Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98191 total results. Showing results 18821 to 18840 «938939940941942943944945946Next ›Last » ‘Shocking’ cuts to community gardaí staff on Cork city’s northside ‘not good enough’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Just one community garda was stationed at Mayfield Garda Station as of September, it has emerged. Echo Live (Republic of Ireland) 23/11/2023 News Road deaths to the fore of Garda talks today with 169 fatalities so far this year, eight of them in Carlow and Kilkenny REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Equality, diversity & inclusion within the force are also up for discussion. KCLR (Ireland) 23/11/2023 News National Contact Management Strategic Plan 2023-2028 The content of the revised National Contact Management Strategy was endorsed following extensive consultation with key stakeholders and through the appropriate governance processes of the National Contact Management Steering Group, the Local Policing Coordination Committee and Chief Constables’ Council. [PDF] National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 23/11/2023 Report Brazil’s biggest drug gang has gone global BRAZIL: Football matches are tense affairs in Brazil. That is doubly true when they take place in prisons. In August 1993 a game in a São Paulo jail ended in horrific fashion. Eight inmates attacked their opponents, killing at least two. Covered in blood, they proclaimed the birth of a new gang: the First Capital Command (pcc). Thirty years later the pcc is Latin America’s biggest gang, with estimates suggesting it has 40,000 lifetime members and another 60,000 “contractors”. That would make it one of the world’s largest crime groups. And on November 6th a leaked report by Portugal’s security services claimed the group has 1,000 associates in Lisbon, the capital. The pcc is going global. The Economist - Subscription at source 23/11/2023 Feature Government told to release documents over Clare Nowland Tasering AUSTRALIA: The office of NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley has been savaged by the privacy commissioner for withholding information about the fatal Tasering of 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland. The dementia-suffering Nowland was Tasered by Senior Constable Kristian White in her Cooma nursing home as she approached police holding a steak knife in the early hours of May 17. She died in hospital seven days after the incident. WA Today (Australia) 23/11/2023 News Police seize UK’s largest ever stash of synthetic opioids in Waltham Forest Eleven members of a criminal gang have been arrested and charged by detectives who have seized the UK’s largest ever stash of synthetic opioids. The Standard 23/11/2023 News New report highlights experiences of people in mental health crises with police amid calls for change AUSTRALIA: Victorians who have been dealt with by police in the midst of mental health crises are leading the charge for change. Twenty Australians, most from Victoria, shared their experiences in a new report from RMIT University and La Trobe University, funded by the National Disability Research Partnership. ABC News (Australia) 23/11/2023 News Queensland police charge 90 young offenders with ‘posting and boasting’ about their crimes on social media AUSTRALIA: Queensland police have charged 90 young offenders with "posting and boasting" about their crimes on social media platforms like TikTok under new laws brought in earlier this year. The new laws created an "aggravating factor" for car thieves who post footage of their offending. ABC News (Australia) 23/11/2023 News AFP leads charge in first canine skills enhancement program AUSTRALIA: The AFP hosted 30 dogs and more than 60 people in Canberra this week in the first-ever Australia and New Zealand Police Canine Skills Enhancement Program (ANZCSEP). The five-day program – including members from Australian state and territory police, and international partners from New Zealand, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom – was an opportunity to improve skills and share information on best practice in the field. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 23/11/2023 News Synthetic opioids: Largest ever UK seizure made by police The largest ever UK seizure of synthetic opioids has been made by police and border officials. BBC 23/11/2023 News Man fatally shot by police left behind life of crime and violence NEW ZEALAND: A judge warned more than a decade ago that a man who held a weapon to a woman's throat last week was likely to unleash his anger at a partner in the future. Tane Wipa was shot dead by police in the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata last Thursday, after holding his partner hostage for more than an hour. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 23/11/2023 News ‘Crisis builds in crowded prisons’ It is not difficult to find recent evidence to support claims that the UK’s prisons are in crisis. The Times - Subscription at source 23/11/2023 News Pathologists waiting up to six months for toxicology results REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Pathologists are waiting for up to six months before they receive the results of toxicology tests due to under-resourcing in the State lab. Mayo Live (Republic of Ireland) 23/11/2023 News Adviser warns UK government against tightening laws on glorifying terrorism Independent reviewer says change could harm freedom of speech and further strain overtaxed security services The Guardian 23/11/2023 News ‘Lawful excuse’ and the jury as a cornerstone of a legitimate criminal justice system The recent ‘not guilty’ court verdict against nine Just Stop Oil protestors who admitted deliberately smashing the windows of a bank HQ in London might suggest that the finding was completely at odds with the law; but as former police officer and University of Derby Policing Lecturer Tom Andrews explains, the ‘lawful excuse’ defence offered in this and other cases is a long-standing and crucial element of the jury-based justice system. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 23/11/2023 Feature, Opinion Calls for stronger consequences for young offenders after boys’ alleged stolen car joy-ride in Alice Springs CBD AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory Police say no charges have been laid after eight children allegedly took a stolen vehicle on a dangerous joy-ride through the Alice Springs CBD overnight. ABC News (Australia) 23/11/2023 News CoLP launches strategy for fraud, economic and cyber crime This is the first time the force has produced a national five-year strategy for policing which supports the delivery of objectives against these three threat areas. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 23/11/2023 News Taskforce Guardian tackles youth offending in Townsville AUSTRALIA: Townsville youth offenders have been the target of operations by local police as Taskforce Guardian completes its fourth deployment to the district this year. myPolice - Queensland Police News 23/11/2023 News PSNI assist the Met during another weekend of London protest Chris Hobbs encounters some PSNI officers on duty in London as the protests around events in the Middle East continue. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 23/11/2023 News Police justified in using police dog which bit 12-year-old boy NEW ZEALAND: The Independent Police Conduct Authority has ruled that the use of a police dog to apprehend a young boy who required hospital treatment after being bitten was justified. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 23/11/2023 News «938939940941942943944945946Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
