Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115442 total results. Showing results 18661 to 18680 «930931932933934935936937938Next ›Last » Royal Parks police could be cut to plug Met budget The Met Police has been urged to rule out cutting the police unit that protects the Royal Parks, as it tries to plug a £450million budget gap. The force's commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has said specific teams, including the Royal Parks, could be slashed in a "worst-case scenario". BBC 26/1/2025 News Thames Valley Police chief suspension ‘disturbing’ The suspension of Thames Valley Police’s chief constable Jason Hogg is ‘hugely disturbing’ for the force, its police and crime commissioner Matthew Barber has said. Mr Barber said he had ‘no option’ but to suspend Mr Hogg with immediate effect last week to allow the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) to investigate TVP’s most senior officer for alleged gross misconduct. The Herald Series 26/1/2025 News Senior Police Scotland figure at centre of contract whistleblowing complaint One of Police Scotland's most high-ranking officers is at the centre of a whistleblowing complaint over the awarding of a lucrative human resources contract. The Scotsman can reveal. The Scotsman - Subscription at source 26/1/2025 News Gwent Police to lose ‘significant number’ of PCSOs Gwent Police will lose “quite a significant number” of police community support officers (PCSOs) because of funding cuts, a senior officer has warned. Councillors in Newport heard the force “hasn’t got the money to backfill and fund” posts the Welsh Government previously paid for. South Wales Argus 25/1/2025 News More than 20,000 people sign up to CCTV database to help West Midlands Police catch criminals The service, set up in September last year, allows people to add their home or business cameras to a secure map of others in the region. Police can then quickly identify cameras that may have captured evidence near to the scene of a crime. Express & Star 25/1/2025 News New Garda baseball caps get a welcome from force – and from online sellers REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Availability of caps with words ‘Garda Armed Response Unit’ and copyrighted crest raises concerns over impersonation of gardaí The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 25/1/2025 News Police did not think Axel Rudakubana would be radicalised, says leaked report Home Office review will criticise counter-terrorism officers for not taking into account Southport killer’s obsession with extreme violence The Guardian 25/1/2025 News On patrol with the police: ‘A man ran at me with two machetes’ Salford’s police officers risk their lives dealing with gang-related violence, murders and an epidemic of domestic abuse. What is it really like on an emergency response team? Rachel Sylvester joins them on a night shift The Times - Subscription at source 25/1/2025 News Six police employees in Australia Day honours AUSTRALIA: Victoria's longest serving Aboriginal police officer, a key investigator in Australia's biggest counter terrorism case and a forensics expert deployed to disasters like the Black Saturday bushfires are being honoured this Australia Day. Five Victoria Police officers have been awarded the Australian Police Medal for distinguished service. One employee has been bestowed the Public Service Medal which recognises excellence, leadership and innovation. Victoria Police (Australia) 25/1/2025 News Australia Day honours for police AUSTRALIA: The Western Australia Police Force is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Australian Police Medal (APM), honouring four distinguished officers for their exceptional service and leadership. Western Australia Police Force 25/1/2025 News Seven officers recognised with Australian Police Medals AUSTRALIA: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) proudly recognises seven officers who will be awarded the Australian Police Medal (APM) in this year’s Australia Day Honours for their impressive contribution to policing. myPolice - Queensland Police News 25/1/2025 News Congratulations to policing recipients of the 2025 Australia Day Honours We are pleased to publish and recognise the policing recipients of the 2025 Australia Day Honours. The team at Policing Insight offer our congratulations and thank all the recipients for their service and contribution to their communities. Policing Insight 25/1/2025 News Police Scotland paid out over £11 million in claims since 2021 Police Scotland have paid out more than £11 million since 2021 to settle complaints, new figures reveal. Between April 2021 and October 2024, the force reportedly paid out more than £6.4m in employer liability claims made by 134 officers and staff. The second highest sum was £2.4m for 625 motor liability claims over traffic incidents involving police officers. The National 25/1/2025 News Force’s work on Claire’s Law ‘unacceptable’ – PCC The way Thames Valley Police has managed a scheme to let people know if their partner has a history of domestic violence "hasn't been acceptable", the area's police and crime commissioner has said. BBC 25/1/2025 News A new police taskforce will focus on recidivism, youth crime. But will it work? AUSTRALIA: Tasmania Police will launch a new taskforce in the Northern District which will "proactively" target recidivist and youth offenders. The Examiner (Australia) - Subscription at source 25/1/2025 News Australia Day Honours: Mike Bell among four West Australians awarded Australian Police Medal AUSTRALIA: Four WA Police officers — who have a combined total of more than 140 years experience — have been recognised for their distinguished service as members of the force. Commander Michael James Bell, Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen John Cleal, Inspector Jodie Lee Di Lallo and Detective Superintendent John Andrew Hutchison will be granted the Australian Police Medal as part of the Australia Day honours. The West Australian (Australia) 25/1/2025 News ‘The old peaked ones tended to get knocked off’ – new baseball-style caps set to give gardaí ‘street style’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Sergeants, inspectors and gardaí will wear a baseball cap on operational duties from today. The new headgear, with a gold Garda crest on the front, will replace the traditional peaked cap, which will remain for formal occasions such as court appearances and ceremonial duties. An Garda Síochána said in a statement: “Some specialist units like the Garda Public Order Unit already wear baseball caps, and now we’ve worked together to introduce a new cap we will wear when we are all out on operational duties. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 25/1/2025 News Gardai tell incoming Justice Minister ‘clear and urgent plan’ needed REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda associations have called on incoming Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan to meet with them ‘sooner rather than later’ to discuss ongoing critical issues affecting the force. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 25/1/2025 News The Validity and Reliability of Body-Worn Camera Meta-Data and Its Utility for Understanding Policing Police departments nationwide collect and store volumes of visual and audio data from body-worn cameras (BWCs). These meta-data have been underutilized by police and researchers. In this study, we explore whether BWC meta-data can provide more information on officer activity than what can be achieved from data in a department’s records management system (RMS) alone. The research examines the similarities and differences in officer activity by comparing BWC meta-data to RMS data. By merging the two datasets, we examine the concurrent validity of BWC meta-data and the reliability of incident type categorization for matched cases by comparing whether incidents were classified similarly in both datasets. Last, using both sources, we explore the mean time spent on incidents by officer assignment and incident type. Findings from this study suggest that BWC meta-data currently lack concurrent validity if used alone but are a valuable resource when supplementing RMS data. Justice Quarterly 25/1/2025 Research article Providing feedback in simulated investigative interviews with adult witness avatars increases the use of free recall and open questions Previous research has indicated that investigative interviews with adult victims and witnesses are often of low quality. Earlier findings also indicate that interviewing skills exhibit improvement when the interviewers are given feedback on their performance. Technological innovations make it possible to implement such an approach in a scalable manner. Simulated interviews with child avatars have shown that repeated feedback improves the proportion of recommended questions in those interviews. We created adult witness avatars (AWA) to simulate investigative interviews with adult victims and witnesses. We examined whether avatar interviews coupled with feedback (vs no feedback) would result in improvements in interview quality. Of the 60 participants, half received process feedback after each of four simulated interviews. The avatars revealed predefined memories and made errors as a function of algorithms formulated based on previous empirical research on the response behavior of adult witnesses in experimental studies. Results showed that receiving feedback after the simulated interviews increased the proportion of recommended questions (free recall and open questions) in avatar interviews compared with not receiving feedback (90.3% vs 72.6%, respectively). There was also a significant correlation between the question types and accuracy of details, even when analyzed separately for feedback and control groups. We demonstrated that with feedback after each AWA interview, the proportion of recommended questions was significantly higher in the AWA group than in the control group. The implications for practice are discussed. International Journal of Police Science & Management 24/1/2025 Research article «930931932933934935936937938Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
