Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100282 total results. Showing results 42541 to 42560 «212421252126212721282129213021312132Next ›Last » North Wales Police record 271 complaints in the past year Less than 2% of complaints about North Wales police officers over one year led to misconduct action, new figures show. The Leader 15/6/2022 News Police Dyads Within An Operational Simulation: An Empirical Test of the Research Propositions Made in the “Big Five” Teamwork Approach Based on the impact of the theoretical big five of teamwork model proposed by Salas et al. (2005), the present study aimed at investigating the model within an operational police simulation. One hundred and sixty-seven frontline police officers participated in the study. Based on path analyses, a reduced model excluding trust and leadership obtained a good fit with the data. The results provided some support for the model by confirming six out of 10 proposed direct effects and four out of seven indirect pathways. Shared mental models directly affected team adaptability, and backup behavior affects adaptability and team effectiveness. Team orientation affects mutual performance monitoring and backup behavior, and finally, reciprocal monitoring affects backup behavior. Monitoring influenced both team effectiveness and adaptability through backup behavior. Two paths from team orientation towards effectiveness were found. One flowing through monitoring and another through back-up behavior. Our study expands former knowledge of the big five theory by empirically testing the totality of the model and identifying important pathways. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 15/6/2022 Research article 3D-printed guns are appearing on British streets – and the police are taking notice 3D-printed guns are appearing on the streets of the UK, with the files needed to build the firearms easy to find online. Experts say members of the far right often share instructions about how to make the weapons online in preparation for a so-called race war. Sky News 15/6/2022 News, Video Stopped on the way to school, searched while buying milk: How policing impacts black children Police say stop and search is essential for preventing crime – but its use has fuelled distrust in black and minority ethnic communities for decades. i News 15/6/2022 News, Video Unexpected Events During Survey Design and Trust in the Police: A Systematic Review The current review has two aims: (1) to synthesize the impact of unexpected events on trust in police across different contexts and types of events, and (2) to evaluate the methodological characteristics of each study with attention to the assumptions for causal inference. We conducted a pre-registered narrative systematic review on 12 independent studies. Studies closely adhering to causal inference assumption checks (i.e., excludability and ignorability) find significant changes in trust in police following incidents of police (non) violence and protest. Still, excludability is assessed and addressed less rigorously than ignorability in the included studies. Regarding the procedural justice framework, this provides some causal evidence that vicarious (positive and negative) experiences can shape short-term assessments of public trust in police. We furthermore highlight issues related to design and power, statistical conclusion validity, and the evaluation of assumptions to detect threats to internal validity. Journal of Experimental Criminology 15/6/2022 Research article Characterizing Patterns in Police Stops By Race in Minneapolis From 2016 to 2021 The murder of George Floyd centered Minneapolis, Minnesota, in conversations on racial injustice in the US. We leverage open data from the Minneapolis Police Department to analyze individual, geographic, and temporal patterns in more than 170,000 police stops since 2016. We evaluate person and vehicle searches at the individual level by race using generalized estimating equations with neighborhood clustering, directly addressing neighborhood differences in police activity. Minneapolis exhibits clear patterns of disproportionate policing by race, wherein Black people are searched at higher rates compared to White people. Temporal visualizations indicate that police stops declined following the murder of George Floyd. This analysis provides contemporary evidence on the state of policing for a major metropolitan area in the United States. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 15/6/2022 Research article Assessing the Predictive Validity of A Risk Assessment Instrument For Repeat Victimization in the Netherlands Using Prior Police Contacts The current study examined to what extent a valid instrument that predicts repeat victimization can be based on a victim’s prior police contacts. Police records between 2010 and 2017 were retrieved for a sample of 68,229 victims. The data was split into a training set (n = 34,224) and a test set (n = 34,005). Using logistic regression analyses in the training set, three models were developed linking prior police contacts to repeat victimization. The predictive validity was assessed in the test set. Results indicated that (a) prior police contacts as victims, suspects and witnesses were associated with an elevated risk of repeat victimization and (b) the model correctly classified a majority of both repeat victims and non-repeat victims across various cut-off points. Findings demonstrated moderate to acceptable predictive validity, thereby suggesting that there is considerable room for improvement. European Journal of Criminology - Registration at source 15/6/2022 Research article Child Q: four Met police officers facing investigation over strip-search Four Metropolitan police officers are being investigated for gross misconduct after a 15-year-old black schoolgirl was strip-searched while at school. The Guardian 15/6/2022 News Four MPS officers served with gross misconduct notices in Child Q investigation Four officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) are being investigated for gross misconduct after a 15-year-old black schoolgirl was strip-searched. Police Professional 15/6/2022 News How Should Police Respond to Homelessness? Results From A Survey Experiment in Portland, Oregon Recent years have seen increases in citizen complaints and legislation about homelessness. Police are often tasked with responding to these complaints and violations. This paper asks: What do people want the police to do when they encounter visible homelessness, and how are these preferences related to characteristics of observers and of individuals who are homeless? It presents findings from a survey experiment delivered to residents of Portland, Oregon, USA. Respondents were given a series of vignettes involving a hypothetical homeless man whose race (Black or White) and background characteristics (substance abuse, mental illness, combat veteran, or control) were randomly assigned. Respondents were then asked to endorse an aggressive (‘arrest’), therapeutic (‘help’), or hands-off (‘ignore’) response by police. Results reveal support for a therapeutic response to visible homelessness, though this was mediated somewhat by the race of the homeless person. The findings contribute to research on public perceptions of police actions. Criminal Justice Studies - Registration at source 15/6/2022 Research article Unprovoked attack on WMP officer ahead of England game An officer from West Midland Police was “seriously assaulted” whilst on duty before the England game at Wolverhampton’s Molineux stadium on Tuesday night (June 14). Police Professional 15/6/2022 News Cleveland to appoint civilian to help tackle violent crime Cleveland is bringing in a violent crime specialist to help its PCC reduce offending. Police Oracle 15/6/2022 News Met procures 30,000 Airwave radios but concerns remain about ESN The Met has bought 30,000 new Airwave handsets but says it will get at least five years of use out of them due to delays to the replacement network. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/6/2022 News Online training programme will equip police and staff to tackle the terrorist drone threat The increased use of drones – including small, commercially available models – has been a key feature of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, prompting growing concerns of the potential threat they pose in terrorist hands; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth reports on the latest European security efforts to train police and staff to tackle the threat. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 15/6/2022 Analysis, Feature Men’s Health Week: Seek support when needed It has been positive to see the steps that the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) and police forces have played in focusing on women’s health in recent years. Taking strides to understand and create provisions on issues such as Menopause and the unique support that our female colleagues require in a such a complex role. For some however, Men's Health hasn't been seen as a priority in policing and not enough focus has been placed on it. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 14/6/2022 News Welcome to our new National Board members The Police Federation of England and Wales has welcomed new National Board members and has paid homage to outgoing representatives for their hard work over the years. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 14/6/2022 News Grenfell Tower: Five Years On Unprecedented tragedies bring unforeseen trauma. The devastating fire that struck Grenfell Tower five years ago was a tragic event. It shattered and changed the lives of its residents, resulting in needless tragedy for many. It also inflicted a long-lasting impact on the mental health of the emergency service workers who dedicated hours, days and weeks in rescue and relief operations. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 14/6/2022 News Axis Communications upgrades 300 CCTV cameras for Geelong, Melbourne City Councils AUSTRALIA: Network video vendor Axis Communications has entered a partnership with Melbourne and Geelong councils to upgrade over 300 CCTV cameras to Axis’ PTZ cameras for an undisclosed sum. The upgrade to the two cities’ camera networks aims to improve crime-prevention, traffic management and infrastructure planning. CRN ChannelWeb 14/6/2022 News Radical plan to fix issue plaguing police work AUSTRALIA: A major restriction that stops protective service officers from performing a time-consuming duty could be changed in a bid to get police back on the beat faster. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source 14/6/2022 News ‘A cop through and through’: Meet the new WA Police Commissioner AUSTRALIA: The man who was in charge of WA Police when missing girl Cleo Smith was found will be Western Australia’s next police commissioner. On Tuesday morning, Police Minister Paul Papalia announced Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch would run the 7000-strong force, with outgoing Commissioner Chris Dawson to become the state’s new governor next month. The Age (Australia) 14/6/2022 News «212421252126212721282129213021312132Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
