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GRA to meet Garda management amid concerns about organisation of Biden visit
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Representative Association (GRA) is due to meet with Garda management tomorrow over concerns around deployment and accommodation while staffing Joe Biden’s visit next week. US President Joe Biden is travelling to Ireland early next week and is due to visit Belfast, Dublin, Louth and Mayo. Some Gardaí have expressed concern that they have yet to receive full rosters for the Biden visit, with sources indicating that these may be provided tomorrow. Typically, Gardaí receive information on changes to their rosters two weeks in advance.
The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 		8/4/2023
News
The dark life of David Carrick — by those who knew him best
He was a popular boy from Salisbury who grew up to be a police officer — and a serial rapist. Here, we speak to his mother, friends, colleagues and victims, and reveal for the first time that Carrick is being investigated for crimes he may have committed at the age of 13
The Times - Subscription at source 		8/4/2023
Feature
Police officers aren’t social workers. They need to return to fighting crime
If law enforcement are not attending burglaries, arresting drug dealers or clamping down on gangsterism, what exactly are they doing?
The Telegraph 		8/4/2023
Feature, Opinion
PCC tackles anti-social behaviour in north Wales
Preventing anti-social behaviour across north Wales is a key priority for North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Andy Dunbobbin.
Cambrian News 		8/4/2023
News
Govt pledges to create ‘enforcement squads’ to crack down on illegal vape sales
Rishi Sunak has pledged to crack down on the illegal sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s by forming an ‘illicit vapes enforcement squad’.
Metro 		8/4/2023
News
Police officer sacked but avoids jail term over illegal weapon stash
A special constable who kept a banned revolver hidden in his house has been sacked by Devon and Cornwall Police, a court heard.
Metro 		8/4/2023
News
Sam Thornton: Confusion about which politician should be the Met Commissioner’s boss has got even deeper
Who is, or should be, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s boss? A report by the Greater London Authority’s independent monitoring officer has highlighted the long- unresolved ambiguity surrounding the issue of who should police the capital’s police.
OnLondon 		8/4/2023
News
Xavier Valent, former Auckland Grammar boy, found guilty of being kingpin of international drug cartel
NEW ZEALAND: As his syndicate grew while he was on the lam from New Zealand authorities, Valent was a frequent traveller.
NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 		8/4/2023
Feature
Calgary police testing out high tech ‘ghost decaled’ vehicles
CANADA: The future of Calgary police vehicles is being tested in the city and police are taking inspiration from Knight Rider for the name of the vehicle.
Global News (Canada) 		8/4/2023
News, Video
Vancouver Police updates handcuffing policy
CANADA: Vancouver Police officers must consider a person’s age, ethnicity, and the seriousness of an alleged incident prior to applying handcuffs, according to the VPD’s updated handcuffing policy.
Vancouver Police Department 		8/4/2023
News
Wexford Gardaí look to attract recruits to a life less ordinary – ‘It’s the type of job where anything can happen’
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: “You have to be serious about this job. You have to be fully committed and put in the hours, because you don’t want to let your unit down.”
Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 		8/4/2023
News
Worst police forces fail to solve more than 90 per cent of burglaries, as Suella Braverman is accused of ‘losing control’ on crime
Suella Braverman was accused of 'losing control' on crime after new figures revealed at least 100,000 burglaries went unsolved last year. Almost three-quarters of the 137,000 burglary reports were dropped without a suspect, according to new figures from the Liberal Democrats. The City of London and Cumbria forces were the worst culprits, failing to solve 93 and 91 per cent of cases respectively. Cumbria Police dropped 938 out of the 1,008 cases reported.
Mail Online 		8/4/2023
News
Facial recognition tech: Liberty ‘police racism’ claim
Civil rights groups have claimed facial recognition technology will make racism within the police worse. South Wales Police is set to start reusing the controversial technology after an independent review said it was not discriminatory. But Liberty said history showed it would "always be used disproportionately against communities of colour". The force insisted the technology would be used responsibly.
BBC 		8/4/2023
News
Safe places to worship: An Garda Síochána’s role in the PROTECTOR project
As religious tensions once again threaten to boil over in Jerusalem – with places of worship at risk of becoming backdrops for violence – Policing Insight’s Andy Staniforth spoke to An Garda Síochána Sergeant Eugene O’Leary about his force’s involvement in the PROTECTOR project, which aims to design, develop and deliver the next generation of integrated measures to enhance the protection of all places of worship.
Policing Insight - Subscription at source 		8/4/2023
Feature, Interview
Knives out: New police powers arrive amid rise in ‘novelty’ blades
AUSTRALIA: The Jack’s Law powers allowing police to search for concealed weapons without a warrant have been extended to Bundaberg.
The Courier Mail (Australia) - Subscription at source 		7/4/2023
News
Good Friday agreement anniversary: Hundreds of police sent to NI amid ‘very strong’ terror threat
Hundreds of police officers are being sent to Northern Ireland from other parts of the UK amid fears of a terror attack ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and a visit by US President Joe Biden. Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) has requested an extra 330 officers who will be drafted in from forces across the UK to cover shifts next week. It comes after police took the unusual step of publicly revealing that the force has “very strong” intelligence that dissident republicans are planning a terror attack on Easter Monday.
i News 		7/4/2023
News
New powers for gardai to monitor sex offenders with electronic tags after new laws officially signed off
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Sex offenders can be monitored by gardai using an electronic tag after new laws were officially signed off by the President this week. President Micheal D Higgins put pen to paper on the Government’s new Sex Offenders Amendment Act 2023 on Thursday night.
The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 		7/4/2023
News
Police Scotland: 10 years in 10 charts
Scotland's national police force, Police Scotland, is ten years old. It was formed in 2013 after the Scottish Government decided to combine Scotland's eight regional police forces, the serious organised crime unit and the police services authority. The centralisation of policing in Scotland has been controversial. There have been several high profile incidents and the force was criticised for discrimination allegedly present within its internal culture. To mark its tenth anniversary, Ferret Fact Service has put together 10 charts showing how the force has fared in 10 different areas.
The Ferret 		7/4/2023
Analysis, Feature
NSW Police turned their body cameras off before fatally shooting mentally ill man
AUSTRALIA: NSW police tactical operations officers didn’t have to shoot Todd McKenzie dead on a July evening in 2019.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers 		7/4/2023
News
Police shoot man dead in Newcastle
AUSTRALIA: A man in Newcastle was shot and killed by police after he stabbed one officer in the back and another in the hand.
The Age (Australia) 		7/4/2023
News, Video

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