Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97014 total results. Showing results 30101 to 30120 «150215031504150515061507150815091510Next ›Last » Measuring crime: a new paradigm Purpose: The purpose of this exploratory study is to expand on a previously developed crime harm index – the California Crime Harm Index (CA-CHI) – by discussing the development of the CA-CHI and presenting a comparison of the distribution of crime count and harm in a large Western city in the United States. Design/methodology/approach: This study used descriptive analyses, spatial univariate mapping and bivariate choropleth maps to analyze the distribution of Part I crime counts and harm. Findings: Results of the analysis show that while there was some variation in the distribution of crime count and harm city wide, spatial mapping and statistics reveal that the geographical distribution of crime count and harm across census tracts are largely consistent. Research limitations/implications: Minor discrepancies between the distribution of crime count and harm indicate the potential for the CA-CHI to inform law enforcement practices. However, the distributions remain largely similar at the census tract level. There is room for further development of the CA-CHI to better distinguish between the distribution of crime harm and volume. Originality/value: No other study has used spatial mapping techniques like bivariate choropleth mapping to examine the distribution of crime volume and crime harm based on the CA-CHI in any location in California. Policing: An International Journal - Subscription at source 7/2/2023 Research article ‘Lack of consistency’ in policing of protests, says Police Ombudsman The Police Ombudsman has concluded that the police investigation into a ‘Protect Our Monuments’ protest in Belfast was “closed prematurely” following a failure to access and exploit intelligence, which may have led to the identification of the protest organisers. Police Professional 7/2/2023 News As an ex police officer, this much is clear: after Carrick, we need new policing and may need to scrap the Met So many warnings about a toxic culture have gone unheeded. Policing is based on trust – as things stand, it can’t survive The Guardian 7/2/2023 Feature, Opinion ‘I’m worried’: Head of B.C.’s police watchdog says staffing levels critical CANADA: Staff and resources at the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) are stretched so thin that important cases are taking longer than they should to be resolved. Global News (Canada) 7/2/2023 News Protesters take over Hamilton council chambers, demanding councillors reject police budget CANADA: A crowd of nearly 100 protesters overtook a Hamilton committee meeting Monday night, filling council chambers and demanding councillors vote against a proposed $12-million police budget increase. CBC News (Canada) 7/2/2023 News Creating a culture of care through active bystandership training CANADA: Over the past two years, police services throughout Canada have witnessed increased calls from their communities for multi-faceted changes to policing, collectively grouped into terms such as police modernization and police reform. Blue Line (Canada) 7/2/2023 Feature Police discretion and the role of the ‘spotter’ within football crowd policing: risk assessment, engagement, legitimacy and de-escalation Discretion is a key feature of policing, yet its surrounding research has historically been heavily reliant upon exploring interpersonal or dyadic encounters between individual officers and members of the public. More recently, studies have explored how discretionary decisions by police officers impact upon and interact with group-level and organisational processes but few studies have explored the relevance of discretion to debates in the literature on public order policing. Correspondingly, there is to date only a limited body of research exploring the nature and dynamics of dialogue-based football-related public order policing. This study addresses these combined gaps by drawing upon data from interviews with specialist football officers, referred to as ‘spotters’ or Dedicated Football Officers, from five English police forces. Our analysis critiques the idea that these specialist roles revolve merely around the surveillance, categorisation and enforcement of fans who are considered to pose a risk to public order. We highlight how these officers understand their roles in terms of the use of discretion. We argue that in a complex intergroup environment officers utilise discretion to manage perceptions of their legitimacy among supporters. This ‘social capital’ in turn enhances their capacity to de-escalate and avoid disorder through the promotion of self-regulatory behaviour. We discuss the relevance of our study for theoretical approaches to understanding discretion and consider the implications of our analysis for developing a more formal dialogue-focused and discretion-based approach to football crowd policing in and beyond England and Wales. Policing and Society 7/2/2023 Research article Gardai seize cocaine worth €700,000 and arrest one person during Dublin 15 search REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí investigating organised crime activity in the Dublin Region seized cocaine with an estimated street value of approximately €700,000 and arrested one person, following the interception of a vehicle in the Carpenterstown area of Dublin 15, on Friday, February 3. Dublin People (Republic of Ireland) 7/2/2023 News Garda bodycams: ‘I am absolutely determined to do everything I can to protect members of the force’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An Garda Siochana play a vitally important role in society. They are on the front lines, keeping people safe and serving communities. They do this at great personal risk to themselves. Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 7/2/2023 News Too little, too late: Mental health and wellbeing in police forces – why are policing organisations still failing? Despite four decades of recognition of the challenges a policing career poses to officers’ mental health and wellbeing, police organisations still seem to struggle to deliver an effective response for their workforce; new research by Policing Insight’s Dr Alan Beckley and colleagues at the University of Technology Sydney highlights the nature and scale of those challenges, and will explore what interventions work best. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 7/2/2023 Analysis, Feature North Yorkshire Police plan to boost visible frontline policing North Yorkshire Police is to consider a major overhaul of how it operates to boost visible frontline policing. Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Zoe Metcalfe and North Yorkshire Police chief constable Lisa Winward made the announcement as they revealed they would ask residents to pay 4.99 per cent extra council tax for the service, despite leaving more than 120 posts vacant. A meeting of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel was told the review could lead to an increase in uniformed officers attending incidents such as burglaries. The Press (York) 7/2/2023 News Police cells on standby to aid crowded jails Prisoners will be held in police cells within weeks under plans to cut “acute” overcrowding in jails. In November the government announced that it had requested the emergency use of 400 cells to hold inmates after male prisons and youth jails became too full. The Ministry of Justice has given the National Police Chiefs’ Council 14 days to make cells, expected to number about 100, in the northwest of England and the west midlands available. The Times - Subscription at source 7/2/2023 News NSW coroner highlights cross-border police failures in Darren Higgins death inquest AUSTRALIA: An inquest into the death of a young First Nations man, who went missing while on release from a central Victorian psychiatric facility six years ago, is expected to result in recommendations about cross-border police communication. Darren Higgins, 26, was on leave from Bendigo Health's Vahland House treatment facility in February 2017 when he jumped into the Murray River and disappeared. His body was found in the river seven months later. ABC News (Australia) 7/2/2023 News SA Police officer goes on trial accused of kicking suspect in ‘excessive’ and ‘unlawful’ assault AUSTRALIA: A South Australian police officer has gone on trial for assault, accused of repeatedly kicking a man during an arrest after a lengthy high-speed police chase. The police officer, whose identity is suppressed, is charged with aggravated assault. The Port Adelaide Magistrates Court heard the defendant was the first police officer on scene to arrest a suspect who had led police on a high-speed car chase through Adelaide's suburbs in October 2019. ABC News (Australia) 7/2/2023 News Former top cop avoids jail after giving false evidence to NSW police watchdog AUSTRALIA: A former NSW police superintendent has successfully appealed against a jail term for giving false evidence to the state's police watchdog. Michael James Rowan was last year sentenced to a minimum of six months jail for two counts of giving false or misleading evidence. The charges related to a Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) investigation that centred around Rowan's relationship with three female officers. ABC News (Australia) 7/2/2023 News Inside cops’ successful battle to smash Drogheda gangs’ bloody drug war involving 200 thugs – as hoods look to fill void REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: More than 200 people were connected to the feuding gangs at the height of the chaos in Drogheda, the Irish Sun can reveal. Mobsters from bosses down to gang members, associates, runners, spotters, partners and vulnerable teenagers were identified by investigators probing the deadly war. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 7/2/2023 News PSNI job almost impossible on shoestring budget, says Paisley Policing in Northern Ireland is being asked to be done "on the cheap", a DUP MP has claimed during a debate at Westminster. BBC 7/2/2023 News Police officer allegedly raped woman then pushed her down the stairs, court hears Martyn Coulter is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh accused of raping and assaulting the woman at an address in East Lothian in 2013. Daily Record 7/2/2023 News Nicola Bulley search expert says case is most unusual A search expert looking for Nicola Bulley says he has not seen such an unusual case in 20 years of his work. BBC 7/2/2023 News Stronger together: Police and private partnerships to tackle online terrorist content With terrorism increasingly evolving online, the need for effective partnerships between police and the tech industry has never been stronger; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at new research which highlights the progressive, co-operative and collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and the private sector to tackle the online terror threat. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 7/2/2023 Analysis, Feature «150215031504150515061507150815091510Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
