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The Week In Review
Tue 21st March to Mon 27th March
The Week in Review aggregates the top news stories from the past seven days and orders them by popularity. Would you like to see the whole week's news?
Degree entry students can transfer onto force's new training scheme
27/03/23 - The Policing PLUS scheme will allow those who wish to transfer from the degree programme to do so, in a move that's expected to free up 100,000 hours a year from June. • Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constabulary has unveiled a new training course for those wishing to enter the service that its Chief Constable says will free up to 100,000 hours
BTP Chief Lucy D'Orsi recognised in special honours list
27/03/23 - BTP Chief Constable Lucy D'Orsi has been honoured by the King for her contributions to the funeral of his mother, the late Queen. • Chief Constable Lucy D’Orsi was recognised last Friday for her contributions to “Operation London Bridge”. As the National Coordinating Gold Commander for the policing operation around the fu
Hotspot policing patrols and swifter sanctions announced to tackle ASB
27/03/23 - The College of Policing has launched a new ASB toolkit as part of the government's £160m Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, under which nitrous oxide will also be banned. • Sixteen areas in England and Wales will be funded to support new hotspot police patrols or trial a swift punishment scheme under government plans to tackle ASB, in a move that
- 28/03/23 - Surrey officer's false DA claims led to Sergeant being imprisoned
- 27/03/23 - Court delays re-traumatise rape and sexual abuse survivors
- 27/03/23 - Black children up to six times more likely to be strip-searched
- 28/03/23 - Minister: I assume police have good reasons to conduct strip-searches
- 23/03/23 - Force to return to former HQ amid record officer numbers
- 24/03/23 - Forces begin cutting PCSOs in the face of budgetary pressures
- 22/03/23 - Met 'unlikely' to ask Baroness Casey to return despite offer
- 28/03/23 - City of London to use mental health checklist for suspects
- 24/03/23 - South Yorkshire officer awaiting trial had received death threats
- 24/03/23 - NPCC 'has to respect' forces' independence while pushing for change
- 25/03/23 - Places available for 100 mile charity cycle to support Justice and Care
- 23/03/23 - Welfare checks need to be addressed in National Partnership Agreement
- 23/03/23 - Staff cuts to be 'in proportion' with fall in officer numbers
- 22/03/23 - PCC calls for consideration of 'grit test' for new recruits
- 24/03/23 - Officer honoured for role in policing operation after death of Queen
- 22/03/23 - Warnings voiced over government's emergency alert system
Features
Achieving Taser training 'standardisation' across the forces
The curriculum manager for Armed Policing and Less Lethal Weapons at the College of Policing spoke to Police Oracle about the 'pyramid' of learning that's key in this area. • It’s been almost 20 years since Taser was introduced into UK policing, following a trial in five forces. Init
- Rapid debrief process giving Essex Police 'early, quick wins'
- Project Odyssey: a breakthrough in sexual abuse evidence gathering
Comment
Facial Recognition Technology: a force for good
Real life cases of LFR finding missing children and identifying sex offenders are being lost in a narrative centred on privacy and data protection says former surveillance camera commissioner Tony Porter. • In recent months, there have been a number of reports of UK police forces leveraging Fac
- Comment: The Lord, the Policing College and the front line
- Comment: where next for policing and technology?
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