Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104661 total results. Showing results 13701 to 13720 «682683684685686687688689690Next ›Last » NI chief constable aims to boost officer numbers to 7,000 The PSNI currently has about 6,300 officers, well down on the 7,500 recommended in the Patten review. The Independent 5/9/2024 News Police officer jailed for possessing hundreds of indecent images of children A serving police officer has been jailed after he was found to be in possession of over 500 images of child sexual abuse. Metro 5/9/2024 News Live Facial Recognition technology to be deployed in Wrexham North Wales Police will use Live Facial Recognition technology in Wrexham on Saturday, 7 September 2024. This proactive deployment will form part of matchday policing arrangements for the League One fixture between Wrexham and Shrewsbury Town. North Wales Police 5/9/2024 News Startling rise in mental ill health among police officers More than 14,500 UK police officers were signed off work over the past year due to stress, depression, anxiety or PTSD it can be revealed. Nationally, this figure is 9% up on last year - and a staggering 130% higher than when the survey was first run 11 years ago. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 5/9/2024 News Force set for first time use of facial recognition cameras Facial recognition technology is set to be used by police in Hampshire for the first time. Vans in Portsmouth, Southampton, Basingstoke and Winchester will use live video footage of crowds passing a camera. BBC 5/9/2024 News New York police commissioner and other officials’ homes raided USA: Federal authorities have raided the home of New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban. "The Department is aware of an investigation by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York involving members of service," the NYPD said in a statement to BBC News. Other top New York officials appointed by Mayor Eric Adams - who has faced a corruption probe - saw their homes raided on Thursday, including First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks III. BBC 5/9/2024 News Teen handed over weapons and ran away before fatal police shooting in Wetaskiwin: ASIRT CANADA: Alberta’s police watchdog has released its initial findings as it investigates the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy in central Alberta. Hoss Lightning, 15, was fatally shot by two RCMP officers in Wetaskiwin in the early morning hours of Friday, Aug. 30 after calling 911 for help because he believed he was being followed by people who wanted to kill him, according to both investigators and his family Global News (Canada) 5/9/2024 News Oversight failures beset police vulnerable persons registry: Toronto ombudsman CANADA: Toronto’s ombudsman says a police registry intended to help officers support people with different needs and conditions has been beset by communication failures and poor management. Global News (Canada) 5/9/2024 News ‘Empower police’: Province announces public safety initiatives, new funding for officers CANADA: "Saskatchewan people are increasingly concerned about crime, and we want to empower police to fight it," Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre said. Saskatoon Star Phoenix (Canada) 5/9/2024 News Police facing increasing level of violence, new report NEW ZEALAND: Frontline police are facing increasing levels of violence according to a new report, which points to interactions with gang members as a possible cause. Police have released the Annual Tactical Options Report [TOR] today, which provides an overview of what frontline police are facing and their tactics. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 5/9/2024 News Rank-and-file police to target Allan govt with ‘rapid escalation’ of industrial action designed to end ‘cycle of wage theft’ AUSTRALIA: The Victorian government is once again at war with all three emergency services with the Police Association planning a "rapid escalation" of industrial action. Sky News 5/9/2024 News ‘Sort this out’: police launch new action over pay deal AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police has called in the workplace umpire to settle a long-running pay dispute, as officers launch new industrial action. On Thursday morning, Victorian police officers began alerting motorists to speed camera locations, painting slogans on police cars and parking outside government buildings. The Border Mail 5/9/2024 News Queensland Police officers caught on recording mocking domestic violence survivor AUSTRALIA: An inquiry into the culture of the Queensland Police Service recommended an independent integrity unit almost two years ago. Queensland Police officers have been caught on tape, mocking and joking about a domestic violence survivor they were called to help. 7 News (Australia) 5/9/2024 News Police Commissioner Col Blanch forms committee to govern use of data-harvesting project AUSTRALIA: Intimate details of the lives of West Australians are being encoded and stored forever in a police “data lake” that is so invasive the force is creating an independent ethics committee to govern its use. Data from body-worn video, roadside traffic cameras, drone footage, mobile phone records, internet search histories and millions of evidence briefs and search warrants is being centralised and stockpiled in perpetuity so it can be trawled by future generations of detectives. The West Australian (Australia) 5/9/2024 News You have a voice – our campaign to help women and girls be heard We have launched a campaign – ‘You have a voice’ - to remind women and girls about their right to complain if they have ever been made to feel unsafe, uncomfortable, or dismissed by the police. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 5/9/2024 News North Wales Police to expand use of Live Facial Recognition A survey completed on behalf of the Information Commissioner in 2021 indicated that 82% of respondents indicated that they were in support of the Police using LFR. North Wales Police is set to expand its use of live facial recognition (LFR) at specific events across the region following its successful deployment earlier this year at Holyhead Port. Police Oracle 5/9/2024 News Met sergeant reduced in rank after inappropriate behaviour towards colleague Sergeant G was alleged to have made unwanted and unprofessional remarks towards a female colleague he line managed between May 2021 and early 2022. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 5/9/2024 News Hertfordshire Chief Constable announces retirement after 32 years service He is the longest serving chief constable currently heading up a UK force. Hertfordshire Constabulary Chief Constable, Charlie Hall, has announced his retirement after leading the force for eight years. He announced his retirement yesterday (4 September) and by the time he leaves at the end of the year, CC Hall will have completed more than 32 years service. Police Oracle 5/9/2024 Feature, Interview ‘Vancouver is not dying’: police chief speaks out in wake of stranger attacks CANADA: Officials were reassuring residents that B.C.’s biggest city is safe after a pair of “unprovoked stranger assaults” in downtown Vancouver that left one man dead and another with a severed hand on Wednesday morning Vernon Morning Star (Canada) 5/9/2024 News Suspect in deadly Vancouver stranger attacks was on probation: VPD chief CANADA: The suspect in a pair of “unprovoked stranger assaults” in downtown Vancouver that left one man dead and another with a severed hand on Wednesday morning was on probation for a 2023 assault and had 60 previous police interactions, Vancouver’s police chief said. Blue Line (Canada) 5/9/2024 News «682683684685686687688689690Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
