UK Crime Mapping News
- Police map crime geography Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 11:56AMCitizens can now look up online crime maps to see crime trends in the areas covered...
- Letters and blogs: December 18 2008 Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:20AM Virtual state of mind Mohamed El-Fatatry has identified advantages of a virtual world dedicated to Islam (In a virtual world of their own 11 December). It is already possible to imagine the effect of an equivalent site for those Jews who believe that it is necessary to have exclusive space reserved for the "chosen people". A Jewish state on the internet would remove both the threat to their ...
- ID Cards: First identity cards issued to foreign nationals in Sheffield Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 8:05AMFor the first time, foreign nationals in Sheffield can enrol for identity cards containing their facial image and fingerprints, the Home Office Home Secretary has announced.
- Mapping murder Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 11:43AMMapping the teenage murder toll in 2008
- High Growth Forecasted for the Mobile ID Fraud Report 2008 Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 2:17PMReportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Wireless industry is available in its catalogue.
- Wales migrants are valuable - but exploited Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 12:18PMMigrant workers in Wales create new businesses, meet labour shortages and are no more likely to perpetrate crimes than other UK citizens, but a significant number of this valuable workforce are unscrupulously exploited.
- Migrants need more info, say AMs Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 7:15AMBetter information on rights and responsibilities should be provided to migrant workers, according to an assembly committee
- Immigration tops London concerns Tuesday, October 28, 2008 @ 7:53AMImmigration is the issue most Londoners are worried about for the next five years, a survey shows.
- Putting his mind to serious issues Wednesday, October 22, 2008 @ 11:42AMSELAYANG: Kuan Perk Siong says he is a mind research learning consultant. Right now, there are many serious things on his mind. The Selayang councillor is preoccupied with lack of basic infrastructure, and with rising crime and improper methods used to handle public grievances.
- E-crime unit funding inadequate, say businesses Friday, October 3, 2008 @ 9:54AMUK business is concerned that funding for the Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU) is inadequate to ensure it succeeds where its predecessor failed.
- Use information to fight Robocop, says report Wednesday, September 3, 2008 @ 10:47AMIn The lawful society , a report issued on 2 September 2008, Reform, a cross-party think tank which encourages choice in the public sector, praises the US for its widespread online publication of data on crime and criminals.
- Improving Police performance Tuesday, September 2, 2008 @ 7:46PMAs a retired Police officer with an abiding interest in the reputation, image, continuing upgrading of Police Performance in Sri Lanka I wish to call upon all serving and retired officers to contribute to continuous upgrading of Police performance by continuous constructive suggestions and actions and not mere negative destructive criticisms that serve little purpose resulting in defensive ...
- UK "Robocop justice" criticised Tuesday, September 2, 2008 @ 2:51AMA thirst for Robocop justice has made Britain the most expensive country to police in the world and created an environment where Britons have become passive bystanders, according to a report.
- UK & World News: Call for changes to policing system Tuesday, September 2, 2008 @ 12:26AMFundamental changes to policing and criminal justice are needed because Britain has become a nation of "passive bystanders" who expect ministers to be responsible for every crime that is committed, a think tank said.
- /Interview/ Q&A: Tom Watson Monday, September 1, 2008 @ 11:55AMBack in 2003, he was the first MP to start blogging. Now he’s Gordon Brown’s web Tsar. Tom Watson talks about the failures and successes of the government’s online strategy
- How safe is your area? Met police launch electronic crime mapping trial Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 6:59AM The Metropolitan police force has introduced its first trial crime map showing burglary, robbery and vehicle crime for the whole of London. The Met online crime mapping project, which uses data up to the end of June this year, is an initiative launched by the London mayor, Boris Johnson. The crime mapping project uses Google Maps technology combined with Met Police crime data, ...
- Guinea Bissau: In Need of a State Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 4:53PM"Drugs arrive by boat or by air from Venezulea, Colombia, or Brazil to be stored in Guinea-Bissau before being redistributed in smaller lots to Europe. The process is relatively easy for the traffickers.
- UCrime.com Launches First Crime Mapping and Alert Service for Colleges and Universities Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 12:00PM UCrime.com today announced the first online service to provide easy to read crime maps and automated alerts to those who do or plan to attend, work for, have children in and live around colleges and universities.
- That clever little box in your car does more than plan your route: it can organise your life! Here’s the Auto Express ... Friday, August 1, 2008 @ 11:20AMThat clever little box in your car does more than plan your route: it can organise your life! Here’s the Auto Express guide to what sat-nav can do for you.
- Joe Levenson: Crime maps are taking us in the wrong direction Thursday, July 31, 2008 @ 12:53PM It has become commonplace for Britain to look across the Atlantic for policy inspiration. From zero tolerance to mandatory minimum sentences to private prisons, a whole raft of British crime policies have been influenced by the US. The latest in this special criminological relationship are government plans , seemingly borrowed from Conservative party proposals, for online public access to ...
- Joe Levenson: Crime maps are taking us in the wrong direction Thursday, July 31, 2008 @ 11:52AMJoe Levenson: Why government plans for neighbourhood crime maps are taking us in the wrong direction
- Deportees from Malaysia say abuses still rampant Thursday, July 31, 2008 @ 2:49AMAnother batch of Filipino repatriates arrived in Zamboanga City Wednesday as Malaysia continues its crackdown against illegal immigrants in their country with many of the deportees saying that they have been victims of abuses during their detention.
- Bumblebees help close in on serial killers Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @ 5:26PMAnalysing bumblebee behaviour could improve the techniques police use to locate people that habitually kill (full text available to subscribers)