Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104893 total results. Showing results 15701 to 15720 «782783784785786787788789790Next ›Last » ‘Ground breaking’ partnership sees NCA use banking data to tackle organised crime This public-private partnership sees participating banks provide the NCA with account data indicative of potential criminality, with any intelligence outputs informing the agency's investigative work. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/7/2024 News Eight GMP officers suspended following report of alleged racial discrimination The suspensions are not related the incident at Manchester Airport which saw a GMP officer suspended after video footage appeared to show a man being kicked and stamped on the head. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/7/2024 News Ottawa police to get air support against car thefts, stunt driving CANADA: The province is spending $134M on 5 new police helicopters CBC News (Canada) 30/7/2024 News Ontario invests $134M to expand joint air support unit CANADA: The Ontario government is investing $134 million to purchase five new police helicopters for use in the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa, to fight against car thieves and organized crime. Blue Line (Canada) 30/7/2024 News How the Police and Armed Forces Construct Gender on Social Media: A Comparison of El Salvador and Honduras Although social media is the new frontier for policing, little research has examined how state security forces construct gender online. To address this gap, we analyzed 315 TikTok videos posted by law enforcement agencies in El Salvador and Honduras. We find that gender is constructed by (1) showcasing (or not) female officers; (2) displaying masculinized and feminized policing practices; (3) advancing gendered ideas through editorial additions. We further find that gendered performances by police vary between the “iron-fist” regime of El Salvador and the “soft-touch” regime in Honduras, while the armed forces of both countries adopt more gender-neutral images. Feminist Criminology - Subscription at source 30/7/2024 Research article Statement from the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons CANADA: Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, issued the following statement: Public Safety Canada 30/7/2024 News Prison officer’s home targeted in ‘extremely sinister’ arson attack REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí are investigating an arson attack at the home of a prison officer. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 30/7/2024 News Drink driving conviction correctly quashed due to garda’s technical error, Supreme Court rules REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Majority of five-judge panel agreed that court bound by 2014 'letter of the law' decision. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 30/7/2024 News Putting technology at the heart of preventing and responding to rural crime From advanced surveillance and data analytics to facial recognition and collars that can detect ‘anti-predation’ behaviour in farm animals sparked by the actions of livestock thieves, a recent online roundtable involving policing, academic and farming stakeholders highlighted the importance of agricultural technology – coupled with traditional policing methods – in tackling rural crime, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 30/7/2024 Analysis, Feature, Innovation Fears for public safety over shortage of 1,500 Scotland Yard officers Pay review body warns of challenges Met Police faces in attracting candidates of ‘the right calibre’ in the numbers to cover shortfall The Telegraph - Subscription at source 30/7/2024 News Calls for Police Scotland to review Non Hate Crime Incidents Police Scotland has been urged to review thousands of Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCHI) recorded over the years, with politicians and academics warning that the force’s records could be unlawful. Until May this year, NCHIs were recorded as a matter of course whenever a hate crime was reported, but where the alleged offence did not meet the threshold for criminality. The Herald (Scotland) 30/7/2024 News Coronial inquest into crash that killed high-ranking SA Police officer and mother to examine police response AUSTRALIA: An inquest into the deaths of two women who were killed by a speeding driver at a busy Adelaide intersection will investigate whether police had prior opportunity to intervene. Harrison Kitt was experiencing his first psychotic episode and speeding at 167 kilometres per hour just before 1pm on April 25, 2020, when he ran a red light on the wrong side of the road and caused the crash at the intersection of Cross and Fullarton roads at Urrbrae. Police officer Joanne Shanahan and mother Tania McNeill died at the scene. ABC News (Australia) 30/7/2024 News Mark Mitchell: Police minister on officers attending fewer family harm and mental health callouts NEW ZEALAND: Emergency department and hospital staff are concerned as police prepare to make sweeping changes to how they respond to mental health calls. Many of those changes have already been made in Wellington, with police attending mental distress events and assisting clinical staff less frequently, to keep up with demand. It comes as Police Minister Mark Mitchell says police need to focus on their core role, and are having their time wasted at insignificant family harm callouts. Mitchell joined Nick Mills to talk through the concerns. [AUDIO] NewstalkZB (New Zealand) 30/7/2024 Feature, Interview, Opinion 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 30/7/2024 News Police officer pay to increase by 4.75% across all ranks in 2024/25 Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed on Monday that the government has accepted the recommendation made to the PRRB. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/7/2024 News Time for Labour to act of joint enterprise reform Dubbed the ‘lazy prosecutor’s charter’, the current vague laws on joint enterprise allow for minor players and those on the periphery of crimes to be tried and convicted as if they were the perpetrator. Centre for Crime and Justice Studies 30/7/2024 News Outgunned cop had ‘no alternative’ but to flee ambush, police shooting inquest told AUSTRALIA: A police officer who survived a shooting ambush in rural Queensland had "no alternative" but to run as his handgun was outmatched by men with high-powered rifles, a coroner has heard. 9 News (Australia) 30/7/2024 News Queensland police officer shot at Wieambilla tells inquest he had no option but to run AUSTRALIA: A police officer says he had no other choice but to run to escape three shooters who killed two of his colleagues in Queensland's Western Downs in 2022. ABC News (Australia) 30/7/2024 News Lindsey Chiswick: ‘FR research suggests we could expect a false alert rate of 1 in 6,000 – I’m seeing nothing like that’ Policing Insight’s recent ‘Facing the future: the rise of facial recognition in policing’ report drew on 34 interviews with operational leaders and experts to examine how facial recognition (FR) is being used by police around the world, and the key debates about the technology; as part of the project, James Sweetland interviewed Lindsey Chiswick, Metropolitan Police Director of Intelligence and National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead on FR, about the British approach, and in this article we share more of that insightful conversation. Policing Insight - Registration at source 30/7/2024 Feature, Innovation, Interview Undercover officer who deceived women was ‘morally bankrupt’, inquiry hears Police spy who formed relationships with two female activists used tactic ‘permitted by Met’, judge told The Guardian 30/7/2024 News «782783784785786787788789790Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
