Turkey

A surge in violence has dashed plans for a negotiated end to the 27-year-old Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Kar­ke­rên Kurdistan, PKK) insurgency. Since Turkey’s elections in mid-June, clashes have killed more than 110 people, country-wide ethnic friction has hardened opinion, and the government has started bombing PKK bases and talking about an imminent ground offensive in northern Iraq.

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/europe/turkey-cyprus/turkey/213-turkey-ending-the-pkk-insurgency.aspx 

Colombia

Crime & Violence Threaten Upcoming Local Elections

http://www.crisisgroupblogs.org/crimeandpolitics/2011/09/23/colombia%E2%80%99s-local-democracy-under-threat-from-armed-actors/#more-147

Pakistan

The "Articles" page of the Pakistan Journal of Criminology has links to various resources related to policing in Pakistan.

http://www.pakistansocietyofcriminology.com/pmc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=60 

India

2009 article -- Network of Militants Is Robust After Mumbai Siege By LYDIA POLGREEN and SOUAD MEKHENNET

Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba has persisted, even flourished, since 10 recruits killed 163 people in a rampage through India's financial capital.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/world/asia/30mumbai.html?_r=1&th&emc=th 

France

2009 article -- French police dismantle migrant camp

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/world/europe/23france.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss 

China

2009 article -- China Expands Armed Police Force Authority (Beijing China Daily)

China last week gave the armed police "force new duties and statutory authority to respond to security emergencies," reports the Xinhua News Agency. The new law "mandates the mobilization of the 660,000-strong [People's Armed Police Force] to deal with riots, disruptions, serious violent crimes, terrorist attacks and other emergencies.… officers will patrol China's municipalities, provincial and regional capitals during periods of unrest, and take responsibility for the security of major transport lines and important public facilities." The force "will also have a duty to assist other law enforcement forces in arrest, pursuit and escort operations." Its "troops can establish security checkpoints to examine all personnel and vehicles entering and departing an area under their authority," and its "personnel can interrogate suspicious persons and check their identification documents, belongings and vehicles."

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/27/content_8625494.htm 

Canada

2009 article -- Policing at-risk communities (Toronto)

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/09/13/10867276-sun.html