Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103303 total results. Showing results 22601 to 22620 «112711281129113011311132113311341135Next ›Last » More than 2,000 county lines dismantled in 18 months through Home Office programme Between April 2022 and September 2023, more than 4,000 arrests were made by dedicated police taskforces from the County Lines Programme (Met, Merseyside, West Midlands and BTP and from April 2022 GMP). Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/12/2023 News Government seems to have ‘lost sight’ of low-level offenders The Justice and Home Affairs Committee has called for community sentences to be improved and used more widely in a report that underlines concerns over the Government’s apparent preoccupation with the prison population. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/12/2023 News Largest forces see sharp rise in religious hate crimes Figures have been revealed on the number of antisemitic hate crimes recorded by forces. BTP saw one of the largest increases among forces in recorded antisemitic offences in the weeks following the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel conflict, new figures have revealed. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/12/2023 News Cause of concern at Staffordshire Police discharged by HMICFRS His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has discharged one of two accelerated causes of concern at Staffordshire Police. Police Professional 29/12/2023 News Record number of offenders tagged to cut alcohol-related crime A record number of offenders are being tagged over the festive period in a bid to cut alcohol-fuelled crime. Figures released on Friday (December 29) show around 2,800 offenders have been made to wear an alcohol tag during Christmas and New Year, with the devices able to detect if an offender has been drinking by analysing their sweat. Police Professional 29/12/2023 News Interrogative Prerogatives: A Content Analysis of Police Policies on School-Based Interviews and Interrogations Children increasingly interact with police on school grounds. Most research on police in schools focuses on school safety. However, police also question children at school as witnesses, suspects, and victims during a criminal investigation. The current study explores police policies about interviewing and interrogating children at school. We explored how many of the police departments of the largest 100 U.S. cities had policies related to questioning children at school and analyzed the content of these policies. We found that 40% of police departments had a policy of school-based questioning. These policies rarely covered issues related to students’ legal rights and largely focused on adult-related issues like notification of the child’s parent and permission of school officials. Journal of School Violence 29/12/2023 Research article Discernment of Children’s True and False Memory Reports: Police Officers and Laypersons Adults’ ability to accurately evaluate children’s statements can have far-reaching consequences within the legal system. This study examined the evaluations of police officers (“experts”) and laypersons (“nonexperts”) when presented with videotaped interviews of children aged 3 and 5 years who provided either true or false reports or denials. Participants were drawn from several counties in the eastern United States. Children’s interview statements fell within four statement types: accurate reports, false reports, accurate denials, and false denials. Both groups of participants displayed overbelief in false denials. Several control variables predicted accuracy, including children’s age and children’s race. A significant interaction emerged: Experts (vs. nonexperts) had greater odds of being accurate when judging false reports (vs. false denials). These findings highlight the challenges adults face when distinguishing between various types of children’s statements. The results have important implications for legal contexts, emphasizing that fact finders need to be mindful of the risks associated with both overaccepting false denials and accepting false reports. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 29/12/2023 Research article Mediating Citizen Complaints Against Police Officers: Community Viewpoints From Trinidad and Tobago Given the confrontational nature of citizen–police interactions, citizen complaints against the police are inevitable. In Trinidad and Tobago, citizen complaints are frequently ventilated via litigation or through a range of police-led and non-police-led investigations. However, it has been argued that these mechanisms for resolving citizen complaints against the police are ineffective. With this in mind, there is need for alternative mechanisms to resolve citizen complaints against police officers, and mediation has emerged as the leading contender. Despite the proclivity toward mediation, the phenomenon has attracted sparse scholarship in Trinidad and Tobago. As a result of this lacuna, this study employs a qualitative approach to measure (a) citizens preference for mediation or traditional mechanisms of complaint resolution and (b) citizens willingness to use mediation to resolve complaints against police officers in Trinidad and Tobago, if mediation becomes available. Criminal Justice Policy Review 29/12/2023 Research article Examining Police Officers’ Perceptions of Automated License Plate Readers Before Technology Expansion Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are one of the most recent technological advancements that have rapidly diffused across U.S. law enforcement. A majority of the large police agencies utilize APRs, yet little empirical and evaluative research has been conducted on this technology. This study seeks to (a) synthesize what is known about ALPRs and (b) examine police officers’ perceptions of ALPRs before a major expansion of the technology in a single agency in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Using an officer survey of 110 respondents, results found that those with prior experience using the technology, younger and more inexperienced officers, and those with stronger guardian orientations possessed more positive perceptions of the ALPR expansion. Prior experience using ALPRs also served as a protective factor by being associated with lower levels of skepticism toward the technology expansion; those officers with stronger warrior orientations had higher levels of skepticism. Practical considerations and directions for future research are discussed. Criminal Justice Policy Review 29/12/2023 Research article The early intervention team managing a previously ‘unknown demand’ in Northamptonshire Early Intervention and Youth Service Manager Jackie Jones says officers have bought into the project, and understand that the work involved is 'not just an onerous task and another piece of paper that goes nowhere'. At this stage it’s impossible to say what impact Northamptonshire’s specialist domestic abuse early intervention team is having on the incidence of higher risk referrals, but everyone involved is hopeful that intervening at the earliest point will prevent the escalation of abuse. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/12/2023 Feature Ambitious target to close 2,000 County Lines by 2025 exceeded in just 18 months More than 2,000 County Lines have been dismantled and 4,000 arrests made in the past 18 months, as the Government hits its target of closing thousands of these criminal in just a year and a half. Police Professional 29/12/2023 News Many police forces in UK recorded rise in antisemitic offences after start of Israel-Gaza war The number of antisemitic hate crimes recorded by many of the UK’s largest police forces jumped sharply in the weeks after the outbreak of the Gaza-Israel conflict, figures reveal. Islamophobic offences also rose for some forces, although the overall picture was more mixed across the country. The Guardian - Subscription at source 29/12/2023 News NZ’s new government is getting tough on gangs – but all the necessary laws already exist The New Zealand Coalition Government has made a crackdown on gangs a priority in its first 100 days, setting out its expectations in a letter to the Police Commissioner and promising new police powers; but Auckland University of Technology Law Professor Kris Gledhill argues that necessary laws to tackle the problem are already in place, and a focus on diverting people from gang membership would be more effective. Policing Insight 29/12/2023 Analysis, Feature, Opinion Police record rise in religious hate crimes after Israel-Gaza war Antisemitic hate crimes rose sharply in the month after the Hamas attack on Israel, figures from some of the UK's largest police forces suggest. Some forces also recorded a rise in Islamophobic offences, though the picture is more mixed. BBC 29/12/2023 News New unauthorised entry offence and police collaboration needed to boost sport fan safety at home and abroad, MPs say The creation of a new criminal offence of unauthorised entry to a football match and bolstering collaboration between UK and overseas police are among recommendations from MPs on how to improve safety at sporting events at both home and abroad. Parliament.uk 29/12/2023 News Threema: How Australia’s underworld is quaking in fear that detectives have cracked another messaging app AUSTRALIA: Australia's criminal underworld has been rocked by rumours another secure messaging app used by bikies and gangsters may have been compromised by police. Threema is an easily available Swiss-designed encrypted messaging app which runs on almost any device, with versions available for iPhones, Android phones and desktop and laptop computers. Mail Online 29/12/2023 News Online child abuse a key focus for AFP Central Command in 2023 AUSTRALIA: Online child abuse offences remained a key focus in 2023 for the AFP’s Central Command, which covers South Australia and the Northern Territory, along with engaging migrant communities, aviation safety and targeting the activity of serious and organised crime. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 29/12/2023 News Police Scotland recruits Romanian officers to help trafficked women Police Scotland is seconding officers from Romania to help women trafficked for sex work. The force has long investigated the southeastern European gangsters behind many of the country’s underworld brothels. Last month three Romanians were convicted of running an off-street sex business in Motherwell. But Police Scotland’s elite national human trafficking unit reckons there is more abuse and exploitation to be uncovered. The team has secured funding from the UK Home Office to second two officers from Romania in the new year. The Times - Subscription at source 28/12/2023 News Major shift revealed: Police charging half the drug users they used to, though numbers creeping up again NEW ZEALAND: The number of police prosecutions for recreational drug use appears to have halved since a pivotal law change, though police are still sending more than 60 people a month to court. NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 28/12/2023 News Tipperary gardaí introduce new collaborative model to solving repeated incidents of crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Síochána has introduced a new model for investigating groups of incidents. Outgoing Crime Prevention Officer Garda Tom O’Dwyer gave a presentation on the SARA Problem Solving model at a recent Tipperary Joint Policing Committee meeting. Garda O’Dwyer said it will be the model the gardaí will use going forward. It is envisioned that the model will help to find long-term solutions to repeated problems by addressing “underlying factors.” Tipperary Live (Republic of Ireland) 28/12/2023 News «112711281129113011311132113311341135Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
