Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 94015 total results. Showing results 71701 to 71720 «358235833584358535863587358835893590Next ›Last » Kier Pritchard to be officially named as Wiltshire’s Chief Constable He's been in temporary charge of the force since March, but he's now been named as the preferred candidate for the job. Spire FM 27/11/2018 News Sussex Police Chief Constable says force is under strain A police chief says forces are overstretched as it was revealed Sussex has one of the lowest ratios of officers to residents in the country. The Argus 27/11/2018 News Police are ignoring crimes as they’re ‘swamped by calls about mental health’, claims damning report Police are having to ignore crimes to look after vulnerable people as they 'pick up the pieces' of a 'broken mental health system', a damning report has found. Mail Online 27/11/2018 News Police ‘picking up pieces of mental health system’, says watchdog More than half of patients who need to be taken to hospital are picked up by a police car The Guardian 27/11/2018 News Novichok force has the thinnest blue line in UK The county struck by the deadly nerve agent attack has fewer police per head than any other force. The Times - Subscription at source 27/11/2018 News GPs dump mental health cases on us, complain police The police receive thousands of calls a year from GP surgeries and social care agencies who “shunt” mental health cases on to them at the end of their working day, inspectors say. The Times - Subscription at source 27/11/2018 News Policing and mental health: Picking up the pieces In 2017, we inspected all 43 police forces in England and Wales and the British Transport Police on their effectiveness, as part of our PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy) inspection programme. One of the main areas we inspect in effectiveness is how well the police protect those who are vulnerable, and support victims. For the first time within this area, we inspected how effectively police respond to and support people with mental health problems. This report sets out our findings. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 27/11/2018 Report Police cannot fix a broken mental health system Police officers are increasingly being used as the service of default in responding to people with mental health problems, a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services has confirmed. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 27/11/2018 News Mental health: Five people called Met Police 8,655 times in 2017 Five people racked up 8,655 calls to the Metropolitan Police in 2017 - costing £70,000 to answer. BBC 27/11/2018 News Just five children in care accounted for more than 350 police misper probes The youngsters disappeared - on average - more than once a week in 2017-2018, raising huge concerns for their welfare. The Herald (Scotland) - Subscription at source 26/11/2018 News Young people, violence and knives – revisiting the evidence and policy discussions In this briefing, Roger Grimshaw and Matt Ford examine recent trends in knife-related violence and assess different approaches to tackling, and reducing it. It builds on an earlier review of evidence of effective strategies for addressing gun and knife crime, published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies in 2009. Centre for Crime and Justice Studies 26/11/2018 Report Enabling police and crime commissioners to sit and vote on combined fire and rescue authorities The government has responded to the independent inquiry into the objections of 2 combined fire and rescue authorities (FRA), Cleveland and Dorset & Wiltshire FRA, who disagreed with the government’s proposal to amend their combination schemes to enable a PCC to request to sit on the FRA with voting rights. Home Office 26/11/2018 Report Moped pursuit officers could be ‘prosecuted for doing their job’ The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) claims the tactics used to tackle moped crime continue to expose officers’ liberty as “clearly at odds with the law”. Police Professional 26/11/2018 News First UK police force to try predictive policing ends contract Use of Predpol cancelled, but Met will try to develop its own system Financial Times 26/11/2018 News Kier Pritchard named as police commissioner’s preferred choice for top job A senior police officer who learned his trade on the streets of Swindon could be confirmed as Wiltshire Police’s permanent chief constable on Friday. Swindon Advertiser 26/11/2018 News Shock figures reveal policing divide between West Midlands and London The West Midlands has almost half as many police officers per person than London, shock new figures showing the glaring divide between the capital and the rest of the country have revealed. Express & Star 26/11/2018 News Home Office discussing potentially unlawful access to patient info by police Police officers may be using an unlawful means of obtaining the patient records of firearm licence applicants, it has been reported. Digital Health 26/11/2018 News ‘Past mistakes and leadership failures’ at Cleveland Police blamed for lack of officers Cleveland Police's Chief Constable dramatically condemned the past leadership of his force and blamed it, in part, for the lack of officers in front-line policing. The Northern Echo 26/11/2018 News Kent Police stop using crime predicting software Computer software intended to predict where and when crimes would occur has been scrapped by a police force. BBC 26/11/2018 News Exclusive: UK police wants AI to stop violent crime before it happens Police in the UK want to predict serious violent crime using artificial intelligence, New Scientist can reveal. The idea is that individuals flagged by the system will be offered interventions, such as counselling, to avert potential criminal behaviour. New Scientist 26/11/2018 News «358235833584358535863587358835893590Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
