The Quiet Rise of Real-Time Crime Centers
Most evidence for RTCC effectiveness, however, is anecdotal, and there is a real lack of studies into how effective they really are. In Detroit, a National Institute of Justice study …
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Restaurant owner who banned vegans clashes with protesters
Chef John Mountain has broken down over a weeks-long clash with vegan activists after he banned them from his restaurant. A group of vegan protesters has been targeting Mr Mountain’s …
US children aged 10 and 16 killed while retrieving luggage that fell from family vehicle on a California freeway
Two children have been killed while retrieving luggage that fell from their car on a US freeway. The 10-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were hit by another car on Sunday …
Nurses and doctors attacked by mental health patient at Port Pirie Hospital
Two nurses and three doctors at South Australia’s Port Pirie Hospital have been injured in an incident involving a mental health patient, which has prompted a security investigation and counselling …
Nippy’s Waikerie Producers worker scalped during workplace incident
An iconic Aussie drink manufacturer has been fined $120,000 after a young factory worker had her entire scalp ripped from her head by machinery. South Australian based Nippy’s Waikerie Producers …
‘Intolerable, unprofessional’: NSW Police slammed over blunders in LGBTQI hate crimes inquiry
There is something “seriously wrong” with the way the NSW Police Force investigates unsolved homicides and public confidence in the force should be questioned, an inquiry into historic LGBTQI hate …
Security upgrade at troubled WA youth detention centre, Banksia Hill
Security at Western Australia’s troubled youth detention centre will be bolstered by prison officers, as the Cook government investigates if a new facility is needed. Corrections officers from adult facilities …
BBC suspends presenter over claim he paid teenager for explicit photos
Britain’s BBC has suspended a male staff member following an allegation one of its star presenters paid a teenager thousands of pounds to pose for sexually explicit photos, beginning when …
Qld adds new cocaine test to roadside drug detection
Queenslanders will now be tested for cocaine as a part of the state’s roadside drug detection effort. The new test used by police officers will detect cocaine alongside MDMA (ecstasy), …
‘Evil’ husband took pictures of his wife’s body after strangling her and hiding her under the stairs of their Melbourne family home
After Zoran Pandilovski strangled his estranged wife to death in their Melbourne home, he moved her body to the basement and hid it under the stairs. The 48-year-old then used …