Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115189 total results. Showing results 10561 to 10580 «525526527528529530531532533Next ›Last » Police chief disappointed at alleged drug deals from chair outside consumption site CANADA: Victoria’s police chief says undercover operatives didn’t have to look far to find evidence of criminality outside a safe consumption site in the city. A suspected cocaine dealer was selling drugs from a chair set up directly in front of the overdose prevention facility, Chief Del Manak said. Blue Line (Canada) - Subscription at source 5/8/2025 News Progress made to improve police response to stalking following super-complaint The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) says “key improvements” have been made in police forces’ actions in response to recommendations following the Suzy Lamplugh Trust super-complaint on stalking. Police Professional 5/8/2025 News Police conduct investigator fined after unlawfully obtaining sensitive case details An investigator for the police complaints watchdog has pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining sensitive personal data. Police Professional 5/8/2025 News Stretched Police Scotland hit with £31.5m overtime bill The overtime bill for Scotland’s police officers and staff has climbed above an average of £85,000 per day, amid warnings of a chronically overstretched force. Police Professional 5/8/2025 News Police respond to council leader’s ‘rape cover-up’ claim Warwickshire Police has responded to a claim it held back information over the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton, saying officers "did not and will not cover up such criminality". BBC 5/8/2025 News Number of police on road safety duties has halved in a decade – senior officer REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The number of police officers and staff dealing with road safety in Northern Ireland has been cut in half in a decade, a senior officer has said. Chief Superintendent Sam Donaldson said the force has a “problem” in terms of how it resources issues such as speeding motorists and the detection of drink or drug driving. Limerick Live (Republic of Ireland) 5/8/2025 News Shannon McQuillan’s father ‘disgusted’ by actions of PSNI REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Shannon McQuillan's father said he is "disgusted and ashamed" of the actions of police officers who were with his daughter before she was knocked down and killed. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 5/8/2025 News York Regional Police officers and staff join the thousands who have FREE access to Policing Insight! – Find out how Policing Insight welcomes officers and staff from Canada's York Regional Police, who now have FREE subscriber access with the start of a new organisation wide subscription. They join a community of readers from many other UK and international police, government, academic, criminal justice and emergency services organisations with an interest in progressive policing. Read on to find out how to use your FREE subscriber access. Policing Insight 5/8/2025 Feature UNODC World Drugs Report highlights cocaine boom, while collapse in heroin supply could lead to new drug focus The latest World Drug Report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime suggests that while the cocaine market continues to boom, the collapse of heroin production – due largely to the Taliban-enforced opium ban in Afghanistan – could lead to organised crime looking at alternative drug markets such as fentanyl and crystal meth, as Policing Insight’s Dr Chris Allen reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 5/8/2025 Analysis, Feature ‘Overstretched’ police force hit with £31.5m overtime bill A fall in rank-and-file numbers and a rise in police responsibilities have been blamed for the huge costs. STV News 5/8/2025 News Online form for reporting crimes at heritage sites A police force has launched an online form for people to report offences on or around the county's heritage sites. BBC 5/8/2025 News Guidance on police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity should change, Cooper says Home secretary says Law Commission is looking into change amid row over case of alleged rape in Warwickshire The Guardian 5/8/2025 News NSW government kills debate on protesters paying for police presence after exceeding cap AUSTRALIA: The government has effectively killed a bill to introduce legislation that would charge protest groups for police fees if they held more than three demonstrations a year. The bill was reintroduced following the weekend's pro-Palestinian march over Sydney Harbour Bridge, which drew crowds of over 100,000 people. Two Labor MPs told the ABC there was also "heated" debate about a motion on Gaza during caucus on Tuesday. ABC News (Australia) 5/8/2025 News Legal body warns NT youth justice amendments will increase Aboriginal incarceration without reducing crime AUSTRALIA: One of Australia's largest Indigenous legal organisations has warned recent changes to the Northern Territory's Youth Justice Act will lead to more Aboriginal children being jailed without addressing crime. The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) described the reforms as "deliberately punitive", reflecting a broader pattern of law-and-order policies introduced by the CLP government over the past year. The changes broadly contradict the recommendations of multiple Royal Commissions as well as the Northern Territory's commitment to Closing the Gap. National Indigenous Times (NIT) (Australia) 5/8/2025 News ‘Furious and insulted’: Angry reaction to NTG’s pay offer as NT Police say no AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory Police have overwhelmingly rejected the NT government's 12 per cent salary increase offer over four years. NT News (Australia) - Subscription at source 5/8/2025 News Queensland forensics lab in ‘sustained crisis’, with ‘failure in leadership’ leading to toxic culture, report finds AUSTRALIA: A toxic culture at Queensland's state-run forensics lab has exacerbated delays, impacted police investigations and put the community at risk, a second scathing report in as many days has revealed. The troubled Forensic Science Queensland (FSQ) was the subject of two commissions of inquiry in 2022 and 2023, which found evidence may have been compromised and could have led to miscarriages of justice. ABC News (Australia) 5/8/2025 News Governments and police are tackling weapons in public – but they’re ignoring it in our homes AUSTRALIA: About half of all serious weapons-related violence in Australia happens at home as part of domestic and family violence. The weapons most used in these incidents are kitchen knives. Yet new laws around the country overwhelmingly focus on public knife offences: most states and territories have toughened rules on carrying knives in public and strengthened age restrictions on the sale of knives. The Conversation 5/8/2025 Feature, Opinion ‘Beyond despicable’: Cops in shock over former deputy commissioner’s arrest NEW ZEALAND: Police officers across New Zealand have been left reeling in the wake of the revelation that former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming is facing a raft of serious charges. McSkimming, who turns 52 this week, is charged with eight counts of possessing objectionable material, including images that depict child sexual exploitation and bestiality. The country’s former second most powerful police officer first appeared in the Wellington District Court — via an audio visual link — on July 3. At that time he was described as a “prominent” New Zealander due to wide-ranging suppression orders. The Post (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 5/8/2025 News Aoife Moore: The problems with An Garda go much deeper than Drew Harris REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A force that is unwilling to consider its own shortcomings will continually let down its society The Irish News - Subscription at source 5/8/2025 Feature, Opinion Chief Superintendent ‘very disappointed’ by Crowe Report findings REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The AGSI has called on Garda Management to immediately release the Crowe Report in full so that it can respond to it constructively and fairly, while the Garda Representative Association said quoting from a report which hasn’t been released is “entirely inappropriate and disrespectful” to its members. Lmfm (Republic of Ireland) 5/8/2025 News «525526527528529530531532533Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
