Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100609 total results. Showing results 13641 to 13660 «679680681682683684685686687Next ›Last » Road test: BMW i4, the NZ Police’s EV of choice tested NEW ZEALAND: Three hundred and sixty six days ago the constabulary threw the covers off the latest addition to its vehicular fleet as part of a national trial, its first fully electric car — the BMW i4. Stuff (New Zealand) 2/6/2024 News AFP stopped allowing Chinese police to operate in Australia over foreign interference concerns, Senate hearing told AUSTRALIA: The Australian Federal Police has told a parliamentary hearing it halted a years-long policy of allowing Chinese police to come and operate in Australia, following a 2019 incident exposed by the ABC's Four Corners program. AFP Deputy Commissioner Ian McCartney told the hearing that the 2019 case was "a turning point", and that the policy was ended due to the agency's greater awareness of foreign interference threats. ABC News (Australia) 2/6/2024 News Police custody facility set for £3.9 million upgrade A facility for holding suspected criminals in North Staffordshire is set to undergo a £3.9 million upgrade - after being found 'wanting' in an independent survey. Staffordshire Police's northern area custody facility (NACF), in Etruria, has received 'little to none' major investment since it opened in 1993. Stoke on Trent Live 2/6/2024 News WA gun owners accused of domestic violence to lose weapons in wake of Floreat shooting murders AUSTRALIA: A family and domestic violence complaint will automatically strip firearms owners of their guns under further legal changes announced by the WA Government. The government is already toughening the state's gun laws but today Premier Roger Cook said it would change the bill to require police to remove firearms as soon as a family and domestic violence complaint was made. ABC News (Australia) 2/6/2024 News ‘Silly’ inconsistency: Police pay council rates while schools, hospitals and churches don’t NEW ZEALAND: Police received half a billion dollars in the Budget including a $120 million boost to meet cost pressures, including the cost of local council rates. While schools, hospitals and churches are exempt from paying rates, Police are not - an inconsistency that's been described as "silly". Newshub (New Zealand) 2/6/2024 News Police to shift from paperwork back to the beat, but union says SA recruitment ‘hardly’ keeping up AUSTRALIA: Efforts to free up police officers for street duties will be ramped up in South Australia in a bid to reduce pressures on the state's already stretched force amid its ongoing recruitment and retention challenges. ABC News (Australia) 2/6/2024 News ‘A judge might ask, ‘who is he?’ and I’d say, ‘I’m the expert’ — Former garda John Sweetman on a life in forensics REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A chance trip to the Garda Technical Bureau opened up a whole new world for the ‘accidental guard’ who has written a book based on cases he helped solve. I recognise John Sweetman as he walks past me in the lobby of the hotel where we’ve arranged to meet. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 2/6/2024 Feature, Interview, Opinion Ex-detective would have been sacked over IT misuse A former police officer who inappropriately accessed computer systems would have been sacked if he had not quit. Former Det Con Matthew Adam, who worked for Thames Valley Police (TVP), did at least 10 searches on people known to him without any policing purpose between March and November 2023. BBC 2/6/2024 News Former Met commissioner John Stevens: ‘I’ve never seen the force in such a bad way’ The ex-police chief on why protests should be legislated – and telling Tony Blair how he’d defend Churchill’s statue with his own truncheon. When John Stevens stepped down as the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 2005, he was hailed [by Tony Blair] for leading the force through one of the “most challenging periods in modern policing... The Telegraph - Subscription at source 2/6/2024 Feature, Interview, Opinion Police Scotland reject plea to arm cops with tasers from murdered officer’s widow Christine Fulton believes her husband Lewis would still be alive today if he been had been armed with a Taser or similar device. Police Scotland have rejected calls to arm all officers with Tasers – despite a plea from the widow of murdered cop Lewis Fulton. Daily Record 2/6/2024 News More than 2,000 officers police protests and Champions League final in London Forces outside the capital drawn on for Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid match and a Tommy Robinson march and counter-protest The Guardian 1/6/2024 News A coronial inquest into the shooting of Kumajayi Walker has ended, leaving the NT Police Force in crisis mode AUSTRALIA: Zachary Rolfe only wore a Northern Territory police uniform for three years, but the impact he left on the force — and the community — will be felt for generations. ABC News (Australia) 1/6/2024 News ‘Threat to democracy’: AFP boss Reece Kershaw warns on rising threats to MPs AUSTRALIA: More than 700 reports of violence towards one group of Australians have been reported since July, AFP boss Reece Kershaw has confirmed. News.com.au (Australia) 1/6/2024 News MPS plans ‘significant policing operation’ for weekend of events and protest The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) says a “significant policing operation” will take place across London on Saturday with officers deployed to police protests as well as the Champions League final and related fan events. Police Professional 1/6/2024 News New Garda body-worn cameras expected to lead to more prosecutions of far right REPUBLIC IRELAND: Many agitators have engaged in threatening behaviour almost impossible to police during chaotic public disorder incidents The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 1/6/2024 News Drew Harris says Garda bodycams will help identify troublemakers at extremest protests REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Commissioner Harris also said had bodycams been in use during the Dublin riots of November 23 last year, it would have given gardai actual audio footage of the verbal abuse and extreme language used by individuals at the initial stages of the disorder. Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 1/6/2024 News Police Scotland chief constable apologises to LGBTQI+ communities Chief Constable Jo Farrell has apologised to the LGBTQI+ communities of Scotland for the pain caused through injustices, including policing’s role in enforcing laws which criminalised love and identity Emergency Services Times 31/5/2024 News Officer sacked after passing information about protestors to embassy staff The officer passed on information having accessed police systems. A Met officer who passed on unauthorised information to officials at the Algerian Embassy about protestors and protests has been dismissed and placed on the barred list. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/5/2024 News A renewed vision for the fight against modern slavery The fight against modern slavery has stalled due to lack of political leadership a new report has warned. Russell Webster looks at its findings. The Centre for Social Justice (a think tank formed by Iain Duncan Smith in 2004) in partnership with an anti-slavery charity, Justice and Care has published a new report calling for fresh political leadership in the fight against slavery in the UK. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/5/2024 News Comment: so what about the duty of candour? Misconduct hearings involving chief officers have an unfortunate habit of extending into months of legal argument. The misconduct hearing looking into the naval record of Chief Constable Nick Adderley has stalled amid a prolonged bout of legal ping pong. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/5/2024 Feature, Opinion «679680681682683684685686687Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
