Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98284 total results. Showing results 31461 to 31480 «157015711572157315741575157615771578Next ›Last » Police reject claims lack of charging points has stopped use of electric vehicles A fleet of 75 new electric vehicles bought by Police Scotland has been kept in storage for around eight months but the force has denied that a lack of charging stations has stopped them from being deployed. The National 5/2/2023 News The disgraced Welsh police officers disciplined for their unacceptable behaviour The list of Welsh police officers disciplined for their behaviour over the last year includes a PC who had links to organised crime and a jilted fantasist who made up lies about a woman. Others include a sergeant who verbally abused a 15-year-old girl and an inspector who assaulted a 16-year-old boy. Wales Online 5/2/2023 News Cash-strapped Police Scotland paid out more than £2million in compensation claims in the last six months Cash-strapped Police Scotland has paid out more than £2million in compensation claims in the last six months. It follows a series of costly legal actions raised against it in the courts and employment tribunals from both staff and members of the public. Daily Record 5/2/2023 News Cash-strapped Police Scotland paid out more than £2million in compensation claims in the last six months It comes after a series of costly legal actions raised against the force from both staff and members of the public. Daily Record 5/2/2023 News Police Scotland: Number of cops and staff failing vetting soars The number of individuals failing Police Scotland vetting more than doubled last year, according to figures obtained by The Herald. The Herald (Scotland) 5/2/2023 News New fleet of garda vehicles cost Irish taxpayers €16.8million last year REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The €16.8million total beat the 2020 figure of €16million when the force is believed to have invested in new vehicles for during the pandemic Dublin Live (Republic of Ireland) 5/2/2023 News Just Stop Oil protests cost the Metropolitan Police £7.5m Policing Just Stop Oil protests cost taxpayers £7.5 million in just nine weeks, new figures show. Belfast Telegraph 5/2/2023 News ‘Influence the future’, says retired black PC The first black police officer in Bedfordshire hopes that he has "paved the way for others" as his memoirs have been made into a book. BBC 4/2/2023 News Car registration plates cloned with 3D printers and used to commit crimes AUSTRALIA: A crime targeting unsuspecting motorists is on the rise and there is little they can do to prevent it, authorities say. Police said criminals are increasingly using hi-tech 3D printers to make false numberplates, using them to commit crimes ranging from robbery to petrol drive-offs. ABC News (Australia) 4/2/2023 News Commonly used police diversity training unlikely to change officers’ behavior, study finds USA: Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop earlier this month in Memphis, has become the latest face in a racial justice and police reform movement fueled by a string of similar cases in which Black men have died from injuries sustained while being taken into custody. While these cases have spurred calls for greater law enforcement investment in diversity training, new research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that the day-long implicit bias-oriented training programs now common in most U.S. police departments are unlikely to reduce racial inequity in policing. Phys Org 4/2/2023 News DOJ to conduct review of Memphis Police Department after Tyre Nichols’ death USA: The Department of Justice will help conduct a review of the Memphis Police Department following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, city officials said. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced Friday that the DOJ's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, along with the International Association of Police Chiefs, will conduct an "independent, external review" that will include assessing the department's special units and use-of-force policies "to honor Tyre and help make sure this type of tragedy does not happen again." abc news (USA) 4/2/2023 News Deriving Expert Knowledge of Situational Awareness in Policing: a Mixed-Methods Study Situational awareness (SA) is the most important skill required by police to effectively assess and respond to encounters, including critical incidents. Incomplete or sub-optimal SA strategies can lead to errors in subsequent judgement, decision-making, and action, including tactics and use of force (UOF). Errors in UOF, especially lethal force, in training or operational field settings, have severe consequences for learning, occupational health, and public safety. Therefore, adequately defining and instructing SA is an important gap to fill in existing applied police literature and practice. Using a mixed-methods approach, the current study aimed to define and conceptualize SA in police-specific contexts. Participants included 23 novice trainees and 11 experienced officers and instructors in tactics and UOF. Participants were shown 13 static images of various staged encounters, ranging from non-threatening to high-threat. Following each image, participants were interviewed and asked to describe what they saw and how they would respond. Thematic analyses of the interview data revealed the following seven themes that are highly interrelated and more completely define police-specific SA: distance/time laws; partner/roles; profiling the suspect; tactical options and opportunities; ongoing assessment of own tactical activities and outcomes; surrounding environment and conditions; and dangerous objects. Expert officers provided more detailed and multidimensional descriptions of the themes and statistical analyses confirmed that experts identified more themes compared to novices. By making tacit knowledge visible, the current findings establish a professional standard for SA formation, which can inform evidence-based police training in SA, tactical decision-making, and UOF while improving operational safety. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 4/2/2023 Research article If the face fits: predicting future promotions from police cadets’ facial traits Objective: To evaluate the relationship between police cadets’ facial traits and their subsequent promotional success. Methods: Using archival police academy photographs, we use a two-phase experiment to evaluate the impact of facial traits on future promotional success. First, respondents (n = 507) view randomly selected photographs of cadets (observations = 15,669) and evaluate them for facial traits and perceived leadership ability. Second, respondents are presented with random dyads of differentially promoted recruits, and choose one based on the highest perceived leadership ability. We compare those leadership evaluations to the subsequent promotional success of the cadets featured in the photographs (observations = 5739). We employ Bayesian multilevel modeling throughout both phases. Results: Facial traits are the primary driver of subject perceptions of leadership ability, and those perceptions successfully predict promotional success later in the cadets’ careers. When selecting for leadership potential based on police cadet photographs, respondents predict correct promotional choices at levels well above chance as measured by an AUC score of .70. Further, respondents’ evaluations successfully discriminate both between no promotion and lieutenant promotion, and sergeant versus lieutenant promotions. Conclusions: Promoting the most capable police officers is a critical feature of public service. Our findings cast a degree of doubt on the purportedly meritocratic foundations of police promotion and selection. Extra-legal information, such as facial features, predicts later promotional success. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Subscription at source 4/2/2023 Research article International drug gangs ‘will exploit cuts to naval service’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Cuts to the Irish navy will allow South American cartels to accelerate cocaine trafficking across the North Atlantic into Europe, a top expert has warned. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 4/2/2023 News Dorset’s new Chief Constable Amanda Pearson on police plan Dorset's new Chief Constable has promised that she will not be ripping up existing policing plans and starting again. Dorset Echo 4/2/2023 News Interpol working out how to police the metaverse Interpol secretary general Jurgen Stock says the global police agency is investigating how the organisation could police crime in the metaverse. BBC 4/2/2023 News ‘Gets police out of the lives of drug users’: decriminalization move takes effect in Canadian province CANADA: British Columbia now allows possession of 2.5g of illegal drugs in measure to mitigate opioid crisis The Guardian 3/2/2023 Feature Stalker jailed after detectives use analytical software to map his ‘predatory behaviour’ A stalker has been jailed after detectives used analytical software to map his every move. Police Professional 3/2/2023 News Met Police ask 250 officers with misconduct records to return The Met has admitted it wrote to more than 250 retired police officers with misconduct records inviting them to re-apply for their former jobs. BBC 3/2/2023 News Nicola Bulley: police think missing dog walker fell into river Officers say they are working on assumption that 45-year-old’s disappearance is not suspicious, but tragic The Guardian 3/2/2023 News «157015711572157315741575157615771578Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
