Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115643 total results. Showing results 31561 to 31580 «157515761577157815791580158115821583Next ›Last » Drew Harris defends decision to prosecute garda who lent bicycle to elderly man during covid REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has defended a decision to prosecute a garda in the midlands for lending a bicycle from Garda stores to a pensioner, saying not all the facts are in the public domain. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 21/3/2024 News Minister McEntee officially opens new state of the art Forensic Science Ireland campus REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD, Minister of State James Browne TD and Minister of State at the OPW Patrick O’Donovan TD will today officially open the new laboratory and headquarters for Forensic Science Ireland (FSI). Government of Ireland 21/3/2024 News Reforms to boost confidence in police accountability system Changes announced to make police accountability system more robust, along with a reform of IOPC governance structure and appointment of a new Director General. Home Office 21/3/2024 News Scotland’s new Hate Crime Act is fraught with danger If you live in Scotland, you may have seen the ‘Hate Hurts’ adverts from the Scottish government. The government is worried about, as another police advert put it, the things Scots might say ‘to a neighbour, somebody on the street, on a night out [to a] security guy at the door’. If you lose your temper, then ‘before you know it, you’ve committed a hate crime’. Police in Scotland have just been given sweeping new powers to crack down on such crime. The Spectator - Subscription at source 21/3/2024 Feature, Opinion Norfolk Police trainee sacked for non-consensual sex A trainee police officer has been sacked for having non-consensual sex with a woman who told him her drinks had been spiked with the drug MDMA. BBC 21/3/2024 News Neighbourhood policing a ‘golden thread’ but officer abstraction levels concerning, says CJI Effective neighbourhood policing is a “golden thread” but police officer abstraction levels are concerning and community safety strategic reform is needed, the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland has said. Police Professional 21/3/2024 News Gwent Police officers to face gross misconduct proceedings over offensive WhatsApp messages Two Gwent Police officers and one former officer will face gross misconduct proceedings following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into the sharing of offensive WhatsApp messages. Police Professional 21/3/2024 News The Axon Roadshow is back! Sign up for the Axon Roadshow to try out Axon technology experiences and for the opportunity for you, as policing professionals, to give us direct feedback. The interactive experiences include the TASER 10 Firing Range, Axon Air Flight Center, Virtual Reality Simulator, and the Axon Fleet 3 vehicle demonstration. Policing Insight 21/3/2024 Advertisement, Feature Officers involved in fatal shooting ‘acted in line with all relevant training and guidance’ An Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into the fatal police shooting of a man in Carlisle has found that officers acted in accordance with their training. Police Professional 21/3/2024 News Gwent PCC says it is the ‘right time’ to hand the role to someone new Gwent’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) Jeff Cuthbert is to stand down after eight years, saying it is the “right time to hand over the role to someone new”. Police Professional 21/3/2024 News, UK PCC Elections Reforms to boost confidence in police accountability system announced by Home Office Investigations into police officers suspected of committing offences in the line of duty will be sped up to provide swifter clarity to both officers and victims, as the Government launches a new drive to boost confidence in the police accountability system. Police Professional 21/3/2024 News Transparent Communication in Counter-Terrorism Policy: Does Transparency Increase Public Support and Trust in Terrorism Prevention Programmes? Within research and policy on preventing and countering terrorism, transparency is viewed as a necessity to generate public support and trust for counter-terrorism policies. Yet there is no systematic evidence to support these assumptions while research in other policy areas has challenged these assumptions, showing some forms of transparency might decrease support and trust. This paper presents results from two experimental surveys conducted in the United Kingdom to examine the effect of increased transparency on support and trust for terrorism prevention policy. Our findings challenge the widely held assumptions with regard counter-terrorism policy: increased policy information about a prevention policy (based on real Prevent websites) decreases support for Prevent, it makes people less likely to report suspected radicalisation to Prevent, and it has no effect on trust. Conversely, transparency which communicates the rationale behind policy decisions (in this case, the controversial Prevent referral process) increases policy acceptance, decreases the intent to protest, and increases trust in the prevention programme. The findings have global implications for counter-terrorism policy which is primarily based on positive, linear assumption on the relationship between transparency, trust and support—the most common form of transparency these policies use is at best ineffective and at worse counter-productive. Terrorism and Political Violence 21/3/2024 Research article The eyes have it! Functional field of view differences between visual search behavior and body-worn camera during a use of force response in active-duty police officers Although officer body-worn cameras (BWCs) have improved transparency of police interactions within the community, BWCs have a limited field of view, are subject to bias, and do not account for the factors that influence rapid decision-making by officers, including their visual attentional control and perceptual processes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the camera perspective of six critical incidents and position data from BWC compared to eye tracking and head movement data in a use-of-force scenario from 44 active-duty police officers. The analysis of gyroscope and accelerometer data demonstrated low correlations between eye cameras and BWC position data. Officers attended 80.5% of all critical incidents, whereas BWC view captured only 66.2%, especially missing key events ( Police Practice and Research 21/3/2024 Research article The Application of Expressive Writing as an Intervention for Test Anxiety Illustrated with the Toronto Police Exams The present study explored the effect of expressive writing on the test anxiety of eight law enforcement participants while preparing for their Toronto Police Entrance Test. The intervention took place a month before they were due to take the test instead of the conventional practice of implementing it a few days before the test or even during the actual test. An expressive writing journal was given to them. They were instructed on how to write their thoughts about their test anxiety for 25 min during one supervised session uninterrupted. A Thought Record Questionnaire was also given to them. They were instructed to itemise the causes of their test anxiety and to rank their corresponding intensity before and after their journal writing. They would continue ranking their intensity for the next 4 days. The results revealed that the participants who benefitted the most were those who were able to alleviate their test anxiety for an extended period as indicated on the Thought Record and who were able to adequately offset their adverse thoughts as indicated on their expressive writing journals. The findings from this small-scale mixed methods study showed that it is possible to adopt expressive writing as a tool to self-manage test anxiety during the preparation of a test and not just as a means of alleviating test anxiety during the actual writing of the test on the scheduled date. The findings also showed that it is possible for expressive writing to address stress—including traumatic stress. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Subscription at source 21/3/2024 Research article Contact with and Perceptions of Campus Police Among College Students at a Small-Town University Although research has documented an association between sociodemographic and behavioral factors and contact with local police, it remains unclear whether such relationships exist among college students who experience contact with university police. It is also unknown how such factors relate to students’ perceptions of campus police. Given the contentious nature of law enforcement in the U.S. and the racialized climate in higher education, it is imperative to understand how college students’ interactions with and perceptions of campus police fall in relation to the broader narrative of policing. Analyzing data from a current sample of approximately 400 undergraduate students enrolled at a small, public university in the Northeast United States, this study examines the sociodemographic and behavioral correlates of students’ contact with and perceptions of university police. Results suggest there are minimal differences between students with and without a history of police-initiated contact in terms of sociodemographic background. Nevertheless, despite this distribution of contact with campus police, self-identified sexual minorities, racial and ethnic minorities, as well as politically liberal students were among those to possess more negative views of campus police. We discuss these findings as a potential by-product of the broader rhetoric surrounding police-community relationships and racism in higher education. Criminal Justice Review - Subscription at source 21/3/2024 Research article PEEL assessments: Why are forces in England and Wales underperforming in leadership and workforce planning? Police forces in England and Wales are regularly assessed to see how well they meet demand and provide public service; Jon Freegard, Principal Consultant (Workforce Planning) at Skills for Justice, explores how these assessment cycles work, and how workforce planning and leadership development efforts are graded. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 21/3/2024 Analysis, Feature Protect children from crime gangs, expert urges Tens of thousands of children are at risk of being groomed and coerced into crime by organised gangs, according to a leading child-protection expert. BBC 21/3/2024 News Neighbourhood policing a ‘golden thread’ but big abstraction problem remains Officers provided anecdotal evidence of having had only one or two full days dedicated to their neighbourhood role within the previous four weeks. The PSNI has been asked to review and update its current abstraction policy after a new Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) report found that routinely withdrawing officers from their duties adversely affects neighbourhood policing. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 21/3/2024 News The eyes have it! Functional field of view differences between visual search behavior and body-worn camera during a use of force response in active-duty police officers Although officer body-worn cameras (BWCs) have improved transparency of police interactions within the community, BWCs have a limited field of view, are subject to bias, and do not account for the factors that influence rapid decision-making by officers, including their visual attentional control and perceptual processes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the camera perspective of six critical incidents and position data from BWC compared to eye tracking and head movement data in a use-of-force scenario from 44 active-duty police officers. The analysis of gyroscope and accelerometer data demonstrated low correlations between eye cameras and BWC position data. Officers attended 80.5% of all critical incidents, whereas BWC view captured only 66.2%, especially missing key events ( Police Practice and Research 21/3/2024 Research article Syria’s re-engagement with Interpol is a cause for serious concern It casts a shadow on the agency’s credibility and highlights the difficulty of preventing its exploitation by authoritarian regimes, writes Ben Keith The Times - Subscription at source 21/3/2024 Feature, Opinion «157515761577157815791580158115821583Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
