Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115442 total results. Showing results 19041 to 19060 «949950951952953954955956957Next ›Last » An Garda Síochána to buy €4m worth of ammunition over next five years REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Síochána is to spend €4m on millions of rounds of ammunition for its firearm stores over the next five years. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 15/1/2025 News Britain working at pace to curb rising synthetic drugs threat More than 20 dangerous substances have been banned by the government as efforts stepped up to combat the increasing drug threat and make our streets safer. Home Office 15/1/2025 News Met Police in High Court over right to sack rogue officers in vetting row after Sarah Everard murder The Met is fighting a High Court battle over its ability to sideline officers as a sergeant accused of multiple unproven sex attacks challenges their bid to dismiss him The Independent 15/1/2025 News Police Service of Northern Ireland briefs MPs about the resourcing pressure on Policing The Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) Chief Operating Officer, Pamela McCreedy today (15 January) told MPs about the challenges facing the Police Service as a result of significant underfunding since 2010. Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) 15/1/2025 News The changing nature of the Garda station interview REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A lot has changed with police custody and questioning In Ireland over the last 40 years, but improvements can still be made RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 15/1/2025 Analysis, Feature ‘Mobility scooter users must be added to Highway Code’ Research showed that mobility scooter users are nearly three times more likely to be killed in a road collision than any other road user group. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/1/2025 News The more things change, the more they stay the same: A multi-wave national assessment of police academy training curricula Research Summary: Using secondary data from a census of 421 police academies nationwide continuously operating between 2002 and 2018, we assessed continuity and change in core areas of basic law enforcement training (BLET) of new police hires. Despite decades of concerns expressed by national-level commissions, scholars, and practitioners about the substance of police academy basic training, ours is the first study since the 1980s that examines the content of basic training at multiple police academies during an extended period that included two eras of policing: community oriented and evidence based. Results showed continuity throughout time in total required hours of BLET, including required hours of core curriculum training, and a disproportionate distribution of total training hours allotted to areas central to the crime fighter persona of the early 20th century professional era. Policy Implications: This assessment revealed strong empirical evidence of long-term resistance to change in police basic training based on continuing overemphasis of traditional aspects of basic training (e.g., use of lethal weapons) over other parts (e.g., community-oriented policing). Our results, combined with recent qualitative analyses of police basic training revealing a primary “danger imperative” message broadcast to trainees by instructors along with more subtle racist and sexist messages about “bad guys” wanting to kill cops, reveal that decades of efforts to get the occupation to change what new police officers learn during basic training is apparently the equivalent of what Dorothy Guyot once termed “bending granite”—an effort doomed to fail. To weaken the granite, police practitioners and leaders involved with training must take steps toward a complete and comprehensive reorientation of police recruitment and basic training that stresses the importance of new hires acquiring a toolkit that has a guardian-based foundation and emphasis but allows for the rare instances when officers need to use warrior tools. Criminology and Public Policy 15/1/2025 Research article A demanding year of protest: public order events linked to the conflict in the Middle East Chris Hobbs reflects on a challenging year of public order protests linked to the Hamas terrorist attacks and the resultant war in Gaza. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/1/2025 Feature Ankle monitoring in Alberta a moot point without Criminal Code changes, critics say CANADA: Albertans convicted or accused of a crime can now be ordered to wear 24/7 ankle monitors that electronically track their movements using GPS. The move was first announced in March 2024. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said the move, which came into effect Jan. 15, gives courts another tool to consider when determining sentencing or bail conditions, and will help combat crime. Global News (Canada) 15/1/2025 News Met Police must be able to dismiss officers who fail vetting, court hears in judicial review Sergeant Lino Di Maria's vetting was removed in September 2023 and his appeal against this decision was refused, leading him to a gross misconduct referral, which he claims was unlawful. The Metropolitan Police would be placed in a “hopeless position” if it could not dismiss officers after removing their vetting clearance because of allegations of sexual or domestic abuse, the High Court has heard. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/1/2025 News Transformative change As the Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill faces its final hurdles in the Scottish Parliament, Justice Secretary Angela Constance examines the proposed legislation. Police Professional 15/1/2025 Feature, Opinion UK police not equipped to protect SMRs, analysts say Policing strategy in the UK has not caught up with the pace of development of small modular reactors (SMRs), leaving them vulnerable to emerging threats, according to expert analysis published by the Alan Turing Institute. No SMRs have been built yet in the UK, but construction by developers with support from Great British Nuclear (GBN) is expected to start within years. New Civil Engineer 15/1/2025 News Ontario rolling out police dashboard to monitor people out on bail for firearms charges CANADA: Dashboard an 'unjustified expense,' criminal lawyer says. The Ontario government is rolling out a province-wide police dashboard to monitor people who are out on bail for firearms-related offences, the province announced Wednesday. The dashboard is a situational awareness tool and will improve information sharing between law enforcement agencies, according to a provincial news release. CBC News (Canada) 15/1/2025 News Victoria police use-of-force data show Indigenous ’overrepresentation’ CANADA: The data was released Wednesday in response to an order in November from the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner for the force to share the statistics. Vancouver Sun (Canada) 15/1/2025 News PC sacked after speeding in marked police car A police officer has been sacked for driving in excess of the speed limit on multiple occasions. BBC 15/1/2025 News New legislation introduced to curb rising synthetic drugs threat More than 20 dangerous substances have been banned from today (January 15), including xylazine, as “significant efforts” are made to combat the threat of devastating synthetic drugs, which the Government warns is increasing. Police Professional 15/1/2025 News PSNI says it needs £200m extra to address staffing deficit The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says a plan to address declining numbers of officers and the recruitment of hundreds of new officers, will require £200m in additional funding over five years. BBC 15/1/2025 News Gross misconduct proven against former officer who sent inappropriate messages to woman A former West Midlands Police constable who sent inappropriate messages to a woman he had arrested would have been dismissed if still serving after gross misconduct was proven. Police Professional 15/1/2025 News Detective admits accessing family’s police records A detective has admitted accessing police records several times about himself and members of his family over a 10-year period. Det Con Thomas Lauder, 42, told the first day of a two-day misconduct hearing he accepted he "got things wrong" but "not in a malicious or deceitful way". BBC 15/1/2025 News Concerns over vetting as police conduct Bill reaches final hurdle The general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation has written to all MSPs raising concerns regarding the vetting process changes introduced within the Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill. Police Professional 15/1/2025 News «949950951952953954955956957Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
