Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103270 total results. Showing results 28921 to 28940 «144314441445144614471448144914501451Next ›Last » Policing: a radical solution Competition would improve policing standards Police deter crime by catching criminals and submitting them for prosecution. The Critic 7/8/2023 Feature, Opinion Meeting North Yorkshire Police Chief Constable Lisa Winward (Part 2) A chance conversation with a close friend during her University days led to Lisa Winward joining the police in 1993 as a Special Constable in York. This led to her deciding that "this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life... being able to help people, having that opportunity - a privilege, really - of helping people less fortunate than myself". In this Policing Friendship Tour video for PolicingTV, recorded on a wet and windy day in Northallerton (hence recorded inside North Yorkshire Police's Headquarters), and now as North Yorkshire's Chief Constable, Lisa Winward tells PolicingTV's Founder and Publisher, Bernard Rix, about her full time policing career with, initially, Humberside Police in Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Hull, then moving back to York and North Yorkshire Police. Published in two parts, Lisa talks in part about the challenges associated with moving from one police force to another - even though the legal system is the same for North Yorkshire and Humberside, there were (and are) key differences! As Lisa says, "Policing is the same, but the context might change, and provides a real opportunity for new ways of doing things". She encourages others to consider a role as a Special Constable, and indeed joining the police as a police officer, member of police staff, or police volunteer in wider roles. Lisa also looks at her personal experiences, including as a woman joining a then male-dominated police service, and considers how policing has changed during the last thirty years. PolicingTV 7/8/2023 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Two-thirds of sexual assault support centres in England branded inadequate Inspectors find failures to protect victims and risks of contaminating forensic evidence The Guardian 6/8/2023 News Wrongly-convicted no longer face being ‘charged’ for saved living expenses PRESS RELEASE: Wrongly convicted people will no longer face having “saved living costs” deducted from compensation payments following an update to guidance made today (Sunday 6 August). Ministry of Justice (MoJ) 6/8/2023 News Jailed West Mercia Police officer would have been sacked, hearing rules A police officer who abused his position to start sexual relationships with women would have been sacked had he not resigned, a hearing has found. BBC 6/8/2023 News Police complaints tripled in the year after Wayne Couzens and David Carrick scandals The number of complaints against police officers in England and Wales more than tripled in a year. The Times - Subscription at source 6/8/2023 News Wrongly convicted in Britain no longer forced to pay ‘saved living costs’ in prison The government has scrapped controversial guidance over deductions to compensation in miscarriage of justice cases The Guardian 6/8/2023 News At least 500 convicted sex offenders are missing in the UK – with Met Police admitting it has lost nearly HALF of them Met Police said it could not track 228, according to the report Mail Online 6/8/2023 News At least 500 convicted sex offenders are missing in the UK – with Met Police admitting it has lost nearly HALF of them Met Police said it could not track 228, according to the report Mail Online 6/8/2023 News Prison lawyers warn more will quit if legal aid fees not raised in England and Wales Exclusive: 74% of prison lawyers surveyed do not anticipate doing the work in three years’ time The Guardian 6/8/2023 News Half of crimes solved by police result in no charge, data reveal Almost half of the crimes solved by police result in no charge against the offender, an analysis by The Telegraph has found. Home office figures show that the proportion of solved crimes that result in a charge have fallen from 63.&5 in 2015/16 - when the data was first recorded to 51.8% in 2022/23 The Telegraph - Subscription at source 6/8/2023 News ‘Torture & Sex Attack’ Probe Three Police Scotland cops investigated after mum accuses them of ‘torturing’ & ‘sexually assaulting’ her in custody THREE cops are under investigation after being accused of “torturing” and “sexually assaulting” a single mum. Mandy McGurk, 44, claims she was unlawfully arrested as officers swooped with guns and police dogs - leaving her shaking in fear as they smashed their way into her car. The Scottish Sun 6/8/2023 News Queensland police silent on fallout from court order to transfer three children from watch houses AUSTRALIA: Force refuses to answer questions about legality of detaining children in watch houses following supreme court ruling that three must be moved urgently to youth detention The Guardian 6/8/2023 News Commissioner defends officers after father shot dead by police AUSTRALIA: Police say a 29-year-old man shot dead north of Brisbane pulled a gun on heavily armed officers as they tried to place him under arrest. Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll defended the actions of police, saying they had no other option when father Justin Mason was killed at a Burpengary East home in the Moreton Bay Region on Saturday afternoon. He was wanted on a return to prison warrant and was facing 47 indictable criminal offences, police said. 9 News (Australia) 6/8/2023 News NZ police need more training to combat rise in cyber fraud NEW ZEALAND: It’s not gangs, and it’s not ram raids, so it’s not sexy - but if you want to know the crime of the future, it is sophisticated fraud. NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 6/8/2023 Feature, Opinion Drug-debt enforcers ‘terrorising families in every county’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Drug-related intimidation is now “a challenge to the very authority of the State” with enforcers terrorising communities across Ireland and no social class exempt, a senior garda has warned. Piles of unused cash — still bank-wrapped — are turning up in garda raids, as frightened families withdraw their savings to hand over to drug debt enforcers, Detective Superintendent Sé McCormack of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau said. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 6/8/2023 News Police lethal force errors and stress physiology during video and live evaluation simulations Police officers are regularly evaluated for their competency in a variety of skills related to use of force (UOF), including lethal force decision-making, which is usually tested using stressful reality-based scenarios in virtual or live formats. The current observational study fills a literature gap by examining performance (i.e., shoot/no-shoot errors) and stress physiology among 187 police officers during virtual (i.e., video-based) and live UOF scenarios as part of their agency’s annual requalification assessment. While moderately low rates of lethal force errors we\re observed overall, there were significantly fewer errors in live (0.81%) versus video scenarios (5.92%). Both conditions elicited significant stress physiology, as measured by heart rate (HR) relative to rest, with higher maximum heart rate in live scenarios. Based on emerging empirical literature and the current findings, we contribute to the discussion on the practical benefits and limitations of video and live simulation approaches in policing. We also provide evidence-based recommendations on how each approach may be most effectively employed for the purpose of evaluating police officers’ UOF skills. Police Practice and Research 6/8/2023 Research article Forecasting Future Crime Rates Despite its importance for testing criminological theories and informing crime control policy, forecasting crime rates has all but disappeared from criminology. We argue for a resurgence of crime forecasting in the study of crime trends. As an example of the value, as well as the challenges, of forecasting, we engage in a forecasting exercise based on data from New York City. We discuss each of the steps taken to forecast New York’s violent and property crime rates to 2024, from preparing the data for reliable analysis, specifying the forecasting model, selecting the forecasting method, and validating the results. The results of autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) forecast models show a rise in New York’s violent and property crime rates in 2022 and 2023 before flattening in 2024. Renewed attention to forecasting can help to secure the future of the study of crime trends. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice - Subscription at source 6/8/2023 Research article Re-Envisioning Public Safety Through an Embedded Police Social Worker (PSW) Model: A Promising Approach for Multidisciplinary Resource Delivery and Diversion Cities across the political spectrum in the United States are shifting toward co-responder models that involve social workers with police departments in some capacity, but research is lagging about the proper role of police social workers (PSWs). This case study explores how the micro and macro roles of the embedded PSW model can improve resource delivery and divert people in crisis away from the criminal justice system. Few research studies to date have explored the role and potential effectiveness of creating such a position within police departments. An analysis of 7 months of data found that the PSW was much more efficient than officers in making referrals for high-needs clients. Furthermore, high-needs clients were more likely to have unmet basic needs such as shelter, food, and health care, indicating that police departments may frequently interact with people who have high levels of such needs. Qualitative case notes also revealed that PSWs can divert individuals from the criminal justice system by using crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques on-scene with clients. This research has important implications for improving community safety and well-being, and this case study reveals that PSWs with micro and macro skills are a promising model for improving public safety and justice in the right context. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice - Subscription at source 6/8/2023 Research article Protest Policing, Normative Alignment, and Riot Gear: An Experiment To examine if police expressions of solidarity with protesters improve public opinion toward the police, we embedded a picture- and information-based experiment in a YouGov survey (N = 1,150), wherein respondents were randomly exposed to police expressions of solidarity with protesters. We also randomized whether the pictured officers were wearing riot gear. We find little evidence that expressions of solidarity or riot gear significantly affect public affinity for the police or support for accountability reforms in policing. Past studies show that outside of the context of protests, officers’ behavior toward civilians has asymmetric effects, such that positive actions matter less than negative ones. Our findings suggest that this may be true within the protest context as well. 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