Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100376 total results. Showing results 1501 to 1520 «727374757677787980Next ›Last » PIRC recommendations to Police Scotland after firearms used to dispatch XL Bully dogs The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found grounds for improvement after investigating police use of firearms to dispatch two XL Bully dogs. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News US and Canadian officers study matchday operations at Police Scotland ahead of World Cup American and Canadian law enforcement officials visited Police Scotland for learning ahead of the World Cup being held there next year. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News Judge won’t review case involving Edmonton officer who kicked teen’s head like a soccer ball CANADA: An Alberta judge won’t review the Crown’s decision not to charge an Edmonton police officer who kicked an Indigenous teenager five years ago. Blue Line (Canada) 20/3/2025 News Welsh police, fire and ambulance pledge new approach to bereaved and survivors of public tragedies Organisations across Wales have signed a charter which commits them to responding to public tragedies with openness, transparency and accountability. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News More than 860 uninsured vehicles seized by City of London Police in 2024 City of London Police seized more than 860 uninsured vehicles across the region between January and December last year. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News Montreal adds police patrols, limits loitering to boost sense of security in metro CANADA: Montreal’s metro system will see more police patrols and a crackdown on loitering, transit officials said Thursday, citing the fact the network has become a last-resort shelter for people struggling with drug addiction and mental illness. Blue Line (Canada) 20/3/2025 News Police appeal to public to help identify summer disorder suspects A national policing operation is working with the BBC’s Crimewatch Live to help identify those suspected of committing criminal offences during last summer’s disorder. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News Gene Bowers officially sworn in as chief of police for the Winnipeg Police Service CANADA: The Winnipeg Police Board and the Winnipeg Police Service announce the official swearing-in of Gene Bowers as the 19th Chief of Police in Winnipeg’s history. Blue Line (Canada) 20/3/2025 News Garda entry standards slashed amid legal concerns over ‘Direct Discrimination REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Documents seen by Gript show that the physical fitness test required to join An Garda Síochána was significantly changed based, in part, on internal concerns that the then-existing test, which held men and women to different targets, “contains elements that may be open to legal challenge under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 – 2015.” Gript (Republic of Ireland) 20/3/2025 News 422 arrests and £7.5m seized in national crackdown on fraud More than 420 people have been arrested and cash and assets worth £7.5 million seized in a UK-wide crackdown on fraud. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News CPS and Northamptonshire Police issue charging statement on death of Harshita Brella The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Northamptonshire Police have issued a joint statement regarding the investigation into the death of Harshita Brella in November 2024. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News NCA launches online campaign to tackle ‘sextortion’ among teenage boys The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a campaign to combat the threat posed to teenage boys by financially motivated sexual extortion – a type of online blackmail widely known as ‘sextortion’. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News Social Protection officials may be allowed to sit in on Garda interviews in welfare fraud investigations REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Dara Calleary looking at legislation on this issue on foot of recommendations of review group on economic crime. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 20/3/2025 News Police officer pleads guilty to non-fatal strangulation A police officer has pleaded guilty to a charge of non-fatal strangulation. BBC 20/3/2025 News Government insists garda recruits are fully vetted REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Government has insisted garda recruits are being fully vetted, amid accusations from the Opposition that the vetting process has been watered down to increase recruitment numbers. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 20/3/2025 News SYP Hotspot Response Hub: Reflecting on successes of driving down violent crime and antisocial behaviour As one of the first 10 forces selected for a hotspot policing pilot targeting serious violence and antisocial behaviour, South Yorkshire Police has been implementing the approach in a number of operations over the past two and half years; Acting Inspector Simon Kirkham of the force’s Hotspot Response Hub reflects on some of those initiatives (including the most recent winter violence campaign), how the hotspot team is trained and operates, and the successes it has achieved. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 20/3/2025 Analysis, Feature, Innovation Ideology is at the heart of terrorism, says extremism tsar A study of 100 of the UK’s worst terrorists warns against widening the definition to encompass attackers who act for the sake of violence The Times - Subscription at source 20/3/2025 News AI to free up thousands of police hours and cut court backlogs Artificial intelligence and cuts to red tape will free up hundreds of thousands of hours wasted by police and prosecutors on their legal duty to disclose evidence to the defence. Ministers are expected to accept the sweeping recommendations of a review that has warned that some fraud cases require so much paperwork that, were it printed, the sheets would stack higher than the Shard in London, the tallest building in Western Europe. The Times - Subscription at source 20/3/2025 News NHS and police urged to collect accurate data on biological sex The Sullivan Review looked at how interchangeable use of biological sex and gender identity has affected health boards, rape crisis services and police in Scotland The Times - Subscription at source 20/3/2025 News Frustration over Gloucestershire police crime map ‘mismatch’ There concerns a Gloucestershire police map which shows where crime incidents are reported doesn’t tally with the maps used by local councils. Councillors say this makes it difficult for them to understand the impact of crime on the specific areas they represent. And the issue is causing great frustration to the police staff who have to collate the data. Cheltenham Borough Councillor Victoria Atherstone (LD, St Peter’s) raised the issue at the most recent police and crime panel meeting at Shire Hall. Gloucestershire Live 20/3/2025 News «727374757677787980Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
