Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98467 total results. Showing results 43961 to 43980 «219521962197219821992200220122022203Next ›Last » Police officer accused of groping woman on Alton Towers trip sacked A police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a drinking session and a trip to Alton Towers has been dismissed. Express 26/2/2022 News Sarah Everard: Dorset Police officer warned for ‘gossiping’ about trial A police officer has been given a final written warning for "gossiping" about the Sarah Everard murder case. BBC 26/2/2022 News Police Training and Accountability: A Remedy Or An Impediment For Reducing Unarmed Police Shootings? The deaths of unarmed black citizens at the hands of police have led to dramatic calls for police reform. Some observers claim that officers are poorly trained and unaccountable for their actions. In this study, I test whether measures of organizational training and accountability reduce the likelihood of unarmed fatal officer-involved shootings (OIS). The results suggest external review of deadly force may decrease the likelihood of fatal OIS of unarmed black citizens. Other training and accountability mechanisms are unrelated to, or increase the likelihood of, fatal shootings. More research is needed to determine the causal links between the training and accountability mechanisms outlined in this study and fatal police shootings. Crime and Delinquency - Registration at source 26/2/2022 Research article Improving Youths’ Perceptions of Law Enforcement: Results From An Experimental Design in Two Cities This study examined the effectiveness of Students Talking it Over with Police (STOP) to improve youth’s perceptions of the police, perceptions of procedural justice, willingness to cooperate with police, willingness to file a police report, and knowledge about how to file a police report. An experimental design was employed in Racine, WI and St. Louis, MO and found that STOP was effective in improving perceptions of the police, perceptions of procedural justice, and willingness to cooperate with police in both locations; limited evidence was found in youth’s willingness to file and knowledge about how to file a police report. Analyses in St. Louis found that race/ethnicity and grade level were associated with knowledge about how to file a police report. Crime and Delinquency - Registration at source 26/2/2022 Research article Temporal Variations in Calls For Police Service During Covid-19: Evidence From China This study examined the temporal variations in calls for service before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in China using a sample of 37,124 police service calls made from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020 to a 110 command center in a county-level city in Hubei Province. There was a significant temporal effect, and the calls for service peaked between 08:00 and 19:59 throughout the entire period. The busiest hours of the day for calls for police service were between 12:00 and 19:59, and the calls peaked between 12:00 and 15:59 during the lockdown. The distribution of calls by weekday showed no significant pattern, with the exception of traffic-related calls. The results are discussed from the perspective of routine activity theory. Crime and Delinquency 26/2/2022 Research article The death of Dr Duncan: the gay hate crime that changed Australia AUSTRALIA: An inquiry found the murder was ‘merely a high-spirited frolic which went wrong’. Fifty years later, in Watershed, Christos Tsiolkas retells it in the sacred form of oratorio The Guardian 26/2/2022 Feature New Zealand court rules that police and military can refuse Covid jab NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand’s High Court has blocked mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations in the police and military, handing a partial but symbolic victory to antivaxers and violent conspiracy theorists protesting outside the country’s parliament. The Times - Subscription at source 26/2/2022 News Ottawa Police tweets shredded by international pushback CANADA: Twitter announcements put out by the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) during last weekend’s crackdown on Freedom Convoy protesters have received some unflattering international attention. True North (Canada) 26/2/2022 News Gardai ‘baffled’ as bosses ban them from wearing ‘informal’ new uniform in court REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Sources say gardai on the ground have been left “baffled” by orders from above, which have stated they cannot wear the new gear in court. Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 26/2/2022 News Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021: making misogyny a hate crime factsheet The Law Commission concluded in its ‘Hate Crime Laws: Final Report’ (published 7 December 2021) that making misogyny a hate crime may be: “more harmful than helpful, both to victims of violence against women and girls, and also to efforts to tackle hate crime more broadly” and that “…we have reached the view that hate crime recognition would not be an effective solution to the very real problem of violence, abuse and harassment of women and girls in England and Wales, and may in fact be counterproductive in some respects.” Home Office 25/2/2022 Report CPS Says: CPS and NPCC respond toThe Criminal Justice Joint Inspection (CJJI) of how well the criminal justice system serves survivors of rape The Crown Prosecution Service and the National Police Chiefs' Council have responded to the report 'How well does the criminal justice system serve survivors of rape - Phase 2' from the Criminal Justice Joint Inspection (CJJI). Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) 25/2/2022 News Police raid seizes ‘thousands’ of videos of child abuse material AUSTRALIA: Police have arrested a Palmerston man after seizing what’s believed to be thousands of videos and still images of child abuse material on his computers yesterday (February 24). City News (Australia) 25/2/2022 News ‘It’s utterly shameful’: Former prosecutor says police delegation concerns arose in 2015 AUSTRALIA: A former prosecutor says Victoria Police knew seven years ago of the confusion over delegation powers, which this week left the force scrambling to swear in more than 1000 police officers who had been working without formal authority. [VIDEO] The Age (Australia) 25/2/2022 News Alleged WA Comanchero OMCG charged with drug supply offence AUSTRALIA: An alleged Comanchero Outlaw Motorcycle Gang member is due to face Perth Magistrates Court today (25 February 2022) after being charged by the Western Australia National Anti-Gangs Squad for alleged drug supply. Australian Federal Police (AFP) 25/2/2022 News Police guilty of manipulation, serious breaches, and ‘nonsense’ in failed Lois Tolley investigation NEW ZEALAND: One of the people charged with Lois Tolley's murder was manipulated by police, and gave a false confession, a judge has ruled. Stuff (New Zealand) 25/2/2022 News Covid-19: High Court quashes ‘unlawful’ vaccine mandate for police and defence force staff NEW ZEALAND: The High Court has quashed the Covid-19 vaccine mandate for police and Defence Force staff. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 25/2/2022 News Police Association acknowledges High Court ruling NEW ZEALAND: The New Zealand Police Association acknowledges today’s High Court ruling that the vaccine mandate for sworn police officers was unlawful and an unreasonable limit on the rights of officers affected. New Zealand Police Association 25/2/2022 News The Effects of Building and Maintaining Rapport on Cooperative Mock Eyewitness Recall Although building rapport before an investigative interview is recommended—and sometimes empirically beneficial—to eyewitness memory, no research has experimentally examined the effects of maintaining rapport during a witness interview on adult eyewitness recall. As a result, the present study assessed the impact of rapport on eyewitness recall accuracy by comparing a pre-interview rapport only condition with a maintained rapport condition (where rapport was built before and maintained during the interview) and a no rapport control condition. Results revealed no benefits (or detriments) of building initial rapport—or any additional benefits of maintaining rapport—on witness recall quality, quantity, or ‘don’t know’ responses. Our findings suggest that rapport or its maintenance may not directly affect eyewitness recall. However, as rapport is a humane eyewitness interviewing technique with some empirical support, we still advocate for its continued use. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling 25/2/2022 Research article Diversity Chief says ‘honest conversations’ needed to tackle race issues The second and final day of our first Race, Religion and Belief (RRB) Seminar focused on important issues including police scrutiny and the issue of trust in the community. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 25/2/2022 News PFEW seminar examines Race, Religion and Belief National Vice-Chair Ché Donald welcomed delegates to PFEW’s first Race, Religion and Belief Seminar at our Leatherhead HQ today. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 25/2/2022 News «219521962197219821992200220122022203Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
