Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115679 total results. Showing results 33201 to 33220 «165716581659166016611662166316641665Next ›Last » Health bosses seeking solution as police look to change emergency response model NEW ZEALAND: Health bosses are investigating how the response to mental health emergencies can be adapted as the Police Commissioner indicates he wants to reduce the time spent by officers on such callouts within the year. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 14/2/2024 News Why would we trust NZ cops using tasers without cameras? NEW ZEALAND: New Tasers are being rolled out to our police force nationwide, but there are growing concerns the technology is missing a vital part — the camera. The Southern District is the first in line to be trained with the Taser 10, which will replace the Taser X2 currently being used by police. The Daily Blog (New Zealand) 14/2/2024 News Government exploring tougher laws on crossbows A call for evidence has been launched to examine whether current crossbow laws need to be strengthened, as the Government steps up action to prevent violence on the streets. Police Professional 14/2/2024 News Retail crime is a ‘crisis’ that demands action, warns BRC Violence and abuse against retail workers soared by 50 per cent last year, according to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) crime survey. The number of incidents rose to 1,300 a day in 2022/23 – up from almost 870 a day the year before. Police Professional 14/2/2024 News Essex Police secures first conviction under new cyber-flashing law A registered sex offender from Basildon has become the first person in England and Wales to be convicted of cyber-flashing, which became an offence on January 31 this year. Nicholas Hawkes, 39, sent unsolicited photos of his erect penis to a 15-year-old girl and a woman on February 9. Police Professional 14/2/2024 News Children more likely than adults to be victims of sexual offences, report finds Children are the victims in 40 per cent of all police recorded sexual offences, including rape and sexual assault, according to new analysis released on Wednesday (February 14). This is despite children making up just 20 per cent of the population in England and Wales. Police Professional 14/2/2024 News Former Met AC says SFO needs forces to help kick down doors and make arrests SFO can lead cases but needs officers to make arrests and to use police stations to interview suspects says new ex-Met director. In his first speech as Director of the Serious Fraud Office, former Met AC Nick Ephgrave said he wanted the agency to become “the collaborator of choice,” for police forces and other law enforcement agencies. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/2/2024 News Lack of sustainable ADDER funding ‘inhibiting’ delivery of drugs strategy The Association for Police and Crime Commissioners has published a deep dive on Combatting Drugs Partnerships. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/2/2024 News Bill ‘lacks crucial safeguards’ for rape victims facing requests for third-party material The Victims' Commissioner does not believe that the government's amendment to the Victims and Prisoners Bill offers adequate protection against intrusive requests for third-party material. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/2/2024 News 50% increase in levels of retail violence and abuse, reports British Retail Consortium The latest figures have been published from the British Retail Consortium’s crime survey. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 14/2/2024 News Court backs Nova Scotia Police Review Board ruling on racial profiling complaint CANADA: The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia sided with the Nova Scotia Police Review Board in its decision to dismiss a complaint from a Black woman who says she was racially profiled when police pulled her over and arrested her in 2020. CBC News (Canada) 14/2/2024 News ‘Disgraced’ police officer’s role dooms charges in $30M drug bust CANADA: Officer of the Police Complaint Commissioner has ordered probe into Project Juliet lead investigator. CBC News (Canada) 14/2/2024 News Breaking down impulsivity: A critical factor in police candidate evaluation CANADA: In police recruiting, we are often so absorbed in ensuring that the potential candidate has not committed a criminal act that we sometimes ignore personality features that not only make a candidate more prone to commit criminal acts but render them dangerous to themself and others. Blue Line (Canada) 14/2/2024 Feature Over 6,000 people apply to be a Garda after recruitment age extended to 50 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: More than 6,000 people have applied to become a Garda in the latest recruitment drive by the Irish police force. The Irish Post (Republic of Ireland) 14/2/2024 News Green Party finds Garda view of ‘copycat’ fires at centres linked to asylum seekers ‘deeply frustrating’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Patrick Costello, Dublin South Central TD for the junior partner in the Government, said 'there is a clear systemic pattern here' to the fires. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 14/2/2024 News Ireland signs into landmark Convention on investigation and prosecution of the most serious international crimes REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Minister of State James Browne T.D has today signed the Ljubljana – The Hague Convention on International Cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other international crimes (“the Convention”). Government of Ireland 14/2/2024 News APCC lead comments on the British Retail Consortium’s crime survey report According to the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Crime Survey report published today, violence and abuse against retail workers soared last year, with the latest figures revealing that the number of incidents rose to 1,300 per day in 2022/23 from almost 870 per day the year before. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 14/2/2024 News Modern slavery: How the UK Government’s 2023 reforms made it harder for victims to prove they are being exploited Last year the UK Government reformed the National Referral Mechanism – the framework for identifying potential victims of modern slavery – in an effort to speed up decision making and police action against those accused of exploitation; but Research Assistant Ying Zhang and Professor Chee Yew Wong of the University of Leeds argue that the reforms have actually made the situation considerably worse for potential victims. Policing Insight 14/2/2024 Analysis, Feature, Opinion The ‘haves and have-nots’ of social support during police recruitment: why the playing field is anything but level Current police recruitment research is often focused on disproportionate outcomes based upon identity-based categories such as race, ethnicity, or gender. National government statistics and political discourse support this research agenda, indicating a significant recruitment gap in representation in England and Wales. This gap has resulted in the design and use of ‘in-house’ positive action initiatives for police recruitment, with little examination of their impact or otherwise. To understand this research gap, this paper applies a labour market lens to police recruitment. This study contributes to existing research by exploring how police recruits navigate the recruitment process using their social resources. It represents 27 in-depth, participant-led, long-form interviews within an English Constabulary, informed by the theory of Social Embeddedness. It explores how candidates who did not receive positive action navigated and perceived their recruitment process, whilst using their friends, family, and acquaintances for both instrumental and pastoral support. This is contrasted against those candidates that utilised positive action initiatives. The results illustrate developed social embeddedness within police recruitment in the researched constabulary. Recruits who drew heavily upon social contacts experienced instrumental and pastoral support throughout the recruitment process. Some stages of recruitment were more socially embedded than others, resulting in some specific, instrumental advantages. The nature of this social support evidences how disproportionality can be generated in police recruitment. Candidates using positive action initiatives experienced negative, pastoral social support, and temporal instrumental support – illuminating a very different journey during their presocialisation into policing. This finding underpins evidentially informed positive action interventions. Policing and Society 14/2/2024 Research article Child sexual abuse in 2022/23: Trends in official data This report brings together data from children’s social care, policing, criminal justice and health, to build a picture of how agencies identify and respond to child sexual abuse and provide a unique insight into the changing trends in practice. Find the 2020/21 and 2021/22 reports on our publications list. Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) 14/2/2024 Report «165716581659166016611662166316641665Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
