Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97211 total results. Showing results 1381 to 1400 «666768697071727374Next ›Last » Government urged to adopt drug policy integrating police, health and community – but legalisation ruled out A new report from the Centre for Social Justice is calling on the UK Government to rethink its drug policy and focus on an approach which integrates law enforcement, public health and community support to tackle a crisis of “unprecedented proportions”; but the report also warns that experiences in other countries suggest legalisation is not the answer, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/1/2025 Analysis, Feature Terror in New Orleans: Police hunt for clues about how ISIS-inspired suspect could plow into crowd killing 15 USA: At least 35 injured as a driver – identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US citizen – plowed his truck into a crowd celebrating New Year before firing a weapon. The FBI is now investigating the mass casualty event as an act of terrorism. The Independent 2/1/2025 News Almost half of Britons now have no confidence police will turn up to reports of burglary or car theft, new figures show Almost half of Britons don't have confidence in the police to turn up if their home was burgled, a shocking new poll has revealed. Some 46 per cent of adults have given up on the idea of a home burglary being properly investigated, with 49 per cent saying the same for car thefts. The issue is even worse with pensioners, with 54 per cent of those aged 65 or older expressing a lack of confidence in officers attending their property. Mail Online 2/1/2025 News Half of public believe police would not turn up to burglary Poll reveals lack of confidence in the force is particularly high in those aged 65 or over The Telegraph - Subscription at source 2/1/2025 News PFEW seeking legal action against unfair new vetting rules for police officers The Police Federation of England & Wales (PFEW) is exploring legal action to stop new vetting rules which it says will unfairly destroy the careers of good police officers. The Federation says that, while it supports a tightening of the current vetting regime, following the cases of Wayne Couzens and David Carrick, it wants the system backed by government regulation and an independent process. Emergency Services Times 2/1/2025 News Plans to use second homes tax on police patrols Devon and Cornwall's police and crime commissioner (PCC) is to review an idea of using tax windfalls from second homes to increase high-visibility patrols. BBC 2/1/2025 News Police leader champions mental health supports CANADA: York Regional Police saw thousands of calls for service related to mental health in 2023. Bradford Today (Canada) 2/1/2025 News Design flaw leaves most vulnerable policewomen exposed to attack AUSTRALIA: Hundreds of petite frontline female Queensland police officers are less protected than thousands of their colleagues issued with new protective vests. The Courier Mail (Australia) - Subscription at source 2/1/2025 News Delays for new vests leave female QPS officers less protected AUSTRALIA: Hundreds of frontline female police officers are less protected than their colleagues due to delays in getting custom-made protective vests. The Age (Australia) - Subscription at source 2/1/2025 News, Video ‘A man exposed himself to me on a video call – police didn’t properly investigate’ In October, business coach Rebecca Amin opened her laptop to join a video call as her children played in the room next door. When her male client turned on his camera Rebecca was shocked to find he was standing naked from the waist down. BBC 2/1/2025 News New Zealand police officers lost in the line of duty: Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming marks the 34th NEW ZEALAND: The death of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming in the early hours of New Year’s Day marks the 34th police officer to be killed in the line of duty. Fleming, 62, had been a policewoman for 38 years. She is the first police officer killed on the front line in the Nelson area, and the first policewoman killed on the job in New Zealand. Fleming was critically injured with her colleague, Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay, while on foot patrol in Nelson’s central city. Ramsay underwent surgery yesterday afternoon. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 2/1/2025 Feature WA Police de-radicalisation program to be assessed after 16-year-old Perth boy, James, stabs member of public AUSTRALIA: WA Police has ordered an evaluation of a de-radicalisation program that was thrust in the spotlight after officers fatally shot one of its participants. The West Australian (Australia) - Subscription at source 1/1/2025 News Road deaths fall by 4% in 2024 compared to previous year REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The number of people killed on Ireland's roads last year fell by 4% when compared to the figure for 2023. A total of 174 people died in 160 fatal collisions in 2024, compared to 181 deaths in 170 collisions in 2023, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) said. This represents a decrease of seven deaths, or a 4% drop, in road fatalities compared to 2023. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 1/1/2025 News Cognitions and emotions about child sexual abuse (CECSA): development of a self-Report measure to predict bias in child sexual abuse investigation A biased mindset can foster confirmatory reasoning and suggestive questioning when adults talk to children about abuse suspicions in child-protection, healthcare, educational or investigative settings. We developed a self-report instrument on Cognitions and Emotions about Child Sexual Abuse (CECSA) that may predict individual propensity for a bias toward the abuse hypothesis. Three subscales, 23 items in total, were created in a sample of 801 students of human sciences via exploratory factor analysis and Ant Colony Optimization. The ‘Naive Confidence’ subscale reflects overestimating one's ability to recognize abused children and overestimating the accuracy of children’s abuse reports, the ‘Emotional Reactivity’ subscale measures the intensity of one's emotional reactions towards the topic of child sexual abuse (CSA), and the ‘Justice System Distrust’ subscale covers distrusting the justice system’s ability to prosecute CSA. The CECSA showed adequate model fit and good internal consistencies. Correlations with other self-report measures demonstrated convergent validity. All subscales predicted biased evaluations towards the abuse hypothesis in scenarios of children displaying unspecific behavioral problems. Given context-specific validations, the CECSA may be used to evaluate training programs or to assess training needs of professionals who talk to children about CSA suspicions. Psychology Crime and Law 1/1/2025 Research article Cops abandoned four unsolved crimes every minute last year – as Labour accuse Tories of gutting neighbourhood policing To combat struggles, Labour has pledged to recruit an extra 13,000 neighborhood police officers The Sun 1/1/2025 News Fury as 1 in 4 police forces let officers carry multiple warrant cards to reflect different genders – while dozens of forces allow biological men to use the women’s facilities Police forces are allowing trans officers to carry multiple warrant cards depending on the gender they choose on a given day. At least 11 forces in England and Wales use the policy, blasted as dangerous by women's groups. Trans officers can receive two warrant cards, or more if they are 'gender fluid'. Mail Online 1/1/2025 News Looking back at 2024 with outgoing Edmonton Police Service Chief Dale McFee CANADA: Edmonton Police Service Chief Dale McFee will hand in his badge in 2025 as he accepts a top job with the Alberta government. Earlier this month, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced she’s hired McFee to be her new top bureaucrat. Starting early next year, McFee is to be deputy minister of executive council and head of the Alberta Public Service. Before that, he sat down with Erik Bay to look back at his career with EPS and his legacy. Global News (Canada) 1/1/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Wildlife trafficking reaches ‘catastrophic’ new high in Qld AUSTRALIA: Crime Stoppers Queensland have revealed anonymous reports about wildlife trafficking, including critically endangered reptiles, have doubled in the past two years. The Courier Mail (Australia) - Subscription at source 1/1/2025 News Frustration in ranks of Queensland Police after roster ‘trial’ announced AUSTRALIA: There is frustration in the ranks of Queensland Police following a decision to overhaul rosters on the Gold Coast. 9News can reveal a trial will begin in January, combining all the coast's stations onto a single roster - but officers fear the new system may worsen burnout. "One hundred per cent, police on the Gold Coast are feeling burnt out," Gold Coast Chief Superintendent Craig Hanlon said. 9 News (Australia) 1/1/2025 News Police officer dies from injuries in Nelson, commissioner confirms NEW ZEALAND: The Nelson police officer who died today after being hit by a vehicle in Nelson is "very much loved" by her fellow officers, says the local commander. Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming died from injuries suffered when she was one of two officers struck by a vehicle in Nelson's Buxton Square in the early hours of New Year's Day. Her colleague Adam Ramsey remains in hospital. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 1/1/2025 News «666768697071727374Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
