Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 114961 total results. Showing results 4021 to 4040 «198199200201202203204205206Next ›Last » Understanding the Safety of Conducted Energy Weapons Overall, CEWs are generally safe. Deaths are rare, and when they occur, they are typically linked to other factors such as substance use, excited delirium, or cardiac concerns. CEWs are associated with lower civilian injury rates compared to other force options. Injuries associated with CEW deployments are typically minor, such as scrapes, bruises, or punctures. Serious injuries occur more often when CEWs target inappropriate areas or are used in riskier settings (e.g., where serious falls may occur), emphasizing the importance of training and appropriate use. Subjects may experience short-term cognitive impairment following CEW exposure, temporarily limiting their ability to process information such as officer commands. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article Deepfakes detection increasingly vital to law enforcement, fraud defense alike Law enforcement agencies around the world are grappling with deepfakes in several different areas of investigation. A post on Reality Defender’s website explains how they are doing so, and aligns with comments from executives with iProov and Vida Group about the fraud environment for businesses in Asia. BiometricUpdate.com 4/2/2026 News Factors Distinguishing Less-Experienced and Experienced Officers in Use-of-Force DecisionMaking Across a series of tactical decision exercises, experienced officers were more likely to use verbal commands, while less-experienced officers escalated more quickly to less-lethal or lethal force. Three key assessments during the exercises accounted for the distinct patterns of use-of-force decisions observed across experience levels: availability of force mitigation opportunities (time, cover, distance, etc.), presence of nearby weapons, and likelihood of subject escape. These insights can be integrated into training programs by guiding the design of training scenarios that cultivate expert use-of-force decision-making skills. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article Enhancing Police Officers’ Account-Giving in Post-Shooting Interviews Being interviewed about an officer involved shooting (OIS) can be a traumatic and anxiety-provoking experience for subject officers. Officers’ accounts of an OIS will be improved by reducing the discomfort experienced and the cognitive load placed on subject officers. Keeping subject officers informed and interviewer demonstrations of procedural justice likely lead to more open engagement and better-quality accounts. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article Forensic Interviews and Interrogation Evaluation: Is it Important in the View of Law Enforcement? Incorporating evaluations of interviewing into interview training can help officers learn how to review their performance, assess the quality of the information they have gathered, and identify areas for improvement. Forensic interviewers who participated in the study felt positive about the addition of digital tools that could be used to facilitate evaluations, provided the tools are simple, quick, and practical. Key features thought to be useful included visual aids, feedback recording, and ways to track performance over time. The participants felt digital tools could help target training needs, improve interview quality, and make evaluation a normal part of investigative practice. Barriers like time constraints and lack of resources leave officers little time for self-reflection. Many noted that evaluations of interviews were not seen as a priority or a good use of resources. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article The Quality of Statement Evidence Provided by Inattentive Witnesses is Enhanced with Free Recall Questioning Witnesses may not notice crimes when they are focusing their attention somewhere else (also known as inattentional blindness). If witnesses do not notice a crime, their statements are less detailed than witnesses who noticed a crime. Under free recall questioning (e.g., “tell me everything”), witnesses who did not notice a crime were just as accurate and confident in their recall as witnesses who did notice a crime. The negative effects of failing to notice a crime on recall accuracy and confidence were only observed for cued recall (e.g., “what did the perpetrator look like?”). The results suggest that investigators must be careful to avoid direct questions with inattentive witnesses in police interviews. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article Officer tells Eishia Hudson inquest he shot at teen because he believed officers were in danger CANADA: A Winnipeg police officer who fatally shot a 16-year-old First Nations girl after a robbery and vehicle chase in Winnipeg told an inquest that he believed his colleagues' lives were in danger when he fired two shots at the teen. For the first time since the shooting death of Eishia Hudson in April 2020, Const. Kyle Pradinuk spoke publicly Wednesday, during the third day of a fatality inquest, about the moments that led up to the girl's death. CBC News (Canada) 4/2/2026 News Law Enforcement Insights and Interviewing Practices for Older Adult Maltreatment Cases Most law enforcement participants in this study reported receiving maltreatment reports from older adults on a weekly basis. Yet, two-thirds did not use a specific best practice interviewing protocol or guidelines with these eyewitnesses. Many older adults face physical, cognitive, and emotional barriers to reporting abuse. To improve responses, law enforcement professionals recommended increasing public awareness, expanding education programs on older adult safety and care, implementing policy changes, and promoting stronger multidisciplinary collaboration in their investigations. Law enforcement professionals who took part in the study described in the source article called for more frequent training and support for investigations involving older adults. For example, they recommended training on conducting interviews with older adults who have physical and cognitive disabilities, collaborating with other professionals across disciplines, and helping older adults better understand their legal rights (e.g., specific role of Power of Attorney). Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article Suspended over a year ago, Kingston’s deputy police chief to retire CANADA: Statement from Kingston Police board fails to address reason for Matt Funnell's suspension in December 2024. More than a year after Deputy Chief Matt Funnell was suspended with pay, Kingston Police have announced his pending retirement — but they still haven't explained why he was relieved of his duties. CBC News (Canada) 4/2/2026 News Enhancing Lie Detection in Virtual Interviews with the Asymmetric Information Management ‘AIM’ Technique The AIM (Asymmetric Information Management) technique can improve the ability to distinguish between truth tellers and liars in interviewing settings. This is because truth tellers respond to the AIM instruction by being more detailed, whereas liars typically withhold information. This means that liars give less detailed statements, compared to truth tellers, making lie detection possible. Virtual interviewing does not allow for the same level of rapport building, and as such, some tools may be less effective. We tested the application of the AIM technique to an online interview. We found that when using virtual interviews, the AIM technique is more effective at eliciting detail, compared to the standard ‘tell me everything’ instruction. This makes it easier for investigators to detect differences between truth tellers and liars, based on how detailed their statements are. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article At least 9 Toronto police officers arrested in organized crime investigation: sources CANADA: The Toronto Police Association confirmed Wednesday evening that several of its members have been arrested as part of an investigation sources say is connected to organized crime and corruption. Sources with information on the matter told Global News that at least nine Toronto police officers were arrested. Global News (Canada) 4/2/2026 News How to Measure Racial Bias in Police Activities: A Test of Different Benchmarks Different measures can be used to assess racial bias in proactive police activities, but most involve comparing a measure of police activity (e.g., the number of vehicle stops of Black and White people) to some sort of benchmark (e.g., the number of Black and White people living in the city where the vehicle stops took place). Population-based benchmarks are commonly used to assess racial disparities in police activities, but this metric can result in misleading conclusions because it does not account for how crime, policing, or calls for service are distributed spatially. When examining different types of benchmarks, the degree of racial disparity that is found can fluctuate drastically. Careful decisions must be made about the best benchmark to use, and the most appropriate benchmark might vary from situation to situation. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article Understanding the impact of investigation type and trauma on mental health and well-being in UK senior investigating officers: A mixed-methods approach This cross-sectional study utilises an explanatory-sequential, mixed-methods design, using quantitative surveys (N = 275) and semi-structured interviews (N = 17) to explore the psychological impacts of investigation type on a sample of UK police senior investigating officers (SIOs). Prevalence rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (5.4%) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) (4.1%) are also established. Analyses demonstrate that organisational stress (B = 1.15), experiencing trauma 6 to 12 months ago (B = −1.72) and child homicide investigations (B = 1.76) predict PTSD, whereas operational stress (B = 1.82), experiencing trauma 6 to 12 months ago (B = −1.45) and 10 to 20 years ago (B = 3.92) predict CPTSD. Child homicide is the only investigation type to predict all three PTSD symptoms, while adult homicide predicts lower re-experiencing (B = −1.50) and sense of threat (B = −1.07). The qualitative analysis suggests that although SIOs may become more resilient to traumatic experiences through coping processes of avoidance and detachment, this career-long experience of trauma exposure leads to psychological vulnerability. Supporting the quantitative findings, increased PTSD resulting from child homicide investigations appears to be related to levels of personal resonance. Many SIOs that maintained it is not any particular type of investigation, however. It is thus argued that the relationship between child homicide and PTSD is influenced by Lazarus and Folkman's concept of ‘centrality’. The practical findings of this paper are discussed, and implications for police practice and supporting officer well-being moving forward are considered. International Journal of Police Science & Management 4/2/2026 Research article ‘I Don’t Profile People… But I Do Profile Cars’: Driver Class and Discretionary Searches Over 550,000 U.S. traffic stops in 2022 and 2023 were analyzed to explore the relationships between class, race, place, and the outcomes of discretionary searches. Drivers of lower-value vehicles were more likely to be subject to discretionary searches, but these searches were less likely to result in the recovery of contraband. Black and Hispanic drivers were still more likely to be searched than non-Hispanic White drivers when considering this relationship, and drivers of lower-value vehicles were most likely to be searched when “out-of-place” in high-income areas. Searching drivers based on social class signals may lead to inefficiencies in search outcomes. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article Man who claims he was extorted into giving a detective garda €20k said he didn’t tell GSOC REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A man who claims he was extorted into giving a detective garda €20,000 in exchange for a tip-off about a raid on his car dealership, told gardaí he did not tell the Garda Ombudsman (GSOC). Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 4/2/2026 News Efficiency and resilience of the Probation Service This is a House of Commons committee report, with recommendations to government. The Government has two months to respond. UK Parliament 4/2/2026 Report Hanging vs. Strangulation: What Do We Know about Differentiating Suicide from Concealed Homicide? Indicators at the scene and in the decedent’s history can be used to discriminate between suicidal hangings and homicides by strangulation. There is little agreement in the medical literature on expected injuries in these cases, with external soft tissue injuries and presentation of the tongue providing useful discrimination in some cases. Police must consider all factors, including relationship and abuse history, ask for secondary medical opinions, and treat hanging deaths of women as suspicious until proven otherwise. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article Probation services pushed to the brink of collapse in England and Wales risk endangering public A new report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns that the Probation Service in England and Wales is being placed under significant strain, seriously impeding its ability to protect the public and reduce reoffending rates. UK Parliament 4/2/2026 News The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: Lessons for Law Enforcement Practice Accurate recordkeeping is essential for tracking sexual assault kits (SAKs) through multiple stages (inventory, testing, CODIS upload, and case follow-up). Agencies should maintain centralized, trackable databases of kit status, chain of custody, and testing outcomes to ensure accountability and transparency. Notifications should be survivor-centered, but detectives should work closely with advocates to ensure consistent messaging and reduce re-traumatization. Throughout the notification and reinvestigation process, victim choice should be respected, but agencies should plan for lower reinvestigation rates if using an empowerment model that defers decision-making to victims. Even in smaller agencies, adopting a ‘test all’ policy can increase the chance of linking serial offenders across cases and jurisdictions. CODIS hits in Anoka County and elsewhere show that many sexual assault perpetrators also commit other crimes (e.g., domestic violence, property offenses, drug crimes). Testing SAKs can help identify these individuals and potentially contribute to improved clearance rates, police legitimacy, and public safety. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 4/2/2026 Research article The benefits and challenges of autistic police force employees and those with ADHD supporting neurodivergent colleagues and neurodivergent victims, witnesses and suspects There is limited research focused on the specific occupational choices of autistic people or those with ADHD. Yet, some workplaces are particularly demanding and stressful. One such occupation is policing, but there is little information to guide organisations in supporting these individuals. To deliver training, provide support, and promote advocacy, neurodivergent people are well placed to support neurodivergent people. From interviews with 37 UK autistic police and those with ADHD, this idea was addressed. Using thematic analysis, we report three core issues at stake informed by eight themes. First, reports of existing challenges in policing and the benefits of neurodivergent input. Second, perceived wider organisational shortcomings and the need for knowledge and training. Third, the benefit of capitalising on the strengths of the neurodivergent workforce. The results have implications nationally and internationally for the ways neurodivergent employees can contribute to the educational and support landscape of policing in a neurotypical world. Police Practice and Research 4/2/2026 Research article «198199200201202203204205206Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
