Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 105018 total results. Showing results 121 to 140 «34567891011Next ›Last » Facial recognition cameras too racially biased to use at Notting Hill carnival, say campaigners Letter to the Met says technology ‘unfairly targets community that carnival exists to celebrate’. The Met commissioner should scrap plans to deploy live facial recognition (LFR) at next weekend’s Notting Hill carnival because the technology is riven with “racial bias” and subject to a legal challenge, 11 civil liberty and anti-racist groups have demanded. The Guardian 16/8/2025 News Shoplifters feel they can rob with impunity, police chief says Police and crime commissioner for Sussex Katy Bourne called for more ‘meaningful criminal justice measures’. The Independent 16/8/2025 News When it comes to weapons on Australian streets, do our perceptions match reality? Recent horrific events and the accompanying media headlines have led some to believe Australia is in the grip of a knife crime epidemic; in this final article in a series from The Conversation on weapons and violence in Australia, Bond University Associate Professor Terry Goldsworthy explores the statistics around violent crime and weapons offences across Australia, and how the public perception in some quarters of a significant rise in crime is not reflected by the data. Policing Insight 16/8/2025 Analysis, Feature, Opinion Police use new DNA tech to re-examine death of 6-year-old, 45 years on NEW ZEALAND: Police have announced they are continuing to examine new evidence and to use a forensic tool in the hopes of solving the murder of six-year-old Alicia O'Reilly, who was killed in Auckland 45 years ago. A police statement on Saturday said O'Reilly was raped and was killed at her Canal Road home in the suburb of Avondale, early on 16 August 1980. At this stage nobody has been convicted for her death. O'Reilly's case was reopened in 2020 and the investigation dubbed Operation Sturbridge. In a statement, Detective Inspector Scott Beard said on Saturday that a DNA sample had been obtained which police hope could provide leads. Police are also working with a new technology, trailing an Investigative Genetic Genealogy tool, he said. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 16/8/2025 News Police chief challenged over Palestine protest policing The Chief Constable of Police Scotland has been challenged over the force’s approach to policing pro-Palestine protests, after more than 500 arrests were made in London last weekend under terrorism laws. Scottish LibDems leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has written to Jo Farrell, asking how Police Scotland intends to navigate tensions between “free speech, policing by consent and proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act”. The average age of protesters arrested at last weekend’s Parliament Square demonstration was reportedly 54, an estimated 112 of those arrested being above the age of 70. The National 16/8/2025 News Stalking victim says UK police did not take her ‘years of hell’ seriously A travel influencer stalked by a British man who travelled to her Indonesian home and threatened to kidnap her has strongly criticised police over the way her case was handled. Alexandra Saper, who is from the US, said authorities in the UK and Indonesia did not initially take her “two and a half years of hell” seriously and she was told by one British police officer to quit social media. The Guardian 15/8/2025 News Six days without a report of crime: How police are ‘problem-solving’ offending in Woking town centre Not a single crime was reported in Woking town centre for six days in a row this summer as police use data to ‘problem-solve’ offending. Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend said the Force is turning the tide on criminals with “back-to-basics” policing – a key priority in her Police and Crime Plan. Surrey OPCC 15/8/2025 News No point arresting shoplifters when courts set them free, says policing chief Katy Bourne tells The Telegraph it is ‘madness’ how many times thieves have to be detained before ending up behind bars The Telegraph - Subscription at source 15/8/2025 News UK rights watchdog warns against ‘heavy-handed’ policing of Gaza protests The UK’s official human rights watchdog has written to ministers and police expressing concern at a potentially “heavy-handed” approach to protests about Gaza and urging clearer guidance for officers in enforcing the law. The Guardian 15/8/2025 News Hamilton police sergeant charged with assault after ‘domestic incident’ in 2022, 2023: police CANADA: A 17-year member of the Hamilton Police Service has been charged, police said, in connection with two domestic incidents in 2022 and 2023. Police said in a news release on Friday the 46-year-old sergeant was charged with assault level one and mischief under $5,000. CBC News (Canada) 15/8/2025 News Police Scotland constable who can’t work in cold weather awarded £43k A police constable has been awarded £43,000 after she was found to have been victimised by her boss over her inability to work in cold weather. Rob Moss takes an in-depth look at a case that includes reasonable adjustments, protected acts and detriments, and a claim for direct disability discrimination that was dismissed. Personnel Today 15/8/2025 Feature No grounds for charges against Toronto officers after teen fatally shot: SIU CANADA: The Special Investigations Unit has concluded that there “are no reasonable grounds to believe” either officer committed a criminal offence in the death of a 16-year-old boy following an exchange of gunfire with police. Global News (Canada) 15/8/2025 News Can policing learn from the Rogue Heroes? The story of the Special Air Service (SAS), entertainingly told (with some creative licence) in the BBC SAS Rogue Heroes drama series, highlights the impact of embracing the unorthodox and encouraging innovative and analytical ideals when traditional approaches are not succeeding; Jonathan Jackson, Associate Professor of Policing and Investigation at Leeds Trinity University, believes policing in the UK would do well to learn from those approaches in tackling some of the current complex challenges. Policing Insight - Registration at source 15/8/2025 Analysis, Feature, Opinion ‘Organised crime is organised. We are not’, ministers told NEW ZEALAND: A ministerial advisory group is calling for a nationwide information sharing network, or "data lake", along with a new sharing framework to help combat organised crime. The group says government agencies typically avoid the risk of sharing secure data, but a more proactive sharing approach could help target crime groups. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/8/2025 News Former police officer describes how police are trained to respond to ‘frightening’ threats NEW ZEALAND: The officer who shot and killed a woman brandishing a hunting knife will have had a split second to react in a "frightening" scenario, a former top police negotiator says. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/8/2025 News Cops sound alarm over fears DV support is set to be axed AUSTRALIA: The halt of a promising domestic violence support program, where social workers work alongside SA Police, has sparked concerns of a permanent shutdown. The Advertiser (Australia) 15/8/2025 News Simon Jones murder case faces lengthy delay due to DNA lab backlog AUSTRALIA: The case against a Darling Downs man charged with the murder of his mother-in-law faces ongoing extensive delays in the wake of a Queensland DNA lab scandal. ABC News (Australia) 15/8/2025 News NSW Police watchdog to investigate officers’ response to Lindy Lucena’s fatal bashing AUSTRALIA: The NSW Police watchdog will hold an investigation into the conduct of officers who took almost an hour to respond on the night Lindy Lucena was killed by her abusive partner, following an ABC investigation. The decision by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) comes after the ABC revealed NSW Police's delay in responding to a triple-0 call about a man "bashing" a woman where Ms Lucena's body was later found. ABC News (Australia) 15/8/2025 News ‘We can do better’: Indigenous people overrepresented in B.C. police watchdog cases CANADA: The head of British Columbia's police watchdog says Indigenous people remain overrepresented in its investigations of incidents involving officers in which someone is seriously injured or killed. North Shore News (Canada) 15/8/2025 News Drug kingpin who ran £26m empire brought down by encrypted messages Jamie Rothwell directed violence against rivals while posting selfies on EncroChat, an encrypted phone network. But the police were reading everything he sent The Times - Subscription at source 15/8/2025 Feature «34567891011Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
