Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96149 total results. Showing results 39041 to 39060 «194919501951195219531954195519561957Next ›Last » Do Body‐worn Cameras Reduce Disparities in Police Behavior in Minority Communities? Evidence of Nuanced Influences Across Black and Hispanic Neighborhoods The adoption of body-worn cameras (BWCs) is often promoted in response to contentious police use of force incidents involving minority civilians. BWCs are expected to improve policing outcomes by enhancing accountability, although researchers have yet to determine whether BWCs can reduce racial/ethnic disparities. I examine whether BWCs mitigate the influence of neighborhood racial/ethnic context on arrests and use of force using cross-classified logistic regression models to examine the outcomes of 900,000+ police–civilian contacts in Phoenix. Arrests were significantly more likely to occur in Hispanic and Black neighborhoods before and after BWC deployment, even accounting for situational, officer, and neighborhood characteristics. When BWCs were activated in Black neighborhoods, the odds of arrest decreased by 38%. However, BWCs did not moderate the influence of neighborhood percentage of Hispanic on arrest. The neighborhood racial/ethnic context was not associated with the use of force pre- or post-BWC deployment. Although BWCs have been associated with several positive outcomes, their ability to reduce racial/ethnic disparities appears to be overstated. As such, more targeted approaches to reducing disparities in policing outcomes are needed. Criminology and Public Policy 24/5/2022 Research article Sal Naseem: ‘The culture needs to be one where there’s just basically no hiding place for it’ Sal Naseem, the IOPC’s Regional Director for London, who oversaw Operation Hotton spoke to PolicingTV’s Chief Presenter, Danny Shaw, in the latest edition of ‘Talking Crime’, about the impact of the inquiry, the findings of a major IOPC report into the police use of stop-and-search – and if the watchdog is getting it right in the way it deals with complaints and misconduct. PolicingTV - Subscription at source 24/5/2022 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video City of Prince Albert invites partners to form working group targeting rising crime levels CANADA: A motion to create a working group targeting the rising crime levels in Prince Albert passed during a recent city council meeting, with hopes it will find solutions to make residents and visitors feel safer in the community. Blue Line (Canada) 24/5/2022 News Alberta group launches searchable database on police misconduct cases CANADA: A group in Alberta is launching a public database that includes roughly 400 cases of police misconduct, which they say will strengthen accountability in a province where discipline decisions are not routinely made public. The Globe and Mail (Canada) 24/5/2022 News After N.B. police killing of Indigenous woman, chiefs demand systemic racism inquiry CANADA: The results of the recent coroner’s inquest into the police killing of an Indigenous woman in New Brunswick demonstrate the urgent need for an Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism, according to the six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation. Blue Line (Canada) 24/5/2022 News Gardaí demand units to tackle three-year backlog in searching devices for child abuse imagery REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí are demanding the creation of dedicated child exploitation units to combat increasing reports of sexual abuse of minors and to tackle a three-year backlog of digital devices yet to be examined for sexual imagery. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 24/5/2022 News Tough Garda powers to crack down on terrorists and gangland criminals to be extended REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Tough Garda powers to crack down on terrorists and gangland criminals will be extended on Tuesday. Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 24/5/2022 News Call for emergency driver training for all frontline gardaí REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Representative Association (GRA) is calling for all frontline officers to be trained to enable them to drive a patrol car in an emergency situation using blue lights and sirens. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 24/5/2022 News Students and staff at Nottingham Trent University join thousands who have FREE access to Policing Insight – Find out how Policing Insight welcomes staff, students and researchers from Nottingham Trent University who now have FREE access with the start of a new organisation wide subscription. They join a community from many other UK and international institutions, police forces and other criminal justice organisations with an interest in progressive policing. Read on to find out how to use your FREE subscriber access. Policing Insight 24/5/2022 Feature NPCC and College of Policing’s Race Action Plan As the public’s voice in policing, Police and Crime Commissioners recognise the critical importance of improving confidence and trust in policing amongst all of our communities – and in particular Black communities, where we know confidence is low. That is why today, we welcome the fresh energy that is now being invested by Chief Constables into a commitment to tackle the disparities faced by Black people in policing and criminal justice. We are encouraged that the NPCC and College of Policing will be working with the public on this important issue, and hope there will be widespread engagement to ensure the views of the diverse communities we serve are fully reflected. We additionally welcome the way in which the APCC is being asked to engage by monitoring and scrutinising the progress and outcomes set out in the NPCC and the College’s Plan. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 24/5/2022 News Not up to black officers to solve police racism, says barrister as plan launched Race action plan for England and Wales includes apology and history lessons on policing of black people The Guardian 24/5/2022 News The Police Uplift Programme: A numbers game that threatens to become an unintentional war of attrition The 2019 Government announcement of an additional 20,000 police officers recruited over three years was welcomed by the police service. The programme is on course to hit that target, but is it just a numbers game? And with some reported to be struggling, how does the service encourage its new recruits to stay? Policing Insight - Subscription at source 24/5/2022 Analysis, Feature Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 24/5/2022 News Police Race Action Plan: Improving policing for Black people The Police Race Action Plan has been developed jointly by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing with input from stakeholders, including the National Black Police Association, the Independent Scrutiny and Oversight Board Chair, and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. [PDF] National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 24/5/2022 Report Police action plan released to address race disparities affecting Black people, changing a legacy of distrust The Police Race Action Plan released by National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing sets out the commitment of Chief Constables in England and Wales to become an anti-racist police service and to explain or reform race disparities. The plan will now be subject to further independent scrutiny with the public, police officers and staff and experts invited to share their views before it is finalised in December 2022. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 24/5/2022 News Justice Dept. Orders Agents to Intervene if They See Police Violence USA: The changes, the first to the department’s use-of-force policy in 18 years, follow the murder of George Floyd and other incidents of policy brutality. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has revised rules governing the use of force by law enforcement agencies overseen by the Justice Department, requiring federal agents to intervene when they see officials using excessive force or mistreating people in custody. The New York Times 24/5/2022 News Dire police shortage on the way as hopeful recruits forced to pay INSANE $17,000 fee and give up nine months of their life at remote academy AUSTRALIA: NSW could face a shortage of police officers as recruits give up or move interstate because it's too expensive to become a cop, the president of the state's police union says. Kevin Morton used the Police Association of NSW conference on Tuesday to attack the prohibitive cost of becoming a NSW cop. NSW is the only state where aspiring cops have to spend thousands of dollars and months of their lives to join the force. Mail Online 24/5/2022 News Black history lessons to be compulsory for all police Don't be afraid of being labelled as 'woke', officers told, as new action plan launched to tackle racism The Telegraph - Subscription at source 24/5/2022 News Police adviser wants to slash forces’ cash: New panel to combat racism includes Labour backers with arresting aims The chairman of a new panel that will scrutinise the police on race issues is a criminal defence barrister who has said her 'ultimate aim' is to end funding for forces. Award-winning lawyer Abimbola Johnson, 34, has previously discussed crime being 'reclassified' until you 'no longer need to fund a police force'. Mail Online 24/5/2022 News Police given mandatory black history lessons to combat racism Police officers will be taught black history in an effort to curb racism in their ranks after the head of a new scrutiny board urged them to embrace the label “woke”. 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