Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103232 total results. Showing results 661 to 680 «303132333435363738Next ›Last » Fallen officer’s legacy lives on at school bearing his name CANADA: To mark the 10th anniversary of Cst. Daniel Woodall’s death, staff and students at the school that bears his name are honouring his legacy with a heartfelt assembly and tree planting. Blue Line (Canada) 17/6/2025 News Judge upholds obstruction conviction for B.C. Mountie in Dale Culver case CANADA: A provincial court judge has ruled that the guilty verdict stands for an RCMP officer convicted of obstruction of justice in the case of an Indigenous man who died in police custody in 2017, clearing the way for sentencing. Blue Line (Canada) 17/6/2025 News Blue Line, The Podcast: Public Order Policing in Ontario with Ryan Teschner CANADA: In May 2025, Ontario’s Inspectorate of Policing released its first spotlight report, focusing on the State of Public Order Policing in Ontario. Blue Line (Canada) 17/6/2025 Audio, Feature Burglary rates rise across the county REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The number of burglaries in the combined Roscommon and Longford Garda division increased by 15% in the 12 months of 2024 compared to 2023 with 263 burglaries, according to recent CSO figures. Roscommon Herald (Republic of Ireland) 17/6/2025 News ASPS warns Police Scotland not to take officers for granted as fears new pay deal could mean ‘cannibalising the service’ Association of Scottish Police Superintendents President Rob Hay has urged Police Scotland’s leadership not to take officers for granted as superintending ranks begin to “vote with their feet” and withdraw from volunteering for on-call, and called on the Scottish Government to invest in a service that is “stretched to breaking point”, warning that Chief Constable Jo Farrell faces the “stark choice” of cannibalising the service to provide a fair pay award, as Policing Insight’s Martin Gallagher reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 17/6/2025 Analysis, Feature Using Instruction-Tuned Large Language Models to Identify Indicators of Vulnerability in Police Incident Narratives Objectives: Police routinely collect unstructured narrative reports of their interactions with civilians. These accounts have the potential to reveal the extent of police engagement with vulnerable populations. We test whether large language models (LLMs) can effectively replicate human qualitative coding of these narratives—a task that would otherwise be highly resource intensive. Methods: Using publicly available narrative reports from Boston Police Department, we compare human-generated and LLM-generated labels for four vulnerabilities: mental ill health, substance misuse, alcohol dependence, and homelessness. We assess multiple LLM sizes and prompting strategies, measure label variability through repeated prompts, and conduct counterfactual experiments to examine potential classification biases related to sex and race. Results: LLMs demonstrate high agreement with human coders in identifying narratives without vulnerabilities, particularly when repeated classifications are unanimous or near-unanimous. Human-LLM agreement improves with larger models and tailored prompting strategies, though effectiveness varies by vulnerability type. These findings suggest a human-LLM collaborative approach, where LLMs screen the majority of cases whilst humans review ambiguous instances, would significantly reduce manual coding requirements. Counterfactual analyses indicate minimal influence of subject sex and race on LLM classifications beyond those expected by chance. Conclusions: LLMs can substantially reduce resource requirements for analyzing large narrative datasets, whilst enhancing coding specificity and transparency, and enabling new approaches to replication and comparative analysis. These advances present promising opportunities for criminology and related fields. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 17/6/2025 Research article Criminals who ‘post and boast’ on social media to face greater jail time in Victoria AUSTRALIA: Criminals who "post and boast" about their offences on social media could face extra jail time in Victoria under a proposal going before state parliament today. Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny said the legislation will target anyone who posts content bragging about their involvement in serious crimes — affray, burglary and robbery, car theft, carjacking, home invasions and violent disorder — on social media and messaging apps. Those found guilty will face up to two years' imprisonment, in addition to the penalties incurred from the crime itself. 9 News (Australia) 17/6/2025 News New technology guidance and APPs published New guidance on data ethics, data-driven technologies and artificial intelligence. In an era where technology is rapidly transforming how we live and work, policing is embracing new data-driven capabilities like artificial intelligence (AI), automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), and live facial recognition (LFR). These technologies don't replace good police work – they enhance it. With proper ethical safeguards in place, they enable officers to spend more time in communities, solving crimes, and keeping the public safe. College of Policing 17/6/2025 News Tasmanian police officer shot dead in North Motton named as Constable Keith Anthony Smith AUSTRALIA: Tasmania's police commissioner has named the officer fatally shot on Monday while on duty as Constable Keith Anthony Smith, a 25-year veteran of the police service. ABC News (Australia) 17/6/2025 News Police officer killed on duty in Tasmania identified as 25-year veteran Keith Smith AUSTRALIA: Keith Anthony Smith has been remembered as a highly regarded and dedicated officer across his 25-year tenure in Tasmania's police force. SBS News (Australia) 17/6/2025 News ‘No direction’ to lower standards for police recruits – commissioner NEW ZEALAND: The Police Commissioner says there was "no direction or order" to drop standards in order to fulfil a coalition promise and recruit 500 more police officers. 1 News (New Zealand) 17/6/2025 News Garda media approach shifts to calm online bigotry REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Carlow shooting prompted waves of dangerous misinformation. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 17/6/2025 News Viewpoint: Is there now a case for curbing the frequency of protests? Given the frequency of all kinds of protests in central London and the abstraction rate of officers from 'normal' duties, Chris Hobbs asks if the law needs to be changed with new restrictions. Police Oracle 17/6/2025 Feature, Opinion Garda group to say that little action has been taken to solve ‘massive issue’ of poor morale REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Representative Association (GRA) and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) are set to appear before the Justice committee today. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 17/6/2025 News Menopause pioneer wins women in policing award Insp Diane Bradbury worked tirelessly for nine years to get the backing for the Menopause and Hormonal Change Policy and Procedure. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 17/6/2025 News Why the Metropolitan Police wants to be much more open with its data Policing Insight’s Ian Weinfass spoke to Metropolitan Police Service Director of Data Aimee Smith and Deputy Director of Data Samantha Laskey about how they overcame a traditional culture and delays to develop policing’s first open data strategy. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 17/6/2025 Analysis, Feature, Interview Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 17/6/2025 News West Midlands Police using advanced data analysis to tackle knife crime West Midlands Police is proactively tackling serious violent crime by leveraging the power of data to gain better insights. Emergency Services Times 17/6/2025 News Restitute Founder Cath Pickles on supporting third party victims of crime (Part 1) In this conversation, Ian Tomson-Smith speaks with Cath Pickles, the founder of Restitute, about the organization's mission to support families and caregivers of victims of sexual abuse and violence. Cath shares her personal journey that led to the creation of Restitute, highlighting the challenges faced by families in navigating the support systems after such traumatic experiences. The discussion delves into the unique model of Restitute, which emphasizes building trust, providing practical support, and addressing emotional needs, ultimately aiming to empower caregivers and improve their circumstances. PolicingTV 17/6/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Baroness Casey’s audit of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse The Home Secretary updated the House on the National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse ('grooming gangs') carried out by Baroness Casey. Home Office 16/6/2025 News «303132333435363738Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
