Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102598 total results. Showing results 3061 to 3080 «150151152153154155156157158Next ›Last » Eleven suspects from Quebec charged in alleged Toronto-area auto theft ring: police CANADA: Police say nearly a dozen people from Quebec have been charged as part of an investigation into organized auto thefts east of Toronto. Blue Line (Canada) 1/4/2025 News RCMP take down large, ‘complex’ cannabis network in Ontario, seize 17,000 plants CANADA: Ontario RCMP announced Thursday they have charged six people and destroyed nearly 17,000 cannabis plants across three large-scale illegal grow sites in the province, part of a “complex illicit cannabis production and distribution network.” Blue Line (Canada) 1/4/2025 News Partnerships crucial in reining in retail theft CANADA: Partnerships are key in combatting the $9.1 billion price tag of organized retail theft in 2024, said S/Supt. Joe Matthews at the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) Retail Secure Conference on March 19 at the International Centre. Blue Line (Canada) 1/4/2025 News Garda visibility concerns grow across Carlow and Kilkenny REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Goresbridge Garda Station only opens for one hour twice, every eight days, while the number of staff in Graiguenamanagh Garda Station has reduced from two sergeants and ten Gardaí to one sergeant and four Gardaí. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 1/4/2025 News Almost 2,000 crimes by people on bail in this Garda region REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Last year, the local Garda division, which takes in Cavan and Monaghan and Louth, saw 1,951 offences. Northern Sound (Republic of Ireland) 1/4/2025 News Chief Constable reaffirmed his commitment to keeping our streets safe The Chief Constable reaffirmed his commitment to keeping our streets safe during his most recent appearance on the BBC Radio Manchester Hotseat on Tuesday morning. Stephen Watson QPM spoke of our commitment to investigating all reasonable lines of enquiry which is helping us solve more crime, while proactively tackling the issues that matter to communities which has seen 25,000 fewer victims of crime in the last year. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) 1/4/2025 News How gardaí are targeting feared Dublin drug gang ‘The Family’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: It has not been a good week for the CEO, the senior leadership team, the executives, the facilitators and the transport managers of the country's biggest drug trafficking gang. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 1/4/2025 News Forensic Interviewing of Vulnerable Interviewees in England and Wales: A Study Space Analysis The aim of any forensic interview is to obtain accurate and reliable information using best practice questioning strategies. However, there has not been a systematic examination to determine whether best practice is suitable for all types of vulnerable interviewees. A study space analysis was conducted to determine if there are sufficient studies to support the consensus that open questions are best practice for vulnerable interviewees. A search of six databases was conducted. Overall, 76 studies were included in the final analysis with 28 independent variables and 14 dependent variables identified. These are largely related to question typology and the impact upon interviewee recall with a child population. The study space analysis revealed gaps concerning vulnerable child and adult populations and interviewees with mental health conditions. The findings suggest that there is insufficient evidence to suggest that open questions are suitable for all vulnerable interviewees. This has implications for current legislative guidance and policy in England and Wales, and further afield internationally. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 1/4/2025 Research article 99 Problems but a Clean IV Ain’t One: Measuring and Studying Officer-Involved Shootings Historically, a lack of comprehensive data on police shootings has hindered a nuanced understanding of this critical issue. However, in the past decade, the research landscape rapidly evolved with the emergence of improved data facilitated by crowd-sourced and non-governmental initiatives. This chapter explores the transformative potential of such data, reviewing recent findings that have significantly advanced our collective knowledge on the topic. We demonstrate numerous sources of bias in previous empirical work focusing on the effects of police shootings. Further, we emphasize the caution required when navigating this newfound wealth of information, outlining some of the inherent challenges and potential pitfalls associated with the analysis of crowdsourced data. Our aim is to contribute to more informed public and academic dialogues on police shootings. CRIMRXIV 1/4/2025 Research article The Role of Social Media in Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Police and Career Interest in Law Enforcement Given the widespread use of social media among younger populations and the ongoing challenges in police recruitment and retention, this study examines how social media consumption, particularly exposure to police misconduct videos, impacts college students’ perceptions of police and career interest in law enforcement. Using data from a sample of 235 students at two liberal arts colleges, we conducted Firth logistic regression to explore the impact of social media on perceptions related to police and career aspirations. Results showed that perceived social media realism and the frequency of viewing police-related videos are significant predictors of changes in perceptions of police and career interest. These findings highlight the need for digital media literacy education and promote informed public dialogue about the influence of social media on policing and career pathways in law enforcement. Journal of Criminal Justice Education - Subscription at source 1/4/2025 Research article The When, Where, and Who of Unstructured Socializing: Exploring the Intersection of Crime Propensity and Neighborhood Collective Efficacy Prior research consistently finds unsupervised and unstructured peer-oriented socializing conducive to crime but struggles to study its simultaneous relation to neighborhood- and individual-level characteristics. This study analyses spatial and temporal patterns of unstructured socializing, considering both individual crime propensity and neighborhood collective efficacy, using data from the Malmö Individual and Neighborhood Development Study and Malmö Community Survey. Employing space–time budget methodology, the findings reveal that unstructured socializing is more common among adolescents with higher crime propensity and typically occurs outside their residential neighborhoods. Contrary to expectations, unstructured socializing is not more prevalent in neighborhoods with lower collective efficacy nor is there an interaction effect between crime propensity and collective efficacy. Overall, the results highlight the need to integrate both place and individual factors to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the spatiotemporal patterns of unstructured socializing. Deviant Behavior 1/4/2025 Research article Policing England and Wales in 2025: The death of consent The UK’s policing by consent model was founded on Sir Robert Peel’s nine principles, but University of Staffordshire Senior Lecturer Dr John Lamb fears that the long-term impact of austerity cuts has damaged that model almost beyond the point of resurrection, and has issued a “rallying cry” for the public to demand that politicians properly fund the service in the hope that policing by consent can be resuscitated. Policing Insight 1/4/2025 Analysis, Feature, Opinion Correlates of Homicide by Familial Relationship The study of individuals who commit domestic violence toward partners and spouses has received considerable attention over the past several decades, but there are fewer studies that examine violence perpetrated against children and other extended family members. This gap in the literature makes it difficult to determine whether the correlates of domestic violence, particularly homicide offending, vary by victim group. In this study, we use the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates to identify the correlates of familial homicide that includes violence toward spouses, children, and other family member types such as grandparents, parents, and siblings. A major conclusion is that discharging a firearm during the commission of a crime greatly increases the odds of homicide offending. Crime and Delinquency - Subscription at source 1/4/2025 Research article Feedback from mobile police station led to arrests Public feedback gathered from a mobile police station has led to increased uniformed patrols and arrests in Torquay, Devon and Cornwall Police has said. The force has been running the community initiative in various locations in the town since November. BBC 1/4/2025 News Former police chief cleared of fraud by watchdog A former chief constable who was sacked for lying about his military career has been cleared over fraud allegations by a police watchdog. Nick Adderley, the former Northamptonshire Police chief constable, was under investigation over allegations relating to the maintenance of police vehicles during his time at Staffordshire Police. BBC 1/4/2025 News B.C. police watchdog launches public database to track officer misconduct CANADA: Deputy Police Complaint Commissioner: 'This isn’t about shaming officers in any way.' One of B.C.’s police watchdog organizations has launched an online searchable database that tracks cases involving municipal police officers who were the subject of substantiated allegations of misconduct and corresponding disciplinary measures. The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC) created the “discipline decisions digest” in response to recommendations from an all-party B.C. legislature committee, which was tasked with reviewing the police complaints process. Business in Vancouver (BIV) (Canada) 1/4/2025 News Police union calls for urgent action to protect officers after ‘hostile vehicle’ incidents AUSTRALIA: The government and the NT Police executive need to take urgent action to protect police officers following a series of threatening incidents NT Independent (Australia) - Subscription at source 1/4/2025 News West Mercia Police had UK’s slowest 999 response times in 2024 The force's average response time to an emergency call from January to December 2024 was 13.99 seconds, compared to 12.83 seconds at the next slowest force - Durham Constabulary. The data, compiled by injuryclaims.co.uk and based on Police UK figures, also showed that 139,623 calls - 80.64 per cent of all 999 calls - were answered in less than 10 seconds, which was the second lowest proportion of all forces. Worcester News 1/4/2025 News A fresh row has erupted over ‘two-tier justice’ after it emerged that police officers have been told ethnic minorities can be treated differently. A report from police chiefs said that their commitment to "racial equity" did not mean "treating everyone the same or being colour blind". It instead called for "equality of policing outcomes" for different ethnic groups by responding to specific needs. LBC 1/4/2025 News ‘If our drug consumption room wasn’t here, there would have been fatalities from overdoses’ This is the view of the manager of the UK's first safer drug consumption room, who said she was "absolutely, full convinced" more people would have died if the centre in Scotland did not exist. 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