Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96473 total results. Showing results 34121 to 34140 «170317041705170617071708170917101711Next ›Last » Home Secretary ‘receptive’ to calls to upgrade cannabis to Class A. A source said, however, it is a ‘big stretch of the imagination’ to suggest Suella Braverman herself wants to change the drug’s classification. The Independent 9/10/2022 News Strategic Responses to Navigating Police Encounters among Black Baltimore Residents Research on police-citizen interactions has largely explored the treatment of citizens by the police with less attention paid to citizens’ behavior toward the police. Studies that have examined the behavior citizens’ exhibit during police encounters have found that citizen behavior affects how they are treated by the police; yet, little scholarly attention has been given to the strategic responses’ citizens use during their encounters with officers. The few studies that have examined how citizens manage encounters with police focus primarily on young Black males, making it difficult to identify similarities and differences across gender. The following study makes use of in-depth interview data collected from a sample of 25 Black adults residing in Baltimore City who shared their personal experiences and observations of local police prior to Freddie Gray's death. We draw on race, gender, and place literature to understand how participants interpret their encounters with police and the options available to individuals when dealing with the police. Our analyses reveal that some strategic responses differed by respondent gender as did the nature of the police-citizen outcomes. Findings have implications as to how men and women make sense of police actions and how citizens manage their interactions with the police. Race and Justice - Subscription at source 9/10/2022 Research article Perceptions of the U.S. Police Among Latin-American Immigrants: A Bifocal Lens View The current study aimed to identify Latin-American immigrants’ bifocal lens views of the U.S. police and compare them to their contact experiences with their home-country police. We performed semi-structured interviews with twenty-one Latin-American immigrants who have resided in the Birmingham metropolitan area in Alabama. An inductive analysis approach was employed to analyze the qualitative data. The results showed that the Latin-American immigrants’ direct contact experience with the U.S. police has mainly been positive, but they still felt targeted. Even if their indirect experiences lead them to perceive a violent and biased image of the U.S. police force, participants appreciated the U.S. police as honest and not corrupt. Besides, while most participants expressed willingness to report crimes, they simultaneously recognized that other Latin-American immigrants would not feel comfortable reporting crimes due to the fear of deportation. Finally, we found that the perception of the U.S. police among Latin-American immigrants was primarily the result of the juxtaposition of the U.S. police's professionalism against their home-country police. We further discuss policy implications and study limitations in this study. Race and Justice - Subscription at source 9/10/2022 Research article Senior police staff can now earn up to £50,000 to work from HOME while enjoying discounts at retailers – including a sex toy firm Senior police investigators are being paid almost £50,000 to work from home – and are entitled to discounts at retailers including a sex toy firm. Mail Online 9/10/2022 News Scotland’s gun laws ‘among the safest in the world’ Scotland's gun laws are among the strictest in the world, according to a former police chief, amid concern over the stringency of checks. The Herald (Scotland) 9/10/2022 News Edward Reeve murder latest: How police caught killers Detectives who worked to bring the teenage boys who killed a vulnerable man in his own home to justice have revealed the key details which helped secure murder convictions. Daily Echo (Bournemouth) 9/10/2022 News Police’s new ‘hate crime’ officer bombarded with abuse on social media Leicestershire Police is investigating trolls who bombarded the force's new hate crime officer with abuse when she introduced herself online. Sumaya Bihi announced herself as the force's new specialist officer on Twitter in a post on Monday, October 3. Leicester Mercury 9/10/2022 News County Lines cocaine courier caught on police drone A drugs courier has been jailed for bringing two kilograms of cocaine to Devon after police used a drone to monitor his movements. Teignmouth Post & Gazette 9/10/2022 News Nine arrested, drugs seized in joint police interstate border operation AUSTRALIA: Police have arrested nine people and seized approximately $25,000 worth of cannabis in a first-of its-kind joint police operation targeting criminal activity across interstate borders between Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. South Australia Police 9/10/2022 News NZ’s approach to cannabis convictions ‘fit for purpose’ – Justice Minister NEW ZEALAND: The government is welcoming the United States' move towards decriminalising cannabis but says it has no plans to follow suit. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 9/10/2022 News Alberta police watchdog to investigate St. Albert RCMP arrest of teen boy with autism CANADA: Alberta’s police watchdog says it will probe the arrest by RCMP of a teenage boy with autism, just days after Mounties said the matter would be investigated internally. Edmonton Journal (Canada) 9/10/2022 News ‘He didn’t die for nothing’: Anthony Aust’s family files lawsuit against police board CANADA: The family of an Ottawa man who died after a no-knock raid in October 2020 is suing the Ottawa Police Services Board, alleging officers played a direct role in his death. CBC News (Canada) 9/10/2022 News Man appears in court in connection with €352,000 drug seizure REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A man who turned himself over to gardaí following a seizure of more than €350,000 worth of cocaine and heroin in Dublin has been held in custody on €15,000 bail. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 9/10/2022 News Lancashire police chief promoted to high ranking role just five years after first becoming a bobby! A high-flyer has been promoted to one of the highest ranking roles within Lancashire Constabulary – after only five years in the police force! Lancashire Post 9/10/2022 News Hertfordshire Police restraint death sparks IOPC inquiry The death of a man after he was restrained by police is being investigated by an independent watchdog. Officers responded to reports of a man running around in the street, appearing to be in distress, in Eleanor Cross Road, Waltham Cross, at about 22:40 BST on Friday, Hertfordshire Police said. He died in the early hours of Saturday. BBC 9/10/2022 News Suella Braverman wants to make cannabis a class A drug Suella Braverman is considering upgrading cannabis to class A amid concerns it has become a “gateway” drug for more harmful substances. The home secretary has told allies she is on the “same side” as a group of Conservative police and crime commissioners (PCCs) who in recent days have called for the drug to be put on a par with cocaine. The Times 9/10/2022 News Embracing and raising awareness of the diversity in our communities The Police Service of Northern Ireland will be taking the opportunity to highlight the extent and impact of hate crime across Northern Ireland and will be out engaging with local communities encouraging all to embrace diversity during National Hate Crime Awareness Week, 8-15th October 2022. Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) 8/10/2022 News The adoption of a crime harm index: A scoping literature review An emerging line of research explores how calculating the harm associated with different types of crime serves as a method to measure crime across times, places and people. A crime harm index (CHI) is suggested to produce a more reliable bottom line indicator of public safety and it would allow law enforcement agencies to invest their scarce resources in proportion to the harm caused by various types of crimes. This scoping literature review maps the literature on crime harm indices published after 2006 by answering the following research questions: (1) what is the rationale for a CHI, (2) what are the possible ways to operationalize a CHI; (3) how can a CHI be used in crime analysis; (4) what are the general outcomes of the studies using a CHI; (5) what are the known challenges and critiques of a CHI and (6) what research gaps related to CHI are expressed in this field of research? Police Practice and Research 8/10/2022 Research article Record numbers of police officers signed off sick due to mental health crisis Some police officers work for 20 and 22 days non stop without a break and some are struggling to fill their cars and must use food vouchers during the cost of living crisis Mirror 8/10/2022 News Home Office employee accidentally leaves confidential terrorism documents in London venue A Home Office employee accidentally left confidential information about counter-terrorism policing in a London venue, a report found. The top-secret documents were found by venue staff in September 2021 and handed into police after they realised how important they were. The documents included two Extremism Analysis Unit Home Office reports and a Counter Terrorism Policing report that contained sensitive personal data, including that of Metropolitan Police staff. It has not been revealed which venue it was. 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