Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115063 total results. Showing results 6821 to 6840 «338339340341342343344345346Next ›Last » New Hertfordshire Police HQ delivers £28m community boost as construction nears completion The construction of Hertfordshire Constabulary’s new £55m headquarters has generated more than £28m in social and economic value for the local community—more than double the original target set at the start of the project. Emergency Services Times 17/11/2025 News Surrey and Sussex are latest forces to introduce live facial recognition tech As the roll-out of live facial recognition technology continues in England, Sussex Police used its new vans in Crawley and Redhill for its first deployments in the force area late last week. Emergency Services Times 17/11/2025 News Cash-strapped Police Scotland to hire human rights adviser — for £1m Force accused of placing virtue signalling above tackling crime despite chief constable claiming it was in dire financial straits The Times - Subscription at source 16/11/2025 News Do biometrics hold the key to prison release? In the criminal justice setting there are two questions in that biometrics can answer better than any anything else: BiometricUpdate.com 16/11/2025 Feature Live facial recognition vans spread across seven additional UK cities UK police authorities are expanding their live facial recognition (LFR) surveillance program, which uses cameras on top of vans to scan for people on watchlists in public places. BiometricUpdate.com 16/11/2025 News Police admit WhatApp arrest error with £20k payout Police have paid out £20,000 in damages for unlawfully arresting a couple after they made complaints about their daughter's primary school, including on a WhatsApp group chat. BBC 16/11/2025 News Police seize record number of bladed weapons amid knife crime concerns AUSTRALIA: Police say they have seized a record number of bladed weapons this year amid heightened community concern over knife crime. Victoria Police said more than 15,000 knives, machetes and zombie knives had been taken off the streets and destroyed so far in 2025. The figure surpassed last year's total, with police saying they were on track to seize 50 per cent more knives than they did a decade ago when records started being kept. ABC News (Australia) 16/11/2025 News Police made potentially critical mistakes in Hannah Clarke murders, new evidence reveals AUSTRALIA: Detectives investigated ‘veracity and motive’ of Brisbane woman’s allegations of domestic violence and coercive control – even after the horrifying attack that killed her and her children The Guardian 16/11/2025 News Police mental health unit under the spotlight after the deaths of 10 people AUSTRALIA: The NSW Police unit tasked with training 16,000 officers on mental health responses was staffed by just three people and led by an inspector found to have engaged in misconduct before it was overhauled. It comes as coroners overseeing inquests into the deaths of 10 people have criticised how police respond to mental health episodes over the past decade. ABC News (Australia) 16/11/2025 News Garda body warns of shortages with threat of rioting on the rise REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí are ‘burned out’ as they try to juggle protest policing at IPAS centres with routine investigative work, a senior Garda Representative Association (GRA) has claimed. Detective Garda Mark Ferris also said resources in his division are ‘simply not adequate to effectively police the area’. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 16/11/2025 News Minister walks back ‘corrupt police’ remark after McSkimming report NEW ZEALAND: Police Minister Mark Mitchell has made – and subsequently walked back – an allegation of a “corrupt police executive” with regards to how emails to his office complaining of Jevon McSkimming’s behaviour were handled. 1 News (New Zealand) 16/11/2025 News ‘Brain fart’: Major redeployment of Protective Service Officers by Victoria’s top cop slammed by state’s police union AUSTRALIA: ‘Brain fart’: Major redeployment of Protective Service Officers by Victoria's top cop slammed by state's police union Sky News 16/11/2025 News ‘One every three minutes’: Cops crack down on Sydney’s worst DV abusers AUSTRALIA: NSW Police have dispatched specialist squads against the city's highest-risk domestic violence offenders. NSW Police have cracked down on the highest-risk domestic violence offenders in Sydney, using specialist squads to arrest almost 800 people and seize almost 100 guns, hoping to “break the cycle” of broken homes and family murders which plague the state. Among the shocking cases found in the blitz were a woman who leapt into the Parramatta River to try to escape her attacker - forcing police to rescue from the water. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - Subscription at source 16/11/2025 News WA police, Westfield use number plate recognition to stop retail crime AUSTRALIA: Western Australian police and Westfield owner Scentre Group have banded together to use camera recognition technology to track criminals entering and leaving shopping centres as part of efforts to tackle the rise in retail crime. In a significant escalation of surveillance measures, WA Police’s automatic number plate recognition cameras have been deployed at Perth’s Westfield Carousel to track the movements of known and suspected criminals. Financial Review (Australia) - Subscription at source 16/11/2025 News Saskatchewan police oversight team investigates in-custody death CANADA: The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is investigating after a man died while in custody at the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) detention unit on Tuesday. Discover Moose Jaw (Canada) 16/11/2025 News Report into Durham police raises expert concerns about how service handles mental health, PTSD CANADA: A six-year report into the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) raises concerns about how it handles officers’ claims of mental health stress and PTSD, experts say. The heavily redacted report by the Ontario Civilian Police Commission, obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request, says the DRPS "vigorously opposed virtually every application to the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) for presumptive PTSD,” and fought claims of chronic mental stress. CBC News (Canada) 16/11/2025 News Legal experts, civil libertarians warn the NSW government is ‘eroding’ the right to protest AUSTRALIA: When 60 neo-Nazis lined the front gates of NSW parliament last week, the premier's response was swift and familiar. As questions and public outrage began mounting over how the rally proceeded under police watch, Chris Minns used his first press conference to soft launch more protest laws. ABC News (Australia) 15/11/2025 News South Wales Police praised but told to improve child abuse investigations Inspectors rate leadership and partnership working as ‘good’ but highlight inconsistent risk assessments. SOUTH WALES POLICE has been praised for its strong leadership and partnership work in protecting children from harm — but inspectors have called for improvements in how the force assesses risk and investigates abuse cases. The Pembrokeshire Herald 15/11/2025 News Weed out wimps in police with rigorous mental tests, says union Police officers are calling for all new recruits to undergo rigorous psychometric testing to weed out those not tough enough for the job. At the moment, anyone applying to join the force must complete an online application before undertaking a written test and interview. The Telegraph 15/11/2025 News Introducing Broken Trust: a two-year investigation into the domestic and family violence crisis – Full Story podcast AUSTRALIA: Ben Smee, Guardian Australia’s Queensland correspondent, has been reporting on the national crisis of domestic and family violence, as well as the culture and attitudes of Queensland police, for years. In this special Full Story investigation, Broken Trust can reveal exclusive new evidence in the case of Hannah Clarke and her children, a domestic and family violence homicide that made national headlines. The series looks at serious police failings in the lead-up to the murders that were overlooked by the coronial inquest and not investigated by homicide detectives The Guardian 15/11/2025 Audio, Feature «338339340341342343344345346Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
