Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 94566 total results. Showing results 1441 to 1460 «697071727374757677Next ›Last » ‘Staggering’ that over one million police days lost to absence in four years A total of 1,020,930 working days have been lost since 2020 due to staff absence, with 200,000 lost every 12 months between April 2020 and April this year. Police Scotland has lost more than one million days to staff absence in the past four years, according to new figures. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/10/2024 News Government takes Data Bill to Parliament The UK Government has introduced the Data Use and Access Bill to Parliament, highlighting its potential to improve public services. UKAuthority.com 24/10/2024 News Gangs recruit skilled drone pilots to fly drugs and even ketchup into UK prisons Police say specialists headhunted for lucrative missions, sometimes delivering several kilograms at a time The Guardian 24/10/2024 News County council calls for better police funding A county council has unanimously approved a motion that called for fairer police funding for the area and raised awareness of domestic abuse. BBC 24/10/2024 News NSW Police are strip searching around 100 civilians at public train stations annually AUSTRALIA: New South Wales police officers accompanied by drug detection dogs randomly searching commuters at train stations have been part of life in Sydney since NSW parliament passed laws coming into effect in February 2002, that permitted the warrantless use of sniffer dogs where trains, light rail and buses are boarded, along with licenced premises and events, such as sports games and festivals. Sydney Criminal Lawyers 24/10/2024 News A Police Response Effort Index to complement counts and harm indices in understanding crime and policing demand Responding to crime and non-crime policing demand in the increasingly complex policing environment calls for increasingly nuanced means of measuring demand. Complementing traditional crime counts, the recent development of crime harm indices provides one such means, whereby crimes are weighted by estimates of their harm or severity. Analysis using crime harm indices has shown that high harm victims, offenders, locations and times differ from the people and places that unweighted crime counts would highlight as a priority for police resource. However, crime harm indices apply only to crime, so they cannot be used to analyse both crime and non-crime demand, and harm is but one way of differentiating demand types. We therefore present an additional, complementary tool: the Police Response Effort Index (PREI). The PREI provides values for weighting crime and non-crime demand types by the amount of effort (time) typically involved during police’s initial response. It enables police to make decisions and target interventions with a more nuanced understanding of when, where and on whom police effort concentrates. This paper describes the development of the New Zealand PREI, providing a potential template for other jurisdictions. Crime Science Journal 24/10/2024 Research article Police officer who pinged colleague’s bra keeps job A police constable who pinged a colleague’s bra and told another "you can sit on my face" has been allowed to keep his job, despite causing "psychological harm". BBC 24/10/2024 News Jacinta Allan confronted by Victorian police officer over ‘demoralising’ pay dispute with cops while taking listener calls on Nova’s Jase and Lauren show AUSTRALIA: The Victorian Premier has been challenged by a police officer over a "demoralising" pay dispute while she was taking listener calls on a radio show. Sky News 24/10/2024 News Police reopen Wimbledon school crash investigation The Metropolitan Police is to carry out a new investigation into the Wimbledon school crash in order to further examine a number of lines of inquiry. BBC 24/10/2024 News Police Minister rejects claim police raid on gangs ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ NEW ZEALAND: Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi's description of a police raid on gangs in the east Coast on Wednesday "state-sponsored terrorism" was ridiculous, Police Minister Mark Mitchell says. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 24/10/2024 News Custody Inspection Report – Argyll and West Dunbartonshire During the course of 2022, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) and Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) collaborated on a baseline review of the provision of healthcare services to police custody centres across Scotland. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) 24/10/2024 Report Balancing TASER’s less-lethal protection success with racial disproportionality concerns and mental health risks In the first of a two-part feature marking the 30th anniversary of police use of TASER, Policing Insight’s James Sweetland explores the global growth of this tool, what it offers policing, and concerns about racial disproportionality and use in mental health incidents – drawing on interviews with National Police Chiefs’ Council less-lethal weapons lead Chief Constable Lucy D’Orsi, Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Barber, and others. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 24/10/2024 Analysis, Feature Police custody in Argyll and West Dunbartonshire inspected Disparity in the standard of healthcare provided by two different health boards for those held in police custody within the same police division, have been highlighted in a new report published today. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) 24/10/2024 News Home Secretary announces changes to police accountability standards The Home Secretary has announced a number of changes to police accountability standards that are designed to instill greater confidence in both the public and officers. Emergency Services Times 24/10/2024 News Police budget blowout won’t affect front line: premier AUSTRALIA: A bungled lease has caused a $116 million Queensland Police budget blowout, sparking an investigation ahead of the state election. But Premier Steven Miles says the "unacceptable" gaffe will not affect frontline services amid what the opposition has called a youth crime "crisis". The Canberra Times (Australia) 24/10/2024 News Investigation into Police conduct prior to fleeing driver crash that killed Zara Mitchell NEW ZEALAND: The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police breached aspects of the Fleeing Driver Policy when they pursued a car that crashed and killed a back seat passenger on 17 September 2023. However, their actions were not the cause of the crash. Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) (New Zealand) 24/10/2024 Report Police Minister rejects claim police raid on gangs ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ NEW ZEALAND: Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi's description of a police raid on gangs in the east Coast on Wednesday "state-sponsored terrorism" was ridiculous, Police Minister Mark Mitchell says. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 24/10/2024 News ‘CCTV is ubiquitous’ – Police cleared to tap into private cameras NEW ZEALAND: Police have been given the legal clearance to continue tapping into private cameras more than 200,000 times a year for evidence. In newly released rulings, judges knocked back several legal challenges that had argued that it should be inadmissible to rely on the number-plate-identifying cameras. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 24/10/2024 News Officers failed to follow policy but did not cause fatal crash – police watchdog NEW ZEALAND: Officers did not follow aspects of their fleeing driver policy before a fatal crash in Canterbury, but their actions did not cause it, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has found. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 24/10/2024 News PSA President Nick Smart on the future of policing and the wellbeing of superintendents The President of the Police Superintendent's Association (PSA), Nick Smart, discusses his goals for the next three years, which include focusing on the future of policing and the wellbeing of superintendents. He emphasizes the need to meet the needs of younger officers joining the ranks and to ensure consistent wellbeing support across all forces. Nick also highlights the importance of clarity from the government on the priorities for policing and the need for investment in finances and staff. The conference provides an opportunity for senior operational leaders to hear directly from government officials and discuss the strategic direction of the police service. PolicingTV 24/10/2024 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video «697071727374757677Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
