Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100323 total results. Showing results 941 to 960 «444546474849505152Next ›Last » Man shot dead by police at Milton Keynes train station A man has been shot dead by police responding to reports of a person carrying a firearm at Milton Keynes railway station. Thames Valley police (TVP) officers were called to the station by members of the public at 12.55pm on Tuesday. The man was shot by police in the station square outside the building and died at 1.44pm. The Guardian 1/4/2025 News Police told not to close investigations until they have used facial recognition Telegraph investigation reveals forces are conducting searches on the public every two minutes. Police have been told to use facial recognition searches in every criminal investigation, The Telegraph can reveal. The Telegraph 1/4/2025 News Most Scots oppose early release of prisoners according to new poll Most Scottish people oppose measures to release prisoners early from jail to deal with overcrowding, a new poll has revealed. Only 28 per cent said they are in favour of the policy, which was introduced last year amid a capacity crisis behind bars. Police Professional 1/4/2025 News Man pleads guilty to attempted murder of Welsh police officer A man who stabbed a police officer and attempted to set fire to a police van has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and attempted arson. Alexander Dighton, 28, admitted ten offences relating to a violent attack at Talbot Green police station in South Wales on the evening of January 31. Police Professional 1/4/2025 News Man who launched ‘vicious and persistent’ attack on officer gets six years The officer suffered a fractured cheekbone and eye socket, another officer was spat at and it took nine officers to arrest the offender. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/4/2025 News The most popular brand for car thieves in West Midlands revealed West Midlands car thieves stole more Ford-branded vehicles than any other across the past 12 months, the region's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Simon Foster, has revealed. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/4/2025 News Ex-inspector shared messages about fatal crashes to show ‘pressure he was under’ A former Humberside Police inspector who shared sensitive information with members of the public to demonstrate "the pressure he was under" would have been sacked if he had not resigned, a hearing has ruled. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/4/2025 News Eleven suspects from Quebec charged in alleged Toronto-area auto theft ring: police CANADA: Police say nearly a dozen people from Quebec have been charged as part of an investigation into organized auto thefts east of Toronto. Blue Line (Canada) 1/4/2025 News RCMP take down large, ‘complex’ cannabis network in Ontario, seize 17,000 plants CANADA: Ontario RCMP announced Thursday they have charged six people and destroyed nearly 17,000 cannabis plants across three large-scale illegal grow sites in the province, part of a “complex illicit cannabis production and distribution network.” Blue Line (Canada) 1/4/2025 News Partnerships crucial in reining in retail theft CANADA: Partnerships are key in combatting the $9.1 billion price tag of organized retail theft in 2024, said S/Supt. Joe Matthews at the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) Retail Secure Conference on March 19 at the International Centre. Blue Line (Canada) 1/4/2025 News Garda visibility concerns grow across Carlow and Kilkenny REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Goresbridge Garda Station only opens for one hour twice, every eight days, while the number of staff in Graiguenamanagh Garda Station has reduced from two sergeants and ten Gardaí to one sergeant and four Gardaí. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 1/4/2025 News Almost 2,000 crimes by people on bail in this Garda region REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Last year, the local Garda division, which takes in Cavan and Monaghan and Louth, saw 1,951 offences. Northern Sound (Republic of Ireland) 1/4/2025 News Chief Constable reaffirmed his commitment to keeping our streets safe The Chief Constable reaffirmed his commitment to keeping our streets safe during his most recent appearance on the BBC Radio Manchester Hotseat on Tuesday morning. Stephen Watson QPM spoke of our commitment to investigating all reasonable lines of enquiry which is helping us solve more crime, while proactively tackling the issues that matter to communities which has seen 25,000 fewer victims of crime in the last year. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) 1/4/2025 News How gardaí are targeting feared Dublin drug gang ‘The Family’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: It has not been a good week for the CEO, the senior leadership team, the executives, the facilitators and the transport managers of the country's biggest drug trafficking gang. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 1/4/2025 News Policing England and Wales in 2025: The death of consent The UK’s policing by consent model was founded on Sir Robert Peel’s nine principles, but University of Staffordshire Senior Lecturer Dr John Lamb fears that the long-term impact of austerity cuts has damaged that model almost beyond the point of resurrection, and has issued a “rallying cry” for the public to demand that politicians properly fund the service in the hope that policing by consent can be resuscitated. Policing Insight 1/4/2025 Analysis, Feature, Opinion Feedback from mobile police station led to arrests Public feedback gathered from a mobile police station has led to increased uniformed patrols and arrests in Torquay, Devon and Cornwall Police has said. The force has been running the community initiative in various locations in the town since November. BBC 1/4/2025 News Former police chief cleared of fraud by watchdog A former chief constable who was sacked for lying about his military career has been cleared over fraud allegations by a police watchdog. Nick Adderley, the former Northamptonshire Police chief constable, was under investigation over allegations relating to the maintenance of police vehicles during his time at Staffordshire Police. BBC 1/4/2025 News B.C. police watchdog launches public database to track officer misconduct CANADA: Deputy Police Complaint Commissioner: 'This isn’t about shaming officers in any way.' One of B.C.’s police watchdog organizations has launched an online searchable database that tracks cases involving municipal police officers who were the subject of substantiated allegations of misconduct and corresponding disciplinary measures. The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC) created the “discipline decisions digest” in response to recommendations from an all-party B.C. legislature committee, which was tasked with reviewing the police complaints process. Business in Vancouver (BIV) (Canada) 1/4/2025 News Police union calls for urgent action to protect officers after ‘hostile vehicle’ incidents AUSTRALIA: The government and the NT Police executive need to take urgent action to protect police officers following a series of threatening incidents NT Independent (Australia) - Subscription at source 1/4/2025 News West Mercia Police had UK’s slowest 999 response times in 2024 The force's average response time to an emergency call from January to December 2024 was 13.99 seconds, compared to 12.83 seconds at the next slowest force - Durham Constabulary. The data, compiled by injuryclaims.co.uk and based on Police UK figures, also showed that 139,623 calls - 80.64 per cent of all 999 calls - were answered in less than 10 seconds, which was the second lowest proportion of all forces. Worcester News 1/4/2025 News «444546474849505152Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
