Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104525 total results. Showing results 4221 to 4240 «208209210211212213214215216Next ›Last » Police officer sexually assaulted woman A police officer who sexually assaulted a woman has been found guilty at an internal hearing of gross misconduct. BBC 21/4/2025 News Crime is non-partisan and the blame game on crime in cities is wrong – on both sides Politicians and journalists on across the US political spectrum have argued that recent election results reflect a frustration with Democratic policies on crime in cities; but new research by Harvard University Professor Justin de Benedictis-Kessner and Professor Christopher Warshaw at George Washington University suggests that neither party is doing a better job at reducing crime, nor addressing the ballooning financial cost and long-term reputational costs of policing in the US. Policing Insight 21/4/2025 Analysis, Feature, Opinion When trust turns digital: Public support for online crime reporting Objectives: First, to test whether trust in the police enhances user experience and support for online crime reporting portals. Second, to assess whether procedurally just follow-up communication and the priming of normative reporting motivations strengthen these effects. Third, to examine whether crime-type matters. Methods: A 2x2x2x2 between-subjects factorial experiment was conducted with 638 UK-based participants. Participants reported a hypothetical crime using an online crime reporting portal. Experimental conditions varied trust priming (high/low), reporting motivation (instrumental/normative), crime type (criminal damage/anti-social behaviour), and procedurally just follow-up communication (just/unjust). Key outcomes were user experience and support for online reporting. Results: The high trust prime improved user experience and support. Procedurally just follow-up communication amplified the effect. Reporting motivation and crime type had no significant impact. Conclusions: Trust and procedural justice improve public support for online crime reporting portals. Automated systems should ‘bake in’ principles of procedural justice via a human-touch wherever possible. CRIMRXIV 21/4/2025 Research article Budget pressures threaten PSNI’s ability to deliver an effective service, warns HMICFRS A new report into the “effectiveness and efficiency” of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), published by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, warns that budgetary constraints have led to the lowest number of officers in the PSNI’s history, hampering the best efforts of the chief constable, his officers and staff to provide a high-quality service and build trust with communities, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 21/4/2025 Analysis, Feature ‘I couldn’t see anybody that physically looked like me – we must have more diversity somewhere’ Sergeant Sandra Smith, the founder of Women of Colour in Policing Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire (WoCiPBCH), and her organisation recently saw their eighth cohort of women from diverse backgrounds graduate from the leadership development programme. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 21/4/2025 News LaSalle Police Services Board extends contract for deputy chief of police CANADA: The LaSalle Police Services Board and Chair, Mayor Crystal Meloche, have announced the extension of Jason Woods’ contract as deputy chief of police with the LaSalle Police Service for an additional three years, extending his term through to December 31, 2029. Blue Line (Canada) 21/4/2025 News Manitoba Government invests in new crime suppression unit in Thompson to increase safety in rural and northern Manitoba CANADA: The Manitoba government is helping fight crime in Thompson and rural Manitoba by providing $250,000 in funding to support the establishment of a crime suppression unit as part of the province’s Public Safety Strategy, Justice Minister Matt Wiebe announced. Blue Line (Canada) 21/4/2025 News Telefónica Tech and Leicestershire Police: A Digital Forensics Blueprint to Accelerate Investigations This presentation from the World Mobile Congress delves into the evolving landscape of digital forensics, highlighting its critical role in modern policing. With over 90% of crimes involving a digital element, the discussion emphasizes the exponential growth of data and the challenges faced by law enforcement in managing and analyzing this information. The speakers, Will Wilkinson from Telefonica Tech and Anthony Jones from Leicestershire Police, explore the need for modernization in forensic processes, the importance of security and data protection, and the potential of AI and other technologies to enhance investigations. They also discuss the collaboration between public and private sectors to build effective digital forensic solutions and the future challenges that lie ahead. PolicingTV 21/4/2025 Feature, Video UK prison officers to demand electric stun guns for dangerous jails Meeting called with justice secretary after attack on three guards at HMP Frankland The Guardian 20/4/2025 News We don’t know if non-crime hate incidents help fight crime, police admit NCHIs have increasingly been used to target lawful comments made on social media, stoking criticism they are curtailing free speech The Independent - Subscription at source 20/4/2025 News Police Scotland doing ‘excellent job’ tackling gang war, says Swinney John Swinney has praised Police Scotland's 'excellent' work tackling a suspected gang war ongoing for more than a month. Daily Record 20/4/2025 News Revealed for the first time, the Claremont serial killer’s final insult to one of his victims that left veteran cops seething – as prison insiders expose his deluded life behind bars AUSTRALIA: The arrest and conviction of Bradley Robert Edwards for the Claremont murders brought long-awaited relief to Perth. But the story of how he evaded capture... Mail Online - Subscription at source 20/4/2025 News Gardai play waiting game to nab key Kinahan cartel leader REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Sean McGovern, a key ally of mob boss Daniel Kinahan, arrested by authorities in Dubai last October – but he has still not been sent back to his native Dublin Dublin Live (Republic of Ireland) 20/4/2025 News Police algorithm said Lina was at ‘medium’ risk. Then she was killed In January, Lina went to the police. Her ex-partner had been threatening her at home in the Spanish seaside town of Benalmádena. That day, he'd allegedly raised his hand as if to hit her. "There had been violent episodes - she was scared," Lina's cousin Daniel recalls. When she got to the police station, she was interviewed and her case registered with VioGén, a digital tool which assesses the likelihood of a woman being attacked again by the same man. BBC 20/4/2025 News Police hail ‘game changer’ Missing Persons Map NEW ZEALAND: A police officer has created a new nationwide interactive map of the last known location of people who have gone missing in the last 50 years. Nearly 500 people are missing and presumed dead, and police have hailed the new map as a "game changer". RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/4/2025 News Gardai need to offer more than fire and fury REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: If I ever hear Jim O’Callaghan, the justice minister, report he got a hostile reception at a conference, I will probably assume that someone pulled a gun on him. The Times - Subscription at source 20/4/2025 Feature, Opinion 40,000 DVOs: Why stalking is growing at an alarming rate AUSTRALIA: The number of people charged with stalking offences in Queensland has more than doubled in the past five years, sparking renewed calls for all domestic... The Courier (Australia) - Subscription at source 19/4/2025 News Thailand’s AI police cyborg can spot hidden weapons while ignoring water guns during festivals Thailand: hailand has taken a bold leap into the future of law enforcement with the recent launch of its AI Police Cyborg 1.0, marking a significant milestone in the integration of artificial intelligence into public safety operations. Unveiled during the vibrant Songkran festival in Nakhon Pathom province on April 20, 2025, this Robocop-style officer represents a new frontier in smart policing technology that could revolutionize how crowds are monitored during major public events. Journée Mondiale 19/4/2025 News Prosecuting Police Prosecutors face criticism for prosecuting too many minority members and too few police. Recently, some reformers have won prosecutorial elections by pledging to change these priorities. Yet scholars have identified two impediments to police prosecutions. First, county prosecutors often answer to suburban voters indifferent to the excesses of city police. Second, prosecutors depend on those police to investigate their cases and to endorse them as effective. This Article argues that the influence of residents and police on prosecutorial decisions depends on the political geography of a prosecutor’s office. As a result, whether a prosecutor’s office is “city-based,” “regional,” or “state-appointed” shapes a prosecutor’s motivation and decision to prosecute police. Examining nationwide data on charging police, we find that prosecutors are indeed more likely to prosecute police when a greater proportion of their constituents are served by the same police department. This effect is further amplified at higher levels of Black (but not Hispanic) residency. Case studies of specific prosecutorial districts suggest an explanation for this finding. Urban party organizations and Black civil society networks offer a political infrastructure for mobilizing residents against the abuses of police departments. The degree and impact of this mobilization is greater when more of the prosecutor’s constituents fall under the same police jurisdiction, especially when the prosecutor relies on the same political infrastructure to win elections. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology - Subscription at source 19/4/2025 Research article Fury as Britain’s most dangerous criminals are recorded under FIFTY-ONE different genders on Home Office database as critics accuse police of making a ‘mockery of justice system’ Terrorists and paedophiles can select from 51 different gender identities in a Home Office database of Britain’s most dangerous criminals. Police chiefs have admitted that ‘no formal risk assessment’ was carried out before recording extremists and rapists as ‘androgyne’ and ‘pangender’. The list of obscure gender identities has been labelled ‘madness’ and the Home Secretary has been warned that failure to properly record criminals’ sex poses a risk to the public. Mail Online 19/4/2025 News «208209210211212213214215216Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
