Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115133 total results. Showing results 9021 to 9040 «448449450451452453454455456Next ›Last » NT police data shows violent crime increasing, property crime decreasing AUSTRALIA: New data from the Northern Territory Police Force show crime rates in the NT are moving in two directions, with an increase in violent crime and a decrease in property crime over the past year. ABC News (Australia) 22/9/2025 News Email to former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming led to arms vetting policy change NEW ZEALAND: Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming instructed staff to make changes to the firearms vetting process, after he was contacted by an acquaintance who told him they would lose their firearms licence, if they got any more driving demerit points. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 22/9/2025 News Competition to fill Garda deputy commissioner role to begin in October REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A competition to fill a vacancy of garda deputy commissioner — the second-highest rank in the service — is expected to be launched next month. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 22/9/2025 News Why An Garda Síochána did business with an Israeli surveillance company REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Last year An Garda Síochána made payments totalling €278,000 to an Israeli company, Cognyte, which manufactures sophisticated surveillance software. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 22/9/2025 Audio, News Forces improve crime recording – but more to do on violent and anti-social crimes The standard of crime recording for forces across England and Wales has improved significantly over the past decade, according to the latest report from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – but there are still concerns around violent and anti-social crime statistics, over-recording, and the use of N100 reports in relation to unconfirmed rapes and attempted rapes, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/9/2025 Analysis, Feature Kathryn Stone OBE takes up HM Inspector role at HMICFRS His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has announced the appointment of Kathryn Stone OBE as HM Inspector for the Wales and Western Region. Emergency Services Times 22/9/2025 News Senior GMP officer faces misconduct hearing over Manchester Arena response A senior Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer who helped coordinate the tactical police response to the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017 is to face a misconduct meeting following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Emergency Services Times 22/9/2025 News Osman Khan appointed Deputy Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police West Yorkshire Police has appointed Osman Khan KPM as its new Deputy Chief Constable (DCC), following a national selection and interview process. Emergency Services Times 22/9/2025 News Navigating the changing landscape of law enforcement: Mick Willing (Part 3) PolicingTV 22/9/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Major safety boost for frontline prison staff Thousands of prison staff will be safer thanks to a new £15 million investment in protective body armour and Tasers as part of the Government’s Plan for Change. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) 21/9/2025 News Ministry silos hampering cohesive response to social concerns: Police chief CANADA: In dealing with such societal issues as homelessness, addictions and mental health, everyone needs to come together, and GSPS Chief Sara Cunningham said provincial ministries are not Sudbury.com (Canada) 21/9/2025 News Britain is not yet an opioid nation but rising drug deaths demand a new approach Policymakers are alert to the growing menace of opioids, if not to the most effective solutions The Observer 21/9/2025 Feature, Opinion Toronto is experiencing a rise in youth violence. Here is what experts believe is driving it CANADA: During a news conference announcing the arrest of a teen in the “senseless” fatal shooting of eight-year-old JahVai Roy last month, Toronto’s police chief addressed a concerning trend that is impacting communities across the city. “We’ve been raising the alarm for the last couple of years around the rise of violence amongst young people,” Chief Myron Demkiw told reporters last week. CTV News (Canada) 21/9/2025 News Police join forces to tackle hare coursing Police forces have joined together to better respond to hare coursing across county boundaries. Officers from Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire have met to launch Operation Galileo. BBC 21/9/2025 News Regina police highlight Alternative Response Officers’ first year CANADA: In their first year, the Alternative Response Officers have attended over 1,800 calls for service and transported over 250 people to the complex needs shelter. Sask Today (Canada) 21/9/2025 News Early probe into triple-0 outage shows “established processes were not followed”: Optus CEO AUSTRALIA: Optus CEO Stephen Rue said early investigations into an outage that impacted triple-0 services across Australia appeared to show that “established processes were not followed”, as residents in a fifth affected state come forward. Four deaths had been associated with the outage which struck across WA, the Northern Territory and South Australia on Thursday. Addressing the media on Sunday, Mr Rue said two triple-0 callers from NSW had also been impacted. News.com.au (Australia) 21/9/2025 News WA Police left in the dark over full extent of Optus outage that left two dead AUSTRALIA: WA Police were first notified about an Optus outage affecting triple-zero calls almost 24 hours after it occurred when the telco requested welfare checks on 26 failed emergency calls just after 9pm on Thursday evening. The full extent of the catastrophic network failure – which has left two West Australians dead – was not realised until the following afternoon, when WA Police was notified of another 123 unsuccessful calls in a public media release. The Age (Australia) - Subscription at source 21/9/2025 News Optus failed to follow ‘protocols’ in not notifying police about outage sooner, WA Deputy Premier says AUSTRALIA: Optus failed to follow protocol after it only contacted WA Police late Thursday evening about an outage affecting triple-0 calls, and only informed them of less than 20 per cent of total cases in the state, the WA acting premier says. ABC News (Australia) 21/9/2025 News Tories call for action on £232m police station maintenance backlog The Scottish Tories have called for action as it emerged the maintenance backlog in the country’s police stations sits at almost £232 million. Radio News Hub 21/9/2025 News Ontario police chiefs in favour of speed cameras, contrary to Ford’s push to axe them CANADA: Ontario’s chiefs of police are coming out strongly in favour of speed cameras, after Premier Doug Ford threatened to get rid of them province-wide. Blue Line (Canada) 21/9/2025 News «448449450451452453454455456Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
