Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103185 total results. Showing results 70541 to 70560 «352435253526352735283529353035313532Next ›Last » IOPC finds no issue with pursuit which ended in fatal crash An investigation by the IOPC into a crash in which two women died in Womenswold concluded that a police pursuit beforehand was carried out appropriately. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 16/1/2020 News Chief Constable Bill Skelly continues to fight CoP on degrees Lincolnshire chief says he will not implement the College of Policing's requirement that all new officers hold a degree as CoP extends its deadline for forces to June 2022. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 16/1/2020 News State of Fire and Rescue: The Annual Assessment of Fire and Rescue Services in England 2019 In 2018/19, HMICFRS carried out the first assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of England’s fire and rescue services in more than a decade. This report draws on findings from inspections in the 45 fire and rescue services in England, to provide an overall view of the state of the fire and rescue sector. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 16/1/2020 Report Chief Inspector calls for ‘significant reforms’ across fire and rescue services in England In his first annual assessment of fire and rescue services in England, Her Majesty’s Chief inspector of Fire and Rescue Services Sir Thomas Winsor acknowledges the strong commitment from firefighters to protect the communities they serve. The sector’s greatest strength is in how it responds to emergencies, with demonstration of a number of life-saving initiatives and a strong health and safety culture. However, the fire and rescue sector needs significant reform in several areas. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 16/1/2020 News UK police face spotlight for covering up gang’s sex abuse of thousands of underage girls Crimes against victims targeted through care homes were ignored by the police and social workers. Life Site 16/1/2020 Feature, Opinion Prison sentences for fly-tippers as government announces new ‘waste police’ unit Fly-tippers will face prison, the environment secretary has said, as the government announces a new "waste police" unit. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 16/1/2020 News Clock is ticking for waste criminals as new taskforce launched A new unit will bring together law enforcement agencies and UK environmental regulators to target waste criminals. Home Office 16/1/2020 News London Metropolitan Police to upgrade Command & Control System Hexagon AB, a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions, today announced it will support Leidos UK in the recently announced upgrade to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) command and control system. Under the 10-year programme, Leidos will implement HxGN OnCall, a comprehensive portfolio of advanced public safety solutions, to deliver a system that captures emergency contacts from the public and subsequently coordinates deployment of officers to incidents, pre-planned events and other operations. Hexagon 16/1/2020 UK police use of facial recognition tests public’s tolerance When British police used facial recognition cameras to monitor crowds arriving for a soccer match in Wales, some fans protested by covering their faces. In a sign of the technology’s divisiveness, even the head of a neighboring police force said he opposed it. The Associated Press 16/1/2020 News Social workers to ease pressure on police call system Police call handlers have been told to dispatch other emergency responders such as doctors or social workers to deal with people in distress, freeing officers to investigate crime. The Times - Subscription at source 16/1/2020 News Police should pause use of facial recognition technology Technology has been unleashed on the world of football. Its accuracy has been questioned and it is disrupting some fans’ enjoyment of the beautiful game. It is not VAR, but AFR — automated facial recognition technology. The Times - Subscription at source 16/1/2020 News Boris Johnson plans to review the roles of all 41 elected police & crime commissioners Boris Johnson plans a sweeping review of elected police and crime commissioners as he tackles the scourge of violent crime. The Sun 16/1/2020 News TV cameras to be allowed in Crown Courts in England and Wales TV cameras are to be allowed to film in Crown Courts in England and Wales for the first time. BBC 16/1/2020 News We still turn a blind eye to child exploitation Could there be a more depressing story of modern Britain than the one revealed in this week’s report about how, 16 years ago, dozens of young girls were raped and assaulted by older men in the city of Manchester and nothing was done about it? And Manchester is just the latest. Sometimes you begin to wonder what we were all doing back then in the Eighties, Nineties and Noughties when the gangs were grooming, the priests were abusing and the showbiz bigwigs were couch-casting. The Times - Subscription at source 16/1/2020 Feature, Opinion Cannabis at risk of being ‘decriminalised’ as police let users off with community resolutions Police have been accused of decriminalising cannabis by the backdoor as up to two-thirds of users are being let off with informal “community resolutions” without getting a criminal record. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 15/1/2020 News Criminal records scandal: police chiefs blame Theresa May Theresa May has been blamed by chief constables for botched police reforms that led to tens of thousands of alerts on foreign criminals being kept from their home countries. The Guardian 15/1/2020 News Minorities more likely to be jailed for drug dealing, study suggests Black and Asian men are more likely to be jailed for drug dealing offences in England and Wales than white men, a study of 14,000 people suggests. BBC 15/1/2020 News NCA praised as PC Sharon Beshenivsky murder suspect detained The ringleader of a gang of armed robbers who fled the country after they murdered a West Yorkshire Police officer in 2005 has been arrested in Pakistan. Police Professional 15/1/2020 News ‘Many promises have been made, we now need action’ Warnings from the National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales about the long-term funding of the police service have received widespread media coverage today. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 15/1/2020 News Police Presentation of Firearms and Discharge of Conductive Energy Device (Taser) 40-year-old man Ross-shire 1 August 2019 At about 2036 hours on Thursday 1 August 2019, during the course of an incident in Ross-shire, armed police officers presented G36 Carbines at a 40-year-old man, and discharged a Taser at him. 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