Police

The government has been implementing 218 projects as part of the three-year ‘Strategic Plan 2018-20’ for developing the police as a modern, disciplined, effective and highly professional force. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan unveiled the ‘Strategic Plan...

News Hour Police in Colorado on Thursday captured a man who they had said calmly walked into a suburban Denver Walmart and fatally shot three people before driving away. The Thornton Police Department said on Twitter...

News Hour: Police and fans were injured in clashes during the Tunis derby between arch-rivals Club Africain and Esperance Sportive de Tunis on Sunday, the interior ministry said. Police used tear gas following confrontations with Club...

News Hour: Armed British officers arrested a man carrying knives near Prime Minister Theresa May’s office in London on Thursday on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism. The 27-year-old man was detained by counter-terrorism officers...

News Hour: IOM in Ghana recently (21-03) provided the Ghana Police Service (GPS) with six vehicles and equipment to combat child trafficking. The vehicles and operational equipment, which included four computers, three printers and a camera...

News Hour: Turkey has for the first time allowed women police to wear headscarves while on duty as part of their uniform. Women serving in the police force “will be able to cover their heads” under...

News Hour: A so-called “death squad” established within the Peruvian National Police has executed at least 20 criminals extrajudicially, amid a growing wave of insecurity in the South American country, the interior ministry found. Earlier this...

News Hour: Rio Olympics organizers stepped up police patrols on Wednesday as security concerns mounted over the threat posed by street violence, with a Games bus being hit by stones and a security patrol coming under...

News Hour: Students at the National Police Academy of Costa Rica are taking an IOM-designed course to enable them to better assist and protect migrants in vulnerable situations. Graduates of this training, which finishes tomorrow (13/07),...

News Hour: The Malaysian authorities’ failure to hold anyone accountable for the death in custody of N. Dharmendran raises serious questions about their commitment to ending serious human rights violations, Amnesty International said today. The statement...