Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115590 total results. Showing results 1201 to 1220 «575859606162636465Next ›Last » Rise in number of serious cases in courts backlog as overall figure falls There has been a rise in the number of serious, complex cases in the Scottish court system’s backlog, while the overall number of outstanding trials has fallen. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/5/2026 News Further appointment of Tim De Meyer as the policing member of the Sentencing Council The Lord Chancellor has approved the further appointment without competition of Tim De Meyer as policing member of the Sentencing Council from 1 July 2026 until the earlier of the date of the appointment of his successor or 30 June 2027. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/5/2026 News Scotland’s Chief Constable says football cannot have ‘another season of mayhem’ More than 900 officers were called in to deal with the unrest that followed Celtic's league title win, with two sustaining serious injuries. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/5/2026 News New operational policing hub now open in Aberdeen Police Scotland announced plans in August 2024, to create two response policing hubs in the city with one at Woodhill House and the other at the existing police station at Nigg. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/5/2026 News Met PC who moved to Suffolk loses employment tribunal over six-hour commute to work Officer who worked remotely during the pandemic and was then diagnoised with hypothyroidism and hypertension, told tirbunal he struggled with the six hour commute after being ordered back to a south London police building. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/5/2026 News Met officers in court after woman’s crash death A pregnant woman was killed in a crash after a Metropolitan Police officer drove at up to 80mph on the wrong side of the road, a court has heard. BBC 28/5/2026 News Fan violence in football ‘shrugged off’, says police chief Fan violence in Scottish football is being "shrugged off" due to a lack of accountability from clubs and the game's authorities, Police Scotland's chief constable has said. BBC 28/5/2026 News From custody suite to Crown Court: Why England and Wales need a whole-system approach to justice technology The Government has set out clear ambitions to save police officers in England and Wales six million hours through technology, and invest in AI to cut the Crown Court backlog that’s predicted to hit 100,000 cases by November 2027; Alex Lowe of public safety technology experts Axon argues that those aims are two ends of the same solution – a digital thread running from the first 999 call to the final verdict – which needs to be treated as a whole-system approach to justice technology. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 28/5/2026 Feature, Innovation, Opinion Palantir UK’s CEO: Mayor of London denying police our software is the worst form of virtue signalling The safety of Londoners should not be traded for a political gesture aimed at Washington, says CEO of Palantir UK Louis Mosley The Standard 28/5/2026 Feature, Opinion Why the Met Police could challenge Sadiq Khan in court over £50m AI kibosh The Mayor of London has blocked Palantir from working with the Metropolitan Police in a move that could mean more crime in London. Is political bias at play, asks former Attorney General Michael Ellis The Standard 28/5/2026 Feature, Opinion Cash-strapped Lincolnshire Police misses out on share of £30million organised crime crackdown Cash-strapped Lincolnshire Police will not be getting a share of a £30million fund to crackdown to tackle dodgy high street shops. LincsOnline - Registration at source 28/5/2026 News Strengthened laws for coercive control, family violence put forward by Tasmanian government AUSTRALIA: Tasmania's family violence laws will be significantly reformed to better capture coercive control behaviours and introduce a nation-leading levy for offenders. The government's proposed changes have been commended by family violence advocates, though they warn there is still more work to do. ABC News (Australia) 28/5/2026 News Are NSW night courts the solution to policing woes? AUSTRALIA: The NSW Police Association has proposed US-style night courts to free up frontline officers and holding cells. This was put on the agenda during a recent conference in Wollongong. The proposal is a court system that recognises "24-hour policing". LSJ Online (Australia) 28/5/2026 Feature ‘Urgent need’ for independent investigations into deaths in custody AUSTRALIA: There’s a ‘urgent need’ for independent investigations into deaths in custody in the NT, a social justice commissioner says, after a decision was made not to charge NT News (Australia) - Subscription at source 28/5/2026 News Queensland Police flying squad chalks up 2560 arrests AUSTRALIA: Queensland’s State Flying Squad has charged more than 2,500 people with more than 7,800 offences, as the rapid response unit surpasses 150 deployments across the state. Built to move fast, target and remove dangerous criminals from the streets, the 58-officer specialist State Flying Squad is the largest police rapid response unit in Queensland’s history and provides surge capacity into crime hotspots. Inside State Government (Australia) 28/5/2026 News Coronial inquest probes NSW Police staffing levels and mental health support AUSTRALIA: The mother of a NSW Police recruit who ended his life less than three months into the job has disagreed with suggestions his death was related to his work. The young officer, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was found dead in his locked police vehicle in western NSW in 2023. Counsel representing the officer's girlfriend Kate Guilfoyle told an inquest into his death that it "was directly connected to his work, although it's not directly connected to the actions of any person or situation". ABC News (Australia) 28/5/2026 News Ford government giving itself power to set ‘priorities’ for police boards CANADA: Ontario - The Ford government is giving itself the power to set the priorities of individual police services boards across the province, but is adamant the move won’t allow it to direct law enforcement. As part of its spring omnibus justice legislation, the government is creating policies that would let the solicitor general set expectations for areas police boards should focus on. Global News (Canada) 28/5/2026 News Spike in hate crimes reported to Winnipeg police just the tip of the iceberg, advocates say CANADA: Reports more than doubled in 2025, but groups say problem is underrepresented in numbers. The number of hate-motivated crimes reported in Winnipeg more than doubled last year — an increase being labelled by police as significant compared historical norms but some targeted groups say the numbers are still an underrepresentation of a growing problem. CBC News (Canada) 28/5/2026 News Czech police to modernise aviation fleet with 11 new H145 rotorcraft CZECH REPUBLIC: Prague’s interior ministry signs 11-aircraft deal to modernise police aviation fleet. Airbus Helicopters has secured a contract to equip the Czech Police Aviation Service with 11 H145 medium-twins. Announced on 27 May, the deal with the Czech Ministry of Interior represents “a significant milestone in the modernisation of the Czech Republic’s public safety infrastructure”, the rotorcraft manufacturer says. The H145s will be employed for law enforcement, search and rescue, and emergency medical duties, Airbus Helicopters says. FlightGlobal 28/5/2026 News Fivecast gains UK public sector approval for police social media screening solution BlueLight Commercial OSINT Social Media Screening Capabilities Framework appointment gives police forces and public bodies easier access to AI-powered OSINT screening capabilities. Advance 28/5/2026 News «575859606162636465Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
