Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115567 total results. Showing results 81 to 100 123456789Next ›Last » Forces step up ASB action as new powers approach Police forces across England and Wales are renewing their commitment to tackling anti-social behaviour this week as part of ASB Awareness Week, with the National Police Chiefs’ Council pointing to a series of targeted operations that have produced local reductions in criminal and nuisance behaviour. Police Professional 29/6/2026 News Police buying biometric technology ‘without understanding it’ Police forces are acquiring powerful biometric and AI-assisted technologies without fully understanding what they are purchasing or its implications, the independent watchdog has warned. Police Professional 29/6/2026 News Safer Schools Officers: An effective intervention or a policy assumption? Safer Schools Officers (SSOs) are now a common feature of policing in England and Wales, supporting efforts for early intervention, multi-agency working and child-centred practice; but Dr Sean Bell of the Open University and Jay Karecha of Liverpool John Moores University highlight that with the evaluation of the effectiveness of SSOs fragmented, and the role itself poorly defined, there is a clear need for a stronger and more consistent evidence base, and more honesty about what is known and what is assumed. Policing Insight - Registration at source 29/6/2026 Feature, Opinion Homelessness Is No Longer a Crime with Rosie Perkins Rosie Perkins from Crisis joins PolicingTV to reflect on the upcoming repeal of the Vagrancy Act and why it marks a genuinely historic moment in the way homelessness is understood in law. Speaking after years of campaigning, Rosie explains why the Act had become such a powerful symbol of an outdated approach to poverty, and why its removal matters not just legally, but socially too. The conversation also looks at what comes next. Rosie argues that while the criminal offence has gone, the wider challenge is making sure homelessness is not simply swept into other enforcement tools. Instead, she makes the case for a more trauma-informed, multi-agency response in which police, councils and homelessness services work together to connect people with support rather than push them further away from it. PolicingTV 29/6/2026 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Christopher Luxon expresses confidence in Police Commissioner Richard Chambers amid investigations into allegations NEW ZEALAND: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he retains confidence in Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, who is facing allegations which are currently under investigation. The Herald last week revealed two police officers from the Police National Integrity Unit had flown to Australia to interview a woman over historical sexual allegations against Chambers. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 29/6/2026 News Understanding roadside drug testing (RDT) in a digital age: awareness, deterrence, legitimacy, and technology-driven avoidance among drivers Roadside drug testing (RDT) is a key strategy in Australian road policing, yet little is known about public awareness of the drugs included in roadside testing programmes or how this awareness shapes deterrence, drug driving behaviour, and perceptions of police legitimacy. Following Queensland’s 2023 expansion of RDT to include cocaine, this exploratory study examined drivers’ knowledge of the substances screened at the roadside, and how deterrence perceptions, legitimacy views, and technology-driven punishment avoidance are associated with drug use and drug driving. A cross-sectional online survey of licenced Queensland drivers (N = 796) was recruited via social media, targeting drivers with a history of illicit drug use. Awareness of RDT was near universal (95.1%), yet only 48.7% correctly identified that cocaine is now screened, and only 25.8% correctly identified all current drugs tested for on the roadside. Aware drivers reported higher drug use and drug driving than unaware drivers, consistent with concentrated or direct enforcement exposure rather than successful general deterrence. Awareness showed no relationship with perceived certainty of apprehension. Lower views of Police Legitimacy (VPL) correlated with higher drug use, more frequent drug driving, and greater use of technology-based enforcement avoidance. A multivariate logistic regression among drug users found that direct punishment avoidance and perceived certainty of apprehension were the dominant predictors of drug driving, and VPL did not independently predict drug driving once these deterrence constructs were controlled. Collectively, findings underscore the importance of visible, credible enforcement and procedurally just road policing for shaping compliance within contemporary digital information environments. Policing and Society - Subscription at source 29/6/2026 Research article Bad is bad, good is not bad, and great is good: validating AI classifications of police professionalism Artificial intelligence (AI) tools that analyze body-worn camera footage are increasingly used to monitor police behavior, yet the behavioral measures they generate have not been validated against human perception. We conduct the first human-perception validation of an AI-based police professionalism measure using a national sample of 3,020 U.S. adults. Respondents watched body-worn camera videos pre-classified by Truleo’s natural language processing system as Below Standard, Standard, or High professionalism and rated officer professionalism and respectful communication. Cross-classified multilevel models (n = 15,100) show that respondents rate Below Standard encounters 0.87 points lower than Standard on a three-point scale (p Evidence Base 29/6/2026 Research article NSW Police announces mysterious ‘high-performance rapid-response’ car fleet AUSTRALIA: As part of a $94.3 million spend on a new Armed Response Command, NSW Police is buying a fleet of 'high-performance' vehicles – but it hasn't announced what they are. Drive (Australia) 29/6/2026 News Police have adapted practices to meet trial timelines in big investigations CANADA: The Supreme Court of Canada's R. v. Jordan decision is changing the way some police investigators probe complex crimes. Jordan lays out deadlines for when a criminal trial has to be complete. The clock starts ticking as soon as a person is charged. As Ariana Kelland reports, investigators have shifted how they do things in response to those timelines. CBC News (Canada) 29/6/2026 News, Video Can the City’s dedicated police force survive national reforms? City's independent force is facing an existential crisis due to a Home Office review exploring how to combine the UK's police forces into ... Financial Times - Subscription at source 29/6/2026 Feature Psychological safety in policing Long read: exploring how senior leaders can create psychological safety within their force. College of Policing 29/6/2026 Feature Policing demonstrates commitment to ASB crackdown A renewed commitment to tackle ASB amidst widespread crackdown in cities, towns and villages across the country. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 29/6/2026 News Force welcomes new volunteer police officers A pig farmer, a gymnast coach and a waitress are among the newest special constables to join a police force. BBC 29/6/2026 News Schools to get police funding for phone bans Secondary schools in the Thames Valley can apply for a share of £255,000 police funding to help impose a ban on phones in schools. BBC 29/6/2026 News Police forces chosen for domestic abuse 999 pilot Domestic abuse specialists are to be embedded in 999 police control rooms in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. BBC 29/6/2026 News Children used as drugs couriers by ‘county lines’ gangs in record numbers The shocking figures were obtained from Police Scotland by the Record. Daily Record - Subscription at source 29/6/2026 News From Bobbi to Moriarty, four ways Humberside Police is innovating with technology Innovation in policing is often associated with big budgets, flashy startups, and cutting-edge kit. The reality on the ground is very different with tight finances, legacy systems that don’t talk to each other, and a risk‑averse culture. Emergency Services Times 29/6/2026 Audio, News Call for urgent ‘integrity reset’ in NZ Police as review highlights ‘tribalism’, skills gaps and frontline constraints A recently published Performance Improvement Review of New Zealand Police warns that an integrity reset is “urgently needed” within the service and is a “mission-critical challenge”, while concerns over “tribalism” – particularly at senior levels – as well as skills and training gaps, “underpowered and undervalued” corporate foundations, and the increasingly complex digital and transnational crime threats are all highlighted in the review, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 29/6/2026 Analysis, Feature Increased garda presence leads to 20% increase in crime detections in Cork City REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A 20% increase in the detection of crimes in Cork City has been hailed by the business community as proof that additional on-street gardaí are making a huge difference Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 29/6/2026 News Former police officers on trial for wrongful conviction of Alan Hall NEW ZEALAND: Two people on trial for perverting the course of justice in one of New Zealand’s most high profile wrongful conviction cases are former police officers, it can now be revealed. The Post (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 29/6/2026 News 123456789Next ›Last » Upcoming events November 16 World Police Summit 2026 November 16 34th Annual International Problem-Oriented Policing Conference 2026 View all events
