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Is the time right for all forces to adopt a public health approach to policing? Policing Insight Contributing Editor Tina Orr-Munro explores the growing efforts to understand and acknowledge the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on adult behaviour, and adopt a public health policing approach. Policing Insight - Subscription at source	19/2/2021 Analysis, Feature
‘Decolonizing’ Criminology?: Possibilities for anti-racist approaches to transform police education and professional development Racialised bodies are overpoliced, under protected and in the extreme killed through racist policing (Long, 2018). Whilst there are calls to abolish the police to eradicate racist policing any revolutionary response to social justice problems, such as defunding and abolition, would require a global paradigm shift. In the meantime, immediate strategies are necessary in order to mitigate the excesses of racialised policing and save lives. BSC Policing Network	18/2/2021 Analysis, Feature
Gangs and guns: Police unveil operation targeting firearms and organised crime NEW ZEALAND: An increased willingness of criminals and gang members to shoot one another has led the police to launch a nationwide operation to target illegal firearms. But Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says police cannot "arrest their way" out of the organised crime problem and is promising staff will take a nuanced approach to work with communities. NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source	18/2/2021 News
Toronto police domestic violence reports have dropped amid pandemic as advocates warn abuse is going undetected CANADA: Toronto has seen a small drop in domestic violence police reports during the COVID-19 pandemic as experts warn lockdowns and stay-at-home conditions mean many more cases may be going unreported. According to Toronto police data, officers investigated 4,669 occurrences related to intimate partner abuse and domestic violence in 2020, down from 5,031 in 2019 Toronto Star (Canada)	18/2/2021 News
Opinion: Police body cameras are not the answer CANADA: More than anything, body cameras provide a distraction from the more fundamental questions being raised by the movement to defund the police. Montreal Gazette (Canada)	18/2/2021 Feature, Opinion
Ottawa police receive fewer calls for service during COVID-19 pandemic year CANADA: OTTAWA -- Ottawa police officers received fewer requests for service last year, as demand declined "dramatically" at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A report for the Ottawa Police Services Board shows there were 314,000 requests for service in 2020, compared to 369,000 requests in 2019. CTV News (Canada)	18/2/2021 News
Domestic abuse law ‘hard to police’ AUSTRALIA: The NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says new laws to ban coercive control would help to deter oppressive behaviour. The Australian - Subscription at source	18/2/2021 News
Targeting of criminal networks reinvented under new Raptor Squad AUSTRALIA: The NSW Police Force is bolstering its targeting, disruption and dismantling of organised criminal networks with the expansion of resources for the establishment of the new stand-alone Raptor Squad. As part of ongoing modernisation and the adaptation of policing models to effectively respond to the ever-changing crime environment, Strike Force Raptor will separate from the Criminal Groups Squad and become the Raptor Squad from Monday (22 February 2021). Since its launch in March 2009, Strike Force Raptor or the name ‘Raptor’ has been synonymous with the disruption and targeting of organised criminal networks, including OMCG, crime families and other gangs. New South Wales Police Force	18/2/2021 News
Victoria police have now saved 100 people from suspected overdoses CANADA: VICTORIA -- Victoria’s police chief is speaking out after his officers saved a man suffering from a suspected overdose. CTV News (Canada)	18/2/2021 News
Rise in police stop and searches in West Midlands despite pandemic West Midlands Police conducted more stop and searches from March to December in 2020 than in the same period in 2019 Birmingham Live	18/2/2021 News
Police to spray nuisance motorcyclists in North East Lincs as they pass to track them The spray is fired directly at suspects and their vehicles and has a unique signature which can be traced Grimsby Live	18/2/2021 News
MSP writes to senior police officer over drone use An MSP has written to a senior officer saying Police Scotland’s intended use of drones goes significantly beyond what was agreed. Evening Express (Aberdeen)	18/2/2021 News
Criminal justice system statistics quarterly: September 2020 NATIONAL STATISTICS: Trends in the use of out of court disposals, defendants prosecuted, offenders convicted, remand and sentencing decisions, and offender histories in England and Wales. Ministry of Justice (MoJ)	18/2/2021 Report
Data lays bare strain on criminal justice system in England and Wales The pressure put on the criminal justice system during the Covid-19 pandemic has been laid bare by official statistics that show the number of people dealt with in England and Wales fell by nearly a quarter amid evidence that the bottleneck has forced staff to carefully select which cases can be heard. The Guardian	18/2/2021 News
Europol and the World Anti-Doping Agency to tackle doping together Today, 18 February 2021, Europol and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sign a Memorandum of Understanding to reinforce the cooperation in the fight against the illegal production and distribution of doping substances and their use for the manipulation of sports competitions. Europol	18/2/2021 News
Prison recall perp hands himself in for change of scenery in lockdown A man subject to a prison recall handed himself into Sussex Police rather than spend any more time in lockdown with the people he lives with. Police Oracle - Subscription at source	18/2/2021 News
Former Met officer loses appeal over indecent image conviction The senior Met officer convicted of having an image of child abuse on her phone has lost her court appeal. Police Oracle - Subscription at source	18/2/2021 News
Assessing UK law enforcement data adequacy Data protection experts discuss the consequences of achieving data adequacy between the UK and EU for the UK’s intelligence services and criminal justice sector Computer Weekly	18/2/2021 News
How COVID has reopened sectarian tensions over policing in Northern Ireland Applying and enforcing COVID-19 legislation has been a difficult balancing act for many police forces, but in Northern Ireland the added context of sectarian conflict and discrimination has proved particularly challenging; Dr Kevin Hearty of Queen’s University Belfast believes the recent actions of the Police Service of Northern Ireland could reopen long-standing divisions. Policing Insight	18/2/2021 Feature, Opinion
Ex-police chief loses appeal over child abuse video on phone Robyn Williams was sacked and given community service after being sent unsolicited video via WhatsApp The Guardian	18/2/2021 News

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