Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104784 total results. Showing results 881 to 900 «414243444546474849Next ›Last » Orgreave inquiry: Why now and what are the crucial questions it seeks to answer? The prosecutions of 95 miners charged with riot and unlawful assembly in 1985 collapsed amid accusations of police officers lying in court The Guardian 20/7/2025 Analysis, Feature Gardaí to gain power to intercept live encrypted chats REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A new bill has been proposed by Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan that would grant Gardaí, the Defence Forces, and the Garda Ombudsman authority to intercept live chats on encrypted platforms, including WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram, satellite networks, gaming systems, and even in-car technology. WLRFM (Republic of Ireland) 20/7/2025 News Why the smell of cannabis is everywhere and no one does anything This class B drug is becoming ubiquitous and many police officers act as if it’s effectively legalised. But is treating it as criminal the best solution? The Times - Subscription at source 20/7/2025 Feature, Opinion New police powers to ‘close the gap’ on violent attackers without terror links Police and courts will be given new powers to target suspects believed to be planning mass killings, the home secretary has announced. Yvette Cooper said the powerful new tools would ensure the planning of mass attacks was taken "as seriously as terrorism". ITV News 20/7/2025 News Police VR training helps fight crimes against women Virtual reality technology is being used to train new police officers to provide an insight into male crimes against women. West Midlands Police has said it is the first force in the UK to partner with training provider Calico, to deliver the interactive sessions to 700 new recruits by April. BBC 20/7/2025 News Senior police manager alleges ‘boys’ club’ culture among Northland detectives NEW ZEALAND: A senior police manager alleges she was met with swirling gossip, private group chats and a pervasive "boys' club" culture when she stepped into a leadership role overseeing the predominantly male detective team in Northland. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/7/2025 News Police commissioner Chambers ‘angry’ and ‘let down’ following allegations against former deputy NEW ZEALAND: The police commissioner has emailed staff saying he is aware there are many who are "angry and feel let down" following revelations that child exploitation and bestiality material were allegedly found on the former deputy commissioner's work devices. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/7/2025 News Police and politicians must return to basics with zero-tolerance approach towards low-level crimes to win back public Voters are fed up to the back teeth with the failure of successive governments to crack down on crime. As a shocking new poll shows today, half the public say the country is fast becoming lawless. The Sun 20/7/2025 Feature, Opinion New criminal offence to target violence-obsessed suspects earlier A powerful new criminal offence to target suspects who are found to be preparing mass killings will ensure their plotting is taken as seriously as terrorism, the home secretary says. BBC 20/7/2025 News Officer awarded for helping neurodiverse suspects A police officer has been awarded with a Chief Superintendent Commendation for her work to support neurodiverse people who find themselves in custody. Det Ch Insp Becky Davies received recognition alongside her colleagues from Devon and Cornwall Police at a ceremony in Torquay. BBC 20/7/2025 News Warm weather sees 999 calls exceed New Year’s Eve More people called 999 during the first two weeks of July than on New Year's Eve, a police force has said. Cambridgeshire Police said it expected call volumes to go up in the summer, but not to exceed one of its busiest days of the year. BBC 20/7/2025 News Merseyside Police the UK’s top force for apprenticeships The recognition comes from the Department for Education’s 2025 Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list, where the force ranked 61st overall—higher than any other police employer. WirralGlobe 20/7/2025 News The relative and joint effects of gunshot detection technology and video surveillance cameras on case clearance in Chicago Research Summary: Closed-circuit television (CCTV) video surveillance cameras and gunshot detection technology (GDT) have been widely adopted by police departments in recent years. Most evaluation research on CCTV and GDT has tested the technologies’ effect on crime prevention rather than case clearance rates. The current study contributes to the literature through a matched quasi-experiment of the relative and joint effect of GDT and CCTV on fatal and nonfatal shooting investigation outcomes in Chicago, IL. Entropy balancing is used to create a weighted control group that closely resembles the treatment group. Logistic regression models incorporating the weights from the entropy matching procedure as probability weights measure the intervention effects. Treatment conditions generated null findings across all models. Although included as a control variable in the models, Chicago's Strategic Decision Support Centers (SDSCs) were positively associated with case clearance in the nonfatal shooting models. Policy Implications: These findings contribute to the knowledge base on police use of technology in gun violence investigations. Similar to prior research, results indicate that technology may not deliver the crime control benefits policy makers anticipate they will receive from their investments. Gun violence represents the United States’ most critical crime problem, with the decrease in clearance rates garnering significant attention in both the academic and practitioner communities. The current study suggests that investments in technology on their own may not directly improve case clearance rates. However, the findings regarding SDSCs indicate they may be a promising model for leveraging the outputs of multiple technologies to assist gun violence investigations. Increased resources should be dedicated to rigorously testing the effect of SDSCs on gun violence investigation outcomes. CRIMRXIV 19/7/2025 Research article Police fatally shoot man after he pulled gun on officers: Alberta RCMP CANADA: Police in northwestern Alberta fatally shot a man Friday night after he had been driving erratically and pulled a gun on the officers, RCMP say. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), the province's main police oversight agency, is investigating the shooting, RCMP said in a news release Saturday. CBC News has contacted ASIRT for independent confirmation. CBC News (Canada) 19/7/2025 News Border Force chief who ‘suggested game of Naked Attraction’ with colleagues was able to leave civil service with unblemished record A Home Office investigation has found one of its most senior officials harassed and behaved inappropriately towards a female colleague, before being able to leave the civil service with an unblemished record after a “shambolic” disciplinary process. The Guardian 19/7/2025 News NSW Police gangs boss sends message to wannabe teenage assassins AUSTRALIA: In more than 30 years on the NSW Police force, Detective Superintendent Jason Box has never seen a Sydney gangland war like this one. "I've never seen the willingness of juveniles to participate in such serious crime … They're actively looking for opportunities to partake in this serious crime for financial gain, so that is concerning," Superintendent Box said. ABC News (Australia) 19/7/2025 News Durham Police get new crime-fighting kit funded by PCC Joy Allen New high-tech accessories are helping Durham Police tackle drug production, anti-social behaviour and the scourge of off-road bikes. The Northern Echo 19/7/2025 News Gardai to get powers to monitor WhatsApp chats REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Justice minister prepares law to intercept criminals’ messages but it’s unclear how Apple, Google, Meta and ByteDance will respond The Times - Subscription at source 19/7/2025 News Exploring the benefits and challenges of providing police education within the higher education sector This article reviews qualification routes linked to Higher Education (HE) for Police Officers in England and Wales. The work analyses open source data (2019–2024). Findings identify few standardised data sources. Those declaring a relationship with a HE provider fell significantly by a fifth, whilst across the timeframe over half the declaring police forces (28/41) changed their HE provider. PPD courses declined by a fifth (21-17). Comparably, PCDA courses doubled across the period. This article offers commentary on the potential drivers behind changes and summarises the benefits and challenges in HE and police force collaboration in the provision of police education. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles 19/7/2025 Research article Police Scotland ban uniformed officers from taking part in Pride march Scottish cops have been banned from marching in pride parades while on-duty. An LGBT+ march will be held on the streets of Glasgow today, but unlike previous years there will be no uniformed cops taking part. The Scottish Sun 19/7/2025 News «414243444546474849Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
