Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103216 total results. Showing results 44161 to 44180 «220522062207220822092210221122122213Next ›Last » Concerns aired over garda manpower and response times REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Concerns about the response times and lack of resources such as vehicles currently being experienced by gardaí in Donegal have prompted Donegal County Council to ask Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to come to the county at his earliest possible opportunity. Donegal Live (Republic of Ireland) 19/7/2022 News Turning the tide on online child sexual abuse A new report from the Police Foundation highlights the growing tide of online child sexual abuse, with a 400% increase in victims reporting offences over the past four years; but report authors Michael Skidmore and Beth Aitkenhead believe that with a greater focus on prevention, prioritisation on serious harm and investment in people and technology, that tide can be turned around. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 19/7/2022 Analysis, Feature Shooting and Holding Fire in Police Work: Insights From a Study Informed by the Binder and Scharf Model of Deadly Force Decision-Making How police officers exercise their unique power to use deadly force continues to be a topic of interest among academics and has recently become arguably the most visible public policy issue related to the criminal justice system in the United States. Academic interest in officers’ use of deadly force includes attention to how officers make the decision to discharge their firearms during encounters with citizens. Binder and Scharf posited that actions and decisions made by officers early in a high-risk police-citizen encounter can impact their decision to use deadly force at the conclusion of the encounter. This decision-making model, however, has been subject to very little empirical scrutiny in the decades since it was proposed (see Fridell & Binder; Scharf & Binder for notable exceptions). To bring their comprehensive framework back to the forefront and provide additional empirical assessment, the authors used the Binder and Scharf model as a framework to examine 82 officers’ decisions to shoot or hold fire in incidents that involved multiple officers who ultimately made different decisions regarding lethal force. Results from the qualitative analysis suggest that the presence and actions of other officers on scene can have a notable impact on officers’ decision-making during a high-risk police-citizen encounter. Furthermore, findings from this study extend the Binder-Scharf model by highlighting the role of conscious and unconscious decision-making and the impact of social roles on officers’ choices during an officer-involved shooting. Homicide Studies - Subscription at source 19/7/2022 Research article PCC invests more than £2m in new digital evidence system Derbyshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) has agreed a five-year £2.2 million contract for a new digital evidence management system (DEMS). Police Professional 19/7/2022 News PCC facing calls to resign after speeding offences lead to driving ban A police and crime commissioner (PCC) who pledged a road safety crackdown is facing calls to resign after she was handed a driving ban for speeding five times within a 12-week period. Police Professional 19/7/2022 News Turning the tide against online child sexual abuse The internet has enabled the production and consumption of child sexual abuse material on an industrial scale. It has also created new opportunities for adults to sexually abuse and exploit children. The volume of online child sexual abuse offences is now so great that it has simply overwhelmed the ability of law enforcement agencies, internationally, to respond. However, there is nothing pre-determined about this situation. Public policy can make a difference. This report looks at what can be done to help “turn the tide” on online Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). It does this by first describing the scale and nature of online CSA, second, assessing the ability of the police and law enforcement to investigate these crimes, third, by examining the service provided to victims of online CSA and, finally by looking at what more can be done to prevent online CSA in the first place. This includes a focus on prevention, better targeting of the most serious forms of harm and investing in better police resources. The Police Foundation 19/7/2022 Report Stressful Factors, Experiences of Compassion Fatigue and Self-care Strategies in Police Officers Police officers routinely face stressful and possibly traumatic events in their work which may result in them experiencing compassion fatigue. The aim of this study was to explore compassion fatigue experiences in police officers, along with the stressful factors that may lead to compassion fatigue and the coping strategies they use in combating compassion fatigue. The convenience sample of 41 police officers was recruited via social media focused on police work. Data were collected using an online battery of questionnaires with open-ended questions prompting them to share their experiences of compassion fatigue, stress factors and self-care strategies. The data were analysed using deductive (theoretical) thematic analysis. After identifying recurring statements, statements were coded using pre-existing individual codes, and each statement was categorized into the emerging domains, subdomains, categories and subcategories. The results described the stressful factors and experiences of compassion fatigue as well as coping strategies in the 7 domains described by Figley in Front Psychol 9:2793, 2002b: emotional, behavioural, personal relations, somatic, spiritual, cognitive and work performance. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 19/7/2022 Research article Tackle street crime not Twitter jokes, Rishi Sunak tells police forces Tory leadership contender also pledges ‘tougher response to child sexual exploitation’ in law and order plans The Telegraph - Subscription at source 19/7/2022 News Theft victim turns to Twitter after Met Police ‘did nothing’ A woman who had £10,000 of camera equipment stolen in a cafe has accused the police of failing to investigate her case, despite providing officers with CCTV footage of the theft. BBC 19/7/2022 News Gaia Pope death: ‘I’m sickened by police’s amateurish mistakes’ The disappearance of 19-year-old Gaia Pope in 2017 prompted a high-profile search and rescue operation on the Dorset coast. But ever since the discovery of her body in undergrowth 11 days later, Gaia's family has been scrutinising the actions of the authorities charged with protecting her. BBC 19/7/2022 News Push us to push them! In June 2020, after the murder of George Floyd and the global anti-racist protests that followed, the National Police Chief’s Council (“the NPCC”) and the College of Policing announced the launch of a race action plan to create an anti-racist police service that better serves Black people in Britain due to the starkness of the racial disparities present in policing’s interactions with Black communities. The Voice 19/7/2022 News Police culture, wellbeing and the near enemies of leadership Policing is well aware of the performance and procedural justice scrutiny it faces in its external relationships; but Detective Chief Inspector Alisa Wilson of Lancashire Constabulary, who retires from policing this week after 21 years in the service, believes that a stronger leadership commitment to wellbeing and internal procedural justice, reinforced by the new Police Covenant, could truly change policing culture. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 19/7/2022 Feature, Opinion Home Office targets drug drivers with tougher penalties Drug drivers will have their licences seized as part of tougher proposed penalties. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 19/7/2022 News Race is a crucial part of grooming scandals An inquiry report published last week tells an appalling story. Over the past 30 years, more than a thousand young girls in Telford, Shropshire, were sexually abused by grooming gangs. Blind eyes were turned to this by police, social services and other welfare agencies. The Times - Subscription at source 19/7/2022 Feature, Opinion Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 19/7/2022 News Non-custodial sentence an ‘investment’ in addict’s future NEW ZEALAND: A Cromwell woman has been given a chance to turn her life around after she was caught dealing methamphetamine and helping an associate manufacture the drug. Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) 19/7/2022 News Garda Inspectorate launches consultation on transnational organised crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Inspectorate is seeking views and experiences of how the Garda Síochána tackles transnational organised crime, both nationally and in local communities. [pdf] Garda Síochána Inspectorate (GSI) (Republic of Ireland) 18/7/2022 News Police stop and search powers: draft revised code of practice POLICY PAPER: Outlines changes in the draft revised code of practice covering the exercise of stop and search powers by police officers under the Terrorism Act 2000. Home Office 18/7/2022 Report Caroline Henry: Driving ban for police boss caught speeding five times A police and crime commissioner who had pledged to crack down on speeding has been given a six-month driving ban after being caught breaking the limit five times in 12 weeks. BBC 18/7/2022 News Reflections Roundtable: Oversight of policing during the pandemic The Scottish Police Authority will be hosting a virtual Roundtable event on Thursday 4 August 2022 (10am to midday) on the theme of Oversight of Policing during the Pandemic. Scottish Police Authority (SPA) 18/7/2022 News «220522062207220822092210221122122213Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
