Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114911 total results. Showing results 881 to 900 «414243444546474849Next ›Last » NT police officer on trial charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice AUSTRALIA: A Northern Territory police officer is standing trial accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice by allegedly trying to pressure his former partner into dropping aggravated assault charges against him. ABC News (Australia) 18/5/2026 News Government closes mobile phone detection camera loophole AUSTRALIA: SA Police has been issuing fines to drivers caught by mobile phone detection cameras with devices on their laps, despite state regulations not expressly... Adelaide Now (Australia) - Subscription at source 18/5/2026 News Police officer accused of stalking ‘didn’t take hint’ AUSTRALIA: A senior police officer accused of stalking a junior colleague amid a work friendship was so persistent her alleged victim felt like she was in a relationship, a court has been told. Western Australian assistant commissioner Gailene Sharron Hamilton, 49, has pleaded not guilty to pursues another to intimidate and four counts of unlawful use of a computer in 2024 and 2025. Hamilton, who was stood down from the police force in 2025, held the lower rank of superintendent when some of the alleged offending took place. Australian Associated Press (AAP) - Registration at source 18/5/2026 News ‘I felt smothered’: WA Police assistant commissioner accused of stalking colleague AUSTRALIA: A WA Police sergeant has told a Perth magistrate she felt smothered and harassed by the state’s assistant police commissioner in a case described in court as “a story of a friendship gone wrong”. Gailene Hamilton is on trial in Perth Magistrates Court over allegations she stalked the woman, whose identity is protected, and used a police system to repeatedly look up her location for personal reasons. WA Today (Australia) - Subscription at source 18/5/2026 News Victoria Police Disability Action Plan 2025–2030 AUSTRALIA: Mike Bush CNZM, Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police - I am excited to launch the Victoria Police Disability Action Plan 2025-2030 (the Plan). This plan builds on the many achievements made through successive previous Victoria Police plans and continues to guide our work on reducing barriers and improving our services for people with disability. The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with Disability (the Royal Commission) recommended that police services ‘collaborate with people with disability in the co-design, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to improve police responses to people with disability’. To prepare this plan, we spoke to almost 300 people, including people with disability, carers, families, advocates, and disability organisations through interviews and surveys. We asked you to tell us what you think the priorities should be to support improving police responses to people with disability. Victoria Police (Australia) 18/5/2026 Report Police officer found dead on Northern Ireland beach as locals told ‘avoid area’ The body of a police officer has been discovered on a picturesque UK beach, according to local reports. The remains of the man, understood to have been a detective inspector, were found on Sunday at Whiterocks Beach outside Portrush, Co Antrim, in Northern Ireland. Express 18/5/2026 News Police running out of room to store illegal cigarettes they’ve seized amid Australia’s booming illicit trade AUSTRALIA: Inquiry into black market hears cost of destroying vapes has also soared, with some requiring manual dismantling. Police are struggling to store a growing wave of illegal cigarettes and vapes seized from criminals, with secure facilities at capacity and the high cost of destroying illicit products becoming prohibitive. The Australian federal police (AFP) has been spending as much as $13 a kilogram for vapes to be destroyed, with some companies requiring the cartridge, battery and heating element to be manually dismantled. The Guardian 18/5/2026 News Cumbria staff investigator sentenced for sharing sensitive police information Investigators found evidence he used his position to look up information about people he knew, including financial and criminal records. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/5/2026 News Home Office confirms funding for two additional new NPAS helicopters The National Police Air Service (NPAS) has welcomed confirmation from the UK Minister of State for Policing and Crime that funding has been approved for two additional brand-new police helicopters as part of a major fleet replacement programme. Emergency Services Times 18/5/2026 News Firearms officers recognised for saving life of woman who went under a train at station Four officers who saved a woman’s life after she was hit by a train have won South Yorkshire Police Federation Bravery Awards. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/5/2026 News David Lammy promises 25% cut in number of children jailed while they await trial Justice secretary’s white paper will overhaul youth justice rules and could end lifelong criminal records for under-18s The Guardian 18/5/2026 News Police ‘called repeatedly’ before woman found dead Social workers tried "repeatedly and persistently" to get help from police to gain access to the home of a Chester woman in the hours before she was found dead. BBC 18/5/2026 News Using AI for suspicious object recognition: Benefits and use cases Investigators are drowning in visual data. SS8's AI-driven object recognition helps analysts quickly identify weapons, contraband, and anomalous objects across images, videos, and live feeds; verify geographic locations from environmental cues; and scale investigative capacity without adding headcount. Prioritize visual data for further human analysis and turn chaos into actionable intelligence - faster than ever. Policing Insight 18/5/2026 Advertisement, Feature Steve Russell: ‘AI is not dissimilar to people – you can’t just buy it, deploy it and leave it, it has to be fed and watered’ Warwickshire Police’s digital transformation over the past eight years has seen them acknowledged as a leader in many areas of police technology, and particularly the use of AI; Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons spoke to the force’s Director of Data, Strategy & Technology, Stephen Russell, about the potential for AI in policing, the importance of measured development rather than a rush to “go fast and first”, and how the lessons of managing people translate to managing AI apps and agents. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 18/5/2026 Feature, Innovation, Interview Auckland police officer facing charge of abusing a person in a family relationship NEW ZEALAND: An Auckland police officer has been charged in relation to an alleged family harm incident. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 18/5/2026 News Top cop reveals the scale of domestic violence in NSW AUSTRALIA: Police have revealed they respond to a domestic violence incident every three minutes as officers arrested nearly 1000 offenders during a four-day crackdown. The Chronicle (Australia) 18/5/2026 News Victorian STOPIT transit initiative leads to almost 80 arrests AUSTRALIA: The Victoria Police Transit Safety Division’s ‘STOPIT’ team has received more than 7,000 reports of unwanted sexual and anti-social behaviour since its launch in 2022. Inside State Government (Australia) 18/5/2026 News PolicingTV highlights compilation (April 2026) In this April monthly roundup from PolicingTV, we pull together some of the most important conversations from recent interviews on police reform, force mergers and frontline policing. From a Canadian chief’s reflections on the UK white paper to sharp warnings from UK policing leaders about cost, structure and community trust, the video looks at what current reform debates may mean in practice. The roundup also returns to day-to-day policing performance. In the final clip, Donna Jones explains why she believed Hampshire policing had drifted too far from the basics and why changing the force back to a geographical model became one of her key priorities. Together, these interviews offer a clear snapshot of the pressures, debates and decisions shaping policing right now. PolicingTV 18/5/2026 Feature, Video Royal protection officers investigated for ‘falling asleep on job’ King informed after up to 30 members of Met’s specialist police unit accused of misconduct The Telegraph - Subscription at source 17/5/2026 News Met police officers accused of sleeping while on duty protecting royal family Unspecified number of officers from royalty and specialist protection team being investigated, force confirms The Guardian 17/5/2026 News «414243444546474849Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
