Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115311 total results. Showing results 13781 to 13800 «686687688689690691692693694Next ›Last » Police occupational hazards and insecurity of police officers in Nigeria This paper examined police occupational hazards and insecurity in Nigeria. The paper highlighted the dangerous nature of police work as it specifically relates to mortality level in the line of duty, risky job descriptions, and experiences about hazards associated with the work. Human factor theory was used to explain the paper as it relates to work environment, hazards, or injuries. The study adopted cross-sectional survey design. Purposive and accidental sampling processes were used to select 528 police personnel across ranks. Instruments used were questionnaire which was self-administered within a period of 8 weeks. Leading questions veer toward police officers’ mortality in the line of duty, levels of insecurity faced by policemen on their job, hazardous aspects of police duties, and nature of police checkpoints in Nigeria. Findings from the study showed that killing of policemen in the line of duty is high—over 75% of the officers knew at least three of their colleagues who had been killed in line of duty. Checkpoints guarding of banks and orderly functions were found to have the highest risk exposure to hazards and death. The paper suggests the procurement of adequate sophisticated weapons, safety equipment, life insurance, and adequate welfare packages as remedies. Journal of Interpersonal Violence - Subscription at source 22/5/2025 Research article Real policing cannot be delivered by officers sitting at a laptop SOCIAL media can be a real boon, with individuals connecting in useful or entertaining ways that would have been unimaginable twenty years ago. Mail Online - Subscription at source 22/5/2025 Feature, Opinion Spies, lies and betrayal: my ruinous relationship with an undercover cop He was the first partner Kate Wilson ever moved in with; they were together for 16 months, and friends for years afterwards. Then she found out he had been spying on her all along The Guardian 22/5/2025 Feature, Interview Chief constables warned of escalating number of police suicides The escalating number of police officers who are taking their own lives – and the importance of providing colleagues better support – was raised with the head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) this week as part of the Suicide Trauma Education Prevention (STEP) campaign. Police Professional 22/5/2025 News Police force taken out of special measures Improvements at Nottinghamshire Police have led to the force being taken out of special measures by a watchdog. BBC 22/5/2025 News Ex-police inspector admits making child sex images A former Humberside Police inspector has pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs of children. BBC 22/5/2025 News Victoria Police Launches New 25-week Training Program AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police is introducing a new 25-week academy training program that best prepares officers for the realities of the job. Victoria Police initiated a review of its foundation training program in June 2023. Mirage News 22/5/2025 News Police funding boost more than union expected, but ‘devil will be in the detail’ NEW ZEALAND: The centrepiece of Budget 2025 for a ‘tough on crime’ Government is its $480m funding boost for frontline police, which even the police union boss says was more than he was expecting. The Post (New Zealand) 22/5/2025 News ACT Policing must have consequences, independent oversight following treatment of Aboriginal boy – ALS AUSTRALIA: The Aboriginal Legal Service has welcomed judicial condemnation of the "unacceptable and deeply concerning treatment" of one of the agency's young clients in ACT police custody. National Indigenous Times (NIT) (Australia) 22/5/2025 News New police search guidance issued by NPCC to all forces following Supreme Court decision Police strip searches and searches in custody should be carried out by officers of the same biological sex as those being searched, new police guidance states. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/5/2025 News Officer who used PAVA on amputee, 92, did not see he was disabled, court told The court heard both officers repeatedly asked Mr Burgess to drop the knife after they were called to the care home to deal with him. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/5/2025 News National Black Police Association chair ‘vindicated’ over social media post Andy George, the head of the National Black Police Association, said he has been "vindicated" after an investigation into a social media post he made. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/5/2025 News 2SLGBTQIA+ community targeted in nearly half of police-reported hate crimes last year CANADA: The Thunder Bay Police Service Board received the statistics at its May meeting. TB News Watch (Canada) 22/5/2025 News 2024 Toronto Police annual Hate Crime Report shows 19 per cent increase in reported hate crimes CANADA: The Toronto Police Service presented its 2024 Annual Hate Crime Statistical Report to the Toronto Police Service Board on May 14, highlighting an 84 per cent increase in the number of individuals charged with hate-motivated offences compared to the year before. Blue Line (Canada) 22/5/2025 News West Grey Police Service Board announces appointment of Chief Designate Jeremy White CANADA: The West Grey Police Service Board has announced the appointment of Jeremy White as the future chief of police for the West Grey Police Service. Blue Line (Canada) 22/5/2025 News Mayorstone Park Garda Station to reduce opening hours REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda Press Office says it will allow for more visibility of gardaí on the streets. Limerick Live (Republic of Ireland) 22/5/2025 News Garda Community Engagement taking place in a number of towns in Laois REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Community Engagement Van is rolling into Portarlington, Stradbally, Portlaoise and Mountrath. Leinster Express (Republic of Ireland) 22/5/2025 News Forces urged to embrace technology like ‘never before’ to deliver Safer Streets Mission Police forces across England and Wales have been urged by Chief Constable Rob Carden, Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Digital, Data and Technology Co-ordination Committee, to “embrace technology in a way we’ve never done before”, to ensure they can play their part in delivering the Government’s “very ambitious” Safer Streets Mission, as Policing Insight’s Keith Potter reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/5/2025 Analysis, Feature, Innovation What Makes a Place Safe? Assessing AI-Generated Safety Perception Scores Using Stockholm’s Street View Images This article investigates what causes an urban environment to be perceived as safe using Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, as the study area. The study integrates AI-generated safety scores from street view images, image segmentation techniques and conventional and crowdsourced data using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and regression models. After accounting for income, crime and other area characteristics, the models reveal that areas with lower safety scores primarily consist of areas with a relatively large percentage of roads in industrial and/or interstitial mixed residential areas. Conversely, higher safety scores are found in large but distinct combinations of buildings, vegetation and open sky, from detached single-family housing to inner city high-density built areas. To enhance safety in an area, good contextual knowledge of the area is fundamental to prioritize interventions in interstitial mixed residential zones where roads and highways may be the dominant feature The British Journal of Criminology 22/5/2025 Research article Fuel theft soars as organised crime hits the forecourts Almost £7m of fuel has been stolen from petrol stations in the past five years — but 95 per cent of cases are dropped with no suspect being identified The Times - Subscription at source 22/5/2025 News «686687688689690691692693694Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
