Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103010 total results. Showing results 16721 to 16740 «833834835836837838839840841Next ›Last » Policing minister urges officers to use stop and search more Policing Minister Chris Philp has called on police forces to make more use of stop and search in a bid to tackle knife crime. i News 15/5/2024 News Stop and search a ‘vital tool’ against knife crime, says policing minister Policing minister Chris Philp has called on forces to increase the use of stop and search as part of a 'robust approach' to tackle knife crime. Writing for the Daily Telegraph, Mr Philp described stop and search as a 'vital tool' which is 'not used nearly often enough' My London 15/5/2024 News MoJ plans for better data in criminal justice system The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has set out plans for a new dataset and an operational dashboard to support the criminal justice system (CJS) in England and Wales. UKAuthority.com 15/5/2024 News Rural Crime Team equipped with mobile defibrillators in NWAS collaboration The RCT will store the new equipment in their vehicles. Cheshire Constabulary’s Rural Crime Team have been supplied with five brand new mobile defibrillators from the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS). Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/5/2024 News £4m boost to tackle knife crime The Home Secretary has announced an additional £4 million investment to help tackle knife crime. Police Professional 15/5/2024 News Transnational investigations: The use and application of AI for big data analytics With artificial intelligence increasingly important in the investigation process for collating and analysing large volumes of data, new EU funding is now up for grabs for proposals that can help policing and security practitioners undertake fast and flexible analysis of large data sets to improve the fight against transnational crime and terrorism, as Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 15/5/2024 Analysis, Feature, Innovation Young people buying large knives on Telegram and TikTok, police say Commander says authorities scrambling to keep up with supply trends as knife crimes rise The Guardian 15/5/2024 News ‘We can’t tackle knife crime on our own’, police chief admits as criminals sell weapons on social media A police chief has admitted officers cannot solve knife crime alone as criminals turn to social media to peddle weapons despite a clampdown on sales. The Independent 15/5/2024 News Australian Federal Police officers sue former ACT top prosecutor for defamation over allegations of interference during Bruce Lehrmann’s prosecution AUSTRALIA: Five Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers have launched defamation action against the ACT government and its former Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold, over a complaint he made about the way officers handled the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann. ABC News (Australia) 15/5/2024 News Young recruits, overseas cops in sights of hiring blitz AUSTRALIA: Lower age limits for recruits and poaching police from other jurisdictions are part of a NSW plan to boost its force amid a “critical shortage” of officers. The Mandarin (Australia) 15/5/2024 News Gang crackdown: Where will new police unit’s staff come from? NEW ZEALAND: Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says the workforce for a new police unit targeting gangs will "likely" come from groups whose existing jobs are "aligned with this area of work". 1 News (New Zealand) 15/5/2024 News Garda Commissioner to deny force has policy to cut numbers in roads-policing unit REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: There is no policy within An Garda Síochána to reduce the number of roads-policing gardaí, the Garda Commissioner is set to claim. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 15/5/2024 News 55% increase in fixed charge notices after Garda crackdown REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: New high-visibility road policing measures have led to a 55% increase in the number of motorists caught using their mobile phone, Gardaí have said. newstalk (Republic of Ireland) 15/5/2024 News Friday Exchange: In conversation with Dr Sarah Charman This month Dr Rick Muir, Director of the Police Foundation, the UK’s independent policing think tank, interviews Dr Sarah Charman. Dr Sarah Charman, Professor of Criminology at the University of Portsmouth discusses her work on the sociology of policing, including police culture, leadership, mental health, training and how we can address the number of officers leaving the service. PolicingTV 15/5/2024 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Police look for new tech to capture 600k crime scene fingerprints a year NEW ZEALAND: Fresh from being forced to destroy thousands of fingerprint records, police are looking to boost their technology for scanning and storing scans of biometric identification data - unique features including fingerprints, scars, tattoos and faces. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/5/2024 News Gang unit: Police Association ‘disturbed’ by lack of funding, staffing NEW ZEALAND: The police union is "disturbed" the government's latest move to crack down on gangs does not seem to come with any extra cash or staff. Police are setting up a new national gang unit, as well as district gang disruption teams, to get patched members off the streets and curb crime and intimidation. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/5/2024 News UK High Court rules parts of Police Act breach European Convention on Human Rights The UK High Court ruled that provisions of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Police Act 2022) are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday and that use of the powers was “capable of significant intrusion on the lives” of Gypsies and travellers. Jurist (Canada) 14/5/2024 News APCC addictions and substance misuse leads welcome plans to access to the overdose antidote naxalone APCC Addictions and Substance Misuse Leads, David Sidwick and Joy Allen, have welcomed the Department of Health and Social Care’s announcement that the government will expand the availability of the counter-overdose treatment, Naloxone. The change will enable a range of professionals, including police officers and probation workers, to provide take-home supplies of the drug to vulnerable people without requiring a prescription, an approach supported by the APCC in our response to a wide-ranging government review of naloxone provision. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 14/5/2024 News A message from NPCC Chair this Mental Health Awareness Week In my role I have a responsibility to look ahead and ensure that in policing we are fit for the future. Fit to tackle new criminal threats, fit to protect the most vulnerable in our communities and fit to serve. Colleagues in policing have public service in their hearts, but we all know that it has an impact on us and on our families. Officers, staff and volunteers who keep the public safe and fight crime, often put themselves in danger to do so, not just physically, but mentally too. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 14/5/2024 Feature, Opinion Police told to use stop and search more in fight against knife crime Ministers have told police to increase their use of stop and search as the government announced a £4 million package to develop knife detection wands and other tools to tackle rising rates of knife crime. James Cleverly, the home secretary, said £3.5 million will help engineers to create better crime fighting tools as communities were “keen for the police to use better technology to keep them safe”. He said there was a desire for “more effective” tools beyond metal detection arches that could potentially determine whether someone was carrying a knife or a set of keys. At present, airport-style arches do not have the capabilities to specifically detect knives, experts said. 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