose: Test the impact of mobile application-targeted patrols of Joint Operations Unit officers at hotspots of violent crime on levels of patrol conducted, and levels of violence in those locations. Methods: Crossover-randomized experiment, with hotspots (n = 45) randomly allocated using a mobile phone-based tasking application, with half allocated each day. Impact on levels of patrol and of violent crime were examined using t and chi-squared tests. Results: Tasking via app led to dramatically increased officer time in hotspots. An 8.74% decrease in violent crime was seen but was non-significant, and with lower effect sizes than have been found elsewhere. Conclusion: Using a tasking application provided a cost-effective mechanism for achieving hotspots patrols using business-as-usual resources. Traditionally designed hotspots didn’t appear optimal for policing violent crime in Thames Valley, and these need to be redesigned to work for the geography and crime density in Thames Valley. Further research should test redesigned hotspots. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 11/2/2025 Research article ‘We’re in a crisis’: Idris Elba calls for more action on youth violence in UK Actor highlights trauma faced by young people during meetings with police, teenagers and coaches at community football scheme The Guardian 11/2/2025 News Home Office review of Southport killer contains key inaccuracies The ‘rapid learning review’ commissioned to examine the systemic failings that led to the attacks is itself prone to contradictions and discrepancies The Times - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News Police officer charged with further sex crimes A police officer has been charged with seven sex assaults against a child - a year after he was charged with raping a woman. BBC 11/2/2025 News Met police officers who fail vetting scheme may keep jobs after court ruling Sergeant Lino Di Maria brought a judicial review after being stripped of his warrant card over rape allegations. The Times - Subscription at source 11/2/2025 News With 800 unsolved homicides, Montreal’s police force is bolstering its cold case unit CANADA: he new head of the Montreal police force's major crimes unit is taking aim at cold cases. Mélanie Dupont, who was appointed as the unit's commander in November, said in an interview on Tuesday that the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal will assign 16 full-time detectives to tackle unsolved homicides. CBC News (Canada) 11/2/2025 News Man fatally shot at police station ‘wanted help’ The family of a man who was fatally shot in a police station car park after wielding a knife at officers say they believe his actions were a call for "help". BBC 11/2/2025 News Police sergeant demoted, docked pay for ‘inappropriate’ sexual comments to gay subordinates CANADA: An Edmonton police officer has been demoted after he made sexual remarks to gay male colleagues under his command. In a written decision released by the Edmonton Police Service on Thursday, five allegations that now-former sergeant Ken Smith made disparaging remarks on three dates in 2021 and 2022 to gay officers under his command were found “proven.” A sixth count was not. CTV News (Canada) 11/2/2025 News Police behind dramatic takedown of hatchet-wielding man in Kitchener acted with ‘compassion,’ chief says CANADA: Waterloo region's police chief is praising officers involved in a dramatic takedown of a hatchet-wielding man in the middle of a busy road in Kitchener, Ont., that ended with no one being hurt. CBC News (Canada) 11/2/2025 News «332333334335336337338339340Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events