Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 781 to 800 «363738394041424344Next ›Last » Police operation to target grooming gangs nationwide The National Crime Agency (NCA) will carry out a nationwide operation to target and jail predators who have sexually exploited children as part of a grooming gang, according to the Home Office. BBC 15/6/2025 News Body cams for police: Funding and privacy concerns raised NEW ZEALAND: The Police Commissioner has confirmed he wants body-worn cameras for frontline staff - and work is under way to make that a reality. However, the Police Association and civil liberties campaigners are seeking answers over how they will be paid, and who will have access to the footage. Police delayed a decision over the cameras last year, after they began issuing a new model of Taser, which was not equipped with a camera. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 15/6/2025 News Head of garda group: ‘The moment I came out, it became the most insignificant part of me’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The President a garda group has said that he hopes that talking about his sexuality will help his colleagues. Mark O’Meara is currently the elected head of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) which represents rank and file members of Ireland’s police force. In an interview published in the Garda Review, the group’s magazine, he speaks about his own experiences of being a gay man in An Garda Síochána. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 15/6/2025 News Police officer who quit to avoid misconduct hearing ‘cannot be barred’ Jim Knowles was accused of inappropriate behaviour towards a female police officer while attending an International Women’s Day event in the Maldives The Times - Subscription at source 15/6/2025 News Trans police officers blocked from strip-searching biological women Reversal seen as victory by campaigners after forces accused of lack of urgency on issue The Telegraph - Subscription at source 15/6/2025 News Expert witnesses are ‘weakest link in English justice system’, says wrongly convicted surgeon David Sellu remains alarmed that there are no training programmes to ensure evidence given is legally sound The Guardian 15/6/2025 News Police operation to target grooming gangs nationwide A nationwide policing operation to find and jail grooming gang members who sexually exploited children will be led by the National Crime Agency (NCA), according to the Home Office. BBC 15/6/2025 News Decades on from the Royal Commission, why are Indigenous people still dying in custody? AUSTRALIA: The recent deaths in custody of two Indigenous men in the Northern Territory have provoked a deeply confronting question – will it ever end? About 597 First Nations people have died in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. This year alone, 12 Indigenous people have died – 31% of total custodial deaths. The Conversation 15/6/2025 Analysis, Feature “There’s an inherent conflict of interest”: Human Rights Commission speaks against Police investigations AUSTRALIA: Since the death of another Indigenous Territorian in custody, there has been an outcry against an in-house investigation of the incident. So should Police be investigating other Police? Hugh de Krester, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission explains why they shouldn't. ABC Listen (Australia) 15/6/2025 Audio, Feature, Opinion Reeves and Starmer are defunding the police Even loyal Labour ministers are telling DAN HODGES that the Chancellor's spending decisions are 'bonkers' and Britain's thin blue line will be stretched to breaking point... Mail Online - Subscription at source 15/6/2025 Feature, Opinion The families paying £1,500 for ‘private bobbies’ to police their homes We are driving at speed through the green hills of rural Hertfordshire. Through the passenger seat window, large elegant houses flash by. Each front lawn is neat, each hedgerow well-kept. It looks like England from a storybook - but this part of the country is actually on the frontline of a relatively new (and some might say divisive) approach to crime prevention. In the driver's seat is Robert, a guard employed by Blueline Security. His car is painted with blue and yellow stripes, meaning it looks a lot like a police car. Inside there's a walkie-talkie, a first-aid kit, and a Belgian Malinois dog called Bella (given similar training to a police dog, I'm told). BBC 15/6/2025 Feature Deep dive into New Zealand’s growing meth crisis NEW ZEALAND: Methamphetamine use has exploded over the past year, with the social and health related harm yet to be seen. The government is actively looking at ways to respond and the Prime Minister has pulled together a "meth sprint team", which includes the justice, police, customs and mental health ministers. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/6/2025 Analysis, Feature Political blame game over slipping standards among police recruits NEW ZEALAND: Current and former police ministers are pointing fingers at each other over slipping standards at the Police College. Findings from an audit into recruitment standards at the Royal New Zealand Police College has found a significant number of applicants were allowed into the college, despite failing preliminary tests. Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) 15/6/2025 News Facial recognition technology supported by big name retailers NEW ZEALAND: The heads of a dozen of the largest retailers and telcos in the country have come out in strong support of using facial recognition technology in their stores. This follows the Privacy Commissioner giving a "cautious tick" to a trial in New World and Pak'nSave supermarkets. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/6/2025 News Police pull-back from mental callouts continues NEW ZEALAND: The police's staged retreat from responding to mental crisis callouts reaches another milestone on Monday, with a 60-minute limit on patient handovers at emergency departments taking effect nationwide. That change - along with a requirement for people in mental distress to be assessed in health settings, not police cells - is the second of four stages in a year-long programme announced by former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster last August. SunLive (New Zealand) 15/6/2025 News Gardaí have launched review into new 999 call-taking system just a year after its launch REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Deputy Commissioner Shauna Coxon told a Dáil committee this week that a formal process to examine why 999 calls are going unanswered. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 15/6/2025 News ‘Grave issue’ – Garda members suspended for almost 90k days in last 7yrs amid ‘no valid reason’ & ‘veil of guilt’ claims REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda members have been suspended for almost 90,000 days over the past seven years. Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan also said 94 cops are currently suspended, pending an investigation. Of that number, five stretch back to 2018/19, while 15 gardai are still suspended from 2020, 14 from 2021 and 18 remain unable to work since 2022. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 15/6/2025 News Conservative plan to ban police investigating ‘offensive’ comments that aren’t crimes Conservatives want to end non-crime hate incidents so police can concentrate on fighting crime instead. Police should be banned from recording so-called “non-crime hate incidents”, Conservatives will insist this week. The Commons is to vote on a Tory bid to scrap the controversial measure following warnings that police are wasting their time and stifling free speech. Forces looked into 13,200 so-called hate incidents in one year, including comments made by a nine-year-old child in a playground. Express 15/6/2025 News Police Scotland urged to ditch live facial scanning proposals by equalities groups Human rights and equalities groups have warned of "racial injustice, creeping surveillance and democratic erosion" if controversial live facial recognition technology is adopted by Police Scotland, and have called on the force to rule out its future use. The Scotsman - Subscription at source 15/6/2025 News Ex-officer barred after accessing personal data A police officer has been barred from serving again after covertly recording confidential information. Joshua Ellis, who has since resigned from Leicestershire Police, was found to have deliberately and secretly made six audio recordings on his personal phone, as well as taking pictures on the same device during a drugs raid, a misconduct hearing found. BBC 14/6/2025 News «363738394041424344Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
