A former police officer has been spared a jail sentence over his fatal decision to Taser a 95-year-old woman with dementia symptoms at an Australia aged care home. Kristian White said he had used the […]
Police will be given new powers to search homes without a warrant for stolen mobile phones under major legislation which targets theft, street crime and anti-social behaviour. The Crime and Policing Bill is at the heart […]
Policing across the country is facing “chronic challenges” due to protests, according to a senior officer from the Metropolitan Police. Assistant commissioner Matt Twist told a Policy Exchange event the force was dealing with “protests, […]
New measures aimed at curbing protest methods often used by environmental groups have come into effect. Police in England and Wales now have powers to move protesters who disrupt transport, while offenders could face three […]
A proposed code of practice covering police use of live facial recognition in England and Wales has been criticised by human rights groups. Live facial-recognition systems compare faces captured on closed-circuit television with those on […]
An Illinois man is suing the city of Springfield, alleging police unlawfully took an urn with his daughter’s ashes and said it tested positive for meth. New body camera footage shows Dartavius Barnes handcuffed and […]
Harsher sentences for people who attack police officers “would be very welcome”, the head of the national body for police bosses has said. Katy Bourne, the new chair of the Association of Police and Crime […]
A man charged with robbery in Oregon is trying to dismiss his case after police admitted to photoshopping the mugshot used by witnesses to identify him. Police say they digitally removed the facial tattoos from […]
A probe into the alleged manipulation of drug test result data is now looking at thousands more blood samples. The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) says “scores” of convictions could be overturned in cases where […]
A Texas police department has changed a key detail in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager, amid mounting calls for the officer to be arrested. Jordan Edwards, 15, died after an officer fired a […]
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