Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103290 total results. Showing results 22101 to 22120 «110211031104110511061107110811091110Next ›Last » Neck-restraint bans, law enforcement officer unions, and police killings Research Summary: Following high-profile police killings, many U.S. cities banned officers from using chokeholds and other neck restraints. The evidence for such bans, however, is limited. To test whether use-of-force policies prohibiting neck restraints are related to fewer police killings, we use three modeling approaches to analyze 2183 U.S. cities between 2009 and 2021. Police killings were lower in places that adopted neck-restraint bans and the bans were associated with less crime and fewer assaults on officers, net of controls. Because officer labor unions can affect use-of-force policies and the frequency of police killings, we also analyzed them, finding unionization increased the likelihood a city had a neck-restraint ban and had a null or negative association with police killings. Policy Implications: Adopting a neck-restraint ban is likely an effective way to reduce deaths due to police use of force with minimal collateral consequences. The bans operate through a diffuse discouragement of many types of lethal force or as a part of an array of use-of-force policies. Their direct relationship to asphyxiation deaths remains unclear. Officer unionization is unlikely to change the frequency of police killings, except through its association with stricter use-of-force policies. Criminology and Public Policy 15/1/2024 Research article Catch and release: Testing the effect of a citation release policy on crime in Washington, DC Research summary: This study investigated the effect of an expanded police station citation release policy enacted in Washington, DC in March 2020 on eight types of crime: homicide, sex abuse, robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, burglary, motor vehicle theft, theft from motor vehicles, and other theft. Monthly-level multivariate time series analyses employed data from 2013-2022 and accounted for the relationship between crime, arrests, and the jail population. The expanded policy was hypothesized to increase certain property crimes based on the new guidelines, but results indicated the policy modification was associated with changes in citywide crime counts for one type of crime: homicide. Policy implications: Efforts around the United States to decarcerate the pre-trial jail population should examine potential unintended consequences for public safety. The current study failed to detect a statistically significant increase in seven of the eight types of crime during the expanded use of one jail decarceration approach, police station citation release. In the future, jurisdictions looking to reduce their jail population might consider citation release as a speedy and cost-effective alternative to release-on-recognizance, but they should take care to monitor individual defendants and evaluate their own program. Criminology and Public Policy - Subscription at source 15/1/2024 Research article PCC writes to Policing Minister over ‘hugely damaging’ cut to Safer Streets funding Merseyside’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) has written an open letter to the Policing Minister expressing her disappointment and frustration after being informed that vital Safer Streets funding allocated to the region has now been “slashed”. Home Office 15/1/2024 News Police’s inadequate reaction enabled paedophile grooming gangs to abuse girls in Rochdale The report details failed investigations, including one into two takeaway shops where children as young as 12 were gang-raped. Despite a special team launching in 2010, requests for additional staff were denied, leaving kids at the mercy of their abuse First Post 15/1/2024 News NCA director sacked after WhatsApp and email security breaches Nikki Holland, former director of investigations at the NCA, was sacked for “misconduct” after sending sensitive NCA information over personal email and WhatsApp Computer Weekly 15/1/2024 News Police ‘left children at mercy of grooming gang paedophiles’ in Rochdale Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years in Rochdale because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said. The Independent 15/1/2024 News Far from the nearest cop shop, this community hired security to keep it safe AUSTRALIA: Jubilee Estate, built on the western tip of Melbourne’s sprawling outer western suburbs in Wyndham Vale, boasts elaborate playgrounds, breathtaking red dirt cliffs and a train station, from where residents can get into the city in 35 minutes. But at night, when the streets are empty, private security drives slowly over the newly poured roads acting as a supplementary law enforcement: protecting residents, checking licence plates on strange cars and responding to reports of suspicious activity inside the 1600-home, 5000-resident estate. The Age (Australia) - Subscription at source 15/1/2024 News Review published into Operation Span and non-recent child sexual exploitation in Rochdale The independent assurance review into historic child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Rochdale, published today [15 January 2024], has found compelling evidence of widespread organised sexual exploitation of children within Rochdale from 2004 to 2012, and failures by statutory agencies at the time to respond appropriately. This review was undertaken by child protection specialist Malcolm Newsam CBE and former senior police officer Gary Ridgway, who led the assurance review of Operation Augusta, published in 2020, and the review into historic safeguarding practices in Oldham, published in 2022. Greater Manchester Combined Authority 15/1/2024 News Children left ‘at mercy’ of Rochdale grooming gangs and dozens of men still pose potential risk – report The damning 173-page report also identified 96 men still deemed a potential risk to children. Sky News 15/1/2024 News Police ‘left children at mercy of grooming gangs’ in Rochdale Girls were "left at the mercy" of paedophile grooming gangs for years because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said. BBC 15/1/2024 News UK politicians and corporate partners call for more business transparency over modern slavery risks A roundtable of UK politicians, experts and corporate partners has urged businesses to be more open about their experiences with modern slavery in supply chains, and called for an overhaul of existing legislation, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 15/1/2024 Analysis, Feature Justice Secretary highlights increasing police numbers in Dumfries and Galloway Angela Constance says there were five more officers in the country's smallest police division in September 2023 compared to 12 months earler Daily Record 15/1/2024 News Police took aborted foetus without telling Rochdale grooming victim, review finds Failing among those detailed in highly critical report into how GMP and other agencies responded to child sexual exploitation The Guardian 15/1/2024 News SA police officer’s death to be referred to parliamentary committee on police mental health AUSTRALIA: The recent death of a police officer at a station in Adelaide's north-western suburbs will be referred to a parliamentary committee into mental health support for the profession. ABC News (Australia) 15/1/2024 News Police, refuges busy with summer spike in family violence NEW ZEALAND: It has been a busy summer season for police and crisis intervention teams helping women and children living with violence in unsafe homes. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/1/2024 News Garda recruitment campaign raises maximum age for applicants to 50 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A new round of garda recruitment opened on Monday, increasing the maximum age for applicants from 35 to 50. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 15/1/2024 News New garda recruitment drive raises age limit from 35 years to 50 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Síochána has launched a new campaign for recruitment with the age limit in applying to become a garda trainee increasing from 35 years to 50 years. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 15/1/2024 News One arrest and 29 dispersal notices in ‘Trojan’ bus initiative Northumbria Police worked alongside Stagecoach and the OPCC for eight days of action last year. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/1/2024 News Police ‘cannot meet’ expectations for children in custody amid Cairns watch house overcrowding AUSTRALIA: A senior police officer working at the Cairns watch house says officers “cannot meet” basic expectations to care for children in custody – including supplying regular food and toilet paper – amid severe overcrowding in the far north Queensland lockup. The Guardian 14/1/2024 News Only 10 per cent of e-scooter casualties recorded by police forces Advisory group says most e-scooter collisions are not reported to the police because people don't think it constitutes an RTA Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/1/2024 News «110211031104110511061107110811091110Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
