Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115687 total results. Showing results 33561 to 33580 «167516761677167816791680168116821683Next ›Last » Officers express ‘frustration’ at lack of balance in Channel 4 documentary More than 400 officers have responded to a survey about the series. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 6/2/2024 News Man charged with attempted murder after officers set alight A 27 year old man has been charged with six counts of attempted murder. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 6/2/2024 News NPBA Chair ‘no longer has confidence in the Commissioner’ amid misconduct action against Met Chair Chair Andy George has recommended those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds do not join the MPS. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 6/2/2024 News Seven force agreement to facilitate movement of abnormal loads Seven forces including Essex, Bedfordshire and Kent made the agreement which took effect from yesterday. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 6/2/2024 News Hamilton police violated woman’s Charter rights with no-knock raid, judge rules CANADA: The case against the woman and evidence including $500K of cannabis were tossed out of court. CBC News (Canada) 6/2/2024 News Forgotten, outdated, and absent: PSNI officer’s training, experiences, and confidence with Autism Building on the growing literature examining the multifaceted and complex issues surrounding police interactions with Autistic individuals, this paper examines police officers’ training, experiences, and confidence of policing and interacting with autistic individuals. The paper specifically focuses on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which has been completely neglected in the literature to date. The findings are based upon a survey completed by 212 serving PSNI officers across a variety of ranks and years of experience. While there are a range of important findings in relation to training, confidence and available adaptations, the key finding of this paper is that less than one-third of the survey respondents reported receiving training on Autism delivered by the PSNI. Perhaps even more worryingly, less than half of those who had received this training stated that they were ‘satisfied’ with it. These findings suggest that the PSNI need to urgently reform the training provided to their officers to ensure that all officers receive Autism focused training. The study findings demonstrate that this new training programme should require periodic retraining throughout officers’ careers; be designed to provide officers with both the knowledge base and skill set to effectively interact with Autistic individuals in ways that protect their human rights; and be delivered by a specialist organisation or professional, such as Autism NI. Policing and Society 6/2/2024 Research article Unmasking the impact: how did the coronavirus pandemic affect police intelligence in the United Kingdom? At present, there is no research available that has explored how the coronavirus pandemic affected intelligence work. Understanding this is vital as any factor that may increase the likelihood of intelligence gaps is worthy of examination because they are frequently identified as a major causal factor of the more harmful issue of intelligence failures within law enforcement. Recent research (Marani, et al, Citation2021) states that despite the pandemic abating, the risk of further global incidents remains. Therefore, lessons need to be identified to reduce potential gaps and failures occurring during future pandemics. We seek to achieve this by asking how Covid-19 affected intelligence work within UK policing by interviewing fifteen intelligence personnel from one police service. Using a framework from the practice of knowledge management (KM) we analyze how the pandemic affected the processes, technology, individual and organisational willingness to share intelligence, workloads, location, and structure of intelligence delivery (Abrahamson and Goodman-Delaunty, 2014). Findings indicate that all were negatively impacted by changes in working priorities, increased demand on analysts, and the ability of the police to gather intelligence from covert human intelligence sources and partner agencies. Such implications are discussed in the context of wider intelligence literature and future preparedness Journal of Policing Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 6/2/2024 Research article Black and blue: deconstructing Defund the Police The demand to address police racism by ‘defunding the police’ echoed on- and offline in the summer of 2020 following the police murder of George Floyd, but it has not always been clear what defunding the police entails. Through an analysis of 300 stories posted on CBC News and CTV News websites in 2020–2021, this study addresses the construction of the Defund the Police campaign in Canadian news media. Black Lives Matter organized their Defund the Police campaign as a demand for: (1) alternatives to police services; (2) decriminalization; and (3) disarmament, demilitarization and technology. Yet, news media prioritized calls for alternatives to police services, while providing less attention to disarmament, demilitarization and technology demands, and largely excluding decriminalization from defunding conversations altogether. The news media constructed the Defund the Police campaign around three fluid interpretations: defunding as a call to remove and abolish police, as a call for budgetary reallocation and alternatives to police, and as a call for police reform and accountability. Support for a reallocation and alternatives interpretation of defunding was most prominent within the news media, suggesting that police budget cuts in favour of community supports will be the focus of defunding policy in the future. Journal of Crime and Justice 6/2/2024 Research article Sextortion – a public safety crisis affecting our youth CANADA: On this Safer Internet Day, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is reminding parents and the public about the prevalence of sextortion, a growing threat affecting our youth, particularly those in the 14 to 24 age range. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 6/2/2024 News McEntee to propose legislation to help Gardai tackle online crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Justice Minister Helen McEntee will seek Cabinet approval to draft new legislation to help Gardaí tackle online crime. newstalk (Republic of Ireland) 6/2/2024 News This is the number of Garda stations without a single officer REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Almost one third of all Garda stations around the country recorded a decrease in their numbers last year, while 8% no longer have any designated officer assigned to them. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 6/2/2024 News Sligo Garda Station numbers see drop of 22 over the past ten years REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda numbers in Sligo/Leitrim have fallen by 15 in the past year, shock figures have revealed. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 6/2/2024 News South Yorkshire Police officers and staff join the thousands who have FREE access to Policing Insight! – Find out how Policing Insight welcomes officers and staff at South Yorkshire Police who now have FREE subscriber access with the start of a new organisation wide subscription. They join a community of officers and staff from many other UK and international police, criminal justice and emergency services organisations with an interest in progressive policing. Read on to find out how to use your FREE subscriber access. Policing Insight 6/2/2024 Feature “When people who use drugs can’t differentiate between medical care and cops, it’s a problem.” Compounding risks of law Enforcement Harassment & Punitive Healthcare Policies Background: Community-based harm reduction programming is widely recognized as an effective strategy for reducing the increased risks for and spread of HIV, HCV, and for reducing the growing rate of overdose deaths among people who use drugs (PWUD). PWUD in the United States (US) are a highly justice-involved population, also at increased risk for law enforcement interaction, arrest, and incarceration. These risks compound and interact in the context of criminalization and law enforcement surveillance. Justice involvement increases risks for overdose and for riskier injecting behavior among PWUD, in turn increasing HCV and HIV risks. In Central and Southern Appalachia specifically, PWUD have identified fear of law enforcement harassment and arrest as a barrier to engaging in harm reduction behavior, and a deterrent to seeking help at the scene of an overdose. Moreover, stigmatizing and punitive treatment in healthcare settings can deter PWUD from seeking care, with life or death consequences. This evaluation research study assessing the successes and impacts of a grant-funded project to increase access to safer drug consumption supplies and overdose prevention education for PWUD, including justice-involved participants of a syringe access program (SAP), in public housing and beyond in a South-Central Appalachian setting used key informant and opportunistic sampling. Mixed-methods data were compiled and collected including secondary program data; primary interview and participant-observation data. Results: The evaluation research identified that grant deliverables were largely achieved, despite challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, SAP participants and staff reported larger themes surrounding grant-funded activities, in which they perceived that widespread local law enforcement harassment of PWUD increased participants’ risks for overdose death and infectious disease risks and that punitive local healthcare settings and policies acted as deterrents to care-seeking for many PWUD. Conclusions: Overall, the evaluation research found that participants’ experiences with and perceptions of local law enforcement harassment combined with their understandings and experiences of local punitive healthcare settings and policies; together compounding and increasing overdose risks and negative health consequences for local justice-involved PWUD. Health and Justice 6/2/2024 Research article Dr Emma Williams: ‘There’s a massive lack of learning for young officers expected to deal with complex crimes’ Speaking at the Canterbury Centre for Policing Research’s annual conference, Dr Emma Williams – Director of the Open University’s the Centre for Policing Research and an academic with years of experience exploring the police approach to rape cases – gave her overview of why reform in this area is so difficult to get right, and her hopes that Operation Soteria could provide the path to progress, as Policing Insight’s James Sweetland reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 6/2/2024 Analysis, Feature ‘Much more to be done’ for policing to reflect communities it serves The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) says there is still “a long way to go” for policing to reflect the communities it serves. Police Professional 6/2/2024 News Nearly 60 assaults on Scotland’s frontline workers every day Emergency and retail workers suffer physical attacks from members of the public on average nearly 60 times every day in Scotland, according to new research. Police Professional 6/2/2024 News Fears police housing fees could force officers from Highlands and islands communities The charge could reach £600, adding to financial pressure on officers covering remote and rural areas. The Press and Journal 6/2/2024 News Seven police forces agree new ‘abnormal load’ deal Police forces have struck an agreement which they claimed would make it easier to co-ordinate the journey of abnormal loads across the east and south east. Hauliers moving large consignments - such as components for wind turbines - have to do so with police approval. Essex Police said the deal had effectively removed borders between seven forces, and London. BBC 6/2/2024 News McEntee looks to beef up digital powers for tackling crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Justice Minister Helen McEntee is to seek Cabinet approval to draft new legislation strengthening An Garda Siochana’s digital powers to tackle crime. The General Scheme for the Criminal Justice (Protection, Preservation and Access to Data on Information Systems) Bill 2024 will ensure gardaí are given up-to-date and effective powers for gaining swift access to criminal evidence which is in digital form. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 6/2/2024 News «167516761677167816791680168116821683Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
