Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102660 total results. Showing results 7861 to 7880 «390391392393394395396397398Next ›Last » Four people accuse undercover officer of arson attack on Debenhams store Witnesses allege Bob Lambert was involved in fire at store in London in 1987, a claim he has repeatedly denied The Guardian 1/12/2024 News Is cash still king? Long read: an exploration of cash in the criminal world . College of Policing 1/12/2024 Feature Police, hospitals to review changes to mental health callouts NEW ZEALAND: Police and hospitals will next week begin a joint review into how the first month of changes to handling people in mental distress have gone. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 1/12/2024 News Police survey part of anti-Notting Hill Carnival ‘agenda’, say organisers Almost 90% of officers who responded to the survey said they have felt unsafe while working there. The Independent 1/12/2024 News Internal police emails reveal alarm over bill that reduces oversight of clubs and ranges NEW ZEALAND: A tranche of emails released to Stuff reveal the extent of concern police have with a new bill that reduces oversight of shooting clubs and ranges. The internal communications, released under the Official Information Act, include descriptions of children using military-style semi-automatic (MSSA) firearms at gun clubs. Stuff (New Zealand) 1/12/2024 News Punched, powerless and outnumbered: how police really feel about Notting Hill Carnival Almost all police officers fear for their safety after two people were killed at this year’s event and eight suffered non-fatal stabbings The Times - Subscription at source 1/12/2024 News Police are failing to solve three in every four domestic burglaries across England and Wales Police failed to solve a staggering 31,980 domestic burglaries - three in every four - across England and Wales in the three months leading up to June this year, it can be revealed. New data from the Home Office has revealed that the majority of perpetrators are getting away with the crime, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in custody. Mail Online 1/12/2024 News Halton Police seek 13.8% budget hike to tackle crime and growth CANADA: Proposed $232M operating budget aims to address rising crime, population growth and new policing demands Halton Hills Today (Canada) 1/12/2024 News Victoria police union says officers feeling strain of underfunding CANADA: Asking the department to make budget cuts when it’s already inadequately funded could put officers’ mental and physical wellbeing at risk, says the union. Times Colonist (Canada) 1/12/2024 News In-person crime isn’t rising — so why do we think it is? Are British streets more dangerous than they used to be? You’d be forgiven for thinking so. London is one of the mobile phone-snatching capitals of Europe, and not a day goes by without a push notification about some grisly UK murder. In two years, according to the Office for National Statistics, crime has crept upwards from just another thing the public worries about in the background to the fourth most pressing issue facing Britain today (after the economy, the cost of living crisis and the NHS). But here’s the weird thing. Whichever way you cut the numbers, in the long run in-person crime (that is, excluding fraud) isn’t really rising at all. In the year to June, 1.4 per cent of us were victims of The Times - Subscription at source 1/12/2024 Analysis, Feature B.C. police chiefs withdrawing support for the decriminalization of hard drugs CANADA: B.C.'s police chiefs have performed a high-profile "about face", on a controversial pilot project in this province. As Paul Johnson reports, police chiefs at a national and provincial level have now withdrawn their support for the decriminalization of hard drugs for personal use, insisting it's simply not working. Global News (Canada) 1/12/2024 News, Video Overhaul police training to reduce police shootings — and look to Norway for answers: expert CANADA: Nordic countries like Norway have centralized and exemplary models of police education, says criminology prof CBC News (Canada) 1/12/2024 News Questions arise about effectiveness of body-worn police cameras in Canada CANADA: Questions surrounding the death of a man by Winnipeg police are rekindling conversations around the need for officers to wear body cameras. CTV News (Canada) 1/12/2024 News ‘Scar on our organisation’: Police reflect on painful lesson after Lindt Cafe siege response AUSTRALIA: NSW Police has revealed how the organisation has overhauled terror protocols in a 60 Minutes special reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of the Lindt Cafe siege. Police commanders now admit they were drastically unprepared when terror struck the centre of Sydney on December 15, 2014. "The [security] environment was changing significantly, very quickly," NSW Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson, current head of the police counter-terrorism unit, told 60 Minutes. 9 Now (Australia) 1/12/2024 Feature GSOC probes allegations teen was kicked in the head by garda during traffic stop REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Ombudsman is investigating allegations a 17-year-old sustained these horrific injuries as a result of being kicked several times in the head by an officer following a traffic stop in Dublin. A spokesperson for An Garda Siochana confirmed on Thursday that a complaint of assault has been made by teenager Justin Covaci following his arrest on a traffic stop for ‘dangerous driving’ in Blanchardstown at 2.24am on Saturday morning last week. Sunday World (Republic of Ireland) 1/12/2024 News Row as new garda recruits are fast-tracked for training – as applicants from previous rounds still wait to join REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda recruits who applied to join the force this year are being fast-tracked into the Garda College in Templemore under a new system despite their vetting being incomplete, while some applicants from the previous two years remain “in limbo”. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 1/12/2024 News Department of Justice advised to bring in temporary release for sex offenders REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: In a discussion paper on how to manage record levels of jail overcrowding, an expert group said there was a near prohibition on granting temporary release to those convicted of sexual crimes Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 1/12/2024 News ‘Calculated’ officer accessed confidential West Midlands Police systems to ‘snoop on relatives’ A 'calculated' police officer accessed confidential force systems so they could snoop on relatives, a disciplinary panel has heard. PC Ahmed 'unlawfully' searched for information about herself and family members on West Midlands Police systems. Birmingham Live 1/12/2024 News New laws to help police crackdown on knife crime AUSTRALIA: The state government plans to get knives off Victorian streets and out of the hands of criminals with strengthened laws introduced into parliament that will give police more powers to crackdown on knife crime. Star Weekly (Australia) 1/12/2024 News Drug laws are failing us: Three in four police say possession policies are ineffective in preventing crime and deaths Three-quarters of police say that drug laws are failing to stem a rising tide of crime and a spiralling death toll, a powerful report has found. Drugs now account for three times as many deaths as car accidents, with 5,448 people losing their lives last year after taking substances such as cocaine and heroin – a near-doubling in the space of a decade. Mail Online 1/12/2024 News «390391392393394395396397398Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
