Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115617 total results. Showing results 1681 to 1700 «818283848586878889Next ›Last » West Midlands renews contract for custody drug treatment referral service £1.3m service will deliver enhanced treatment and recovery support to help people break cycles of addiction and crime. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/5/2026 News Force donated body armour and other kit used to protect first responders in conflict zones Thames Valley Police is repurposing unused equipment to support emergency responders working in war zones. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/5/2026 News Mutual aid to help Met police this weekend’s protests will cost £1.7m for 660 officers This Saturday will also be the first time the Met will be using live facial recognition as part of a protest policing operation. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/5/2026 News Local to national: Community policing as crime prevention The ‘local to national’ UK police reform proposals offer a revolution of idealism, says former South Wales Police detective Steve Dodd, a subject matter expert on intelligence professionalisation, who argues that the community intelligence-led policing methodology approach – offering enhanced visibility across local police areas and promoting increased intelligence gathering – could create the profound change needed to deliver crime prevention through community-led intelligence. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 14/5/2026 Feature, Opinion Why we should let the police scan your face The use of facial recognition technology to catch criminals is controversial. Earlier this year Essex police paused a trial of the technology, after research found it ‘was statistically more likely to identify black people’. The human rights organisation Liberty has warned that the technology would ‘always be used disproportionately against communities of colour’, and the campaign group Big Brother Watch says that ‘AI surveillance that is experimental, untested, inaccurate or potentially biased has no place on our streets’. In The Spectator, one writer has argued that she wants ‘no part in the brave new world of supermarket surveillance’. But with today’s King’s Speech promising a national ‘legal framework’ for facial recognition technology, new evidence suggests that the benefits of the technology far outweigh the costs. The Spectator - Subscription at source 14/5/2026 Feature, Opinion NPAS gains funding for additional helicopters The National Police Air Service (NPAS) has welcomed confirmation from the UK Minister of State for Policing and Crime that funding has been approved for two additional brand-new police helicopters to complement its National Fleet Replacement Programme (FRP). Advance 14/5/2026 News Federal Court dismisses WA Police officer’s vaccine dismissal claim AUSTRALIA: A former WA Police officer's disability discrimination claim, spanning sick leave, a vaccine direction, eviction from her home, and dismissal, has been struck out. On 8 May 2026, the Federal Court of Australia struck out the statement of claim filed by former Western Australia Police officer Victoria Louise Williams against the State of Western Australia (WA Police Force). The decision in Williams v State of Western Australia (WA Police Force) [2026] FCA 569 has caught the attention of employment lawyers and HR professionals watching how post-pandemic vaccine mandate cases play out. Human Resources Director (HRD) 14/5/2026 News ‘Disgraceful’: Call for mandatory jail for cop bashers after sickening attack AUSTRALIA: The police union has demanded mandatory jail time for people who seriously assault police after a man who stabbed watchhouse officers with a syringe and choked one of them could face only two extra months in jail. The Courier Mail (Australia) - Subscription at source 14/5/2026 News Cops open to dementia training after gran’s Taser death AUSTRALIA: More police could train about how to deal with patients with dementia after a great-grandmother was fatally tasered in an aged care facility. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his weapon at 95-year-old Clare Nowland after being called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home at Cooma in southern NSW on May 17, 2023. The 48kg great-grandmother, who had symptoms of dementia, had taken two steak knives from a kitchen area and refused to give them up. The Canberra Times (Australia) 14/5/2026 News Calling the cops just got extra AI as police seek to add tech to contact systems Police forces across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will add personalization and artificial intelligence (AI) to their jointly run digital contact systems through a £72 million contract to manage and develop these. The Register 14/5/2026 News Warwickshire Police Selects NicheRMS365 to Power Smarter, Safer, and More Connected Policing Warwickshire Police has selected NicheRMS365: the next-generation technology platform that centralizes operational data, to enhance the Force's ability to prevent, detect, and respond to crime and vulnerable incidents more efficiently. NicheRMS365 will equip the Force's 1,200 officers and 1,000 support staff with a powerful, unified solution to seamlessly manage critical policing functions, including Crime Recording, Investigation & Intelligence Management, Vulnerability Management, Custody and Detainee Management. In line with the current national deployment program, NicheRMS365 will be used for Digital Case File across the Force area. PR Newswire 14/5/2026 News Warwickshire to consolidate stand alone systems into Niche RMS The new system is scheduled to replace the force's current RMS within 12 months. The new RMS will manage Crime Recording, Investigation & Intelligence Management, Vulnerability Management, Custody and Detainee Management. In line with the current national deployment program, it will also be used for Digital Case Files across the force area. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/5/2026 News Regina officer charged with violating privacy act by snooping in police database 67 times CANADA: Police confirm Const. Clinton Duquette still has access to the database. A Regina police officer accused of inappropriately accessing the service's internal database 67 times over a three-year period has now been charged with violating Saskatchewan's Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. If found guilty, Const. Clinton Duquette would face a fine of up to $50,000 or a jail sentence of up to one year. CBC News (Canada) 14/5/2026 News Twenty years on the run. Five seconds on camera The arrest of a woman using a two-decade-old custody image taken when she was a teenager has raised fresh questions about just how powerful modern facial recognition systems have become. Police Professional 14/5/2026 Feature Modern slavery: NRM cases awaiting a conclusive grounds decision: Apr 2026 OFFICIAL STATISTICS: Statistics on the number of cases referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) awaiting a conclusive grounds decision, April 2026. Potential victims of modern slavery in the UK that come to the attention of authorised ‘first responder’ organisations are referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). Authorised ‘first responder’ organisations include local authorities, specified non-governmental organisations (NGOs), police forces and specified government agencies. Home Office 14/5/2026 Report Joint child protection inspection of child sexual abuse in the family environment in Oxfordshire Ofsted has published a letter with findings from a joint targeted area inspection of the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment in Oxfordshire. These inspections examine the arrangements and services for children in need of help and protection in local authority areas in England. This inspection was carried out by Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, the Care Quality Commission and HM Inspectorate of Probation. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 14/5/2026 News Joint child protection inspection of child sexual abuse in the family environment in Tower Hamlets Ofsted has published a letter with findings from a joint targeted area inspection of the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment in Tower Hamlets. These inspections examine the arrangements and services for children in need of help and protection in local authority areas in England. This inspection was carried out by Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, the Care Quality Commission and HM Inspectorate of Probation. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 14/5/2026 News Strip searches in police custody and their association with ethnicity/race: Evidence from an English force Recent high-profile cases have sparked concern about strip searches following stop and search, but less attention has been paid to strip-searching in police custody. Using binary logistic regression on data (N = 25,676) from an English police force, we examine factors associated with strip-searching in custody for those detained under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, 1984, finding increased odds of strip-searching among individuals who self-define as Black, disclose self-harm or mental ill-health or are arrested for drug-possession offences. Black males and Black children face higher odds than expected from either characteristic alone. As one of the very few, and quite possibly the only article in the last 20 years – either in England or elsewhere – to use multivariate analysis to consider factors associated with strip-searching of both adults and children in a single model, allowing us to control for age and interaction effects, it offers insights for theory, policy and practice. Criminology and Criminal Justice 14/5/2026 Research article RCMP recruitment failings create an officer shortage that threatens officer wellbeing and public safety A report by Canada’s Auditor General into recruitment for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) highlights that despite application numbers exceeding targets, delays in processing has seen many would-be recruits drop out, and a lack of accurate data around the staffing gaps that need to be filled, leaving the RCMP short of more than 3,000 officers, which could impact police officer morale and wellness while increasing risks to public safety and national security, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 14/5/2026 Analysis, Feature Gang profits turned against organised crime NEW ZEALAND: Money seized from criminals will be reinvested into fighting methamphetamine and gang-related harm in communities across New Zealand, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee and Associate Police Minister Casey Costello announced today. A total of $11.9 million over 12 months will be provided to the Resilience to Organised Crime in Communities (ROCC) programme through the Proceeds of Crime Fund. New Zealand Government 14/5/2026 News «818283848586878889Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
