Specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams will be introduced to every police force in England and Wales by 2029, the government has pledged. It is part of a long-delayed plan aimed at halving violence against women and girls within a decade. The strategy – which will include funding for undercover units operating online, and […]
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Andrew will not face police action over bodyguard claim
BBC The Metropolitan Police has said it will “take no further action” over claims Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his police protection officer for information on accuser Virginia Giuffre. The allegations, first reported in the Mail on Sunday in October, said the then-prince gave the officer Ms Giuffre’s date of birth and social security number, just before […]
Climate protesters win groundbreaking class action against Victoria police over use of pepper spray | Australian police and policing
Climate protesters have won a class action against Victoria police over the use of capsicum spray during an anti-mining demonstration in Melbourne. The first class action against Victoria police in relation to alleged excessive use of oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray was heard in the state’s supreme court earlier this year, and a decision was handed […]
1 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Kentucky State University, suspect in custody: Police
One student is dead and another critically injured in a shooting Tuesday at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, according to police. A suspect is in custody, according to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and local police. Preliminary information indicates the shooting was caused by a personal dispute and was not a random active shooter situation, an […]
Man arrested after ‘pepper spray’ incident at Heathrow parking lot, police say
LONDON — A man was arrested on Sunday after a “group of men” unleashed what may have been pepper spray in a parking garage at London’s Heathrow Airport, the police said. The incident was not being investigated as terrorism, Cmdr. Peter Stevens, of London’s Met Police, said in a statement. Officers were called just after […]
Mangione didn’t want to talk. Police kept asking questions : NPR
Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing on Thursday in New York. Curtis Means/POOL Daily Mail/AP hide caption toggle caption Curtis Means/POOL Daily Mail/AP NEW YORK — Minutes after police approached Luigi Mangione in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, he told an officer he didn’t want to talk, according to video and testimony […]
Australia news live: border force detains six foreign nationals found by police in remote WA; emergency bushfire warning near Hobart | Australia news
Drivers left stranded for hours in Sydney tunnel amid fears of roof collapse Penry Buckley Drivers have been left stranded for up to four hours in Sydney’s M4 motorway tunnel, after fears of a concrete roof collapse saw the closure of all westbound lanes, causing delays on surrounding roads. About 6am this morning, Transport for […]
Beaches reopen after bull shark kills Swiss tourist with police reviewing GoPro footage from scene | Sharks
A shark that attacked two people on a remote New South Wales beach – killing a woman and wounding her partner – is unlikely to pose an ongoing threat, experts say. Police are reviewing GoPro footage from the scene, which may shed more light on how the attack unfolded. A Swiss couple were swimming at […]
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee | Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup. In a brief statement, federal police confirmed officers had executed a preventive arrest warrant at the request of […]
Officer shot dead in line of duty at hospital in North Carolina: Police
A police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty in a North Carolina hospital’s emergency department lobby on Saturday, authorities said. WakeMed campus police officer Roger Smith, 59, was working at the WakeMed Garner Healthplex in Garner, just outside of Raleigh, when he was shot around 9 a.m., according to Garner police. […]