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Essex police deny Braverman rebuked them over pub seizure of golliwog dolls
Force rebuffs claim home secretary said they should focus on ‘catching criminals’ after items taken from White Hart Inn in Grays
The Guardian 		10/4/2023
News
EXCLUSIVE Police forces spent £34million of taxpayer cash on 753 spin doctors last year – despite thousands of crimes going unsolved every day
Police forces spent £34million of taxpayer cash on spin doctors last year despite thousands of crimes going unsolved daily, the Mail can reveal. Constabularies have hired at least 753 full-time employees in communication roles with questionable job titles, such as 'graphic designer' and 'TV and events assistant', to battle scandals and improve their image. Forces increased their total spending on communications staff by more than 8 per cent last year, adding 16 full-time staff members, despite the ongoing policing crisis
Mail Online 		10/4/2023
News
Police Service Northern Ireland vehicle attacked with petrol bombs during republican parade in Londonderry
The incident took place as officers from Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) attended what they described as an "un-notified" march by dissident republicans.
Sky News 		10/4/2023
News
Sir Mark Rowley accused of ‘misleading’ public over police sackings
Sir Mark Rowley has been accused of being “misleading” when he claimed that some sacked police officers were being reinstated to their forces by lawyers....
The Telegraph - Subscription at source 		10/4/2023
News
Gun owner sues police for $130k over ‘unlawful’ raid
AUSTRALIA: Ron Sterry says the raid was conducted under an ‘unlawfully obtained search warrant’ and caused him ‘embarrassment, humiliation, distress, and insult’.
The Courier Mail (Australia) - Subscription at source 		10/4/2023
News
Police investigate death of a second woman in Sydney over the Easter long weekend
AUSTRALIA: NSW Police are investigating the death of another Sydney woman this Easter long weekend, after discovering a body in the city's west.
ABC News (Australia) 		10/4/2023
News, Video
Republican dissidents petrol bomb police at Easter Monday parade
Security fears heightened on eve of President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland
The Times - Subscription at source 		10/4/2023
News
Police urge rainbow community to report threats, violence in wake of Posie Parker visit
NEW ZEALAND: Police are urging any members of the trans or rainbow community who are being threatened in the wake of the visit by a British anti-trans activist to contact them.
RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 		10/4/2023
News
The Guardian view on the Met police: change will be an uphill battle
Mark Rowley wants new powers to sack officers – but the more difficult task will be transforming the force’s internal culture
The Guardian 		10/4/2023
Feature, Opinion
Petrol bombs thrown at police at Londonderry republican parade
Petrol bombs and other missiles have been thrown at police during an illegal republican parade in Londonderry.
BBC 		10/4/2023
News
A lasting impact on the community
CANADA: PC Dwight Lundgren named Blue Line’s 2023 Lifetime in Law Enforcement Achievement Award winner.
Blue Line (Canada) 		10/4/2023
Feature
Knife seizures almost double in six years with more than 2,140 impounded last year
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The number of knives seized each year by An Garda Síochána has almost doubled over the course of seven years with about 2,000 now being impounded annually, according to data disclosed by the Department of Justice.
The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 		10/4/2023
News
40 years of talking about drugs – it’s high time we took action
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Is there a drug problem in Cork? That was a question posed at a meeting held in the Metropole Hotel in Cork city back in 1983.
Echo Live (Republic of Ireland) 		10/4/2023
Feature, Opinion
Two men arrested in Cork in relation to ‘multiple high value’ car thefts
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The men, one aged in his late 20s and the other in his mid 40s, were arrested in Conna following the alleged attempted theft of a high value vehicle in the area.
Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 		10/4/2023
News
Detective Casebook: Modern Slavery and Justice & Care
Nuruzzaman Shahin was sentenced to 31 years' imprisonment for a range of offences including eight counts of rape and seven counts of controlling prostitution for gain.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		10/4/2023
Feature
Practice bank of interventions can become ‘one-stop’ shop for policing
The College of Policing's Director of What Works spoke to Police Oracle about the practice bank, which she hopes will become a 'default' resource for officers and staff.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		10/4/2023
News
Police ‘disrupt New IRA plot’ ahead of Biden visit to Northern Ireland, report claims
Police in Northern Ireland have reportedly disrupted an IRA bomb plot ahead of Joe Biden’s visit to Belfast on Tuesday. According to a report on Sunday in The Belfast Telegraph, members of the republican paramilitary group, the New IRA, had been seeking to plant a bomb in Derry. “They were looking for parts to make a bomb,” an unnamed source told the newpaper. “The belief is that the New IRA was planning some sort of attack to coincide with Biden’s visit, similar to the mortar attack on the cops in Strabane last November.”
The Independent 		10/4/2023
News
Roadside eye tests set to be carried out by police should ‘benefit road safety’
According to police data, some 3,000 people are killed or injured by drivers with bad eyesight every year. With that in mind, an expert has exclusively told Express.co.uk that roadside eye tests set to be introduced by the police should "benefit road safety".
Express 		10/4/2023
News
Cut-out Jersey police officers to help tackle speeding motorists
Two life-size metal cut-outs of police officers holding speed guns will be placed along roads in Jersey in a bid to stop motorists speeding. States of Jersey Police will attach the 2D constables, which each cost £250, to lamp-posts in "hot-spot" areas. The force said PC Flats, as they have been named, would be trialled in the coming weeks. They will be used alongside high-visibility patrols and existing speed enforcement measures.
BBC 		10/4/2023
News
Changing course: The Casey Review and the policing oil tanker
The recent final report of the Baroness Casey Review into standards of behaviour and internal culture in the Metropolitan Police Service included findings of “institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia”, and of a force that is “losing its way”; ahead of a virtual panel exploring these issues later this month, former Met and West Midlands officer Ron Winch, now Senior Teaching Fellow in Policing at Birmingham City University, looks at what needs to be done to get the force and policing back on course.
Policing Insight - Subscription at source 		10/4/2023
Feature, Opinion

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