Highest Ocean Plastic Waste Polluters (Annual Estimation, Metric Tons) 🇵🇭 Philippines: 356,371 🇮🇳 India: 126,513 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 73,098 🇨🇳 China: 70,707 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 56,333 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 40,000 🇧🇷 Brazil: 37,799 🇻🇳 Vietnam: 28,221 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 24,640 🇹🇭 Thailand: 22,806 🌍 Rest of the World: 176,012 Source: "More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean," Lourens J. J. Meijer et al (2021), via science. org.

Behind the scenes on THE SHINING, Jack Nicholson psyches himself up for the famous "Here's Johnny" scene.

A recent report into the economic value of policing to businesses in England and Wales suggests that every £1 invested in policing generates around £10.70 in economic value for businesses, with a 10% increase in community policing likely to generate £13 billion in net economic benefits for businesses over three years – an estimate that researchers believe is conservative – as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. [SUBSCRIBER ARTICLE] policinginsight.com/feature/…

Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Vancouver Police Department and the city we serve. For the first time since 1978, the #VPD will be able to fully develop the next generation of police officers from the day they join us through graduation and into their careers. Our new Police Academy will provide specialized, hands-on training to prepare recruits for the complex challenges of modern policing, including mental health and addictions, vulnerable populations, violent and organized crime, cybercrime, and public disorder. It allows us to develop recruits using the experience of Vancouver Police officers and to integrate classroom learning with realistic scenarios based on the challenges our members face every day. We want our officers to meet—and exceed—provincial standards and be ready to serve Vancouver from their very first day on the job. The success of this Academy won’t be measured by the facility. It will be measured by the quality of the officers who graduate from it. @VPDRecruiting

Honestly, if I were His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, there is no way I would have released this, given recent events. The horrific crash in Cleveland which caused the deaths of two Police Officers; PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough and its aftermath, is a prime example that communities require a local policing model. Properly funded and executed by Officers who know their communities and have the financial and physical resources to deal with local issues, including serious and organised crime. Likewise over the weekend in Portsmouth, again a force which does not have the financial or physical resources to mobilise sufficient local public order asset when required, and had to rely on resources from elsewhere to deal with a very contentious, local issue. Policing has been systematically underfunded and dismantled since 2014 and it’s about time a report accepts it and accepts that merging forces is not going to fix the problem, if anything it’s going to make things far, far worse. Mergers will lead to ‘regional policing hubs’ which will see the closure of more police stations and officers being despatched to areas they don’t know purely to achieve statistical charter times, rather than to provide decent victim support. Mergers will lead to ‘cherry picking’ of which department deals with which jobs in certain geographical areas, causing a postcode lottery for how your crime is dealt with. Mergers will further devastate recruitment with applicants being told that they are a ‘regional resource’ and can be deployed hundreds of miles from where they live on a daily basis. How do I know all this? It’s already happened, it’s called ‘Police Scotland’. Like I said a few weeks ago, if you don’t say it at the time, you can’t complain about it after the fact. #ThinBlueLine 🚨

WTF? Jeremy Kyle says Southport Killer Axel Rudakubana is receiving over £1000 a month in benefits paid to him while he is in prison

Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones warns UK police funding is lagging far behind Europe. “There is an absolute problem here, which is the structural underfunding of policing in our country.”

A retiring chief constable has warned the prime minister against any cuts to local policing. Ben-Julian Harrington has called for his officers to be paid more, saying some were leaving the force for better-paid jobs in scaffolding and double-glazing. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dw…

A drive to create bigger regional police forces for England and Wales faces a significant delay after Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe, the former senior officer devising the plans, was told to revisit his proposals to fit in with Andy Burnham's devolution agenda. ft.com/content/9a60246e-30de…

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I’ve seen longer queues in the ‘five items or fewer’ isle. Stop it, just stop it!

🚨 EXCL: The full names and contact details for more than 100,000 police officers and staff have been leaked on the dark web after a hack on a national police database Ministry of Defence and Home Office officials are also affected Read below 1/

You yell barracuda, everybody says, "Huh? What?" 😂 #Jaws Larry was speaking facts but he never knew how right he was!

🧵1/6 🚨The thin blue line is getting thinner🚨 New Home Office figures reveal there are now 566 fewer police officers in England and Wales than a year ago. gov.uk/government/statistics…