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Dedicated police-prosecutor-probation officer teams will target violent criminals
CANADA: The B.C. government is launching a new public safety program, deploying teams made up of police and probation officers and prosecutors tasked with focussing on repeat violent offenders. Grace Ke reports.
Global News (Canada) 		15/3/2023
News, Video
Hamilton Police Association hires lobbyist to influence Ford government
CANADA: Police union says lobbying isn't related to local budget. One policing expert calls lobbying 'abnormal'
CBC News (Canada) 		15/3/2023
News
Personal Safety, Australia
AUSTRALIA: Rates of physical and sexual assault, family and domestic violence, economic and emotional abuse, stalking, sexual harassment, and childhood abuse.
Australian Bureau of Statistics 		15/3/2023
Report
Victoria and Esquimalt city councils vote to curb proposed police budget increase
CANADA: Victoria and Esquimalt city councils voted in separate meetings not to fund several items on the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board's proposed increased budget, which Victoria's mayor says is an effort to limit the expense passed on to taxpayers. The VicPD Police Board initially put forward a $69.456-million draft budget for 2023, an increase of 9.6 per cent from the previous year.
CBC News (Canada) 		15/3/2023
News
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster recalls phone call that led to Stuart Nash resignation as Police Minister
NEW ZEALAND: Stuart Nash has resigned as Police Minister following “unwise” actions in criticising a judge’s sentencing and calling his Police Commissioner “mate” to ask “surely you are going to appeal?”, the Prime Minister has announced. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has also now addressed the conversation Nash and he shared in 2021, saying the then Tourism Minister Nash was “venting” his frustration at a person’s sentencing. Coster said he did not view it as a request by the Napier MP to intervene in the case.
NZ Herald (New Zealand) 		15/3/2023
News
Stuart Nash resigns as police minister after phone call to police commissioner about criminal case
NEW ZEALAND: Stuart Nash has resigned as police minister after admitting on radio he encouraged Police Commissioner Andrew Coster to appeal a court decision.
Stuff (New Zealand) 		15/3/2023
News
Fury as Met Police plans to spend £440,000 on framing certificates to ‘recognise and reward’ officers in bid to ‘boost morale’
The Metropolitan Police has announced it will make £440,000 available in its budget for the purpose of mounting certificates and pictures frames on walls to ‘recognise and reward’ over 44,000 officers.
Mail Online 		15/3/2023
News
Corruption and Crime Commission slams WA Police use of dogs against young Aboriginal people
AUSTRALIA: The head of Western Australia's anti-corruption body has criticised the police's use of dogs against young people, and said policies governing their deployment were not "racist in intent, but are racist". Last year the ABC revealed the injuries inflicted on a 13-year-old boy as police were responding to reports of "disturbances" late at night in suburban Perth.
ABC News (Australia) 		15/3/2023
News
Number of guns seized by Garda falls significantly
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: 'Upsurge' in gangland activity from 2016 now displaced by evolving underworld scene
The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 		15/3/2023
News
As killings of women increase in Scotland, is femicide the real ‘F’ word?
he word ‘femicide’ is barely used in Scotland. And yet we live in a country where, as the homicide figures have gone down, the femicide figure has gone up. A country where most of the women killed last year were killed by a partner. A country where – unlike in England and Wales – men who kill their wives or girlfriends can use their victims’ suspected infidelity to justify lethal violence as part of a plea of provocation.
Holyrood Magazine 		15/3/2023
Feature, Opinion
More than 1500 UK police officers are accused of violence against women
Fresh evidence has emerged from the UK of police officers enacting violence against women and girls and not being held accountable for their crimes.
Women's Agenda 		15/3/2023
News
Met Police to spend £440,000 on certificates to boost morale
The Metropolitan Police is planning to spend £440,000 on mounting certificates and picture frames in what it said was an important measure to maintain morale.
The Times - Subscription at source 		15/3/2023
News
‘You rarely see abuse directed at men’: A look at the sexist abuse women police officers face online
Female police officers often find themselves the subject of online misogynistic and sexist abuse – both from current former colleagues, and members of the public – much of which focuses on their physical appearance; University of York Lecturer Dr Susan Watson believes that addressing these issues will be crucial if the service is to successfully recruit and retain a female workforce.
Policing Insight 		15/3/2023
Analysis, Feature
Northamptonshire Police sergeant ‘degraded’ female officers, panel hears
A former police sergeant created a "hostile, intimidating and degrading" working environment for female colleagues, a disciplinary panel heard.
BBC 		15/3/2023
News
Talking with Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock (Part 1)
This year, INTERPOL celebrates its centenary. In a wide ranging, three part interview with Bernard Rix for PolicingTV, Jürgen Stock, Secretary-General of INTERPOL, reflects on the global organisation's past, present and future. From its original 20 members in 1923, to the current 195 member countries, the organisation has grown considerably. In this first video, Jürgen Stock looks at that one hundred year journey - which has been both challenging and informative.
PolicingTV 		15/3/2023
Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video
Man returning to Australia after 11 years abroad arrested at Sydney Airport and charged over 2012 drug import
AUSTRALIA: A man who allegedly imported cocaine and methamphetamine into Australia more than a decade ago is scheduled to face Downing Centre Local Court today (15 March, 2023).
Australian Federal Police (AFP) 		15/3/2023
News
Forensic science Code of Practice coming into force in October
This statutory code sets quality standard requirements for forensic science activities related to the investigation of crime in England and Wales.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		14/3/2023
News
Less than 1% of officers and staff accused of VAWG sacked
The NPCC said the number of officers and staff who faced accusations equated to 0.7% of the total police workforce employed in March 2022.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		14/3/2023
News
Closer International working has come about as a result of Brexit
In spite of the challenges that policing has faced as a result of leaving the EU, DCC Peter Ayling has said greater cooperation and investments in technology have come about as a result.
Police Oracle - Subscription at source 		14/3/2023
News
Body-worn cameras to be mandatory for all police officers in Alberta, province says
CANADA: Body-worn cameras will become mandatory for all police officers in Alberta, the provincial government announced Tuesday. Mike Ellis, minister of public safety and emergency services, said the cameras will increase public trust in policing and help police review interactions.
CBC News (Canada) 		14/3/2023
News

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