Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100282 total results. Showing results 821 to 840 «383940414243444546Next ›Last » Mayor secures 935 neighbourhood police officer posts and confirms historic £1.16bn investment in the Metropolitan Police The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a record £1.16bn investment in policing from City Hall. Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) 2/4/2025 News UK’s biggest police force to axe 1,700 officers and staff despite funding boost The Metropolitan Police will cut services including the Royal Parks Police. The Independent 2/4/2025 News Garda defend treatment of Gaza protesters outside Leinster House and deny ‘cavity search’ allegation REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Protesters’ claims about searches by gardaí were raised in Dáil by Richard Boyd Barrett. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 2/4/2025 News UK’s biggest police force to axe 1,700 officers and staff despite funding boost The Metropolitan Police will cut services including the Royal Parks Police. The Standard 2/4/2025 News Women arrested at Mothers Against Genocide protest seek legal advice on making GSOC complaint REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí said all searches took place in line with procedure and have refuted any claim that a cavity search took place. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 2/4/2025 News APCC supports Operation Spotlight initiative to reduce criminal activity and deaths on UK roads The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) is lending its support to Operation Spotlight, a nationally coordinated road safety campaign led by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 2/4/2025 News Police encouraged to use facial recognition on any investigation Inspectorate recommends that no criminal investigation be closed until all available images have been checked against national database The Times - Subscription at source 2/4/2025 News Nearly 3,000 top-venting blank firers handed during national gun amnesty National gun amnesty took place in February across England and Wales. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 2/4/2025 News Third former officer arrested in investigation into child sex abuse complaints A third former South Yorkshire Police (SYP) officer has been arrested this week as part of an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into complaints from survivors of child sexual exploitation and abuse in Rotherham. Police Professional 2/4/2025 News UK police urged to increase use of FRT as data shows 250K searches in 2024 A police inspectorate has urged UK police forces to “fully exploit” retrospective facial recognition, recommending that no investigation be closed before cross-checking images against available databases. BiometricUpdate.com 2/4/2025 News Policing and Community Safety Authority established today REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Policing and Community Safety Authority (PCSA) – the new oversight body for An Garda Síochána – was formally established today (2 April 2025), following the commencement of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024. The role of the PCSA will be to oversee and assess the performance of An Garda Síochána in relation to policing services, in an independent and transparent manner. Policing and Community Safety Authority (PCSA) (Republic of Ireland) 2/4/2025 News Twenty-three more women contact Met police over serial rapist Zhenhao Zou London PhD student convicted of 10 rapes may have 60 more victims, force fears The Guardian 2/4/2025 News PETER HITCHENS: Britain’s police forces are a pathetic failure and a dark menace to our society. This is my plan to finally fix the problem We pay these people, and we pay them a lot, as your council tax bill will tell you if you look. So why do they treat us as a nuisance and worse? Mail Online - Subscription at source 2/4/2025 Feature, Opinion Winnipeg officer’s use of force in fatal shooting justified: police watchdog CANADA: Dustin Hatcher, 39, was killed after officer was pinned between stolen truck and another vehicle in 2023 CBC News (Canada) 2/4/2025 News Fiosrú replaces Gsoc and takes over responsibility for public’s complaints against gardaí REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Police Ombudsman Emily Logan welcomes new era in civilian oversight of the force. The Office of the Police Ombudsman, Fiosrú, has officially started work as the State’s new policing oversight agency, replacing the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc). An independent body, Fiosrú takes responsibility for complaints from members of the public concerning members of An Garda Síochána, a role previously undertaken by Gsoc. The Irish word fiosrú translates into English as investigating or inquiring. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 2/4/2025 News ICCL statement on the commencement of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) broadly welcomes the long-awaited commencement of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 today. The Act was intended to implement the recommendations of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland (CoFPI) Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) 2/4/2025 News The impact of drug-related law enforcement activity on serious violence and homicide Russell Webster reviews a study prepared for the Home Office to inform its drugs strategy. A new report by RAND Europe presents the findings from a systematic literature review on the impact of drug-related law enforcement activity on serious violence and homicide. The report was prepared for the Home Office to inform work undertook to implement the Drugs Strategy. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 2/4/2025 Feature ‘Sense of impunity’ shoplifters get when not investigated ‘undermining public’s belief in rule of law’ The "sense of impunity" that shoplifters get knowing police officers won't investigate their crimes is "undermining the public's belief in the rule of law", the Attorney General has said. Speaking at the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the Attorney General, Lord Hermer KC, reflected on how there was a “real risk in this country that… the rule of law was unravelling because of crime on the streets” going unpunished. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 2/4/2025 News Met Police to axe 1,700 officers and staff in £260m budget shortfall Cuts will include the royal parks team as Sir Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, blames the funding crisis on the previous Conservative government The Times - Subscription at source 2/4/2025 News Global crackdown on Kidflix, a major child sexual exploitation platform with almost two million users EUROPE: Kidflix, one of the largest paedophile platforms in the world, has been shut down in an international operation against child sexual exploitation. The investigation was supported by Europol and led by the State Criminal Police of Bavaria (Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt) and the Bavarian Central Office for the Prosecution of Cybercrime (ZCB). Over 35 countries worldwide participated in the operation. A total of 1.8 million users worldwide logged on to the platform between April 2022 and March 2025. On 11 March 2025, the server, which contained around 72 000 videos at the time, was seized by German and Dutch authorities. Europol 2/4/2025 News «383940414243444546Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
