Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115224 total results. Showing results 12101 to 12120 «602603604605606607608609610Next ›Last » ‘The Met Police confiscated my wheelchair for 19 days’ Israel Vidal couldn't believe it when the Met confiscated his wheelchair. His crime? Using an electric attachment on his wheelchair to help tow him around. BBC 30/6/2025 News Terrorgram block is a welcome step towards countering violent extremism AUSTRALIA: The Australian government has listed Terrorgram—a network of violent extremist chatroom-like channels on Telegram—as an official terrorist organisation. Australians found to be part of Terrorgram now face up to 25 years in prison. As an effort to counter violent extremist platforms, rather than just actors themselves, this is to be welcomed. But Australia needs to combine law enforcement measures with policies targeting our structural resilience. Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) 30/6/2025 News Police tactics revealed as drivers attempt to ‘outsmart’ roadside drug tests AUSTRALIA: Drivers attempting to dodge roadside drug testing should think twice, police say. The Canberra Times (Australia) - Subscription at source 30/6/2025 News Harsher penalties for assaults on first responders not effective deterrent – Labour NEW ZEALAND: The Prime Minister says increasing sanctions for people who assault first responders makes sense. The bill proposes new offences for assaulting or injuring police, corrections, ambulance and fire officers with intent - a New Zealand First policy. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 30/6/2025 News What it’s like to be a female prison officer in a male prison – and how it goes wrong It feels like every other week a woman is in court for an affair with a convict, but behind every headline is a campaign of manipulation The Telegraph - Subscription at source 30/6/2025 Analysis, Feature Femicide: Deaths resulting from gender-based violence in Aotearoa New Zealand NEW ZEALAND: The Family Violence Death Review subject matter experts (formerly the Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC)) continue its in-depth reviews of deaths that happen as a result of intimate partner violence, intrafamilial violence and child abuse and neglect. Femicide positions gender-based violence as a human rights violation, placing the responsibility on governments to prioritise the safety of all women and girls. For too long, we have relegated gender-based violence to the sphere of private lives rather than recognising this is a social and political issue that adversely impacts half our population. [PDF] Health Quality & Safety Commission (New Zealand) 30/6/2025 Report New report highlights deaths of mothers and babies due to family violence NEW ZEALAND: Investigating early interventions to save the lives of mothers and babies is one of the actions set to follow a report examining violence-related deaths of women and girls in Aotearoa New Zealand. ‘Femicide: Deaths resulting from gender-based violence in Aotearoa New Zealand | Kōhuru Wahine: nā te ririhau ā-ira i te whenua o Aotearoa’ was released today; produced by family violence death review (FVDR) subject matter experts on behalf of He Mutunga Kore | National Mortality Review Committee (the Committee). The Committee Chair, Dr Liza Edmonds, says, “Much of what’s contained in this report is confronting. I’d like to acknowledge the women and girls who have lost their lives through violence, and those who live on through the aftermath of this trauma. “In publishing this report, we aim to start a discussion about deaths resulting from violence against women and girls and the prevention and response strategies that are urgently required.” Health Quality & Safety Commission (New Zealand) 30/6/2025 News Wider police use of naloxone could save lives and build stronger trust with drug users, says report A Home Office-commissioned evaluation of the UK police use of naloxone highlights that not only is the opioid overdose reversal medication a potential life-saver, but its wider carriage by officers could help to build more trust and stronger relationships with drug-using communities – if challenges can be addressed around training and data collection, collaboration with healthcare agencies on handover and aftercare, and officers’ own stigma around drug users, reports Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 30/6/2025 Analysis, Feature New data being considered in family harm and gender based violence research NEW ZEALAND: Maternal suicide, perinatal deaths and non-family homicides have all been included in a new report to try and get a full picture of violence against women and children in New Zealand. This is the ninth report on gender based violence for the National Mortality Review Committee. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 30/6/2025 News PTSD fight: Former detective sues police force in Geelong court AUSTRALIA: A former detective is suing Victoria Police over claims of bullying by another officer so severe it triggered PTSD and left them incapable of working. Geelong Advertiser (Australia) - Subscription at source 30/6/2025 News Leader won’t condemn police after protest violence AUSTRALIA: A state leader has refused to condemn the "brutal" actions of police who broke up a pro-Palestine protest that left a one-time federal Greens candidate with an eye injury. The Northern Daily Leader (Australia) 30/6/2025 News New Zealand chooses Indian-origin Superintendent Sunny Patel to lead Auckland Police NEW ZEALAND: Patel is only the second person of Indian origin to reach the rank of Superintendent, alongside Wellington-based National Partnerships Manager Ethnic, Rakesh Naidoo. The Australia Today (Australia) 30/6/2025 News ‘We can’t train you to be that public figure in front of the camera… but we’re here for you’ That’s the view of Chief Constable Serena Kennedy, who spoke with Police Oracle at the third cohort of the Executive Leadership Programme, which is aiming to create the next generation of senior leaders. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/6/2025 News Drones strengthening city centre policing in UK first Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and Thames Valley Police Joint Operations Unit has integrated Drone as First Responder (DFR) technology to a police control room in the first trial of its kind in the UK. Emergency Services Times 30/6/2025 News Meet the Met officer leading the war on violence against women Helen Millichap has vowed to end the postcode lottery in police responses to online harm The Times - Subscription at source 29/6/2025 News Police chief suspended for rejecting ‘nonsense’ racism claims launches legal battle Richard Cooke, head of the West Midlands Police Federation, says he is the victim of a ‘witch hunt’ The Telegraph - Subscription at source 29/6/2025 News Police Ombudsman taking no further action in Carlow gunman case REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Police Ombudsman, Fiosrú, has said it has decided to take no further action in relation to the case of Evan Fitzgerald, who fired shots in the air in a Co Carlow shopping centre before taking his own life. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 29/6/2025 News Former Garda assistant commissioner backs calls for inquiry into Evan Fitzgerald case REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A former assistant Garda commissioner has backed calls for an independent inquiry into the garda handling of the Evan Fitzgerald case — the young man who took his own life in a Carlow shopping centre shooting. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 29/6/2025 News The government should act now to stop the police destruction of archived evidence Edward Rees KC and Dr Keith Flett express their outrage at the actions of Northumbria police in destroying files on the Battle of Orgreave The Guardian 29/6/2025 Feature, Opinion Meet the Met officer leading the war on violence against women Helen Millichap has vowed to end the postcode lottery in police responses to online harm The Times - Subscription at source 29/6/2025 Feature, Interview «602603604605606607608609610Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
