Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 101034 total results. Showing results 73561 to 73580 «367536763677367836793680368136823683Next ›Last » Children as young as seven being used by ‘county lines’ drug gangs ‘Alarming evidence’ of primary school children being increasingly drawn into crime The Independent 4/7/2019 News Police chief warns public safety at risk unless reforms are introduced Public safety could be at risk unless urgent reforms are made, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary has said. BBC 4/7/2019 News State of Policing: The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2018 This is Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary’s report to the Secretary of State under section 54(4A) of the Police Act 1996. It contains his assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of policing in England and Wales based on the inspections we carried out between April 2018 and May 2019. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 4/7/2019 Report ‘Profound and far-reaching’ policing reform urgently needed, says Chief Inspector of Constabulary Profound and far-reaching aspects of police reform are needed, or services face unacceptable compromises in quality of service levels of public safety, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary has warned. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 4/7/2019 News Essex researchers concerned by new police tech The University of Essex Human Rights report has found big flaws in live facial recognition technology being tested by police in London. Heart 4/7/2019 News Policing in the Anthropocene How will the police respond to environmental direct action groups like Extinction Rebellion as climate breakdown reaches critical mass? Ecologist 4/7/2019 Analysis, Feature Why do rebel groups apologize? Armed groups often rely on violence and instilling fear to show strength and resilience. And yet, every so often, they are willing to apologize when things go wrong. The New IRA recently apologized for killing Lyra McKee, an investigative journalist, during a riot in Derry. The group’s targets, which they described as “enemy forces,” were officers of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The Conversation 4/7/2019 Feature, Opinion It’s time to decriminalise drug use to beat Scotland’s crippling death crisis People are dying. We have to help them by treating drugs as a health issue and not turning users into criminals. Daily Record 4/7/2019 Feature, Opinion Middle-class drug addicts buy heroin in bitcoin Drug dealers are accepting bitcoin and Amazon gift cards as Scotland’s heroin epidemic moves from back streets to affluent communities and online platforms. The Times - Subscription at source 4/7/2019 News Tory leadership contest: Hunting and police pledges made Tory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has offered MPs a free vote on lifting the ban on fox hunting in England and Wales if he becomes prime minister. BBC 4/7/2019 News Police urged to axe facial recognition after research finds four of five ‘suspects’ are innocent Researchers at the University of Essex found that the Metropolitan Police’s live facial recognition (LFR) system was inaccurate in the huge majority of cases: the technology made only eight out of 42 matches correctly across six trials evaluated. The Independent 4/7/2019 News Inside the 21st-century British criminal underworld There are almost 5,000 criminal gangs in the UK. But the old family firms are gone – today’s big players are multinational, diversified and tech-savvy. The Guardian 4/7/2019 Analysis, Feature Lisa Gow’s distraught dad blames police for role in high-speed chase which led to her death The father of a young mother-of-two who was killed after being struck by a stolen car in north Belfast blames police for playing "a big role" in her death. Belfast Telegraph 4/7/2019 News Live blog: Police Governance Summit 2019 – Day Two It's day two of the Police Governance Summit 2019. Once again we will be live blogging the conference which will be taking a look at governance in other jurisdictions as well as the lessons learnt from police and fire mergers and how evidence can inform practice. Policing Insight - Registration at source 4/7/2019 Analysis Recognition as service for pension purposed of six month on-site training for newly recruited (post 1989) Garda Members REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Representative Association has been informed that all parties to the facilitation process relating to the above matter have formally accepted the Workplace Relations Commission proposal of the 12th April, 2019. [pdf] Garda Representative Association (GRA) 4/7/2019 Report Boris Johnson promises to boost police numbers by 20,000 in £1.1bn move if he becomes prime minister Boris Johnson has pledged to boost police numbers by as many as 20,000 within three years if he becomes prime minister. The Standard 4/7/2019 News Boris Johnson targets hiring 20,000 extra police officers by 2022 £1bn spending pledge by PM hopeful adds to raids on Brexit ‘fiscal headroom’ Financial Times 4/7/2019 News Boris Johnson unveils £1 billion plan to put bobbies back on the beat Boris Johnson has pledged to find £1.1 billion to hire an extra 20,000 police officers as he portrayed himself as the candidate of law and order in the Tory leadership race. The Telegraph 4/7/2019 News Experts back calls for decriminalisation The inquiry into Scotland’s problem drug use has found near unanimous support for decriminalisation among police, public health experts, recovery specialists and former addicts. The Times 4/7/2019 News Police face recognition software ‘wrong 80% of time’ Facial recognition technology used by Scotland Yard is wrong in the vast majority of cases and probably illegal, according to the first independent analysis of the system. 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