Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 25641 to 25660 «127912801281128212831284128512861287Next ›Last » Zara Aleena: Jury to examine Met Police’s efforts to find killer A jury will consider whether police officers could have done more to find Zara Aleena's killer before he murdered her, a coroner has directed. BBC 17/10/2023 News Baroness Newlove reappointed Victims’ Commissioner on interim basis for one year Former Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Helen Newlove has been reappointed on an interim basis while a recruitment campaign for a permanent appointment gets underway. Police Professional 17/10/2023 News Cork garda challenges sanction he received after wrong apartment entered in drugs search REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda was given a formal caution by his superiors, despite the fact what occurred was 'a genuine error' and all the officers involved had acted 'in good faith', court heard. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 17/10/2023 News Body-Worn Cameras and Settlements Body-worn cameras (BWCs) have been widely adopted in the United States due to their perceived promise of reducing police misconduct through a deterrent or Hawthorne effect. Much of the available evidence indicates that BWCs reduce civilian complaints, use-of-force, and other police misbehavior. However, there is a tendency for existing research to study minor forms of misbehavior rather than serious misconduct. This study focuses on examining how settlements, a proxy of serious police misconduct, changed with BWC adoption and are an important outcome to study as they may correspond with financial and litigation burdens for police departments. This study uses panel data from 19 police departments over 10 years to assess how settlements changed post-BWC adoption. The results indicate BWC adoption is associated with a 40% reduction in police settlements and a 40% decrease in the median cost per settlement, and suggest BWCs may lead to less severe police misconduct over time. Justice Evaluation Journal - Subscription at source 17/10/2023 Research article Police perceptions of defunding and redirecting calls for service: A qualitative analysis The concept of “defunding the police” calls for municipalities to divert monetary resources away from police departments toward other social services to limit the scope of police response. Although this approach has gained traction, current research fails to gauge how police officers perceive “defunding arguments” and the feasibility of diverting calls to other social service providers. This study utilized 15 semi-structured in-depth interviews to investigate police perceptions of the defund the police movement. Using thematic analysis, we identified three emergent themes across the interviews. These themes included distrust of the police, extended scope of the police, and caution toward redirecting mental health calls away from police departments. This study offers insight into the complexity of diverting mental health calls away from police departments. It also sheds light on the recurring nature of domestic violence responses within their respective communities. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Subscription at source 17/10/2023 Research article The thin Tweet line: Exploring the use of social media by those seeking to influence policing at the Met Policing in the UK and internationally seemingly struggles to find the best approach to using social media, with forces and officers either criticised for not being proactive enough, or drawn into controversy as situations go viral; former police officer Oliver Laurence, now a policing consultant, looks at some of the recent challenges that have faced the UK’s largest force in its use of Twitter and X (caution this article contains content that may upset some readers). Policing Insight - Subscription at source 17/10/2023 Feature, Opinion Why belief matters National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for child protection and abuse, Ian Critchley QPM, reflects on the progress policing has made in child sexual abuse and exploitation investigation, and why belief is at the heart of this. Police Professional 17/10/2023 Feature, Opinion NSW Police target the state’s most dangerous domestic violence offenders as part of Operation Amarok IV AUSTRALIA: Police have arrested and charged more than 420 people with serious domestic violence offences, during a four-day high-visibility and saturation operation targeting the state’s most dangerous and high-risk domestic violence offenders. Operation Amarok IV, an intelligence-based policing strategy led by each region’s Domestic Violence High-Risk Offender Teams (DVHROT), ran from Wednesday (11 October 2023) until Saturday (14 October 2023) and involved officers from all police area commands and police districts in NSW, as well as various proactive and specialist units. New South Wales Police Force 17/10/2023 News Brussels shooting: Police shoot dead attacker who killed Swedes BELGIUM: Police in Brussels have shot dead the man who killed two Swedish nationals on Monday evening. Abdesalem Lassoued, 45, was shot in a café in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood. Two Swedes were killed and a third person injured in the automatic rifle attack on Monday. BBC 17/10/2023 News Merseyside management team unveil 12-year estate strategy Major new hubs in St Helens, Wirral and Knowsley will be completed in the next five years alongside new stations in Southport and Newton-le-Willows. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 17/10/2023 News New Deputy Commissioner appointment AUSTRALIA: Assistant Commissioner Robert (Bob) Hill has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Victoria Police. Bob will join the Executive Command team as Deputy Commissioner Capability and will lead vital reforms that will continue to shape Victoria Police. The National Tribune (Australia) 17/10/2023 News NSW drug reform: Thousands of people in possession of small drug quantities will be kept out of the courts AUSTRALIA: And offenders can have their fines waived by completing a drug and alcohol intervention program TimeOut 17/10/2023 News Girls aged 12 and 13 strip-searched by NSW Police AUSTRALIA: Girls as young as 12 and 13 are being strip-searched by NSW Police, with the intervention increasing by 30 per cent for females aged under 17, as experts called for an immediate end to the “barbaric act”. From July 2022 to June 2023, three primary-school-aged girls and six 13-year-old girls were strip-searched, meaning they had to remove or move clothing because police believed they were concealing drugs or a weapon. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 17/10/2023 News Number of girls strip-searched by NSW police jumps 30 per cent in just one year. AUSTRALIA: The NSW Police Force strip-searched 31 girls (10-17 years) between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023. Three girls were aged 12 and six girls were aged 13. Redfern Legal Centre (Australia) 17/10/2023 News NSW police strip-searches of Indigenous people rose 35% in past 12 months and included 11 children, data reveals AUSTRALIA: Freedom of information figures also show 25 girls were strip-searched in the past financial year compared to just seven in 2021-22 The Guardian 17/10/2023 News Police assaults on Kimberley officers increase 50 per cent in 12 months AUSTRALIA: A magistrate in Western Australia's north has condemned a recent assault on police, with the number of attacks against officers in the Kimberley region increasing by more than 50 per cent in 12 months. ABC News (Australia) 17/10/2023 News Flash floods: Risk, resilience, and the emergency services response As the impact of climate change on policing continues to be discussed around the world, the UK’s recently updated National Risk Register has highlighted some of the key threats to safety and security, including environmental risks; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at one of those threats – flooding – in more detail, and explores the policing and emergency services planned response, as well as EU research in reducing disaster risk. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 17/10/2023 Analysis, Feature Alan Trinder: Jury finds inadequate police station mental health assessment and safety planning contributed to death Alan Trinder, died on 27 August 2020 following a collision with an HGV on the southbound carriageway of the M1 near Gilmorton, Leicestershire. Inquest 17/10/2023 News Guidelines needed for AI NEW ZEALAND: NZ police are using AI to catch criminals — but the law urgently needs to catch up too, writes Alexandra Sims. Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) 17/10/2023 Feature, Opinion Met Police blasted for ‘slow’ response times as force takes two hours to respond to shoplifting and mugging 999 calls The UK’s largest police force are taking an extra hour and fifteen minutes to respond to ‘significant’ 999 call outs, including for crimes such as shoplifting and some muggings. LBC 17/10/2023 News «127912801281128212831284128512861287Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
