Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103123 total results. Showing results 88001 to 88020 «439743984399440044014402440344044405Next ›Last » Politicians interfering with policing, Colin McKerracher claims Scotland’s single police force was set up for political reasons and is now subject to regular ministerial meddling, a former chief constable has warned. The Times - Subscription at source 5/2/2018 News Police chief’s U-turn over speed blitz after he admits plans to punish drivers who are 1mph over the limit would not be achievable A police chief backtracked yesterday after calling for motorists who break the speed limit by just 1mph to face punishment. Mail Online 5/2/2018 News How to deal with the IOPC: Treat it with caution Former Warwickshire PCC, Ronald Ball, says the newly-formed watchdog has no interest in officer confidence Police Oracle 5/2/2018 Feature, Opinion Police Chiefs’ Blog: CC Anthony Bangham – Road enforcement must be proportionate, but the limit is the limit for a reason The focus on the one mph issue has detracted from the real point I wanted to make - drivers shouldn’t just assume they’ve got a free pass to drive over the limit. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 4/2/2018 Feature, Opinion MP’s call for review of ‘misused’ Joint Enterprise law The House of Commons has concluded that the current Joint Enterprise legislation needed to be "put right" to avoid incorrect police charges. Police Professional 4/2/2018 News The shocking truth about policing in Cambridge Reporter Samar Maguire invited himself along for a Friday night on patrol with police in Cambridge to see the harsh realities of modern policing Cambrian News 4/2/2018 Analysis, Feature Former Scottish police chief brands single force a ‘political move’ A candidate for the post of Scotland’s chief constable has claimed that the Scottish Government has been interfering politically in policing since the dawn of devolution almost 20 years ago. The Scotsman 4/2/2018 News 24-hour mental health service launched to support police officers on the beat The service has sparked a fall in the number of times police were forced to hold someone under the Mental Health Act The Standard 4/2/2018 News Express & Star comment: Difference of opinions over police station closures We make no apology for returning to the highly contentious issue of police station closures. Express & Star 4/2/2018 Feature, Opinion Staffordshire police stations facing closure in cost-cutting overhaul Police stations in Staffordshire could be closed down under a cost-cutting overhaul led by the force’s boss, who says some are no longer required. Express & Star 4/2/2018 News Sussex Police among UK’s most LGBT-friendly employers Sussex Police has made a list of the country's top 100 employers for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people to work. Spirit FM 4/2/2018 News Labour accuses Matheson over Gormley case Scotland’s justice secretary Michael Matheson may have broken the law when he told police watchdogs that allowing the chief constable to return from suspension was a “bad decision”, according to Labour. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 4/2/2018 News It’s criminal that the garda watchdog is still toothless Watching the wearyingly familiar comings and goings of political figures, garda top brass, senior civil servants, lawyers and witnesses at yet another tribunal investigating the national police force, it is necessary to remind oneself this is not normal in other countries. Elsewhere, the police tend to do their jobs and are routinely held to account through effective, statutory mechanisms. These legal excursions with amnesiac witnesses and occasional outings to Wonderland (where Humpty Dumpty’s words can mean anything) are peculiarly Irish. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 4/2/2018 Analysis, Feature Terror police plead for £104m but get half Counterterrorism officers have been awarded less than half the extra funding they asked for to keep Britain safe, according to a leaked document from the country’s top police chiefs. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 4/2/2018 News Lives being ruined by flawed police records Innocent people’s career prospects have been destroyed by misleading information supplied to potential employers The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 4/2/2018 News Two cars a minute break speed limit outside West Mercia police chief Anthony Bangham’s HQ A top officer wants fines for going even slightly too fast. So what happened when we set up a radar trap on his doorstep? The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 4/2/2018 Analysis, Feature Dash-cam Stasi: Police chief who sparked speed limit furore wants army of drivers to film motorists who break the law The controversial police chief who called for a crackdown on drivers who break the speed limit by 1mph also wants motorists to spy on their fellow road-users with in-car video cameras. Mail Online 4/2/2018 News Cash-strapped police force charge thieves without even questioning them if they are caught on CCTV in bid to save thousands of pounds a month Police in Theresa May’s constituency have stopped questioning suspected shoplifters in a drastic cost-cutting move. Mail Online 4/2/2018 News Gwent Police community officers mark 15 years on beat Lisa Gibbs' first day out on the streets as a police community support officer was met with chants of "plastic policemen" from a mob of youths. BBC 3/2/2018 News Almost half of police officers not trained on new domestic abuse law Almost half of Welsh police officers have not been trained to implement a new law making coercive and controlling behaviour a crime, a freedom of information request has showed. Wales Online 3/2/2018 News «439743984399440044014402440344044405Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
