Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104976 total results. Showing results 7021 to 7040 «348349350351352353354355356Next ›Last » West Midlands Police chief’s misconduct warning as nearly 50 officers sacked or quit Nearly 50 West Midlands Police officers were sacked or quit in disgrace in just three years, force figures have revealed. Twelve officers were dismissed after misconduct investigations from 2022 to 2024 with another 37 leaving the force before they could be given the boot. Birmingham Live 23/2/2025 News Police officer who removed burglar’s tag so they could meet up for sex is jailed A police officer who removed a burglar’s tag so she could meet up with him for sex has been jailed. Natasha Conneely, 31, who was part of the offender management unit at Bedfordshire Police, removed the burglar’s tag in April so he could visit her house without being tracked. Mail Online 22/2/2025 News Police dogs to sniff out drugs used to spike drinks A police force is training dogs to identify drugs associated with drink spiking. Thames Valley Police said its pilot scheme would involve dogs that can already track down cash, explosives and sim cards. BBC 22/2/2025 News Drew Harris responds to GRA snub listing key garda reforms in new statement REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Commissioner has issued a statement to the Garda Representative Association (GRA) saying what he would have wanted to say if he had been invited to attend their annual conference this year. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 22/2/2025 News Families of UK’s fallen police officers make big demand The families of Britain’s fallen police officers have backed a fresh push to honour all those suffering devastating injuries in the line of duty. Any killed while protecting the public receive the newly introduced Elizabeth Emblem but there is still no official recognition for the brave officers who survive – often with life-changing wounds. Express 22/2/2025 News Police officer caught removing burglar’s tag in secret sexual relationship A police officer has been jailed after having a secret relationship with a known burglar and removing his monitoring tag so that he could visit her home without being traced. The Independent 22/2/2025 News Garda recruitment: The path to joining An Garda Síochána REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Síochána is calling on aspiring recruits to consider a career in law enforcement, with a recruitment competition open until February 27, 2025. To gain insight into the journey of becoming a Guard, we sat down with four members from Henry Street Garda Station to discuss their experiences, the training process, and the role of education in their careers. Limerick Voice 22/2/2025 News Holding cell overcrowding is draining police resources, NSW’s top cop warns AUSTRALIA: Holding cells in police stations across NSW are overcrowded and it's draining police resources, the state's top cop has warned. NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has today called an emergency meeting with the Commissioner of Corrective Services over inmates spending too long at police watch houses. 9 News (Australia) 22/2/2025 News Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct USA: Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline The Guardian 22/2/2025 News Audit finds police officers illegitimately accessing sensitive case files NEW ZEALAND: Investigations have revealed around a quarter of police staff who accessed the national database for information about Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming's death did not have legitimate reasons to do so. 1 News (New Zealand) 22/2/2025 News ‘Revenge porn’ abusers allowed to keep devices with explicit images Prosecutors in England and Wales are failing to obtain orders requiring the deletion of intimate content shared without consent, analysis reveals The Guardian 22/2/2025 News What Do We Know About Hot Pot Spots? Does Who Owns Matter This study examines how place management practices influence crime distribution at pot shops. We assess whether these practices explain the varying crime levels observed across different pot shops. Using data from Colorado Springs, Colorado, we apply a Poisson distribution to compare expected and actual crime distributions among pot shop owners. Multilevel Poisson regression models are then employed to quantify the extent to which crime variation can be attributed to ownership. Our results indicate that approximately 25% of the variance in crime is attributed to management practices. Importantly, even after controlling for environmental factors surrounding pot shops, place management remains significant. This research highlights the critical role of owners in implementing effective crime prevention strategies at pot shops Crime and Delinquency - Subscription at source 22/2/2025 Research article Police officer removed tag for sexual relationship A police officer who removed a burglar's tag so she could have a sexual relationship with him has been jailed. BBC 22/2/2025 News New laws to protect children exploited by gangs in England and Wales ‘will save lives’ Long-overdue laws to protect children forced into selling drugs across county lines will save lives and block a “brutal and lucrative criminal business”, the former children’s commissioner has said. The Guardian 22/2/2025 News Nunavik police say adding biometric health sensors in holding cells could save lives CANADA: Devices would enable police to remotely monitor heart rates and breathing of people in custody. The Nunavik Police Service says it wants to install sensors in holding cells to monitor the health of people in custody. Five people have died of alcohol poisoning in holding cells in Nunavik police stations since 2017. In May 2023, the death of a woman in Inukjuak highlighted the difficulties the police force faces in monitoring people's health. CBC News (Canada) 22/2/2025 News How the government ended the career of another top cop AUSTRALIA: The much-respected former Victoria Police deputy commissioner Ross Guenther quietly retired late last year. There were no lavish farewell dinners and no congratulatory messages from the government. Many on-the-road police want him to apply for the chief commissioner’s job, unaware he has already gone. In December, there was a simple guard of honour outside police headquarters, led by the pipe band, with detectives, mounted branch uniformed police and the Special Operations Group (SOG) all involved. Even some scallywags reporting for bail joined in. The Age (Australia) - Subscription at source 22/2/2025 Feature Cells gridlocked: NSW cops wasting hours crim-sitting AUSTRALIA: Police Commissioner Karen Webb has called an urgent meeting with her Corrective Services counterpart over the gridlock across the jail system that is tying up police officers and putting unprecedented strain on the front line. The Daily Telegraph (Australia) - Subscription at source 22/2/2025 News ‘Shortage on the frontline’: Lack of police patrolling Victorian streets AUSTRALIA: Victoria Shadow Police Minister David Southwick says there is a “shortage on the frontline” for police in Victoria. Victoria's Deputy Chief Commissioner of police will not have his contract renewed in July. This news comes less than a week after the Police Commissioner resigned. Sky News 22/2/2025 News, Video Audit finds police officers illegitimately accessing sensitive case files NEW ZEALAND: Investigations have revealed around a quarter of police staff who accessed the national database for information about Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming's death did not have legitimate reasons to do so. An internal investigation was launched a month ago, after police staff were found to be searching the main database for details about Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming's death. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 22/2/2025 News Criminals obtained shotgun after it went missing from ‘skip-like container’ at Garda Headquarters REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A pump-action shotgun seized by the Garda made its way back into the hands of serious organised criminals after going missing from what has been described as a poorly secured metal container on the grounds of Garda Headquarters. The weapon was stored in a “skip-like container” secured with a combination lock and kept outside beside the old Garda hospital on the campus, one source said. The container was used to store large numbers of weapons seized by gardaí from criminals. The apparently poor storage of the weapons by gardaí was raised in the Dáil this week by Labour TD Alan Kelly along with other allegations of alleged misconduct by gardaí in relation to firearms. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 22/2/2025 News «348349350351352353354355356Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
