Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103930 total results. Showing results 7961 to 7980 «395396397398399400401402403Next ›Last » Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson returns to work after ‘extended absence’ Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson has returned to work after almost seven months of “extended absence” due to illness. The ombudsman, who returned to her desk on Monday, had been off work since last June. In 2023 West Midlands Police was asked to investigate a domestic incident linked to Ms Anderson, who took up her role in 2019. The Irish News 6/1/2025 News Nirman: Community safety can’t just be left to the police CANADA: An inquest into the 2016 death of Abdirahman Abdi shows how crucial expertise in mental health and other care is if we want to protect Ottawa residents from violence. Ottawa Citizen (Canada) 6/1/2025 Feature, Opinion New bail laws increase pressures in ‘broken system’ AUSTRALIA: Record high prisoner numbers have forced a government to convert a purpose-built police watch house into a temporary jail as new bail laws come into effect. The Examiner (Australia) 6/1/2025 News Crisafulli Government locks in the Youth Crime Taskforce AUSTRALIA: The Crisafulli Government has announced it has locked-in four years of funding for the Queensland Police Youth Crime Taskforce, after the former Government failed to fund it beyond this financial year. A $15.452 million commitment delivers certainty for the Taskforce to continue its operations and with the Making Queensland Safer Laws in effect, gives police the strong laws needed to be effective in tackling youth crime. The announcement follows revelations the previous Government failed to fund the Taskforce. Queensland Government (Australia) 6/1/2025 News Over 200 young offenders arrested since Queensland government passed new laws targeting youth crime AUSTRALIA: Queensland Police have arrested 227 young offenders and laid 484 charges in the three weeks since the state government introduced new laws targeting youth crime. The figures are the first released in the wake of the Crisafulli government's push to tackle crime across state, with the Making Queensland Safer Laws, introduced on December 12, particularly focused on young offenders. Sky News 6/1/2025 News $15.45m For Youth Crime Taskforce AUSTRALIA: The State Government announced $15.452 million funding on Monday to secure the future of the Youth Crime Taskforce, a key part of Queensland Police’s crackdown on youth crime. The funding will support 16 full-time staff for the next four years to co-ordinate the Taskforce which targets the most serious youth offenders. Southburnett.com.au (Australia) 6/1/2025 News Police want more cash from AFL to cover footy games AUSTRALIA: Major sporting events and concerts in Victoria will be hit with more fees as police start charging for the use of drones and the cost of safety planning. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source 6/1/2025 News Nearly 6,000 dangerous drivers fined and hundreds in court amid new campaign Nearly 6,000 dangerous drivers in the West Midlands have been hit with fines up to £200 as a result of a new campaign to tackle motoring offences, new data shows. Backed by the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Simon Foster, Operation Snap – an initiative to educate and prosecute careless and reckless drivers using footage supplied by the public – has seen 5,919 motorists issued with a fixed penalty notice between January and November 2024. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 6/1/2025 News Reforming police education in Iceland: a comparative analysis of students’ competence valuations before and after the transition to university education Over the past few decades, police services worldwide have encountered significant challenges, notably due to technological advances, globalisation, and the rise of online crime. Iceland has responded to these changes by aiming to expand police students’ competences, notably through the implementation of an educational reform that involved closing the National Police Academy and establishing a blended learning university diploma programme for aspiring police officers. In this study, we investigated students’ reception of this development in knowledge and competences before and after the reform. We aimed to contribute to the professional education policy literature by using longitudinal data to compare students’ valuations of enduring and emerging competences before and after the transition from the police academy to the university level. The study participants were police students attending the Icelandic National Police Academy in 2011–2016 and the University of Akureyri in 2017–2023. The findings showed that university-level police students placed a higher value on both enduring and emerging competences than did those at the National Police Academy. This suggests that students at the university level regarded these competences as a more integral component of police education than academy students, despite most of them having worked as police officers during their education and already being integrated into an experience-based police culture. This study contributes to the literature on police education reform by providing empirical insights into how educational influence students’ valuations of key competences, with implications for professional education policy and practice. Policing and Society 6/1/2025 Research article Policing child sexual exploitation and abuse cases: a qualitative PRIORITY study of the challenges faced by law enforcement officers in Germany, Portugal, and Sweden This study aimed to explore the primary challenges experienced by European law enforcement officers who deal daily with child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) investigations. We conducted 6 focus group discussions with 26 criminal investigators and managers from Germany (n = 9), Portugal (n = 9), and Sweden (n = 8). Data were collected as part of the PRIORITY project, whose wider goal is to decrease the occurrence of CSEA by providing anonymous online interventions to individuals concerned about their sexual urges towards children. We employed reflexive thematic analysis at the semantic level. By adopting the Barnahus model as a theoretical lens, we generated three recurring themes and 13 related sub-themes. These overarching themes encompassed a range of organisational barriers, investigative difficulties, and systemic shortcomings and were found to extend across national borders, exhibiting both similarities and context-specific variations across the three countries. We discuss our findings in relation to the most significant policy and practice implications, within the context of the Barnahus model implementation. Additionally, our findings lay the groundwork for five empirically based recommendations aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of future law enforcement responses and prevention efforts in regard to child sexual exploitation and abuse cases at a European level. Policing and Society 6/1/2025 Research article West Midlands Police call handlers among the best in the country People phoning West Midlands Police over the New Year period had their calls answered in some of the quickest times in the country. West Midlands Police 6/1/2025 News Police to beef up protection after vests leave some officers exposed AUSTRALIA: Petite female Queensland police officers less protected than thousands of their colleagues should receive new protective vests better to deflect knife attacks within months. The Courier (Australia) - Subscription at source 6/1/2025 News From tech and politics to wellbeing and reform: The policing challenges of 2024, and what will the next 12 months bring? As law enforcement around the world embarks on meeting the challenges of 2025, Editor Keith Potter looks back over the key issues Policing Insight covered in 2024 – from technological threats and opportunities, to workforce wellbeing, the role of leadership, and the increasing focus on reform – and how these may affect the next 12 months. Policing Insight - Registration at source 6/1/2025 Analysis, Feature, Opinion SA police officers deployed in Alice Springs amid ongoing crime in town AUSTRALIA: South Australian police officers are being deployed to Alice Springs, following calls for assistance from the Northern Territory police commissioner. ABC News (Australia) 6/1/2025 News Police tell scared families who are being terrorised by drug-crazed gangs to play classical music to drive them away… but not too loud Police have been ridiculed after they reportedly told families terrorised by drug-crazed gangs to play classical music to drive the thugs away. Mail Online 6/1/2025 News Cumbria Police officers leaving at rate of ‘more than one a week’ Shift changes are being blamed for officers leaving Cumbria Police at a rate of more than once a week. The Mail (North West) 6/1/2025 News Multi-agency project leads to drugs and weapons seizures in Tyneside community A multi-agency project focused on improving a Tyneside community has resulted in drugs and suspected illegal cash in the tens of thousands of pounds recovered. Emergency Services Times 6/1/2025 News Record numbers of children in England jailed many miles from their families Exclusive: More than one in 10 young people in custody are held at least 75 miles from their homes The Guardian 6/1/2025 News Ch Supt Paul Talbot: Transitioning from a metropolitan to a county police force (Part 2) In this second conversation, Chief Superintendent Paul Talbot shares his journey in policing, reflecting on his motivations for joining the police force, the significance of the Staffordshire Police Memorial Garden, and the challenges faced during his transition between police forces. He emphasizes the importance of community service, personal growth, and learning from mistakes throughout his career. PolicingTV 6/1/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video High-ranking garda charged over alleged racist abuse and assault of female worker at Dublin nightclub REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Leinster-based superintendent is reported to have told a rank-and-file garda who placed him in handcuffs following the incident “do you not know who I am?” Sunday World (Republic of Ireland) 5/1/2025 News «395396397398399400401402403Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
