Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104175 total results. Showing results 6761 to 6780 «335336337338339340341342343Next ›Last » Police ombudsman to appeal ruling she exceeded powers The police ombudsman is to appeal a High Court ruling that she exceeded her legal powers in making findings of collusive behaviour by Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers in a series of loyalist murders. The verdict followed a legal challenge by the Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers Association (NIRPOA) over the contents of three separate reports into Troubles killings. BBC 10/2/2025 News Judges must hand out tougher sentences for assaults on officers says PFNI The federation's chair says the courts must take the lead by adopting tough approaches to assailants. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/2/2025 News Police Ombudsman must not stray beyond remit after ‘exceeding powers’ – PFNI A High Court judge ruled last week that the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland did not have the powers to make and publish statements about collusion – or “collusive behaviours”. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/2/2025 News Police watchdog investigating death of Surrey, B.C., student following confrontation with RCMP CANADA: Independent Investigations Office now probing Sunday’s fatal shooting after reports of person with gun. B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating after a teen was killed during a confrontation with RCMP in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday. CBC News (Canada) 10/2/2025 News Quebec police watchdog investigating after person dies in custody following arrest CANADA: Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating after a person died in police custody in a suburb northwest of Montreal after being arrested and pepper-sprayed. Global News (Canada) 10/2/2025 News Police chief applauds officer’s de-escalation in videoed takedown CANADA: A video of a dramatic takedown in Kitchener involving a disqualified driver and police officer received praise for de-escalation and use of force tactics. The Record (Canada) 10/2/2025 News ‘Catastrophically under-resourced’ – top officer cites police cybercrime challenges Faced with limited funding and a changing landscape, forces often seek recruits that can deal with the very differing scenarios of violent street crime and cyberattacks, a top officer reveals Public Technology 10/2/2025 News Police ombudsman to appeal ruling she exceeded powers The police ombudsman is to appeal a High Court ruling that she exceeded her legal powers in making findings of collusive behaviour by Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers in a series of loyalist murders. BBC 10/2/2025 News Searching for a needle in a haystack? An exploratory study into the policing of ‘needle spiking’ in the UK In autumn 2021 social media posts about ‘needle’ spiking – the injecting of a person with drugs without their consent – began to circulate in the UK. This research supplements media articles and official documents with new empirical data (885 incidents from 32 police forces obtained via Freedom of Information requests and five interviews with victims). The purpose of the article is to document what is known about needle spiking in order to improve responses. The FOI data showed that there was a peak in reported incidents in October and November 2021, that the most frequent location of the needle stick injury was the arm (followed by the leg), and that while three quarters of the incidents took place in a pub, bar or club, needle spiking was not exclusively a night-time economy problem. Needle spikings were rarely perpetrated as a ‘gateway crime’ to commit another criminal offence such as sexual assault, it was not restricted only to young women, and victims faced disbelief from a number of directions including some parts of the media and police. Few drugs were identified (mamba, insulin and cocaine) but problems with forensic testing exist, meaning that greater emphasis on other forms of evidence collection is required. We propose that greater multi-agency working is required to tackle needle-spiking as there are overlapping needs in terms of needle (and other forms) of spiking relating to health and policing. More research is needed, particularly on offender motivations to fully understand and respond to the problem of spiking. Policing and Society 10/2/2025 Research article Skoda keen to continue supplying police cars in NZ NEW ZEALAND: With the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) All of Government vehicle contract set to lapse in June of this year, Skoda New Zealand has signalled its interest in staying on as the supplier of the Police’s ‘prime one’ patrol vehicles. Stuff (New Zealand) 10/2/2025 News Search starts for new Leicestershire Police chief constable The hunt is on for an “inspirational and innovative” new leader to take the helm of Leicestershire Police. Police Professional 10/2/2025 News Police Ombudsman will appeal High Court ‘collusion’ ruling The High Court has determined that the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland “exceeded her powers” by implying misconduct on the part of former RUC officers involved in investigating paramilitary murders during the Troubles. Police Professional 10/2/2025 News Searching for a needle in a haystack? An exploratory study into the policing of ‘needle spiking’ in the UK In autumn 2021 social media posts about ‘needle’ spiking – the injecting of a person with drugs without their consent – began to circulate in the UK. This research supplements media articles and official documents with new empirical data (885 incidents from 32 police forces obtained via Freedom of Information requests and five interviews with victims). The purpose of the article is to document what is known about needle spiking in order to improve responses. The FOI data showed that there was a peak in reported incidents in October and November 2021, that the most frequent location of the needle stick injury was the arm (followed by the leg), and that while three quarters of the incidents took place in a pub, bar or club, needle spiking was not exclusively a night-time economy problem. Needle spikings were rarely perpetrated as a ‘gateway crime’ to commit another criminal offence such as sexual assault, it was not restricted only to young women, and victims faced disbelief from a number of directions including some parts of the media and police. Few drugs were identified (mamba, insulin and cocaine) but problems with forensic testing exist, meaning that greater emphasis on other forms of evidence collection is required. We propose that greater multi-agency working is required to tackle needle-spiking as there are overlapping needs in terms of needle (and other forms) of spiking relating to health and policing. More research is needed, particularly on offender motivations to fully understand and respond to the problem of spiking. Policing and Society 10/2/2025 Research article Can place-based crime prevention impacts be sustained over long durations? 11-Year follow-up of a quasi-experimental evaluation of a CCTV project A long-standing critique of place-based crime prevention interventions has been that any reductions in crime are often short-lived. If researchers do not carry out longer-duration follow-ups, we cannot know for sure if the effects of these interventions will persist, decay, or even strengthen. Using a rigorous microsynthetic control design, we evaluated the long-term impacts of a large-scale, public-area closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance project in Newark, New Jersey. Results show that the CCTV project was associated with a statistically significant reduction of auto theft in the intermediate term (3–4 years). The reduction of auto theft approached statistical significance (p = 0.08) during the short term (1–2 years). The analysis also observed potential displacement effects, with displacement of robbery (p = 0.09) in the short term (1–2 years) and theft from auto (p = 0.06) in the long term (9–11 years) approaching statistical significance. The results of this study may suggest the potential for a slightly modified view of deterrence decay. The CCTV project's effect on auto theft grew from approaching significant to statistically significant between the short-term and intermediate-term periods. Such “sleeper effects” suggest that an extended period was necessary for CCTV to generate deterrence. The deterrence decay during the long-term period did not occur until after these sleeper effects emerged, which may be understood as deterrence attenuation. Although only approaching statistical significance—and not as pronounced as the reduction of auto theft—the potential displacement of robbery and theft from auto indicates that static CCTV target areas may facilitate offenders taking advantage of nearby crime opportunities while appearing inconspicuous within CCTV viewsheds. In sum, policymakers should be mindful that research evidence limited to short-term impacts may fail to detect nuanced effects relevant for policy and public guidance. Criminology and Public Policy 10/2/2025 Research article Incorporating Higher Education into Initial Police Training: An International Comparison of Practices and Challenges The need for well-trained and educated police officers is key to the delivery of effective and professional policing services. How “well trained and educated” is defined and accomplished is regularly debated and varies. There are long standing visions of effectively linking training and education for police recruits, but these have yet to be completely achieved. This paper describes the training and education of police recruits in four locations worldwide (California, USA, England and Wales, UK, Ontario, Canada, and Tasmania, Australia), providing an instructive overview of how practical training and higher education are combined and formally recognized. However delivered, there seems to be a consensus on the need for a relatively standardized learning curriculum for recruits. Approaches are tempered with political intervention, available funding, recruitment, retention, and realities of requiring recruits to quickly become operationally competent policing resources. Journal of Criminal Justice Education 10/2/2025 Research article ‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: The rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids The rapid growth in the global use of new synthetic opioids (NSOs) including fentanyl and nitazenes prompted the UK’s National Crime Agency to warn last year that “there has never been a more dangerous time to take [illegal] drugs”; Dr Philip Berry, a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London and expert on the international drugs trade, looks at the background to the growth in NSOs, the nitazene ‘boom’ and the global heroin market, and what lessons the UK and Europe can learn from the US experience. Policing Insight 10/2/2025 Analysis, Feature Campaigners express ‘deep concern’ over police accountability review Groups including the charity Inquest have written to the Home Secretary urging against changes to inquest conclusions and misconduct hearings. The Independent 10/2/2025 News Campaign launched to bring back police station and get officers back in office The campaign has been supported by the local council and newspaper with the aim of installing a "dedicated response unit which can meet the demands of our communities" Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/2/2025 News Fatal police shooting of Winnipeg man in mental health case justified: watchdog CANADA: Manitoba’s police watchdog has cleared two officers in the shooting death of a Winnipeg man who confronted police with an axe while officers tried to hospitalize him for mental health concerns. Blue Line (Canada) 10/2/2025 News Police Association of Ontario launches Hero of the Year awards programme CANADA: The Police Association of Ontario (PAO) is excited to announce the launch of its 10th annual Police Services Hero of the Year Awards program, inviting Ontarians to nominate outstanding local police heroes who go above and beyond the call of duty each day. 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