Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115881 total results. Showing results 43901 to 43920 «219221932194219521962197219821992200Next ›Last » Passing of new public order laws ‘marks a dark new era for peaceful protest’ Responding to the news of additional protest regulations being passed by the House of Lords, Sacha Deshmukh, chief executive at Amnesty International UK, said: “The shifty passing of these regulations as law marks a dark new era for protest rights in the UK. The police have, in effect, been given licence to close down almost any protest they wish. Amnesty International 14/6/2023 News New strategy launched to tackle young people’s top policing priorities The relationship between young people and the police is just one of the priorities that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has pledged to tackle in its new Children and Young People strategy. Police Professional 14/6/2023 News Officer cleared of driving without due care and attention after teenagers seriously injured in collision A Cleveland Police officer charged with driving without due care and attention after two young people suffered serious injuries has been found not guilty following a trial at Teesside Magistrates’ Court. Police Professional 14/6/2023 News Police given clarity to act quickly on disruptive slow marching protests A clearer definition of ‘serious disruption’ will help police stop slow marching protesters in “minutes instead of hours”, the Home Office has announced. Police Professional 14/6/2023 News EU’s landmark regulation of AI risks compromising public safety The former Surveillance Camera Commissioner has warned that the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act risks compromising public safety with its “blanket ban on the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces”. Police Professional 14/6/2023 News Officer who posted offensive messages on WhatsApp dismissed A serving Dorset Police officer who was found guilty of gross misconduct after posting “inappropriate and offensive messages” on a WhatsApp group has been dismissed without notice. Police Professional 14/6/2023 News Police Scotland appoints Durham’s Jo Farrell as new chief constable Durham Constabulary Chief Constable Jo Farrell has been confirmed as the next chief constable of Police Scotland. Police Professional 14/6/2023 News Home Office U-turn on festival drug tests ‘puts people at risk’ Festival organisers say onerous new licence rules for onsite drug testing could endanger lives The Guardian 14/6/2023 News Tackling fraud: Lords committee report In 2022, the House of Lords Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee held an inquiry on a wide range of issues relating to fraud. It found that fraud was the most experienced crime in England and Wales and has brought significant financial and emotional costs to millions of victims. However, the committee also found that successive governments had failed to prioritise the issue, with the response from law enforcement and the private sector also lacking. To address these issues, the committee made 65 recommendations. UK Parliament 14/6/2023 Report Attempt to re-open debate over police in Ottawa board’s schools gets scuttled on a point of order CANADA: An attempt to re-open the matter of a possible role for police in Ottawa-Carleton District School Board schools has failed. Ottawa Citizen (Canada) 14/6/2023 News York police officer in life-threatening condition after being rear-ended by Canada Post driver CANADA: York Regional Police say an officer is in life-threatening condition after being struck by a Canada Post driver early Wednesday morning. CBC News (Canada) 14/6/2023 News Artificial Intelligence for law enforcement CANADA: Policing is a labour-intensive business. A large criminal investigation may involve a team of officers who must interview lots of people with a great deal of information at play, and all of it must be handled with tremendous care. Blue Line (Canada) 14/6/2023 Feature €1 million worth of drugs taken off the streets in Dundalk Garda District since start of the year REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The head of the Louth garda division is stressing that over €1 million in drugs have been taken off the streets in the Dundalk Garda district since the start of the year, after new figures showed a drop in the number of seizures in the area. Lmfm (Republic of Ireland) 14/6/2023 News Delay in Garda response slammed after Kerry crash REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Concerns have been raised over the lack of gardaí on the Iveragh peninsula after it took up to two hours for gardaí to arrive at the scene of a serious crash last week. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 14/6/2023 News Minister McEntee secures Government approval for legislative amendments to better support victims REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has secured Government approval to make amendments to the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill that will fulfil a number of commitments to better support victims of sensitive crimes. Government of Ireland 14/6/2023 News Next Chief Constable of Police Scotland The Scottish Police Authority has today (Wednesday 14 June), announced the appointment of Jo Farrell as the next Chief Constable of Police Scotland. Jo Farrell has been the Chief Constable of Durham Constabulary since 2019. The announcement follows the news in March that the current Chief Constable, Sir Iain Livingstone QPM will retire in August 2023. Scottish Police Authority (SPA) 14/6/2023 News In the shadows of protection: Brazilian police in private security The police play a pivotal role in Brazil’s private security industry, even though they are prevented by law from participating in the business. In this article, we argue that the configuration of the private security market reinforces officers’ material and symbolic gains. Drawing on long-term ethnographic work on private security and policing in elite residential complexes in São Paulo state, we demonstrate how police enhance their individual standing and personal wealth while maintaining regular security guards in subordinate positions. We describe officers’ role in risk management, firm ownership, and gig work (known as bicos). By showing how these forms of labor are negotiated in private security settings, we conclude that strategic blurring between public and private realms produces systemic ambiguities and advances a governance model that privileges police power. Policing and Society - Subscription at source 14/6/2023 Research article The fourth power. A mapping of police oversight agencies in Europe and Quebec Independent police oversight bodies are advocated by human rights organisations to be the most credible and effective solution to address the misbehaviors and systemic malfunction. They have emerged in parallel with independent regulatory agencies in various economic sectors, thus signalling a new trend in governance interpreted as the rise of a ‘fourth power.’ Still, comparative knowledge is scarce about the nature of delegation of power to police oversight agencies (POAs) and their actions. By analyzing 25 POAs in 20 countries, this article seeks to precisely describe their features in Europe and Quebec (Canada): the timeline of their birth, the scope of delegation (remit, formal independence, powers, resources), and the variations in how they execute their mandate. We unveil a profound heterogeneity across countries. In terms of national patterns, the main divide is between specialised (police only, limited formal independence, more abundant resources) and non-specialised (all public administrations, strong formal independence, limited resources) agencies. The latter tend to act as a public fire alarm to compensate for their lack of resources. Our mapping also contrasts European countries’ oversight mechanisms, which rely on professional agencies that are mostly established at the national or state/regional level, with local civilian oversight boards in the US. And, while our results confirm that the 1990s marked a watershed, they question the notion that agencification in the police sector has been a vector for revolution in its governance, since no POA incorporates all the traits required for them to be the fourth power just yet. Policing and Society 14/6/2023 Research article The pandemic and police use of force: an analysis of disaggregated metrics, concentrated disadvantage, and COVID-19 mitigation efforts in Chicago The study examines the effects of COVID−19 on the use of police force in Chicago, IL. It utilizes various measures of police use of force, disaggregated by levels of severity, and explores how those metrics changed in high versus low concentrated disadvantage police districts in the city. The interrupted time series analysis found that low and intermediate uses of police force decreased significantly during the pandemic, although those results were conditioned by the stage of mitigation efforts and the level of concentrated disadvantage. The pandemic, however, did not significantly affect the use of police force involving firearms. From a public policy perspective, the results demonstrate the imperative to maintain consistent scrutiny on police uses of force, the policy that guides those actions, and how both have been affected by the pandemic, which has transpired during an ongoing crisis of police legitimacy in the United States Police Practice and Research 14/6/2023 Research article ‘Holding onto trauma?’ The prevalence and predictors of PTSD, anxiety and depression in police officers working with child abuse, rape and sexual exploitation victims Research into post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other common mental disorders (CMDs) in police officers is limited, with the majority of research predominately conducted outside the UK, and no study quantitatively examining the role of social support in relation to the mental health of UK police officers working with victims of trauma. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the prevalence and predictors of PTSD and CMD in UK police officers who investigate rape, sexual exploitation and child abuse, along with the potential protective role of social support. Participants were police officers (n = 353) within one police area, who completed self-report measures of PTSD, anxiety, depression and social support. Results showed that 23% of officers had potentially clinical levels of PTSD, 26% had moderate to severe levels of anxiety and 35% had moderate to severe levels of depression. Female officers, those of constable rank, those working with victims of child abuse, and those with lowest levels of social support had poorer mental health. There was tentative evidence that social support statistically moderated the relationship between tenure and depression. These findings suggest the need for bespoke help for the sub-group of officers experiencing mental health problems and for further research into the potential protective role of social support. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles 14/6/2023 News «219221932194219521962197219821992200Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
