Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103232 total results. Showing results 31561 to 31580 «157515761577157815791580158115821583Next ›Last » Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary commits to reducing crime in rural areas Rural communities will receive a “greater level of local policing that meets their expectations” under a new strategy launched by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. Police Professional 6/6/2023 News Proposals to allow chief officers to dismiss police officers are disgraceful and ignore the principles of natural justice, Greater Manchester Police Federation has said. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) aims to increase police community support officer (PCSO) numbers by more than 40 per cent under a new recruitment campaign launched on Tuesday (June 6). AboutManchester 6/6/2023 News MPS starts recruitment drive to boost PCSO numbers by 40 per cent The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) aims to increase police community support officer (PCSO) numbers by more than 40 per cent under a new recruitment campaign launched on Tuesday (June 6). Police Professional 6/6/2023 News Force improves child protection with ‘comprehensive review’ of its structure Warwickshire Police has committed “considerable time, resources and energy” to improving its child protection services, according to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS). Police Professional 6/6/2023 News Police force improves its flawed child protection A police force criticised for its child protection services has made progress but also has room for improvement, watchdogs say. BBC 6/6/2023 News Chinese ‘police stations’ in UK are ‘unacceptable’, says security minister Tom Tugendhat The minister has set out the findings of an investigation into claims of unofficial stations being used to monitor dispersed communities and coerce people to return to China. Sky News 6/6/2023 News New research on detention of under-18s calls for a ‘Child First’ approach to police questioning and custody A new study from the University of Nottingham presents a highly critical view of how the police detain under-18s in custody across England and Wales; the researchers call for a ‘Child First’ approach that sees detention used only as a last resort, and halves the time children can be held by police, as Policing Insight’s James Sweetland reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 6/6/2023 Analysis, Feature Ottawa offers to pay for some security at Pride parades after rise in hate crimes CANADA: The Trudeau government is earmarking $1.5 million for LGBTQ community organizations to boost security measures at Pride parades and other events this summer. National Observer (Canada) 6/6/2023 News Results of internal investigations into officers should be made public, Winnipeg police board chair says CANADA: Professional standards unit fielded rise in complaints about criminal activity, regulatory violations in 2022. CBC News (Canada) 6/6/2023 News Fallen first responders: How the Canada 911 Ride Foundation honours those we’ve lost CANADA: Jim Adamson was a police officer with the Toronto Police Service for 36 years. Blue Line (Canada) 6/6/2023 Feature ‘Seeing gardaí on the beat is a deterrent to crime gangs,’ says boutique owner who lost €240,000 in revenue in ram-raid REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Boutique owner Kay Mulcaire has warned that increased numbers of gardaí on the beat and enhanced garda station opening hours act as a clear deterrent to criminals. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 6/6/2023 News A Kilkenny garda station records a 104% increase in crime rates since pre-pandemic levels REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Castlecomer Garda Station in Kilkenny has seen an increase of 104% in crime rates since 2019- with the rate jumping from 80 in 2019 to 163 in 2022. KCLR (Ireland) 6/6/2023 News 4 Galway Garda stations recorded 5-year peak in crime last year REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Four Garda stations in Galway recorded a 5-year peak in crime rates last year. Connacht Tribune (Republic of Ireland) 6/6/2023 News “Say Her Name”: Symbolic Racism and Officer Valuing Predict White Americans’ Reactions to the Fatal Police Shooting of a Black Woman A report entitled Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality against Black Women underscores the paucity of research examining police violence toward Black women. This study focused on how valuing a White police officer and symbolic racism moderate reactions when the officer fatally shoots a Black or White woman during a traffic stop. At high levels of officer valuing, symbolic racism was positively associated with perceptions the victim presented a threat to the officer, but negatively associated with support for punishing the officer and perceived victim compliance; these associations were stronger when the victim was Black relative to White. At low officer valuing levels, there was no variability in the link between symbolic racism and the outcome variables as a function of victim race. Implications for bias in judicial outcomes for the victim and officer are discussed. Violence Against Women 6/6/2023 Research article Procedural fairness, socioeconomic status, and driver perceptions of the police during traffic stops: a test of the invariance thesis Objectives: The invariance thesis suggests the effectiveness of procedural fairness in enhancing citizens’ views of police is not conditioned by individual differences. In this study, we used data collected from a randomized controlled trial testing the effects of procedural justice on driver perceptions of the police during traffic stops to explore whether perceptions of procedural fairness varied across subjects of differing socioeconomic backgrounds. Methods: Confirmatory principal components analysis was used to generate a latent variable measuring driver socioeconomic status by income, education, and occupation variables for procedural justice treatment group drivers and ‘routine policing’ control group drivers. OLS regressions tested whether socioeconomic status moderated the relationship between procedural justice and trust, as well as between procedural justice and perceptions of police. Results: The analyses found that procedural justice intervention improved citizen perceptions of trust and procedural fairness in the police during traffic stop encounters, and these positive impacts did not vary across drivers from differing socioeconomic backgrounds. Conclusions: These findings support the invariance thesis and suggest that the police can expect universal benefits to their legitimacy during traffic stops of drivers of varying backgrounds by ensuring procedurally just encounters. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Subscription at source 6/6/2023 Research article Criminology in Policing: Is it all in the genes? Biological theories of crime In the third of a new series of The Police Student focusing on Criminology in Policing, Policing Insight Academic Editor Dr Carina O’Reilly explores the biological theories of crime heralded by the emergence of positivism, which saw the focus switch from the offence to the offender, and considered the implications of biological predisposition, heritable traits, and the need for a response that includes rehabilitation. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 6/6/2023 Feature The Effects of Race and Gender When Predicting Intimate Partner Violence Recidivism in Police Reports Using the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment Despite a growth in risk assessment for intimate partner violence (IPV), validation research has focused on men’s violence against women leading to a dearth of research among other genders and racialized populations. We examined validity of an IPV risk assessment tool in 448 Black and White men and women identified as IPV perpetrators by a United States urban police service. The Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA) predicted new police reports of IPV in a fixed 2-year follow up (baserate = 33%, AUC = 0.59). Predictive effects were mostly small, with few significant differences between groups. Further research should examine the benefits and potential harms of IPV risk assessment to individuals who identify within minority race and gender groups. Crime and Delinquency - Subscription at source 6/6/2023 Research article Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 6/6/2023 News Scotland’s slavery shame as calls to helpline nearly double in a year to record high While some want to focus on historic slavery, the issue - which can include sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, forced labour and criminal exploitation - remains real today Scottish Daily Express 6/6/2023 News Thank you, police volunteers Over the last seven days, the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) joined organisations across the country to celebrate, support and recognise the fantastic contribution of volunteers to our communities. Police volunteers are at the heart of the UK’s policing. We spoke to Volunteer Police Cadet Leader, Sam Roberts, who joined the PFEW as Learning Specialist after serving for 30 years as a police officer, about their role and experience. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 6/6/2023 News «157515761577157815791580158115821583Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
