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Jailed West Mercia Police officer would have been sacked, hearing rules
A police officer who abused his position to start sexual relationships with women would have been sacked had he not resigned, a hearing has found. Rhett Wilson, 28, was found to have breached standards of professional behaviour at an accelerated misconduct hearing on Friday.
BBC 		5/8/2023
News
Californian police officers to use electric Tesla Model Y’s after £400,000 investment
USA: First images of the new Tesla police car have been released ahead of a city-wide launch.
Express 		5/8/2023
News
Police given Pride dress code amid ‘concern’ over uniforms and rainbow badges under ‘anti-woke’ chief
Police officers have been told they cannot decorate their uniforms with rainbow badges and patches at this month's Manchester Pride. The Manchester Evening News has learned that Chief Constable Stephen Watson has told officers that, if they are in uniform and working at the event later this month, they cannot adorn it with any Pride-related emblems. Officers who are off-duty have his permission to wear their uniforms to Pride, it's understood, but not to decorate it with anything. At the same time, it's understood that Manchester Pride had initially told GMP that it does not want off-duty officers marching in uniform at all at the parade part of the event for the second year running.
Manchester Evening News 		5/8/2023
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‘It’s impacting everybody’: Edmonton police chief talks about growing violence in the city
CANADA: The police chief of Alberta's capital city stood solemnly at a podium, at moments appearing to be welling up, as he took questions from reporters about the random killing of a mother and child outside a school in May.
CTV News (Canada) 		5/8/2023
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Daylight shootings and a vast ‘labour force of organised crime’: the challenge of ending Sydney’s gangland war
AUSTRALIA: A series of killings and gun violence have rocked a city with an already bloody criminal history
The Guardian 		5/8/2023
Feature
Above-average crime severity number shows need for regional force, say Victoria police
CANADA: Victoria index is once again nearly 60 points higher than the provincial average, which police and other experts say is because of its role as the region’s hub.
Times Colonist (Canada) 		5/8/2023
News
Operation Cobalt – Arrest Made Following Search Warrant, Te Kuiti
NEW ZEALAND: Two people have been charged and are due to appear in court following a Police operation in Te Kuiti, as part of an investigation into the stabbing of a person in Te Kuiti last week.
Scoop (New Zealand) 		5/8/2023
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How undercover police got Craig Rumsby to confess to Michelle Bright’s 1999 Gulgong murder
AUSTRALIA: For almost 25 years the mystery of a teenager's murder left a close-knit community wondering if a killer walked among them. The murder of 17-year-old Michelle Bright in 1999 sent shock waves across the state.
ABC News (Australia) 		5/8/2023
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The police came to set the record straight, but we all ended up confused
AUSTRALIA: Even those following the Home Affairs contract corruption issue closely might have been befuddled by Friday’s events in Senate estimates. The Australian Federal Police apparently came to set the record straight, but mainly managed to raise more questions, few of which its senior officers could answer.
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 		5/8/2023
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Jacob Crouch suffered a ‘living hell’ at stepfather’s hands, say police
Ten-month-old Jacob Crouch was put through a "living hell" by his stepfather Craig Crouch during his short life, according the leading detective on the case.
BBC 		5/8/2023
News
Gloucestershire police and fire services to share two sites
Two community fire stations are to be shared between the police and fire brigade. Police in Newent and Winchcombe have joined the fire brigade in their respective areas. It is hoped that the amalgamations will improve the response to emergency incidents.
BBC 		5/8/2023
News
Huge increase in police being called to shops to protect retail workers
AUSTRALIA: Alarming figures have laid bare the amount of retail workers being attacked while at work.
News.com.au (Australia) 		5/8/2023
News
‘Stop being so polite about it’, family violence expert says
NEW ZEALAND: "Family violence: it's not OK" is the Ministry of Social Development's campaign message against domestic abuse. Merran Lawler, the chief executive for the National Network of Family Violence Services, told 1News she doesn't just think the slogan is too gentle, but the country's political, cultural, and societal approaches to family violence are as well.
1 News (New Zealand) 		5/8/2023
News
Leo Varadkar insists the Government retains full confidence in Garda Commissioner
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has insisted the Government retains full confidence in Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and that will not change if Garda rank and file vote no confidence in him.
Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) - Registration at source 		5/8/2023
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Taoiseach says Govt won’t remove Garda Commissioner if he loses no-confidence vote
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Representative Association is balloting members amid a deepening dispute over plans to change the rostering system.
The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 		5/8/2023
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Drug offending racks up $65K
NEW ZEALAND: An Invercargill man had $65,000 deposited into his bank account over four months of drug offending, a court has heard. Aden St John Stellard, 25, appeared in the Invercargill District Court this week after pleading guilty to representative charges of offering to supply methamphetamine and diazepam.
Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) 		5/8/2023
News
National Crime Agency Annual Report and Accounts: 2022 to 2023
Annual report and accounts for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
National Crime Agency (NCA) 		4/8/2023
Report
Manchester police stop carnival bans after legal threat over ‘racist targeting’
Force has previously sent letters to people it claimed to have identified as members of gangs or ‘perceived to be associated’ with them
The Guardian 		4/8/2023
News
Lincolnshire Police use drones to crackdown on caravan crime
Lincolnshire Police is using drone technology to tackle caravan burglaries after nearly 40% of residential break-ins were at holiday homes.
BBC 		4/8/2023
News
2 men file complaints against Montreal police after an allegedly violent jaywalking arrest in NDG
CANADA: Two PhD students walking home after a night out in Montreal's west end decided to skirt around a police operation by stepping into the empty road. Within minutes they found themselves slammed against a fence in what they say was a violent arrest — one with his arms twisted to the near breaking point and the other his legs spread so far apart that his pants tore and both his knees were injured.
CBC News (Canada) 		4/8/2023
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