Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100546 total results. Showing results 14601 to 14620 «727728729730731732733734735Next ›Last » Police Scotland facing legal claim from officers over hearing loss Officers who suffered hearing damage during Bonfire Night chaos are preparing to take legal action after Police Scotland failed to provide them with adequate ear protection – despite having the equipment. The Herald (Scotland) 7/5/2024 News NSW Police to use metal detectors against knife violence AUSTRALIA: NSW Police will be given the power to scan people for knives in busy areas such as shopping centres and transport hubs as the Minns government tightens laws after a spate of high-profile stabbings, including the Bondi Junction attack and the Wakeley church assault. The new measures will target the possession of knives, particularly among young people, and will include a ban on selling knives to under-18s unless they need one for work or study. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - Subscription at source 7/5/2024 News Why didn’t WA’s program to counter violent extremism work? AUSTRALIA: The radicalised Perth 16-year-old who was shot dead after stabbing a stranger and lunging at a police officer was one of 141 people around the country taking part in federally funded de-radicalisation programs. WA Police Minister Paul Papalia revealed that nine of these participants were based in WA and five were juveniles – including the 16-year-old, who had been involved in the program since 2022. The Age (Australia) 7/5/2024 Feature Police inappropriately charged man falsely accused of sexual assault – IPCA NEW ZEALAND: An independent watchdog has found police inappropriately charged a man who was wrongly accused of attempting to sexually assault a woman viewing his rental property. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 7/5/2024 News Commissioner on bilateral visits NEW ZEALAND: Police Commissioner Andrew Coster is visiting China this week to engage in bilateral discussions on mutual areas of cooperation. New Zealand Police 7/5/2024 News New police tasers rolled out in South Island NEW ZEALAND: New and even more powerful tasers - which do not have cameras - are now in use in the Southern district and are being rolled out in Tasman. Police are spending $30 million replacing their old tasers, which have on-board cameras, with new Taser 10s, which do not have cameras. Star News (New Zealand) 7/5/2024 News Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 7/5/2024 News PCC elections 2024: After the blue wave, it’s the red tide – but voter apathy is still a worry With the major media focus and political campaigning around the local council and mayoral elections last week, the police and crime commissioner (PCC) elections which were running in tandem slipped past largely unnoticed outside policing circles; Policing Insight’s Ian Wiggett looks at the significant ‘red tide’ that replaced 2021’s ‘blue wave’, as well as the challenges facing the new office holders, and the concerns over low voter turnout. Policing Insight - Registration at source 7/5/2024 Analysis, Feature, UK PCC Elections Majority verdicts facilitated 56 miscarriages of justice in England and Wales, charity says Report calls for reintroduction of jury unanimity to safeguard against wrongful criminal convictions The Guardian 7/5/2024 News Police adopt scheme to find missing veterans A second police force has introduced a scheme to help officers find veterans who have gone missing. BBC 7/5/2024 News Police fail to solve 600 burglaries a day in England and Wales despite pledge to respond to all incidents Police failed to solve more than 215,000 burglaries last year despite a pledge to send officers to all incidents, analysis shows. Mail Online 7/5/2024 News NSW police to get ‘wanding’ powers to search for knives with no warrant or suspicion under proposed changes AUSTRALIA: Police in New South Wales will be able to "wand" anyone in designated areas for a weapon, under a state government proposal to combat knife crime. ABC News (Australia) 7/5/2024 News Queensland Police Service’s major multi-level Operation swoops into South Brisbane AUSTRALIA: The Queensland Police Service’s major multi-level Operation has landed in Brisbane’s south this week after multiple successful deployments to the Gold Coast, Logan and Ipswich over the past month. myPolice - Queensland Police News 7/5/2024 News New tasers with no cameras rolled out in Southern district NEW ZEALAND: New, more powerful tasers - which do not have a camera - are now in use in the Southern district and are being rolled out in Tasman. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 7/5/2024 News Performance Delivery Agreement 2024 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The purpose of this Agreement is to define, in the context of the resource inputs provided, the targets by which the performance of the Policing Authority will be measured in 2024. [pdf] Policing Authority (Republic of Ireland) 7/5/2024 Report College of Policing DCEO Maggie Blyth: Turning strategic intent into operational delivery In our third episode, focusing on the critical work of the College of Policing, Jason Harwin, Former Lincolnshire Police Deputy Chief Constable, talks with the Deputy Chief Executive Maggie Blyth. Maggie shares her career journey to joining the College in November 2023 and talks about the role and priorities of the College and how it is supporting the service and particularly operational policing. PolicingTV 7/5/2024 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Inadequate investigation into an alleged sexual assault NEW ZEALAND: The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found a man was inappropriately charged with a serious sexual assault arising from events in Auckland in October 2019, as a result of an inadequate Police investigation. Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) (New Zealand) 7/5/2024 Report NSW police to be given powers to search people for knives with no warrant under new proposal AUSTRALIA: "Wanding" laws already in place in Queensland will be introduced in NSW allowing police to search for knives without a warrant in transport hubs and shopping centres. SBS News (Australia) 7/5/2024 News UK police have used PimEyes facial recognition search tool over 2000 times FOI request reveals unregulated use, but purpose for accessing site remains unclear BiometricUpdate.com 6/5/2024 News Significant Garda presence as anti-immigration protestors take to streets REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A large crowd of demonstrators gathered in Dublin on Monday for a protest about immigration with a significant Garda presence. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 6/5/2024 News «727728729730731732733734735Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
