Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96573 total results. Showing results 33361 to 33380 «166516661667166816691670167116721673Next ›Last » Police chief says women and trans officers could put critic ‘on his backside’ The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police publicly jumped to the defence of female and trans officers - by promising they would put a magazine critic 'on his backside'. Sir David Thompson penned a stinging letter to The Spectator magazine about columnist Douglas Murray. The journalist had written an article last month questioning an alleged lack of female and trans officers involved in controlling factions during the recent Leicester disturbances between Muslim and Hindu communities. He later said: "I noted the number of female police officers... and said that I wasn’t sure if there were any trans police in the thin yellow line, or for that matter any gay cops busily dancing the macarena. For the police have spent recent decades assuring us that diversity is their strength." Birmingham Live 30/10/2022 News Biased policing is still an issue in Aotearoa, but we can break the mould NEW ZEALAND: At the age of 82, life would be easier if I was at home knitting bed socks. I shared that thought with members of the independent panel which I chair, and a team recently established to research what fair and equitable policing in Aotearoa could look like. Stuff (New Zealand) 30/10/2022 Feature, Opinion WA Police smash international drug network AUSTRALIA: An illicit drugs network believed to be linked to a Balkan organised crime gang has been smashed in Western Australia. WA Today (Australia) 30/10/2022 News Not all officers need degrees, 16 police chiefs tell Home Secretary Suella Braverman urged to ditch blanket requirement for officers to have degrees to stop forces missing out on experienced recruits The Telegraph - Subscription at source 30/10/2022 News Police recruits to face tougher social media checks for misogyny and racism Police forces should examine the social media activity of new recruits in far more detail to root out corrupt and predatory officers, a law enforcement watchdog is expected to say this week. The Times - Subscription at source 29/10/2022 News Cambridge report finds UK police use of facial recognition technology may breach ethical and legal obligations A report released Thursday from Cambridge University claims the United Kingdom police’s use of facial recognition technology (FRT) has breached numerous ethical and human rights obligations. Jurist (Canada) 29/10/2022 News Rishi Sunak to stamp out ‘woke’ policing Ministers are studying the example of a no-nonsense chief who overhauled the failing Greater Manchester Police The Telegraph 29/10/2022 News Just Stop! Furious Met police chief hits out at Just Stop Oil eco-zealots saying their 29 days of action in London has cost 7,900 shifts that could have been used to beat knife crime and solve burglaries The Metropolitan Police has blasted Just Stop Oil who are engaged in a month-long protest across the capital, accusing them of tying up officers who should be out beating knife crime and solving burglaries. Mail Online 29/10/2022 News Policing Authority ‘not satisfied’ with Garda Commissioner’s comments on Traveller profiling REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The head of the Policing Authority told Noteworthy that the oversight body was “not satisfied” with comments made by the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in relation to the findings of a recent research report on Traveller experiences in the justice system. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 29/10/2022 News Justice Minister urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Irish Farmers Association said gangs with dogs are threatening livestock across the country. Belfast Telegraph 29/10/2022 News Police need to clean up their own patch Conservatives came to power on a bold promise to fight crime and make our streets safer. There has been significant progress, with 15,000 extra police officers recruited and another 5,000 on the way. But despite this, more offences are being committed than ever before, while the proportion of suspects ending up in court is at a record low. Express 29/10/2022 Feature, Opinion Justice Minister urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Farmers have raised a 'recurring problem' of gangs of men with dogs going on to farms and threatening livestock Mirror 29/10/2022 News Justice Minister urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has been urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 29/10/2022 News Police deny prioritising social media over traditional media NEW ZEALAND: The police have denied prioritising posting to social media over responding to media queries, after staff were told it was a way to cast the force in a “positive light”. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 29/10/2022 News ‘Obviously concerned’: Reports of drink spiking at historic high Reports of drink spiking have hit a record high, with an increase of almost 50 per cent in complaints to police compared to pre-pandemic numbers. WA Today (Australia) 29/10/2022 News China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries CHINA: For years, AlphaBay ruled the dark web. If you were in the market to buy drugs or stolen credit cards, the digital bazaar was the place to turn. At its peak, more than 350,000 products were listed for sale—an estimated 10 times the size of the notorious Silk Road market—and the website proved to be the ire of law enforcement the world round. That was until cops took AlphaBay offline in 2017. Wired 29/10/2022 News Mood among Black youths ‘much worse than before London riots’ after Chris Kaba shooting Barely 11 years have passed since riots spread across London, sparked by the tragic death of Mark Duggan. Metro 29/10/2022 News Crossing the Threshold: Organizational and Community Correlates of Female and Minority Representation Among U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies The current research explores relationships between female and minority officer representation and elements of organizational structure, practices, and context (internal and external). These relationships are viewed through the lenses of representative bureaucracy and structural contingency theory. Employing LEMAS (2016) survey and ACS (2011–2015) data, a series of OLS regression models explored these relationships. Findings suggest diversity breeds diversity in law enforcement agencies. Organizational structure continues to influence female and minority officers throughout their careers. Structural elements of both complexity and control were related to officer representation at all three career points, as were organizational practices. Finally, relationships related to internal context demonstrated greater consistency than external, although external context was related to overall representation. Relationships between structure, practices, and context varied for females and minorities, suggesting a greater need for unique recruitment and retention strategies for these officers. Police Quarterly - Subscription at source 29/10/2022 Research article Emerging results on the impact of COVID-19 on police training in the United Kingdom The emergence of COVID-19 impacted teaching across the globe and this study is the first to examine the impact it had on the delivery of training within policing by seeking to address how police services in the United Kingdom adapted their delivery during the pandemic. The study achieves this by focussing on 3 aims (1) How did police services in the United Kingdom adapt delivery of training and education during the COVID-19 pandemic? (2) What was the impact of the adaptations? For example, what worked and what did not? (3) What can be done in preparedness for future significant interruptions in police training and education? In pursuing these aims, the study identifies reliance on predominately pedagogic approaches such as increased use of the National Centre for Applied Learning Technologies (NCALT), instructor led power-point presentations and pre-recorded material, undermining engagement and motivation towards training amongst officers. Discussion outlines proposals for improving present police training and in future pandemics. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles - Subscription at source 29/10/2022 Research article Situational factors and police use of force across micro-time intervals: A video systematic social observation and panel regression analysis The current study analyzes police use of force as a series of time-bound transactions between officers, civilians, and bystanders. The research begins with a systematic social observation of use-of-force events recorded on police body-worn cameras in Newark, New Jersey. Researchers measure the occurrence and time stamps for numerous participant physical and verbal behaviors. Data are converted into a longitudinal panel format measuring all observed behaviors in 5-second intervals. Panel logistic regression models estimate the effect of each behavior on use of force in immediate and subsequent temporal periods. Findings indicate certain variables influence use of force at a distinct point in time, whereas others exert influence on use of force across multiple time periods. The most influential variables relate to authority maintenance theoretical constructs. This finding supports prior perspectives arguing that police use of force largely results from officer attempts to maintain constant authority over civilians during face-to-face encounters. Nonetheless, a range of additional variables reflecting procedural justice, civilian resistance, and bystander presence significantly affect when police use force during civilian encounters. Results provide nuance to theoretical frameworks considering use of force as resulting from the interplay between officer and civilian actions and reactions. Criminology 29/10/2022 Research article «166516661667166816691670167116721673Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
