Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115259 total results. Showing results 12881 to 12900 «641642643644645646647648649Next ›Last » Scots police officers sent to Ballymena after aid plea Police Scotland has agreed to send officers to Northern Ireland after two nights of disorder in Ballymena. BBC 11/6/2025 News ‘What’s the point of calling the police?’: Why Britain’s crime woes are about more than money The Met Commissioner has called for more funding, but experts tell The Telegraph that a lack of cash is not the core problem The Telegraph - Subscription at source 11/6/2025 News Taoiseach denies authorising Garda IPAS recruitment REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he was “very surprised” by the discovery that Gardaí had been conducting recruitment drives in accommodation centres for asylum seekers, stating that “this is not government policy.” Gript (Republic of Ireland) 11/6/2025 News Spending review a ‘huge blow’ for police and ‘will hamper efforts to recruit 13,000 neighbourhood police officers’ The government’s £2bn spending plans will cover ‘little more’ than basic pay increases for existing staff, police chiefs have warned The Independent 11/6/2025 News APCC leads comment on the Comprehensive Spending Review APCC Joint Leads for Funding and Finance, Roger Hirst and Joy Allen, have commented following publication of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 11/6/2025 News Police officer jailed for raping woman while off duty Ben Bottomley, 23, was found guilty of rape and sexual assault after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court The Independent 11/6/2025 News Scottish police sent to Ballymena after help plea Police Scotland has agreed to send officers to Northern Ireland after two nights of disorder in Ballymena. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) asked for extra support under mutual aid arrangements following violent scenes in the County Antrim town. BBC 11/6/2025 News Officer who strip searched black schoolgirl admits mishandling incident The officer said that upon her arrival at the school, the deputy safeguarding staff member was “adamant” that the girl had drugs on her and that the headteacher said she wanted to “make sure” the girl was not “carrying drugs for herself or others”. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/6/2025 News Violence Reduction Units year ending March 2024 evaluation report RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: This report presents the findings of an evaluation of Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) in their fifth year of Home Office funding. Home Office 11/6/2025 Research article New Merseyside community police station opens on hospital campus Surgeries will be publicised at the station, on local billboards and through the Force’s website and social media channels. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/6/2025 News Spending review ‘will cover little more than annual inflationary police pay increases’ Gavin Stephens, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC)'s chair, said the Government's spending plans continued a "decade of underinvestment" which has left forces selling buildings and borrowing money to make ends meet. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/6/2025 News A content analysis of how police in Canada handle the right to silence Purpose: In Canada, police are legally allowed to continue questioning suspects who invoke their right to silence, thereby encouraging the suspects to waive that right. This study aims to examine police responses to suspects’ right to silence invocations, focusing on how they encourage suspects to provide information and cooperate with the investigation. Design/methodology/approach: This paper reviewed 24 archived video recordings (over 100 h) of Canadian police interviews, documenting suspects’ invocations of silence and officers’ responses. A directed content analysis was conducted to code and categorize the police officers’ responses to the suspects’ invocations. Themes were developed from these categories to capture the patterns in the officers’ responses. Findings: Suspects invoked their right to silence often (M = 22.21 per interview; SD = 20.54) and police used a variety of strategies to handle the invocations. While most strategies aligned with findings from previous research, several newly identified strategies also emerged, with 33% of responses using more than one strategy. The most used strategies fell within domains found in previous research, such as confrontation and competition, emotion provocation and collaboration. Novel strategies included minimizing the role of legal counsel’s advice and using dismissive language to downplay silence. Journal of Criminal Psychology - Subscription at source 11/6/2025 Research article Former member of police staff fined for unlawful access of police systems A former member of Police Scotland staff has received a £1,650 fine plus a £75 victim surcharge at Greenock Sheriff Court for the unlawful access of police systems while in her previous role at the force’s Criminal Justice Services Division. Police Professional 11/6/2025 News Mutual aid for PSNI ‘a step closer’ after two nights of violent disorder After two nights of violent unrest that has seen more than 30 officers injured, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says it is almost certain that mutual aid officers will be requested from Scotland and England to augment and support its “stretched and under-strength resources”. Police Professional 11/6/2025 News ‘Dealing With People as We See Fit’: Framing Police Decisions to (and not to) Arrest in the COVID-19 Pandemic The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic required police officers in England and Wales to enforce new public health restrictions (e.g., stay-at-home directives, social distancing requirements and mask mandates), as well as navigate the risk that COVID-19 posed to their own health and safety during interactions with the public. From a practical standpoint, these factors changed the nature of the policing task significantly, with previously routine police decision-making (e.g., whether or not to carry out stops, searches, arrests and/or detentions) necessarily responding not only to traditional concerns around suspicion and evidence but also directly to these novel legal and organisational challenges. Findings from interviews carried out in 2020 and 2022 with 18 police officers from 11 different forces in England and Wales suggest that well-established predictors of arrest decisions (e.g., offence severity, evidence and/or the pursuit of culturally orientated objectives) were disrupted due to broader considerations, uniquely related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article uses Keith Hawkins’ (2002) conceptual framework of criminal justice decision-making—surround, field and frame—as an explanatory device to help us understand arrest and non-arrest decisions of street-level police officers during this period, despite the existence of sufficient evidence to support such action. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice 11/6/2025 Research article Spending Review ‘falls far short’ of what is needed for policing, says NPCC The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) says today’s increase in funding in the Government’s Spending Review will “cover little more than annual inflationary pay increases for officers and staff”. Police Professional 11/6/2025 News PCC says police spending increase not enough A police and crime commissioner (PCC) has said the increase in police funding announced in the chancellor's Spending Review would not be enough to prevent cuts. BBC 11/6/2025 News Police trained on handling sexual violence crimes Officers from Guernsey Police have completed training aimed at improving the investigation of rape and serious sexual offences, bosses say. A specialist team from the UK, alongside academics from the Open University, delivered the training on Guernsey as part of the UK's Operation Soteria , externalprogramme, a partnership of police, prosecutors and academics. BBC 11/6/2025 News Council tax set to rise to fund police Home Office faces budget cut as Sadiq Khan says Chancellor’s spending review could result in ‘fewer officers’ The Telegraph - Subscription at source 11/6/2025 News What police take home is criminal. This Spending Review proves it Police Federation of England and Wales Acting National Chair Tiff Lynch responds to Spending Review 2025. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 11/6/2025 News «641642643644645646647648649Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
