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Is THIS the key to improving eyewitness identification? Placing people who do NOT look the same in police line-ups can improve accuracy by 10%, surprising study reveals US and UK researchers recruited 19,732 volunteers to play the role of eyewitness Each participant was shown a video of a faked crime, followed by a photo line-up The … Read more
President Joe Biden is set to sign executive orders Tuesday afternoon that deal with ‘equity,’ including one that creates a national policing commission to prevent deaths like that of George Floyd.
Joe Biden will order national policing commission in wake of George Floyd’s death, restrict cops’ access to military equipment and sign order on housing equality as he stakes out agenda on race today By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 18:22 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 18:24 GMT, 26 January 2021 … Read more
Husband who doesn’t eat much is branded ‘rude and controlling’ for policing his pregnant wife by standing over her while she finishes food and telling her she ‘doesn’t have to clear her plate’ Anonymous woman, from the UK, revealed her husband’s annoying habit Took to Mumsnet and said he ‘polices’ what she eats despite fact … Read more
Police officers are spending too much time ‘policing relationships’ in domestic abuse and harassment complaints instead of fighting crime, West Midlands chief constable warns West Midlands Police has received 30,000 domestic abuse reports since April Chief Constable David Thompson said ‘very small proportion,’ end up in court He questioned whether the force’s role was ‘impacting’ … Read more
Extinction Rebellion protests have cost taxpayers £15 million in policing costs since April alone with disruptive stunts including blocking newspaper printers. The Home Office gave the Metropolitan Police millions of pounds of taxpayer money so far this financial year to fund the mounting costs of policing the extreme environmentalist group. Last month, 600 XR protestors … Read more
Dawn French has defended her decision to write from the perspective of a black character in her latest novel, adding that society shouldn’t be ‘policing fiction’. The comedian and author, 63, released her fourth novel Because of You this week, which features a host of multicultural characters. Appearing on The Andrew Marr show this morning, the … Read more
Boris Johnson backed down from plunging Manchester into Tier Three coronavirus restrictions amid fears police would not enforce the rules without Mayor Andy Burnham’s backing. Greater Manchester Police currently answers to the city’s Labour Mayor, while police and crime commissioners – a role filled in Manchester by Mr Burnham – have the power to set strategic … Read more
Boris Johnson backed down from imposing Tier 3 Covid rules on Manchester because he ‘feared police won’t enforce them effectively’ without Andy Burnham’s backing Greater Manchester Police currently answers to Labour mayor Andy Burnham Negotiation between Government and city’s leaders will continue over weekend It comes after the PM hailed agreement with Lancashire to move to … Read more
Officers policing Extinction Rebellion’s climate change protests have been pulled off duty due to a flare-up of coronavirus among their ranks A number of police officers who attended the protests returned positive tests Their team mates also began showing symptoms of coronavirus More than 300 activists from XR have been arrested in London since Tuesday … Read more