Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 94075 total results. Showing results 70281 to 70300 «351135123513351435153516351735183519Next ›Last » Parish councils reject Beds police boss’s bid for their ‘substantial reserves’ The Bedfordshire Police boss’s round robin letter to parish councils asking for funding for PCSOs, has not gone down well with councillors. Biggleswade Today 1/2/2019 News Crime scenes to be guarded by civilians on zero hours contracts after loss of PCSOs Ex-police officers and veterans are being hired on zero hours contracts to replace PCSOs guarding crime scenes. Eastern Daily Press 1/2/2019 News Blog: We cannot let knife crime define a generation In the week that the Home Secretary announced new measures to help tackle knife crime National Chair John Apter discusses why it will take more than a hashtag and re-versioned Asbos to solve the problem. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 1/2/2019 Feature, Opinion Gov suspends pension cost cap action pending legal decision The Government has announced it will not be taking further action to rectify the public pension cost cap breach at this time due to the ‘uncertain impact’ of December’s Court of Appeal ruling that the ‘transitional protection’ offered to judges and firefighters as part of the reforms amounts to unlawful discrimination. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 1/2/2019 News Cheshire Constabulary – Joint inspection of police custody This inspection into Cheshire Constabulary is one of a series on police custody inspections carried out jointly by HMI Prisons and HMICFRS. The programme looks at strategy, treatment and conditions, individual rights and health care. It also contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligation to ensure regular and independent inspection of all places of detention. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 1/2/2019 Report Cheshire Constabulary custody – very good overall, says inspectors Custody in the Cheshire Constabulary area was found by inspectors to be “very good overall” with a number of strengths and areas of commendable practice. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 1/2/2019 News Warning over options for keeping Scottish women out of prison Most women who end up behind bars would be better off being cared for outside prison, a leading expert has said. BBC 1/2/2019 News Loyalist paramilitaries: ‘Once you join it’s impossible to get out’ "It's effectively a life sentence - once someone joins a loyalist paramilitary organisation it's virtually impossible to get out," says Det Supt Bobby Singleton. BBC 1/2/2019 News Police officer says he would ‘rather be head-butted than spat at’ A police officer who had blood spat into his mouth while making an arrest faced an agonising 12-month wait while he feared he had contracted an illness. BBC 1/2/2019 News Dorchester’s neighbourhood police team lead speaks out over lack of resources The police officer leading Dorchester's neighbourhood policing team says the days of having the staff to stand outside the pubs and clubs at closing time has long gone. Dorset Echo 1/2/2019 News Fewer officers, more calls: U.K. police are stretched by austerity BIRMINGHAM, England — On a foggy afternoon last fall, a suicidal patient walked out of Solihull Hospital and disappeared. Alerted by hospital staff, police officers discovered her on a Birmingham street, having downed a bottle of vodka. The New York Times 1/2/2019 Analysis, Feature Police stop people for covering their faces from facial recognition camera then fine man £90 after he protested Metropolitan Police had said people declining to be scanned would 'not necessarily be viewed as suspicious' The Independent 1/2/2019 News Warwickshire PCC joins police precept consultations Warwickshire joins Norfolk, Dorset and Surrey in asking the public to help fund more officers and invest in new technologies through an increase in council tax. Police Oracle 31/1/2019 News Hong Kong: Police abuses nullified by Beijing’s ’alternative’ declaration of human rights Hong Kong's Beijing backed government has rejected allegations by British religious leaders that human rights abuses have occurred throughout the ongoing pro-democracy demonstrations, and this denial comes as China releases its own “alternative” declaration of human rights. Express 31/1/2019 News Danielle Outlaw: Philadelphia appoints first black female police commissioner Danielle Outlaw has pledged to work to tackle “insidious gun violence” after being announced as the first female black police commissioner in Philadelphia. The Independent 31/1/2019 News Police chief: Health service pressures causing 101 delays Norfolk’s chief constable has said delays when calling the 101 phone line is worsened by pressures on health services as police officers pick up the slack. Norwich Evening News 31/1/2019 News Police and Fire Service to share staff, but the move ‘is not a merger’ says Commissioner Police and Fire Service 'back office' workers will be combined as part of a cost-cutting plan, but bosses deny it constitutes a merger. The Press (York) 31/1/2019 News IPCO 2017 Annual Report Published 31 January 2019 The report covers each investigatory power in an individual chapter, providing an introduction to the legal basis for that power, how and how much it is used and how it is overseen. Each chapter also includes a summary of the findings from both the prior approval (of some) of these powers and IPCO’s retrospective oversight by inspection of all of these powers. It must be noted that many of the powers contained in the Investigatory Powers Act did not come into effect until 2018 and thereby fall outside the ambit of this report. The report also gives further information about the work to establish IPCO, errors that have occurred in the use of these powers and the office budget. Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) 31/1/2019 Report Innocent people caught up in serious police investigations due to data-handling errors, watchdog finds In many cases they were caused by the submission of an incorrect phone number or IP address – sometimes by just one digit The Independent 31/1/2019 News Hillsborough trial: police had ‘superb’ reputation before disaster Sheffield ground seen as safe under Ch Supt Brian Mole, jury hears The Guardian 31/1/2019 News «351135123513351435153516351735183519Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events