Safety

A pilot scheme is due to begin on Monday whereby the heads of police precincts will hold face-to-face meetings with citizens and civil society representatives to discuss policing matters twice a month.

While documenting the TV5Monde hack, a French TV station accidentally showed passwords and other personal information while reporting on a cyber-attack that happened a day earlier. Journalist David Delos spoke of his frustration over the cyber attack by what appeared to be pro-Islamic State supporters.

In a joint press statement, PEN International and Macedonian PEN said they felt "deeply concerned" by reports that Macedonian journalists have been subjected to widespread, unauthorized surveillance.

Western Texas police arrested Manuel Chico for impersonating an officer.

According to a… real officer of the law, Chico’s truck was at a drive-through when it started flashing the usual red and blue that can be found on Police cars. The lightshow was accompanied by the loud sounds of a police siren.

The government should replace all private security guards with police forces, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said April 1, a day after a hostage rampage where a prosecutor and his two captors were killed.

Members of the Greek counter-terrorism squad on Thursday detained two foreign nationals for arms possession.

Nearly half of all security guards in Montenegro work in the grey - unofficial - economy, were trained using outdated procedures and are unsufficiently monitored, a new report says.

About 2,000 security guards work in Montenegro but most work without official permits, the Interior Ministry report, which BIRN has seen, says.

Spy agencies are caught in a "technology arms race" with terrorists and criminals, the new head of Britain's MI6 said on March 31 in his first public comments since becoming chief.
      

Alternate Interior Minister for Civil Protection Yiannis Panousis visited on Monday the Regional Police Directorate and the Regional Fire Departments' Directorate in Peloponnese and reiterated the government's intention to support firefighers and police officers in their difficult mission.

The explosion and collapse were reported at around 3:20 p.m. at 7th Street and Second Avenue Thursday afternoon at a residential and commercial building.

According to the Fire Department multiple injuries have been reported and two people were rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.