Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115116 total results. Showing results 8041 to 8060 «399400401402403404405406407Next ›Last » Misconduct case against firearms officer W80 dismissed PFEW presses Government to urgently implement Accountability Review recommendations so legal safeguards and reformed processes to speed up investigations can be introduced. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 16/10/2025 News Four Greater Manchester Police officers to face disciplinary proceedings following IOPC investigation Four Greater Manchester Police officers who are alleged to have engaged in conversations of a discriminatory inappropriate and offensive nature will face misconduct hearings following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 16/10/2025 News Annual Victims’ Survey 2024 This report highlights key findings including low victim confidence in the criminal justice system. Victims' Commissioner 16/10/2025 Report NPCC launches partnership with techUK In line with the aims of the National Police Digital Strategy 2025-2030, this partnership highlights our commitment to work with industry to modernise our service and enhance public safety. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 16/10/2025 News Fewer than half of victims believe they can get justice, finds Victims’ Commissioner The Victims' Commissioner's landmark victim survey reveals widespread low confidence in the justice system: fewer than half of victims (42%) believe they can get justice, while just 46% are confident in its effectiveness and only 51% in its fairness. Victims' Commissioner 16/10/2025 News Four GMP officers face disciplinary proceedings after IOPC investigation The officers are alleged to have engaged in conversations of a discriminatory, inappropriate and offensive nature and they will face misconduct hearings after an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 16/10/2025 News Fewer than half of victims believe they can get justice, new report finds A new report from the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales reveals a widespread lack of confidence in the criminal justice system. The report, based on testimony from more than 6,500 victims – the largest survey ever undertaken by Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Newlove – identifies systemic issues of poor communication, extensive delays and a failure to deliver statutory rights as key drivers of this low confidence. Victims reported feeling isolated, unheard, and treated like a ‘statistic’ rather than a person. Police Professional 16/10/2025 News PFNI chair welcomes police pay award but warns of further challenges The chair of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland (PFNI) has welcomed the decision of the Northern Ireland Executive to support a pay award for police officers. Liam Kelly said that now means that the affordability criteria can be evidenced. Police Professional 16/10/2025 News Caseloads, culture, and capacity: rethinking investigative policing Police detective functions in England and Wales are straining under converging pressures. Drawing on 45 semi-structured interviews with detectives across five police forces, this paper examines how rising caseloads, proliferating digital evidence, and attenuated supervisory support interact with the College of Policing’s (CoP) Professionalising Investigation Programme (PIP). Although conceived to standardise and elevate investigative practice, more than 20 years on, PIP is experienced widely as an additional administrative weight that diverts time from inquiry, accelerates burnout, and reduces the role’s appeal; a dynamic we term the paradox of professionalisation. PIP is not the source of these pressures but intensifies them, compounding the high workloads, stress, and skills shortages already undermining detective capacity. Our analysis reframes investigative capacity as a composite of experience, team stability, mentoring, and digital infrastructure rather than raw head-count. It situates detectives’ concerns within evidence that police organisations worldwide are struggling to match seemingly limitless investigative demand with finite specialist expertise. The CoP’s recently announced review of PIP renders these findings especially salient, positioning the study as timely empirical input for reforms aimed at sustaining investigative quality, safeguarding detective wellbeing, and restoring public confidence in criminal investigations. Policing and Society 16/10/2025 Research article Do police tactics matter? Street-level drug enforcement and the likelihood of felony prosecution This study examines whether specific street-level drug enforcement tactics influence the likelihood of felony prosecution. A mixed-methods design was used to first identify routine tactics through a focus group with experienced narcotics officers, followed by quantitative analysis of 1,190 felony drug arrests from Orange County, Florida. Logistic regression results indicate that buy-walk operations significantly increase the odds of felony prosecution compared to traffic stops, while search warrant arrests are less likely to result in felony charges. Additional predictors of felony prosecution include confessions, actual possession, recovered money, and prior criminal history. Findings suggest that some widely used tactics may be less effective in achieving prosecutorial goals, raising concerns about their utility and potential collateral consequences. The results offer evidence-based guidance for police administrators seeking to align enforcement practices with legal outcomes and organizational objectives. Police Practice and Research 16/10/2025 Research article Mental health of Royal Canadian Mounted Police after the first year of service Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) frequently report symptoms consistent with positive screens for one or more mental health disorders (65%), but RCMP cadets evidence a much lower prevalence (7.3%) prior to deployment. The differences in mental health between cadets and experienced RCMP implicates mental health challenges to be related to service experiences; however, less is known about how mental health changes during the first year of service. The current study examines changes in mental health during the first year of service. At 1-year follow-up, participants (n = 181; 72.8% male) reported higher symptom severity (ds = .09 to .53, all ps Police Practice and Research 16/10/2025 Research article Survivors of wrong-way Highway 401 crash suing officers involved, Durham police CANADA: Lawsuit asking for $25M in damages for negligence; Durham Police declines to comment CBC News (Canada) 16/10/2025 News Met chief vows ‘ruthless’ rogue officer clear-out Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has pledged to be "ruthless" in getting rid of officers who are unfit to serve. BBC 16/10/2025 News Unmasking the blue line: An exploration of police sexual violence in South Africa Police sexual violence (PSV) is perceived to be widespread and underreported. The issue of PSV is rooted in a power dynamic, cultural, societal, and legal contexts, as well as police organizational and cultural issues. Based on the analyses of 258 newspaper stories of PSV covering the period between 2018 and 2024, this study examines the nature of serious PSV incidents in South Africa. The analyses documented 156 unique PSV incidents. Rape was the most frequent instance of PSV, followed by sexual assault and sexual harassment. More than half of PSV incidents are related to other PSV incidents. Fifty-one percent of the PSV incidents took place in either a police station or a police car. In 63% of the PSV incidents, the police officer was on duty. Ninety-nine percent of the police officers who engaged in PSV incidents were male, and 92% of the victims were female. Although citizens were primarily victims of rape, police officers were almost equally likely to be victims of rape and sexual harassment. Ninety percent of the PSV incidents were committed by a single police officer. There were about 1.54 PSV incidents per police officer. The majority of police officers were line officers, but supervisors were also engaging in PSV. Although a substantial proportion of the police officers were arrested, very little information was available about other aspects of the administrative or criminal process. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Subscription at source 16/10/2025 Research article Public Order and the Internal Security Apparatus: Affective Tension Monitoring as Police Epistemology Farmer develops the concept of the civil order to help understand the function of criminal law, but civil order is a particularly capacious concept. In this article I use it to frame the field of public order and the internal security apparatus. The internal security apparatus names those elements of the state which ensure a docile populace. This article suggests that internal security should be considered as an affective apparatus, arguing that at its core is the need to understand and manage the affective life of the populace. To show how this operates, the article develops a genealogy of the technique of ‘tension monitoring’ in Britain. The article argues that tension monitoring is a particular form of ‘police epistemology’ within the internal security apparatus, one which is oriented around resonance rather than veracity; and which produces the collective subjects of ‘community’ and ‘the populace’, as the objects of its interventions. Social and Legal Studies 16/10/2025 Research article Bruises, abrasions, and scars in children aged 4–14 years in Denmark: A comparison between police-reported cases of physical child abuse and a control group Differentiating between abusive and accidental skin lesions in children presents significant challenges. Previous studies of skin lesion patterns have mainly focused on bruises in younger children. In this study, we compare the number, location, and distribution of recent (bruises and abrasions) and older (scars) skin lesions between police-reported cases of physical violence and controls of similar age (4–14 years) in a Danish setting. The study included 262 cases and 119 controls. Skin lesions in 19 body regions were assessed. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were conducted including body regions, age group, sex, and activity level. Having scars on the buttocks was conclusively associated with the case group (OR: 5.0; 95% CI: 1.5–17). There was a tendency for cases to have more scars on the upper arms, hands, lower parts of the back (midline), and legs. We did not find an association between recent skin lesions (bruises and abrasions) and physical violence. A difference in activity levels between cases and controls may explain the higher number of recent lesions in the control group. It is crucial to promptly examine children exposed to violence. If this is not possible, examining for older skin lesions remains important. Journal of Forensic Sciences 16/10/2025 Research article Evidence-led Domestic Abuse Prosecutions – a Follow-up Inspection A follow up inspection of the 2020 Joint Inspection looking at evidence led domestic abuse prosecution. HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) 16/10/2025 Report Canada’s cartel footprint: RCMP names 7 syndicates active in Canada CANADA: A high-ranking RCMP officer is painting a disturbing picture of the cartel footprint in Canada. In a rare interview, RCMP Chief Superintendent and Director General of the National Serious and Organized Crime Program, Mathieu Bertrand, revealed to W5’s Avery Haines that at least seven cartels are active in Canada. CTV News (Canada) 16/10/2025 News Sir Mark Rowley tells panels he’s ‘deeply worried about future’ of an ‘ever-shrinking’ Met The Met Police’s Commissioner also said the “vividness and vileness” of the recent BBC Panorama documentary that looked into some officer behaviours at Charing Cross police station raised concerns around members of the public using the front desk in the heart of London. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 16/10/2025 News MI5 faces ‘new era’ tackling terrorism and rise in state threats Sir Ken McCallum said the number of individuals being investigated for involvement in “state threat activity” had increased by 35% in the last year. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 16/10/2025 News «399400401402403404405406407Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
