Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97169 total results. Showing results 721 to 740 «333435363738394041Next ›Last » Mental health diversion panels: A new tool for reducing mental health-related offending? With the police response to those in mental health distress – whether in relation to safeguarding, crime or public protection – a challenge for policing globally, Edge Hill University’s Dr Jude Towers looks at the results of the mental health diversion and advisory panel initiative in Lancashire, which offers an alternative out-of-court disposal approach to mental health-related offending that is winning support from officers as well as those in crisis. Policing Insight - Registration at source 20/1/2025 Feature, Innovation Systemic failures led to deaths at Polmont Young Offenders Institution A joint fatal accident inquiry into the suicides of two young people at Polmont Young Offenders Institution has found that systemic failures led to their deaths. Holyrood Magazine 20/1/2025 News Gloucestershire Constabulary announces Katy Barrow-Grint as new Deputy Chief Constable Gloucestershire Constabulary has announced the appointment of Katy Barrow-Grint as the new Deputy Chief Constable. Emergency Services Times 20/1/2025 News Diversion and Naloxone with Meg Jones and Jane Bailey Presenter Ben Twomey is joined by two guests and former colleagues to talk about how policing is changing, why people misusing substances are being diverted away from prison, and how the West Midlands became the first police force where officers carry and administer anti-heroin medication. Meg Jones, Director of the social justice and harm-reduction charity Cranstoun, and Jane Bailey, former senior police officer at West Midlands Police, share their views with Ben and our Policing TV audience. PolicingTV 20/1/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video ‘Creative use of punishment’: Covid-style lockdowns proposed for criminals in England and Wales Bar Council calls for pandemic restrictions to help reintegrate non-violent offenders into society and ease pressure on overcrowded jails The Guardian 19/1/2025 News Prosecutors to press on with manslaughter cases despite Kiena Dawes verdict CPS lead says she is not deterred from similar cases after Ryan Wellings, who was accused of causing partner’s suicide, was found not guilty of killing her The Guardian 19/1/2025 News Garda hospitalised with broken kneecap following drugs raid arrest REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda welfare services have been put in place for the injured Garda member and his colleagues The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 19/1/2025 News MEP writes to Garda Commissioner calling for new probe into Liam Farrell’s death REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Midlands Northwest MEP Ciaran Mullooly has written to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris calling for "a new and appropriately resourced investigation into the full circumstances” of the death of elderly Roosky farmer Liam Farrell five years ago. Roscommon Herald (Republic of Ireland) 19/1/2025 News ‘To whom am I speaking?’; Public responses to crime reporting via live chat with human versus AI police operators Driven by social and technological change and the imperative to enhance efficiency, police have in recent years adopted various technologies to transform their interactions with the public. In the UK, these initiatives often fall under ‘transformation’ agendas, promoting ‘channel choice’ strategies to facilitate public interactions through various technologically mediated platforms, such as reporting crimes online using form-based or chat functions. Artificial Intelligence already plays a role in some of these interactions, which is likely only to increase in the future. In this study we examine preferences and perceptions in online crime reporting. Participants read a fictitious ‘chat’ between a victim of crime and a police operator identified as either a human or a chatbot. Although the chats were identical, we find a consistent preference for human operators over chatbots across all scenarios. Human operators were thought to provide clearer explanations, although there were no significant differences in judgements of interpersonal treatment or decision neutrality between human and chatbot operators. Participants also responded more positively to the process when (a) the crime involved was less serious and (b) when the outcome was active (police attendance) rather than passive (simple recording). Our findings underscore the importance of procedural justice and communication clarity in online crime reporting systems – and perhaps of human interaction when reporting crimes. Policing and Society 19/1/2025 Research article Police chiefs call for a lower drink drive limit as road fatalities soar to a 13-year high – meaning just UNDER a pint would tip some men over the limit Police chiefs are calling for a change in the law to lower the drink drive limit after road fatalities soared to a 13-year high. The National Police Chiefs Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) want tougher laws to punish drivers who consume anything more than a small glass of beer. Mail Online 19/1/2025 News London police body camera program set to officially kick off CANADA: London police officers will be equipped with a new piece of long-awaited technology starting Monday. The first phase of the force’s $4.2-million program to outfit its 326 frontline officers – constables, sergeants and staff sergeants – with body cameras officially kicks off after months of preparation. The program, included in the four-year, $672-million budget approved by city council last year, is part of Chief Thai Truong’s plan to modernize the force and change the way police deliver service to the community. The London Free Press (Canada) 19/1/2025 News Police officers being left to foot the bill for life-saving equipment AUSTRALIA: QPS Union President Shane Prior told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, “The work environment of police in this state has become extraordinarily dangerous. We’ve got 12 officers a week being seriously assaulted and people are more willing to engage in violent behaviour towards police. That is why we need the appropriate material to save our own lives in the event something like this happens,” Shane Prior said. 4BC (Australia) 19/1/2025 Audio, Feature, Interview, Opinion Ethnicity of criminals not revealed by police forces over ‘racism fears’ – as more than a QUARTER of child sex offence cases do not include key detail of perpetrator Police forces are failing to record the ethnicity of criminals in case they are accused of racism, it was claimed last night. Analysis of government figures shows a sharp increase in the percentage of offences such as child abuse where the ethnicity of the perpetrator is not recorded. More than one in four (28.7 per cent) child sex offence cases do not record the ethnicity of the perpetrator, according to latest Ministry of Justice data, compared with around one in 20 (5.6 per cent) in 2011. Mail Online 19/1/2025 News Police Scotland ‘narrowing scope of sex and gender policy review’ Police Scotland has been accused of backtracking on a pledge to conduct a "wide-ranging" review of the force’s sex and gender policies. Initially, the probe was expected to take in operational matters and practices, including searches and the force's transition at work procedures which allow officers and staff who were born male but self-identify as women to use female changing facilities, regardless of whether they have undergone any medical or legal gender reassignment. The Herald (Scotland) - Subscription at source 19/1/2025 News Senior police officers ‘ignored grooming gangs’ to reach Home Office targets, damning report reveals Police officers failed to protect young girls from Rotherham’s grooming gangs, opting to prioritise other crimes to meet Home Office targets, according to a leaked report. Vehicle, burglary and robbery crime were prioritised by the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) since they were the targets set out by the government department throughout the 2000s. The findings were written up by police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) in a report which was never published despite its completion in June 2022. GB News 19/1/2025 News NT coroner probes police actions in lead-up to domestic violence deaths of two Darwin women AUSTRALIA: The Northern Territory coroner has criticised police's handling of domestic violence perpetrators and victims in the lead-up to the violent deaths of two Aboriginal women in Darwin. In two separate coronial findings, released on Friday, Judge Elisabeth Armitage found there were "specific and systemic police failings" to respond appropriately to violent incidents ahead of both women's deaths. ABC News (Australia) 19/1/2025 News Gardaí admit long vetting waits resulting in candidates leaving process REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Síochána has admitted the length of the vetting process "has resulted in candidates removing themselves from the process". Several candidates have contacted BreakingNews.ie to express their frustration over delays due to "suitability checks", as they await completed vetting over a year after finishing their applications. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 19/1/2025 News Victoria police disproportionately using force against Indigenous and Black people, data shows CANADA: Victoria police have disproportionately used force in encounters involving Indigenous and Black people in recent years, new data from VicPD released following an order from the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner shows. The report, which includes data collected from 2018 to 2023, comes as a result of the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner's inquiry into police use of force in the province — the results of which are expected to be released later this year. CBC News (Canada) 18/1/2025 News More than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after clashes with police in London Scuffles caught on camera after demonstrators broke through police lines resulting in highest number of arrests over more than 20 marches The Telegraph - Subscription at source 18/1/2025 News Police chief’s suspension lifted after ‘change in circumstances’ Gloucestershire Police’s chief constable Rod Hansen’s suspension has been lifted after a “change in circumstances”, and he has been redeployed elsewhere in the country while his standards investigation continues. Monmouthshire Beacon 18/1/2025 News «333435363738394041Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
