Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104463 total results. Showing results 80141 to 80160 «400440054006400740084009401040114012Next ›Last » APCC EDHR lead comments on 20 years since the Macpherson Report’s publication Twenty years since the publication of the Macpherson report, policing has developed a more diverse and inclusive culture, with significant progress made in relation to diversity, equality and inclusion. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 25/2/2019 News ‘Police commissioners must fund stalking victim support’ Police and crime commissioners must fund help for stalking victims, charity the Suzy Lamplugh Trust has said. BBC 25/2/2019 News ‘Victims come first’ vows West Yorkshire crime commissioner as new reoffending strategy launched West Yorkshire PCC Mark Burns-Williamson said the two-year strategy, which is due to be launched in Leeds today, was the result of extensive consultation with criminal justice organisations, the private and third sector, and service users. Yorkshire Evening Post 25/2/2019 News Freedom of Information request reveals Essex Police overtime and rest day backlog Police officers working across Essex are currently owed almost ten thousand rest days and have lost more than 1,500 hours to overtime, it has been revealed. Guardian (Essex) 25/2/2019 News ‘I’ve seen staff in tears because they don’t have the resources’ officer speaks out as it’s revealed police helicopter sent to Grimsby just 68 times last year Lack of police air support lets crooks get off the hook Grimsby Live Freedom of Information request reveals Grimsby Live 25/2/2019 News UUP rejects call for return of PSNI’s 50/50 recruitment policy to encourage Catholics to join up The Ulster Unionists have rejected calls for a return to a 50/50 recruitment policy in the PSNI. The force has struggled to sign up enough Catholics, with only one in five successful in merit-based competitions. Belfast Telegraph 25/2/2019 News Police Scotland oppose specific age offence for abuse of elderly MSPs are assessing calls from charities to make targeting older people a standalone hate crime. But Police Scotland has urged Holyrood to back away from establishing the new aggravating category, which supporters say could lead to tougher sentences. The Courier (Scotland) 25/2/2019 News North Yorkshire police commissioner dismisses ‘extravagant’ expenses claims North Yorkshire’s controversy-hit police commissioner has received support from a leader of a watchdog after dismissing claims that she has been profligate with the public purse. Hambleton Today 25/2/2019 News Disclosure rules for criminal record certificates unfair The existing statutory scheme for disclosure of certain convictions or cautions on a criminal record certificate was disproportionate in so far as it applied to multiple convictions and warnings and reprimands administered to young offenders. The Times - Subscription at source 25/2/2019 Report Just one fraud in 50 leads to prosecution, BDO warns Fraudsters stole at least £750 million from businesses in Britain last year with the real sum expected to be far higher as experts warned that as few as one in fifty cases of fraud results in prosecution. The Times - Subscription at source 25/2/2019 News Ending Short Prison Sentences: An amnesty for prolific thieves and burglars? Since the New Year, the Justice Secretary David Gauke MP and Prisons Minister Rory Stewart MP have been making the case for ending prison sentences shorter than six months – except for violent and sex offenders. The stated aim is to reduce the numbers going to prison by tens of thousands a year, with those otherwise receiving short sentences instead receiving non-custodial punishments. This report uses the latest Ministry of Justice statistics to explore the implications. Can tens of thousands more criminals receive non-custodial sentences without compromising public safety? Civitas 25/2/2019 Report 30,000 repeat offenders to avoid prison A study has found that almost 30,000 repeat offenders, including burglars and those caught in possession of knives, will be spared jail under government plans to abolish short sentences. The Times - Subscription at source 25/2/2019 News Village flap over crime puts me in the hot seat A recent spate of crime in my sleepy village just outside Stratford-upon-Avon has everyone in a flap. No one quite knows whether to ignore it, invest in CCTV or form some kind of vigilante lynch mob. There’s been a lot of talk and no action, so last week I decided to phone the police and demand they do something. I didn’t rest until arrangements for a meeting between residents and the local police force were put in place. Everyone’s happy, the village is sorted and Sara saves the day. The Times - Subscription at source 25/2/2019 Feature, Opinion Sixteen officers and three civilian staff are under investigation for making racist and homophobic comments New police station was bugged with secret recording devices Mail Online 25/2/2019 News Chinese tech giants a threat to our security, warns GCHQ boss Jeremy Fleming National security could be threatened if Chinese technology companies become involved in Britain’s telecoms network, the head of GCHQ has warned. The Times - Subscription at source 25/2/2019 News How Amazon’s Alexa could grass up dope-smoking teenagers Digital assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa should be able to snitch on their users for smoking cannabis or “immoral behaviour”, experts say. The Times - Subscription at source 25/2/2019 News City of London police took £29m from insurers and banks City of London police received almost £29 million in funding from banking and insurance trade bodies over the past five years in an arrangement that has been attacked as a “serious conflict of interest”. The Times - Subscription at source 25/2/2019 News Met police kept families of Isis schoolgirls ‘in the dark’ Shamima Begum and the other Bethnal Green girls who travelled to Syria could have been stopped, their parents say The Guardian 24/2/2019 News Neil Basu: My doubts answered on policing achieving ‘professional, open and caring’ institution 20 years on from Stephen Lawrence inquiry and 'no one has changed the Met as much as his parents', admits force's most senior BAME officer. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/2/2019 News Uber drivers ‘are helping to smash £500million ‘county lines’ networks by shopping child drug traffickers to police’ Uber drivers are helping to smash the £500 million 'county lines' national crime epidemic. Mail Online 24/2/2019 News «400440054006400740084009401040114012Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
