Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104893 total results. Showing results 1961 to 1980 «9596979899100101102103Next ›Last » Police chiefs and PCCs sent new warning and guidance on emerging drug threats during festival season Chief constables, police and crime commissioners, and directors of public health across England and Wales have been sent new guidance and warnings about the dangers of a potential influx of harmful new drugs – including synthetic opioids – which could present greater risks to “those who are drug-naive or experimenting for the first time” at this summer’s music festivals, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 Analysis, Feature, Interview Home Office gives £1 million to Gwent Police in anti-social behaviour crackdown Gwent Police receive £1 million from Home Office to increase patrols in ASB hotspots, after achieving a 6% reduction between April 2024 and March 2025. Abergavenny Chronicle 25/6/2025 News Victoria Police wants to be able to log into your home security camera AUSTRALIA: A former Victorian detective is working to launch a trial in which police would be able to remotely access CCTV from homes and businesses, a move which could save more than a million hours in door knocking. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 News PCC and chief constable visit crime scenes after spate of murders Apparently unconnected incidents challenge investigation teams with multiple, complex cases. Derbyshire PCC Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts and Chief Constable Rachel Swann have praised officers and staff dealing with an unprecedented number of murder investigations in the county. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 News Reasonable Doubt: Quantifying the Risk of Police Interrogation Tactics in False Confession Wrongful Convictions False confession wrongful convictions (FCWCs) remain among the most serious failures in the criminal justice system, yet efforts to quantify their prevalence have been hampered by methodological and inferential limitations. Existing estimates often rely on anecdotal case series, experiments of uncertain real-world relevance, or data that select on the very outcome under scrutiny. We develop a Bayesian inverse-probability framework to estimate the risk that currently lawful interrogation tactics produce FCWCs. Using observational and survey estimates of confession prevalence, conviction error rate, and the share of wrongful convictions involving false confessions, we construct three hierarchical models and simulate one million posterior draws. We embed these base-rate estimates in probabilistic scenarios incorporating plausible ranges of sensitivity and specificity, reflecting how well tactics identify the guilty while avoiding false positives. An acceptability curve then allows policymakers and scholars to evaluate interrogation practices against normative thresholds, such as Blackstone’s ratio or other harm-weighting assumptions. Findings suggest the estimated FCWC rate associated with current techniques clusters below one percent. This revised risk profile has implications for both policy and scholarly focus. Rather than settling the debate, our analysis reframes it: if risk is low, further reform may require new empirical evidence or clearer normative commitments. CRIMRXIV 25/6/2025 Research article Met Commissioner says criminals who turn up to carnival are ‘really violent and very difficult’ “If the organisers were given the resources to run it better, we’d be able to do a better job fighting crime, and our officers would be at less risk.” A report by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley for the London Policing Board, that meets on Thursday, says force bosses are “significantly concerned” that funding for extra stewards for the August Bank Holiday event will not be in place in time. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 News Safeguarding champion scheme helps promote good work within policing DS Jenny Edmonson runs the scheme with a team of people and the Federation finances it. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 News New cohort of communications operators join Hertfordshire Constabulary Hertfordshire Constabulary formally welcomed nine new recruits to the Force Communications Room (FCR). Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 News Queensland public drunkenness law reversal will bring racial profiling, elders warn AUSTRALIA: A proposal to make public drunkenness illegal in Queensland would lead to police racially profiling Indigenous people, elders warn. ABC News (Australia) 25/6/2025 News Push for police to be able to access your home CCTV remotely AUSTRALIA: A former Victorian detective is working to launch a trial in which police would be able to remotely access CCTV from homes and businesses, a move which could save more than a million hours in doorknocking. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 News “I went back to work, I carried on going to deaths and suicides, but I became sort of numb” A Hampshire officer who suffered trauma in her policing role and came close to suicide has bravely spoken about why she supports the STEP - Suicide Trauma Education Prevention - campaign. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 News Police officer to be charged with dangerous driving following fatal pursuit NEW ZEALAND: A police officer involved in the fatal pursuit of a teenage girl is to be charged with dangerous driving causing death. Stuff (New Zealand) 25/6/2025 News Garda’s family had ‘sleepless nights’ after attack with meat cleaver REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A garda who was attacked with a meat cleaver while on duty has said his family have endured “sleepless nights” waiting for him to return home from work. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 News Domestic violence training for gardaí must be stepped up REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Zero tolerance. That is the official stance on domestic violence. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 25/6/2025 Feature, Opinion Detecting deep fakes: The use and misuse of AI With jurisdictions across the world looking at ways to tackle the threat of deepfakes – particularly those of a sexually explicit nature – Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at the work of the AVALANCHE project in developing new tools and techniques to address the issue, as well as the wider impact of the Strengthened Security Research and Innovation area of the Horizon Europe programme for security. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 25/6/2025 Feature, Innovation £1.5m hotspot funding boost announced for Nottinghamshire Crime hotspots across Nottinghamshire are due to benefit from continued high-visibility foot patrols in crime hotspots for at least another year, following a fresh injection of £1.5m in government funding. Emergency Services Times 25/6/2025 News Met launches new platform for Londoners to hear about neighbourhood policing A new way for Londoners to receive updates directly from local officers is being rolled out as part of the Met’s focus on neighbourhood policing. Emergency Services Times 25/6/2025 News Shrinking police force ‘focusing on what matters’ "It's disappointing to be shrinking as a police force, but we're focusing most of all on things that matter most to Londoners," says the Metropolitan Police's most senior officer, Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. BBC 24/6/2025 News Findings issued from investigation into West Mercia Police contact prior to murder of Alfie Steele An Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into how West Mercia Police (WMP) responded to incidents concerning Alfie Steele found no indication that any officers had breached professional standards, but that the force did not sufficiently train frontline officers to identify child abuse. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 24/6/2025 News Drones strengthening city centre policing Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and Thames Valley Police Joint Operations Unit has integrated Drone as First Responder (DFR) technology to a police control room in the first trial of its kind in the UK. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 24/6/2025 News «9596979899100101102103Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
