Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115075 total results. Showing results 7041 to 7060 «349350351352353354355356357Next ›Last » Chris Minns announces fresh laws restricting protests near places of worship as questions continue over neo-Nazi protest AUSTRALIA: NSW premier reveals plan to give police new move-on powers one month after supreme court struck down similar legislation. The Guardian 11/11/2025 News How greater police powers could help find SA’s missing people AUSTRALIA: Experts say expanding South Australian police powers to match Queensland’s broader search authority could help solve high-risk missing person cases faster. The Advertiser (Australia) - Subscription at source 11/11/2025 News Serious failings in Police response to complaints made against Jevon McSkimming NEW ZEALAND: On 10 October 2024, Police formally referred to the Independent Police Conduct Authority (‘IPCA’, sometimes referred to as ‘the Authority’) a series of complaints against Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) (New Zealand) 11/11/2025 Report ‘Significant failings’ in how police responded to Jevon McSkimming complaints NEW ZEALAND: Government orders new police watchdog after damning IPCA report. Stuff (New Zealand) 11/11/2025 News Jury sworn in for trial of gardaí and Superintendent accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A jury has been sworn in to hear the trial of four serving gardaí and a retired Garda Superintendent accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 11/11/2025 News Rethinking what counts: Canada’s shift to harm-focused policing The recent Building Bridges evidence-based policing conference in Ontario showcased efforts by policing to correct the mismatch between how crime is experienced and how it is measured, with a harm-focused framework pioneered by Barrie Police Service and London Police Service’s new gamification approach to hot-sport policing leading the way, as Policing Insight’s Matthew Wood reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 11/11/2025 Analysis, Feature 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 11/11/2025 News Scottish biometrics commissioner launches new strategic plan The Scottish biometrics commissioner, Dr Brian Plastow, has launched a new four-year plan to review the use of biometrics by Police Scotland. Holyrood Magazine 11/11/2025 News NCA launches first ever campaign to expose the ‘crypto dream scam nightmare’ The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a nationwide campaign warning the public about the growing threat of crypto investment fraud — a crime costing victims millions of pounds each year. Emergency Services Times 11/11/2025 News Police forces and businesses unite for Safer Business Action Week Police forces and business partners across the UK are joining forces this week (10–16 October) for Safer Business Action (SaBA) Week, a national initiative designed to tackle business and retail crime while strengthening collaboration between police, retailers, and local communities. Emergency Services Times 11/11/2025 News Waterstons to take over as system provider for Police CyberAlarm The National Cybercrime Team has awarded cyber consultancy Waterstons the contract to become the new system provider for Police CyberAlarm. UKAuthority.com 11/11/2025 News National Police Chiefs Innovation and Digital Summit Join us on Policing TV as we speak with David Bailey, Head of Events and Brand Engagement at the Police Digital Service, following the highly successful National Police Chiefs’ Innovation and Digital Summit in Liverpool. From conception to execution, David shares how this in-house event united nearly 800 attendees — including senior police leaders, tech innovators, and suppliers — to push forward the UK’s digital policing strategy. We explore the importance of collaboration, the role of sponsors and suppliers, key agenda highlights, and the behind-the-scenes challenges of delivering an event of this scale — all driven by the vision of “policing by policing, for policing.” Whether you're in law enforcement, tech, or public sector leadership, this is a must-watch insight into how digital transformation in policing is being shaped from within. PolicingTV 11/11/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Police Scotland review launched into how fingerprints are collected and used The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner has announced plans to carry out a review of the collection and use of fingerprints by police in Scotland. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/11/2025 News Six Gwent officers face IOPC probe over missing person reports The officers will go through the misconduct process after an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into police actions when a group of young people were reported missing. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/11/2025 News Mark Mitchell on police trust, protests, and protecting minorities NEW ZEALAND: Minister for Police, Corrections, Emergency Management and Recovery, Ethnic Communities, and Sports and Recreation joins us to explain how he juggles so many hats. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 10/11/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Lessons learned: Teachers’ perceptions of incorporating police expertise into PSHE lessons This article presents the findings of an initial evaluation of an innovative contribution by West Yorkshire Police (WYP) to Personal, Social, Health, and Economic (PSHE) teaching in schools within the region, namely the Police-Education (Pol-Ed) programme. Pol-Ed contributes police specific knowledge into the PSHE curriculum with the aim of keeping children safe from crime and victimisation. This article details the findings of a mixed-methods study using ten semi-structured interviews and an online questionnaire (n = 94) with PSHE teachers in West Yorkshire to explore their perceptions of the Pol-Ed programme. Additionally, we explore this type of expert-informed teacher resource to contribute to the school PSHE curriculum in a meaningful way. The quantitative results suggest that teachers perceived that Pol-Ed helps them teach children how to keep safe, understand risks and the law, and to make positive choices. The qualitative findings suggest that teachers perceived that Pol-Ed increases pupils’ awareness of risk of crime and victimisation, is locally relevant, builds trust and strengthens community relations, and supports teacher confidence, knowledge, and awareness. We conclude by offering some reflections on the potential of this type of programme to add value to the school curriculum in a range of ways by sharing of expertise across organisations. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles 10/11/2025 Research article The use of sniffer dogs in drug enforcement: An integrative review The use of sniffer dogs in drug enforcement is widespread in several countries; however, the scientific literature lacks an integrated understanding of their effectiveness. This article presents an integrative literature review using EMMIE framework to analyze 15 studies selected from 157 documents retrieved in Scopus and Web of Science. The results are organized into seven domains, including operational context, human behavior, and legal perspectives. Our findings highlight significant divergences in the effectiveness and acceptability of this practice across various contexts, underscoring the need for more evidence-based, context-sensitive, and ethically grounded policy approaches. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles - Subscription at source 10/11/2025 Research article Drug drivers involved in more Queensland road fatalities than drunk drivers AUSTRALIA: More than 1,000 positive drug tests involving cocaine have been recorded by police since the narcotic was included in Queensland's roadside testing regime. Police say they have caught drivers with multiple substances in their system, as they ramp up testing efforts. ABC News (Australia) 10/11/2025 News Three methods of estimating age-at-death using three different regions on the os coxa Understanding population diversity is necessary for the development of forensic anthropology methods that address population affinity. The commonly used age-at-death estimation methods for adult skeletal remains are based on American data sets, which include individuals with both European and African population affinities. Evaluating these methods on different skeletal collections worldwide is hampered by our incomplete understanding of population diversity. Hence, this study evaluated three methods of estimating age-at-death using the pubic symphyseal surface, auricular surface, and acetabulum regions on the os coxa. A total sample size of 143 os coxae from Black South African and White South African population groups was examined in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The accuracy (chi-squared test of independence), bias, absolute error (mean absolute error, Wilcoxon signed-rank test), interobserver, and intraobserver correlation coefficients (Cronbach's alpha test) were recorded for each method. The auricular surface method scored the highest accuracy; however, the reliability of this method is still questionable, as it also scored the highest absolute error and bias among the three methods on both population groups. Compared to the pubic symphyseal surface and auricular surface methods, the acetabulum method showed promise, as it maintained lower bias and absolute error and was consistent when re-evaluated in both populations. Laterality was insignificant for any of the three methods. Sex was insignificant for the acetabulum and auricular surface methods, but significant for the pubic symphyseal surface method in the White South African samples and insignificant in Black South African samples. These results demonstrated the need for creating population-specific standards, including precisely defined age ranges and reference samples catered to the diverse South African populations. Journal of Forensic Sciences 10/11/2025 Research article Statistical analysis of fingerprint first-level detail using Bayesian networks This study presented a large-scale statistical examination of 168,974 tenprint records to evaluate whether pattern distribution across the fingers is random or exhibits structured interdependence, and whether sex-related differences in pattern frequency exist. Two Bayesian networks were empirically developed and validated to model the relationships between the pattern types of different fingers. The first network focused specifically on the occurrence of whorls and was evaluated relative to established frequencies of the Henry primary classification system, revealing expected relationships between pattern types, but also extending beyond, traditional classification approaches. The second network incorporated all major fingerprint pattern types to model probabilistic dependencies across fingers and hands. This work demonstrates and models significant inter- and intrahand relationships. Additionally, the developed Bayesian networks enable automated biometric identification system users to input their data to model finger variation for the computation of statistical conclusions. These relationships can be leveraged to predict pattern occurrences on other fingers which can be used to limit file penetration by filtering searches by finger position yielding increased search accuracy through a reduced search gallery. 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