Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98275 total results. Showing results 30681 to 30700 «153115321533153415351536153715381539Next ›Last » Prison officer who smuggled drugs into jail sentenced to six years behind bars Heather McKenzie, 31, ferried cocaine and mobile phones into HMP Shotts in North Lanarkshire. The Independent 23/2/2023 News If we can accept the failing war on drugs is over, maybe we can win the peace As a veteran of the lengthy stakeouts of heroin dealers, cultivation of informants, and the stitches, lost teeth and broken bones that come with the war on drugs, former Police Scotland superintendent Martin Gallagher believes it’s time for international agreement that the failed war should be over – and for co-operation and collaboration in putting together a more effective plan for peace. Policing Insight 23/2/2023 Feature, Opinion New chief constable for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Hampshire and Isle of Wight’s first ‘home grown’ chief constable takes up his position today with a commitment to provide exceptional local policing. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary 23/2/2023 News Protecting against the Ferguson Effect: do legitimacy and pro-policing news matter? The Ferguson Effect is the argument that negative publicity on policing will cause officers to engage in de-policing. We explore this premise by examining the roles of legitimacy and media awareness in terms of police ability to protect against the negative impacts of such publicity. Officers from a midsize police agency in California were surveyed regarding media consumption and awareness, as well as perceptions of legitimacy. These factors were examined as to their ability to influence officer responses to post-Ferguson publicity. Officer awareness of pro-policing news coverage was related to lessened impact of negative publicity, but perceptions of media unfairness and awareness of negative policing news exerted a greater, and negative, influence. Media consumption and social media use were not found to be related to the impact of post-Ferguson coverage, but more nuanced measurement is warranted to capture the full range of news and social media interaction that officers have. Perceptions that the community viewed them with less legitimacy heightened impact of negative publicity as well, consistent with findings on officer concerns related to the effect of high-profile incidents on the public. Journal of Crime and Justice - Subscription at source 23/2/2023 Research article Ontario police strategy investigated 65 human trafficking cases in December 2021 CANADA: A group of 21 police services across Ontario has conducted 65 human trafficking investigations, helped 61 victims and charged 28 perpetrators since December 2021. CBC News (Canada) 23/2/2023 News Police-involved fatal incidents on the rise in Canada despite promises to curb violence CANADA: Police use of deadly force is rising in Canada despite pledges from political leaders to curb the violence. The Globe and Mail (Canada) - Subscription at source 23/2/2023 News Validating a novel tool for coding body worn camera footage of police-community member interactions Objectives: This study aimed to validate a tool for coding police body-worn camera (BWC) footage to measure the dynamics of police–community encounters, including items related to community members, officer performance, and situational outcomes. Methods: Over 1000 BWC videos were scored by five coders who participated in an iterative interrater reliability exercise to improve the agreement. Krippendorf's alphas and a multilevel simultaneous component analysis were used to assess interrater reliability and the component structure of ratings, respectively. Bootstrapped and multilevel exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to ascertain any underlying dimensions supporting officer and community member behavior, and cluster analyses were performed to examine whether interactions could be grouped into coherent categories. Results: The lower bound of unweighted means of bootstrapped alphas ranged from 0.67 to 0.96 depending upon item type, and 21.60% of the total variance in raters was between-subjects. Factor analyses revealed only a single factor (“defensiveness”) underlying four items related to hostility directed toward officers by community members. Cluster analyses described seven categories that were highly overlapping but conceptually plausible with cluster silhouette means ranging from −0.06 to 0.13. Conclusions: We validated a collection of interval-level coding metrics on a random sample of over 1000 interactions between police officers and community members recorded through BWCs. In doing so, we provide a roadmap for researchers and practitioners to effectively measure the dynamics of police–community encounters and officer performance within those encounters and a framework for addressing the validity and reliability of items in future studies involving the measurement of BWC footage. Criminology and Public Policy 23/2/2023 Research article Scotland to Sarnia: The unsolved murder of Morag Davies CANADA: “We have viewed the crime scene photos. Those images never leave us. No one deserves to die that way,” said Gail Longmuir Coltart. Blue Line (Canada) 23/2/2023 Feature What We Heard 2022 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: From its inception seven years ago, the Authority has welcomed and availed of the opportunity to meet with and learn from Garda members and staff on the one hand and organisations who work with and support communities on the other. [pdf] Policing Authority (Republic of Ireland) 23/2/2023 Report Policing Authority publishes What We Heard 2022 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Policing Authority has today published What We Heard 2022, a summary of its engagements nationwide with communities, groups and organisations, which focused on listening to the lived experience of policing within these communities. Policing Authority (Republic of Ireland) 23/2/2023 News €645,000 Drugs Seized and Three Arrests, Co. Cork and Co. Dublin, 23rd February 2023 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí have seized drugs to the value of €645,000 and arrested three persons following search operations in Co. Cork and Co. Dublin this morning, Thursday 22nd February 2023. An Garda Síochána 23/2/2023 News Body-worn camera videos and public perceptions of police: an experiment on positive video exposure and community-police relations Objective: Explore whether exposure to positive BWC videos – particularly, acts of heroism – affects public perceptions of police while accounting for existing trust in police. Method: An online vignette-style experiment was conducted in which participants’ (N = 407; x¯¯¯¯ age = 41.94 [s = 12.74]; 51% women, 80% White) existing trust in police was measured before random assignment to either view a short series of positive BWC videos or not. All participants then read a vignette describing a traffic stop. Participants reported their perceptions of procedural and distributive justice as well as perceptions of police more generally. Results: Participants with higher existing trust in police reported more positive evaluations across all outcomes measured. Exposure to positive BWC videos only increased reported willingness to cooperate with police. However, trust in police and exposure to BWC videos produced an interaction effect: when participants’ existing trust in police was low, viewing positive BWC videos improved evaluations of officer respect and procedural justice as well as willingness to cooperate with police. Participants with low trust in police who viewed the positive videos became more similar to participants with high existing trust in police. Conclusion: The findings indicate that exposure to positive BWC videos can moderate the negative effect of low trust in police. In an applied sense, the results suggest that police-community relations may be enhanced by circulating videos that depict acts of police heroism when such events have occurred and are captured on film. Policing and Society 23/2/2023 Research article John Caldwell: New IRA suspected in Omagh shooting of police officer High-profile detective was seriously wounded after being hit multiple times while off duty The Times - Subscription at source 23/2/2023 News Omagh shooting: New IRA ‘primary focus’ in officer attack investigation An attempted murder investigation has been launched after an off-duty police officer was shot at a sports complex in Omagh, County Tyrone, on Wednesday. Det Ch Insp John Caldwell was hit multiple times by two gunmen after coaching young people at football. BBC 23/2/2023 News Police smash organised crime gang after targeted raids in Glasgow and Wales A major police operation involving 120 officers has smashed a suspected organised crime drugs gang after a series of raids in Glasgow and Wales. Police spent five months planning the searches, which took place over two days, at 15 properties in Wrexham, Glasgow, Merseyside, Cheshire and Manchester. An undisclosed quantity of drugs, cash and mobile phones were seized by officers with 13 men arrested in connection. North Wales Police say 12 of those individuals have since appeared in court. Footage from part of the raids showed officers searching through an attic, a kitchen and a bedroom where they discovered a box filled with suspected drugs and a bag of cash. Operation Galaxy saw North Wales Police working with Police Scotland, Cheshire Constabulary, Merseyside Police, Greater Manchester Police, and the Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) to execute a number of warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into a suspected drugs conspiracy on February 14 and 16. Daily Record 23/2/2023 News Police name off-duty detective injured in Omagh shooting DCI John Caldwell, a high-profile PSNI officer, in critical condition in hospital after shooting on Wednesday night The Guardian 23/2/2023 News New approach to save lives AUSTRALIA: Queensland’s Police Drug Diversion program will be expanded to include the minor possession of all types of drugs by implementing a new tiered approach: 1st minor drug-possession offence - a police officer issues a warning, accompanied by a drug warning notice and a police referral to a support service. 2nd and 3rd minor drug-possession offence - a police officer offers the opportunity for the person to participate in a mandatory Drug Diversion Assessment Program. 4th minor drug-possession offence - a police officer issues the offender with a notice to appear in court. Tough approach to drug traffickers; the penalty for drug trafficking will increase from 25 years imprisonment to life imprisonment. Queensland Government (Australia) 23/2/2023 News Victoria Police to replace all Chinese-made cameras by end of 2024 AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police has confirmed it will replace all Chinese-made cameras by the end of next year amid a growing debate about how best to counter foreign intelligence gathering. The force said a number of cameras were still operating across the state and despite being deemed low risk, would be progressively replaced. WA Today (Australia) 23/2/2023 News Queensland hoping to attract 500 foreign police officers a year to boost recruitment AUSTRALIA: Queensland is launching a global recruitment drive for hundreds of police officers over the next five years, as the state's police minister acknowledges difficulties attracting new recruits. Under an agreement struck between the state and federal governments, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) has approval for 500 international recruits to join the service each year for five years. The recruits will complete a fast-tracked training course of three to four months and then be stationed across Queensland. ABC News (Australia) 23/2/2023 News NT Police Association warns of excessive overtime, poor living standards in remote police stations AUSTRALIA: Police officers in some remote Indigenous communities are working up to 70 hours overtime a fortnight and living in 15-year-old shipping containers, the union representing police officers in the Northern Territory says. There has been a renewed focus on the working conditions and welfare of police in far flung parts of the NT after two officers were injured during an incident in the community of Daly River earlier this week, in which an axe was allegedly thrown at their vehicle. ABC News (Australia) 23/2/2023 News «153115321533153415351536153715381539Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
