Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115552 total results. Showing results 24501 to 24520 «122212231224122512261227122812291230Next ›Last » Keir Starmer and Idris Elba launch project to tackle knife crime ‘national crisis’ Coalition to Tackle Knife Crime will involve campaigners, young people and victims’ families in England and Wales The Guardian 8/9/2024 News Record 14,508 police officers signed off from work with mental health issues in past year, shocking stats reveal Figures have soared by a staggering 130 per cent from 2012-13. A record 14,508 police officers have been signed off from work with mental health issues in the past year. Shock new stats show more cops took time out than ever before for reasons like depression, stress, anxiety and PTSD. The Sun 8/9/2024 News Police ‘massively frustrated’ courts can’t work efficiently all the time New head of the Police Superintendents’ Association says all victims deserve same swift justice as was seen after UK riots The Telegraph - Subscription at source 8/9/2024 News Police Scotland confirms it allows rapists to self-identify as women Campaigners say force’s policy is ‘deeply offensive’ and a ‘gross insult to all women’ The Telegraph - Subscription at source 8/9/2024 News 24,000 a year: The numbers that show our cops are punching bags AUSTRALIA: Beyond critical incidents where police are killed, there is a problem in how our police are treated and supported, writes Terry Goldsworthy. The Courier Mail (Australia) - Subscription at source 8/9/2024 Feature, Opinion A thought for the anti-jail judges: perhaps crime is down because prison works In Italy, each prison year served was estimated to prevent 14 to 46 crimes. The Labour manifesto could not have been clearer. Thanks to the Tories’ failure to build jails, “prisoners are being released early … and fewer dangerous criminals are locked up because of a lack of space”. Now we have Labour’s solution: release prisoners early, and lock up fewer dangerous criminals. The Times - Subscription at source 8/9/2024 Feature, Opinion Police Scotland face backlash over gender ID policy Campaigners have criticised Police Scotland after the force told MSPs that allowing individuals charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape to "self-declare" their sex fosters "a strong sense of belonging". The Herald (Scotland) - Subscription at source 8/9/2024 News Police introduce changes to mental health callouts NEW ZEALAND: Wānaka police, along with their colleagues around the country, will not be attending as many mental health callouts in the future. NZ Police has introduced higher thresholds for mental health callouts, going only to those calls where there is an immediate risk to life and safety. There will instead be more health-led responses, with the changes phased in between November and September 2025. Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) 8/9/2024 News Struggle to find new deputy garda commissioner shows Drew Harris ‘has lost the room’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A former senior garda says the struggle to fill the vacant deputy commissioner post is evidence that Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has ‘lost the room’. And retired chief superintendent John O’Brien told the Irish Mail on Sunday that the row over the pension entitlement of assistant commissioners is only ‘a part’ of the issue. He said the ‘subtext of all this’ is dissatisfaction with Drew Harris’s leadership. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 8/9/2024 News Officials raise alarm after McKee makes rapid gun law change NEW ZEALAND: Former gun lobbyist Nicole McKee has used her power as a Government minister to reduce regulation for gun clubs — without any public consultation. Documents obtained by 1News show officials raised the alarm about a change to the Arms Regulations in May, saying they were being processed under a "short time frame". 1 News (New Zealand) 8/9/2024 News Point-to-point speed camera trial coming to NSW – as it happened AUSTRALIA: The speed of all drivers, not just truckies, will be tracked through average-speed camera zones in a NSW trial, AAP reports. But don’t expect a fine in the mail if you mess up in the early days. The Guardian 8/9/2024 News Police officer in ‘good spirits’ after allegedly being stabbed with scissors AUSTRALIA: A Queensland police officer is recovering in hospital after allegedly being stabbed during a domestic call-out. The officer was allegedly stabbed with scissors and a second suffered a dislocated shoulder after attending an incident in Roma, about 476km north-west of Brisbane, yesterday. 9 News (Australia) 8/9/2024 News The swollen blue line! Police lash out over ‘woke’ unisex uniforms that cops claim crushes male officers’ testicles Male police officers are complaining their ill-fitting trousers are so tight their manhoods are at risk of being crushed. The arresting uniform has been narrowly cut in such a way that there is barely room to swing a baton, they say. Mail Online 8/9/2024 News Police across US given new UFO handbook as they warn craft ‘pose significant safety risks’ USA: Police chiefs of America's largest cities have published the first guide about UAPs, which details chilling encounters and how officers can report such incidents. The 11-page document warned that unidentified flying objects 'pose significant safety risks to law enforcement air support units,' urging teams to be vigilant when in helicopters. Mail Online 7/9/2024 News Police watchdog sparks outrage with ‘leak inquiry’ into media release of shock CCTV footage showing vicious attack against officers at Manchester Airport The police watchdog provoked outrage last night after launching a 'leak inquiry' into the release of CCTV footage that showed a vicious attack against officers at Manchester Airport. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating whether any police officers were responsible for passing the shocking footage to the media. Mail Online 7/9/2024 News Gardaí contacted more than 160 times since historical abuse appeal launched REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí say they have been contacted more than 160 times in relation to allegations of historical abuse in the country's religious-run schools. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 7/9/2024 News Why Toronto’s police union could soon be in a ‘public relations war’ CANADA: Negotiations for a new Toronto Police Association contract have broken down, sending the city’s police board and the union representing rank-and-file officers to arbitration — and a probable “public relations war.” Announced in a union statement this week that heaped blame on both the mayor and the bargaining committee, the development comes after eight months of negotiation to renew a contract that expired last December — a 2019 agreement that saw officers offered a bigger raise than other city workers. Toronto Star (Canada) 7/9/2024 News “Video is only one little perspective”: Officer perceptions of body-worn cameras in a small community-oriented agency This paper examines officer perceptions of body-worn cameras (BWCs) through semi-structured in-depth interviews with officers across ranks in a small community-oriented police agency. Giving voice to officers in a small agency, this study broadens prior knowledge gained from big agency studies and deepens existing understanding of officer perceptions of BWCs beyond a binary classification (either support or resistance). This approach provides a useful angle for scholars to bridge some gaps in the current literature and informs practitioners on how to improve policies for better utilization of BWCs in daily policing operations. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles - Subscription at source 7/9/2024 Research article How practical is tactical? Political sociology, militarization, and police tactical teams in Canada Emergency Response Teams (ERT), commonly referred to as Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) teams, are the specialized police unit responsible for mitigating violent and dangerous conflict beyond the capacity of general duty to handle effectively. Debates surrounding the application and effectiveness of ERTs in policing highlight a need to keep ERT members safe due to adequacy and occupational health and safety standards while concurrently managing the expectations of community groups. These groups include those calling for defunding or de-militarization. Explored in the current article, is a thematic analysis of popularized media to unpack the arguments that police, government officials and community activist groups make to help shift opinions on police militarization. However, we frame these media account within Bourdieusian concepts of symbolic power, habitus or field struggle to provide insight into, arguably conflicting, interpretations of police militarization. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles 7/9/2024 Research article Understanding the role of street network configurations in the placement of illegitimately operating facilities The role of street networks in shaping the spatial distribution of crime has become a foundational component within environmental criminology. Most studies, however, have focused on opportunistic crime types, such as property offenses. In this study, we instead research a theoretically distinct phenomenon by examining the placement of venues that host criminal activity. In particular, we study the relationship between network structure and the placement of illicit massage businesses, which operate on the intersections of illicit and legitimate activity by hosting illicit commercial sex under the guise of legitimate massage. We model their placement as a function of two network metrics: betweenness, which measures a street's usage potential, and a variant called “local betweenness,” which measures the potential of nearby streets. Multilevel models are used to examine the importance of these street-level metrics while accounting for tract-level covariates. Our findings demonstrate that, unlike property crimes, illicit massage businesses tend to be located on streets that are themselves quiet but that are close to areas of high activity. Such locations seem to combine accessibility and discretion, and therefore, represent ideal conditions for such businesses to thrive. Our findings can inform problem-oriented approaches to prevent the harms associated with illegitimately operating businesses. Criminology 7/9/2024 Research article «122212231224122512261227122812291230Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
