Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102706 total results. Showing results 3801 to 3820 «187188189190191192193194195Next ›Last » Mayor announces new £6 million fund to support survivors of domestic abuse The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced a new £6 million package of funding to support grassroots community organisations delivering life-changing support for victims and survivors of domestic abuse and violence across the capital. Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) 18/3/2025 News Proposed new protest rules: A loss of freedom or are greater police powers now needed? NEW ZEALAND: A review of laws around the policing of protests in New Zealand makes recommendations for changes to the law and for changes to police practice. NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 Feature, Opinion Overflowing prisons trigger emergency measure to house inmates in police cells Justice secretary triggers Operation Safeguard to use police cells for prisoners overnight The Independent 18/3/2025 News Hate crime disclaimers: barriers to education and policing of hate crimes in Sweden Policing hate crimes presents numerous challenges. Police officers play a crucial role in the initial identification of these crimes, yet a lack of knowledge and training often hampers their ability to do so effectively. Despite increased attention to hate crimes over the past decades, the effectiveness of targeted police training remains underexplored. This study examines the barriers faced by Swedish police trainees in recognising hate crimes during a 5-week course on hate crime and discrimination. Drawing on trainees’ accounts and reinterpretations of racist and homophobic hate crimes, the article identifies and codes six central disclaimers that serve to disqualify a crime as a hate crime: the trivialisation disclaimer, the lack-of-evidence disclaimer, the not-the-only-motive disclaimer, the perpetrator’s-mental-status disclaimer, the victim-blaming disclaimer, and the ingroup-bias disclaimer. These disclaimers provide insights that can enhance police education and the initial investigation process of hate crimes. The study also discusses how these barriers to recording hate crimes can impact the investigation process. Policing and Society 18/3/2025 Research article Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol EUROPE: Proxies deploying tactics including migrant smuggling in destabilisation efforts across EU, enforcement agency finds The Guardian 18/3/2025 News TasGRN expansion boosts emergency comms in Tasmania AUSTRALIA: Motorola Solutions, in collaboration with Telstra, has expanded the Tasmanian Government Radio Network (TasGRN) to 400 sites across the state. The expansion aims to enhance the management of incidents and emergencies by providing improved communications capabilities for first responders and government personnel. This development comes as emergency services in Tasmania prepare for the Australasian Police & Emergency Services Games in Hobart. IT Brief (Australia) 18/3/2025 News The year NT offender rates surged past Queensland to lead nation AUSTRALIA: The Northern Territory continues to be a hotspot for crime in Australia, with offender rates more than double of any other jurisdiction. Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia) - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 News ‘An accumulation of errors’: Police took 77 minutes to get to double child homicide NEW ZEALAND: When a distressed woman phoned police to say her children were dead, the call-taker referred her to a mental health nurse, and an hour passed before a police officer was sent – but only after ambulance staff sent repeated messages asking for back-up. Stuff (New Zealand) 18/3/2025 News Police struggle to identify the riskiest domestic abuse perpetrators – here’s how they can do better The government cannot achieve its target to halve violence against women and girls if it doesn’t address the most serious perpetrators – and it isn’t anywhere near knowing how to identify them. Our new research shows where they are going wrong, and how they can do better. The Conversation 18/3/2025 Analysis, Feature Vicarious Traumatization Among Emergency Medical Service Personnel: A Systematic Review Emergency medical services (EMS) professionals are exposed to the trauma experienced by their patients regularly. This exposure to others’ traumatic experiences is known as vicarious trauma or indirect trauma. When it becomes problematic for the worker’s well-being, the resulting symptoms are referred to as vicarious traumatization or secondary traumatic stress. Existing literature highlights the importance of recognizing vicarious trauma and subsequent symptoms experienced by these professionals, as well impacts this may have on their workplaces. However, comprehensive reviews of vicarious traumatization among those involved in responding to prehospital emergency medical situations are limited. A four-phase Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses selection process was employed to identify publications from 1995 to 2022 that considered the epidemiology of vicarious traumatization among EMS professionals. Trained reviewers screened articles based on inclusion criteria: (a) EMS professionals; (b) vicarious traumatization/related terms; and (c) analysis of epidemiological data on prevalence, risk/protective factors, or manifestations. Initially, 4,147 unique manuscripts were identified. After removing duplicates, one reviewer screened titles, and additional articles were identified through bibliography searches. Two reviewers independently screened abstracts, resolving disagreements during full-text screening, where a third reviewer settled any conflicts. A total of 31 articles were included in this review. Findings regarding the epidemiology of vicarious traumatization are summarized. The occupational hazard of vicarious/indirect trauma is unavoidable, but vicarious traumatization/secondary traumatic stress can be mitigated with improved workplace measures. Trauma Violence and Abuse - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 Research article Motivations for a career in law enforcement: comparing police officers and deputy sheriffs Law enforcement leaders are expressing challenges in recruitment and hiring, pushing recruiters to explore how to attract motivated candidates to the job. At the same time, motivations to seek a career in policing have remained relatively stable with themes relating to salary/benefits and community service, and low police-public social distance playing a role in career aspirations. While some studies have focused on reasons why people enter a police job, there is little research exploring whether motivations to seek a career in law enforcement vary between different types of law enforcement agencies. The purpose of this study is to compare motivations for employment in police departments and sheriffs’ offices. During Spring 2019, 340 Pennsylvania police officers and deputy sheriffs were interviewed about their motivations to pursue their current career and whether low social distance played a role in their career decision. Both groups most commonly sought a career in law enforcement to help people, although the police officers had more diverse motivations than deputy sheriffs. Family and friends in law enforcement were important recruiters for deputy sheriffs more so than municipal police officers. These findings and policy implications are discussed in light of the literature. This study contributes to the larger literature in that it focuses, in part, on understudied deputy sheriffs and highlights differences in career motivations for law enforcement officers working in police departments and sheriffs’ offices. Policing: An International Journal - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 Research article The impact of transformational leadership by chiefs and supervisors on law enforcement turnover intention: an examination of job satisfaction and commitment as mediators The purpose of this study is to investigate how law enforcement officers’ turnover intentions are affected by their perceptions of transformational leadership from both chiefs and supervisors as well as their job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Utilizing a large sample of 13,072 sworn law enforcement officers from 85 agencies across the United States, this study employs structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the impacts of transformational leadership by chiefs and supervisors on turnover intention. Additionally, this study investigates the mediating effects of job satisfaction and organizational commitment in these relationships. The findings indicate that transformational leadership from both law enforcement chiefs and supervisors significantly reduces officers’ turnover intention by enhancing their job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Importantly, while the impact of chiefs’ transformational leadership on turnover intention is partially mediated by job satisfaction and organizational commitment, the influence of supervisors’ transformational leadership is fully mediated by these factors. This indicates that chiefs’ transformational leadership has a direct and significant impact on reducing turnover intention. In contrast, supervisors’ transformational leadership reduces turnover intention entirely through its positive effects on job satisfaction and organizational commitment, highlighting the critical role these mediators play in the supervisory context. Originality/value This study highlights the critical role of transformational leadership at different hierarchical levels within the police force, with particular emphasis on the stronger impact of chiefs’ transformational leadership. It provides insights into organizational challenges and policy implications aimed at reducing turnover intentions among law enforcement officers. Policing: An International Journal - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 Research article Emergency prison measures reintroduced to tackle overcrowding Police cells put on standby after surge in number of criminals jailed in the past two months The Telegraph - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 News Police Scotland axes 12,000 investigations to reduce officer workload Force uses controversial protocol to drop ‘minor’ offences in a move it describes as a ‘proportionate response to crime’ The Telegraph - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 News More than 100 new detectives set to join forces after being attested Dozens of new trainee detectives have been attested, with the newest recruits joining specialist teams across policing after completing Police Now's National Detective Programme (NDP). Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 News Prisoners to be held in police cells as Government triggers emergency measures Operation Safeguard has been activated for the first time since May today, with prisons close to being at full capacity again. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 News Ex-officer caught in child abuse sting would have been sacked if he had not quit force Daniel Hunt worked for Thames Valley Police (TVP) at the time of the offences, which saw him believe he was sexually engaging with a 12-year-old girl called Summer online. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/3/2025 News Badge of Life Canada announces collaboration with Canada Beyond The Blue and Serenity Renewal for Families (Ottawa) in supporting a new book by Insp. (Ret.) Lance Valcour CANADA: In a new approach to supporting public safety members and their families, the Badge of Life Canada has announced an innovative collaboration with Canada Beyond The Blue and Serenity Renewal for Families (Ottawa). Blue Line (Canada) 18/3/2025 News ‘Tunnel vision’ of N.B. police blamed for wrongful murder convictions of two men CANADA: “Tunnel vision” was the main shortfall of an investigation in the 1980s that led to the wrongful conviction of two men who spent years in prison for a murder they didn’t commit, police in New Brunswick said Friday. Blue Line (Canada) 18/3/2025 News Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs welcomes appointment of new chief of Winnipeg Police Service CANADA: The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) acknowledges the appointment of Gene Bowers as the new chief of the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) and expresses hope for a renewed relationship between the WPS and First Nations Leadership. 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