Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96343 total results. Showing results 36581 to 36600 «182618271828182918301831183218331834Next ›Last » ‘Not a good look’: Shock cop DV figure revealed AUSTRALIA: The inquiry into police responses to domestic violence has heard almost 40 members of the service have been subject to orders this year, with some officers with histories of DV promoted while others were investigated by colleagues from their own units. The Courier Mail (Australia) 5/8/2022 News Almost 3,000 motorists caught speeding over August bank holiday weekend REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Almost 3,000 motorists were caught speeding during a nationwide policing operation over the August bank holiday weekend. The Garda operation took place from 7am on Thursday, July 28, until 7am on Wednesday, August 3. Over this time period, 2,937 motorists were detected speeding. Gardaí established 810 mandatory intoxicant checkpoints across the country, resulting in 173 people being arrested for drink- or drug-driving. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 5/8/2022 News Chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone says criminal past isn’t always a barrier to joining police Applicants to join Police Scotland should not be automatically excluded if they have criminal convictions, the chief constable has said. Sir Iain Livingstone said applicants should be judged on “personal circumstances” for posts with the force. The Times - Subscription at source 5/8/2022 News Escalation in police pay dispute avoided ahead of further talks A dispute over police officer pay in Scotland will not be escalated ahead of further talks taking place. Callum Steele, general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), confirmed that the dispute would not be ramped up, despite a deadline for an improved pay offer to be made having passed. A blanket wage increase of 1.4% for most officers and 2% for new recruits was rejected by the SPF. The body, which represents police in Scotland, has called for an increase of 3.4% STV News 5/8/2022 News Greater Manchester Police: Watchdog defends dropping grooming inquiry probe The police watchdog has defended ending an investigation into how three senior officers led an inquiry into child sexual exploitation. BBC 5/8/2022 News Home Office to collect foreign offenders’ biometric data using smartwatch scheme Facial recognition and geolocation data will be matched against Home Office, Ministry of Justice and police databases IT PRO 5/8/2022 News UK policing’s first digital forensic apprenticeship created A cross-sector group representing more than 30 organisations has developed UK policing’s first digital forensic apprenticeship, in a bid to boost recruitment and grow talent in the profession. Forensic Capability Network 5/8/2022 News Hard to shift ingrained Qld police culture AUSTRALIA: Changing the "canteen culture" in the Queensland Police Service that fails to condemn racist, homophobic and sexist comments will take money and commitment, an inquiry has been told. Blue Mountains Gazette (Australia) 5/8/2022 News Advocates criticise decision not to ask Queensland police boss to face domestic violence inquiry AUSTRALIA: The decision not to ask the head of Queensland police to give evidence at the state’s commission of inquiry into the force’s response to domestic violence has been labelled “inexplicable” and a “missed opportunity” by experts and advocates in the field. The Guardian 5/8/2022 News Mental Health: What is the true value the Government places on policing? As the findings from the pay review body are made public with some stark submissions on mental health, our Wellbeing Lead Belinda Goodwin delves into what more must be done from proactive support to funding. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 5/8/2022 News Sydney man sentenced after $241 million worth of meth found in cans of coconut milk AUSTRALIA: A Sydney man, 22, has been sentenced to six years’ jail in the NSW District Court today (5 August, 2022) for importing about 700 litres (288 kilograms) of liquid methamphetamine with an estimated street value of over $241 million concealed inside cans of coconut milk. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 5/8/2022 News Police fail to keep details of controversial interviewing model secret NEW ZEALAND: Police and Crown Law have failed to keep secret details of a controversial interviewing model that was used in a case where a false confession was extracted from a murder suspect. Stuff (New Zealand) 5/8/2022 News, Video Spike in Taranaki homicide investigations will deplete resources, former top cop says NEW ZEALAND: Taranaki police have launched their second homicide inquiry in less than a week - the fifth such investigation for the region in six months. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 5/8/2022 News Crown and police lose legal fight over interviewing technique in Lois Tolley murder case NEW ZEALAND: Crown lawyers and the police have lost a legal fight to keep secret the contentious interviewing technique used in the failed prosecution of the Lois Tolley murder case. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 5/8/2022 News Ian Hopkins was paid £377,000 in his final year before being forced out as chief constable of GMP, accounts show The former chief was paid £217,000 in 'termination benefits' on top of £160,000 in wages, according to published financials Manchester Evening News 5/8/2022 News Greenwich shooting: Man airlifted to hospital after armed police incident A man has been taken to hospital after being shot by police in south-east London. BBC 5/8/2022 News How Concentrated Are Police on Crime? a Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Concentration of Police Presence and Crime Research Question: What were the spatiotemporal patterns of police patrol in a major European city across the pre-COVID year of 2019, how did these patterns change over time, and to what extent did the concentrations of patrol correspond to concentrations of crimes? Data: We analyzed more than 77 million GPS signals from 130 police patrol cars showing where and when police patrols were present in police districts and street segments. We also plotted location, time and days of the week of the locations, and times of more than 50,000 recorded crimes. Methods: We calculated concentration ratios within both crimes and patrols relative to their distributions in time and space. We then compared the concentration ratios for crime to the concentration ratios for patrols. We concluded the analysis by comparing the extent to which concentrations of crime and patrol locations and times were overlapping. Findings: We found that police patrols, much like crime, were concentrated on a small proportion of street segments. Yet spatiotemporal police presence is unrelated to local levels of crime and crime concentration. Relative to temporal crime concentrations, police patrols were substantially under-concentrated from 1500 to 0100 h, all day on Fridays, and the entire months of June, July, August, and December. There was very little overlap in patrol concentrations with crime concentrations. Conclusions: After three decades of research showing crime prevention benefits of patrol concentrations on micro-level crime concentrations, police in one European city concentrate patrol presence at locations, times, days, and months where crime is not concentrated. Whether this conclusion can be reached in other cities will depend on replications of this study, both in Europe and other continents. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 5/8/2022 Research article Wiltshire Police needs to improve ‘inconsistent’ child protection arrangements, says HMICFRS Wiltshire Police’s child protection arrangements do not consistently provide “a good enough response” to effectively safeguard children,” according to a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS). Police Professional 5/8/2022 News Warwickshire Police must do more to give “consistently good service for child protection”, says report Warwickshire Police needs to ensure there is “appropriate and effective supervision” of child protection arrangements, according to a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS). Police Professional 5/8/2022 News Are Current Drug Driving Enforcement Strategies Achieving the Desired Effect? Drug Users’ Perceptions of Drug Driving Legislation and Enforcement in Queensland This study examined how illicit drug users perceived roadside drug testing (RDT) in Queensland, a jurisdiction that enforces a zero-tolerance enforcement strategy to drug driving. Fifty-two illicit drug users were interviewed, and thematic analysis was used to identify emerging themes. The results showed that exposure to RDT and apprehension certainty were reportedly low. The targeted regime of RDT had dichotomous implications towards apprehension certainty, due to the familiarity with the testing procedures. Participants also reported mixed experiences with testing accuracy, in that some offenders reported testing negative just following use, while others who reportedly regulated their driving tested positive, despite not having recently used. Next, participants reported engaging in punishment avoidance behaviours that aimed to evade police exposure and suspicion, and to mask the presence of drugs in their saliva. The combination of avoidance behaviours and perceptions of one’s ability to circumnavigate RDT impacted on participants’ apprehension certainty. Due to their experiences, the majority of (cannabis) users agreed that RDT approaches were discriminatory and unjust, due to the zero-tolerance policy, the testing of presence over impairment, and the lack of policing towards other drugs. These perceived limitations were noted to potentially increase user offending in some circumstances and suggested that there may be a dissonance between the intended aim of RDT and the outcome on drug user behaviours. The findings of this study may hold implications for future research in identifying limitations in the current evidence and help inform policing procedures and policy surrounding future drug testing approaches. 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