Crime prevention
Gov’t plans extra allowance for police officers at football stadiums
Police officers on duty at football stadiums will be entitled to an additional allowance for their work, under new government plans announced by Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Oikonomou.
Türkiye deploys 60,000 military forces along borders, official says
Türkiye stations a total of 60,000 military personnel along its 3,000-kilometer land border, a Defense Ministry official has revealed.
The ministry's planning and operations department head, Brig. Gen. Serkan Bircan, made a presentation to a parliamentary commission on border security in a bid to address concerns related to irregular migration and refugees.
No traffic police
We can see it daily in the streets: The traffic police are completely absent.
The mission of the traffic police division should be redesigned from scratch in order to be able to respond to modern-day needs, and to be able to intervene, quickly and efficiently, where necessary, using the new technological tools that monitor traffic and confirm violations.
We are far behind.
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German court rules in favor of dismissed Turkish instructor
A German court has ruled in favor of a Turkish instructor who was dismissed from her position at the police academy over her statements on alleged racism among far-right police officers in Germany.
The court deemed the non-renewal of Bahar Aslan's employment contract at the academy, which was based on her criticism of the German police, as unlawful.
Prioritizing prevention
Greece's security services are ailing from structural weaknesses that must be cured. This, however, is a process that takes time. What is most pressing now is ensuring that no more blood is spilled, that the murder of a soccer fan on Monday does not evolve into a vendetta between rival fan clubs.
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Police chiefs changed in 52 provinces
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made 83 appointments within the General Directorate of Security, which has resulted in the replacement of police chiefs in 52 of all 81 provinces across the country.
Among the changes, the police chiefs of 24 other provinces have been transferred to the headquarters.
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What did the mass murderer from "Ribnikar" say about weapons? It wasn't the father...
The boy K.K., who committed a mass murder in the elementary school "Vladislav Ribnikar", stated in the High Public Prosecutor's Office that the weapon with which he committed the crime was secured.
The boy said that his father did not provide him with the first contact with a firearm, as was speculated in the media, said his father's lawyer Irina Borovi.
Rethink about police at universities
New Citizen Protection Minister Notis Mitarakis on Wednesday announced a radical rethinking of the role and structural organization of the special university police force set up by the government in its previous term.
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Thefts from UK convenience stores surge to record level
Theft from convenience stores in the U.K. reached record levels last year, according to a trade body, blaming criminal gangs and a cost-of-living crisis.
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), which represents 48,000 stores, said there were more than 1.1 million incidents in the last 12 months.
CoE Report Urges Montenegro to Investigate Police Brutality
Montenegrin Special Police Unit training in camp in the capital, Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro
In its report, the Committee called on Interior Minister Filip Adzic, head of the Police Directorate Nikola Terzic and regional police directors to actively promote a culture change within law enforcement agencies.