Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115618 total results. Showing results 1781 to 1800 «868788899091929394Next ›Last » Gendered policing and trust: transgender experiences and police education reform in Pakistan Police legitimacy research has largely been shaped by empirical and theoretical assumptions derived from Western liberal democracies, often overlooking how legitimacy is negotiated in postcolonial and Global South contexts. This qualitative study examines how transgender women in Pakistan experience police authority and how these encounters shape perceptions of legitimacy, trust, and institutional recognition. Drawing on in-depth interviews with transgender women and police officers in Punjab province, the study adopts an interpretative, phenomenologically informed approach to explore lived experiences of policing following the enactment of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018. The findings reveal that legitimacy deficits are produced through cumulative practices of discretionary refusal, interactional disrespect, and institutional non-response rather than isolated incidents of overt abuse. Despite formal legal recognition, transgender women frequently encounter conditional access to justice, particularly in relation to complaint registration and everyday police engagement. Police education and training emerge as an ambivalent theme: invoked by officers as a justification for hesitation and by transgender women as a hoped-for pathway to recognition, yet insufficient in the absence of clear protocols and accountability mechanisms. By integrating procedural justice and institutional trust frameworks with feminist and queer criminological perspectives, the study conceptualises legitimacy as a relational and contested process shaped by gendered power, discretion, and postcolonial state – society relations. The findings contribute to debates on policing, legitimacy, and gender diversity by demonstrating the limits of legal and educational reform in contexts where institutional practices continue to mediate recognition and protection unevenly. Policing and Society 12/5/2026 Research article Longsight reopening marks latest GMP custody reforms Greater Manchester Police has opened a new 44-cell custody facility in Longsight as the force continues efforts to rebuild confidence in a detention system that faced significant criticism just three years ago. Police Professional 12/5/2026 News Cambridgeshire joins LFR roll-out with first op scheduled next weekend Live Facial Recognition (LFR)will be deployed in Peterborough city centre this coming Saturday. It will be the first time LFR has been used in Cambridgeshire. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 12/5/2026 News Search begins for next Essex Police Chief Constable The position has been vacated by Chief Constable BJ Harrington, who will leave the sector by the end of the year after announcing his retirement. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 12/5/2026 News Devon & Cornwall seek out volunteers with horses to help with high-visibility patrols The force said the volunteers would support policing by engaging with residents in rural areas and carrying out patrols. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 12/5/2026 News Force installs body scanner for custody searches A police station is set to be the first in England to have a custody suite with its own airport-style scanners designed to avoid "degrading" strip searches, where possible. BBC 12/5/2026 News Antisocial behaviour on the streets ‘absolutely wrong’ and a ‘serious issue’ Stormont's deputy First Minister, Emma Little-Pengelly, was speaking after scenes in the Newtownards Road in east Belfast on Saturday evening. Police Oracle 12/5/2026 News New laws to deter organised criminals recruiting young people introduced to NSW parliament AUSTRALIA: The NSW government is introducing new offences and harsher penalties targeting public-place shootings and arson. The proposed new laws will also aim to curb the recruitment of young people for criminal activity, and the use of so-called kill cars ABC News (Australia) 12/5/2026 News Wodonga police officer sacked for lack of action over domestic violence AUSTRALIA: A sacked Wodonga police officer who failed to take action when a fearful domestic violence victim reported abuse and the sharing of an intimate image has failed to get his job back. The Border Mail (Australia) - Subscription at source 12/5/2026 News Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 12/5/2026 News New system to replace strip searches unveiled by Greater Manchester Police The Baird Inquiry was set up to look into the treatment of people in the custody of Greater Manchester Police, following a Sky News investigation by our home affairs editor Jason Farrell. Sky News 12/5/2026 News, Video Rise in poor police mental health driven by organisational relations that ‘erode officers’ sense of inner security’ With concerns over the rise in poor mental health in policing, new research by criminologist and former police officer Dr Mark Brain, now an Associate Lecturer at the University of the West of England, suggests that far from being a product of exposure to traumatic incidents, mental ill-health in policing is largely driven by organisational issues such as poor management of professional standards investigations and an ongoing organisational “machismo” culture, reports Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 12/5/2026 Analysis, Feature, Interview Airport-style scanner to replace strip searches in state-of-the-art custody suite GMP which has doubled its number of arrests after a “back-to-basics” approach has opened another 44 station cells. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the custody suite at Longsight Police Station in south Manchester will be one of the most modern in England and the first to use airport-style scanners. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 12/5/2026 News Policing Amendment Bill – ‘Massive amount of risk’ of data mismanagement, MPs told The Justice Select Committee has been hearing submissions on the Policing NEW ZEALAND: Amendment Bill, which would extend police powers to gather intelligence and give them expanded powers to close down public places in case of actual or anticipated disorder. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 12/5/2026 News ‘Displeasure’: Police boss unhappy at fresh Australian recruitments NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says he immediately expressed his “displeasure” after learning the Northern Territory planned another recruitment drive targeting Kiwi officers. 1 News (New Zealand) 12/5/2026 News National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives Conference At the NAWLEE conference in Los Angeles, Maria Stanley speaks to a group of influential women leaders about what policing still owes the women who came before them — and what must change next. Featuring voices from the 30x30 Initiative, former police chiefs, leadership experts and senior law enforcement figures, the conversation reflects on the barriers earlier generations faced and the legacy they leave behind. The discussion also looks ahead. From culture, leadership and representation to evidence-based policing, support, belonging and the role of men in advancing women, the speakers set out a clear challenge for the future. If policing is serious about progress, they argue, women and girls should no longer feel like exceptions in the profession — they should simply know they belong. PolicingTV 12/5/2026 Feature, Video B.C. policewomen want lawsuit, not labour arbitration, over alleged discrimination CANADA: A group of female police officers pursuing a class-action lawsuit against municipal police forces in B.C. over alleged harassment, bullying and discrimination say it is not a labour dispute, and they hope the B.C. Court of Appeal agrees. Global News (Canada) 11/5/2026 News, Video Crime and Policing Act 2026: factsheets POLICY PAPER: These factsheets provide more information about the Crime and Policing Act 2026. Home Office 11/5/2026 Report IOPC responds to Ofcom’s ruling on complaints about Panorama documentary ‘The Chris Kaba shooting’ Responding to Ofcom's ruling, published today, on complaints we made about the BBC Panorama documentary 'The Chris Kaba shooting', IOPC Director General Rachel Watson said: Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 11/5/2026 Report Police drone programs raise questions about use of AI, facial recognition USA: Law enforcement drone programs are moving from specialized public safety tools into a broader surveillance infrastructure that can put aerial cameras, live video feeds, automated tracking, and data sharing into routine policing. The concern is not simply that police departments are flying drones. It is that drone programs are being built into larger public safety ecosystems before privacy rules, data retention limits, facial recognition restrictions, and public oversight have caught up. 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