Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100904 total results. Showing results 46721 to 46740 «233323342335233623372338233923402341Next ›Last » Running in circles to move forward NEW ZEALAND: With torrential rain outside and hot, humid conditions inside, a group of hardy emergency services staff pounded the pavement for 24 hours last weekend to raise money for the I Am Hope Foundation. New Zealand Police 16/2/2022 News Drug trafficking in the Pacific Islands: The impact of transnational crime OCEANIA: The Pacific has become a lucrative drug corridor, driven by cartels, criminal organisations, and local gangs. Regional states and traditional partners must act rapidly and adaptively in response. Lowy Institute (Australia) 16/2/2022 Analysis, Feature Half of Londoners unhappy with Met at end of Cressida Dick’s term, polls show Confidence in force fell sharply during past five years, with 68% saying Met did a good job in 2017 The Guardian 16/2/2022 News Vancouver police use DNA to identify child victims in ‘Babes in the Woods’ cold case CANADA: The child victims in Vancouver’s oldest unsolved murder case have been identified as two young brothers, nearly 70 years after their remains were found. Blue Line (Canada) 16/2/2022 News Forensics to receive £25.6m national funding in 2022/23 following strategic review Forensic science in policing will receive £25.6m national funding in the 2022/23 financial year, following a strategic review of how forensic services should be delivered. Forensic Capability Network 16/2/2022 News Culture eats strategy for breakfast Following reports of a culture of bullying, harassment, racism and misogyny at a London police station, Avon and Somerset Constabulary Chief Constable Sarah Crew felt compelled to write a blog for her officers about the critical issues facing policing right now and the culture she believes must be embedded to address them. Police Professional 16/2/2022 Feature, Opinion Researchers share actionable document on women in law enforcement during the pandemic CANADA: In June 2020, inspired by the Canadian government’s call for research on the impacts of COVID-19 Blue Line (Canada) 16/2/2022 News Covid-19: Examining the experiences of Canadian women in law enforcement during the pandemic CANADA: In June 2020, inspired by our Canadian government’s call for research on the impacts of COVID-19, we partnered with the Ontario Women in Law Enforcement (OWLE) to provide a gendered analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 by examining whether, how, and to what extent COVID-19 has exacerbated the challenges, complexities, and inequalities -- both at work and at home -- experienced by women in law enforcement. [pdf] Women and Policing 16/2/2022 Report PSU’s specially-trained gardaà are helping to make a real difference REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Protective Services Unit (PSU) in West Cork has already had much success in investigating crimes of a sensitive nature, even though it is just over two years in operation, reports Siobhán Cronin The Southern Star 16/2/2022 News Drew Harris: Continuing career of a strong disciplinarian REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has had a busy time since he first travelled south from Belfast to Dublin to take over the leadership of the Garda SÃochána, following a troubled chapter in the force’s history. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 16/2/2022 News Island life: Developing digital crime data analysts to improve policing in the Caribbean With a number of Caribbean countries still relying on handwritten crime records, a new US/UN initiative has helped these paradise islands to develop their digital capability and crime data analyst role; Policing Insight’s Christine Townsend spoke to Arizona State University Professor Charles Katz – one of the leaders of the programme – to find out more. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 16/2/2022 Feature, Interview An Garda SÃochána to appeal ruling that found age limit for new recruits is discriminatory REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The WRC had ruled that the Garda Commissioner had not demonstrated that there would be a significant number of gardaà unable to perform physically demanding tasks if the upper age limit was removed Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 16/2/2022 News Police Scotland welcomes sentencing of Nikolaos Karvounakis Police Scotland has welcomed the sentencing of Nikolaos Karvounakis after he left an improvised explosive device (IED) in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh in January 2018. Police Scotland 16/2/2022 News How will the Met Police change after Cressida Dick? Dame Cressida Dick stepped down as Metropolitan Police Commissioner after London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he had ‘lost faith’ in her. Her time in charge was marked by controversies and accusations of institutional racism and sexism within the force. So how will her replacement as the country’s most senior officer fix those failures, and clean up the Met’s tarnished image? Sky News 16/2/2022 Feature, Opinion Appeal launched for the UK’s most wanted fugitives The 12 most wanted offenders have been identified in a new appeal to track them down College of Policing 16/2/2022 News Interaction Satisfaction With University Police: Procedural Justice and Perceptions of Safety and Fear on Campus We investigate student satisfaction with university police interactions in the context of the practice of procedural justice. Drawing from a telephone survey project with a randomized sample of 1,400 university students, we identified 56 respondents who indicated direct contact with campus police. Student perceptions of university police officer conduct is evaluated through: (a) student satisfaction with campus police contact, (b) individual-level predictors of satisfaction, (c) contextual predictors of satisfaction, (d) student perceptions of campus safety, and (e) student fears of victimization on campus. The data are analyzed using multiple logistic regression models assessing the impact of procedural justice measures on student perceptions. We find that procedural justice is a significant predictor of student satisfaction across police interactions. However, it has no impact on student feelings of safety and mitigating circumstances for fear of victimization on campus across gender. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 16/2/2022 Research article MI5 forced to hand over secret files on Northern Ireland operations Revelation from Operation Kenova leader comes at US hearing at which UK’s amnesty plan is called ‘cover-up’ The Guardian 16/2/2022 News UK Black Lives Matter group dissolves following police infiltration plot Swansea BLM cited concerns for their members’ safety, harassment and threats from the far-right as the primary reasons for shutting down its operations. The Independent 16/2/2022 News ‘Defunding the Police’: A Consideration of the Implications For the Police Role in Mental Health Work This paper examines the role of the police in mental health work. It explores whether the calls to ‘defund the police’ can be the basis for fundamental reforms of mental health services and the police role. The paper outlines the roots of the calls to ‘defund the police’ situating the perspective in the wider Black Lives Matter movement (BLM). The wider BLM movement seeks to overturn long standing racial and social injustices, including the disproportionate use of force against black citizens and racial biases within the Criminal Justice System. It goes further in that BLM calls for a shift in funding from policing towards an investment in welfare and community services. These calls are captured in the phrase ‘defund the police’. These calls have highlighted the police role in mental health, particularly, the police response to citizens in mental health crisis. The paper examines the police role in mental health work, highlighting the historic impact of policies of deinstutionalisation and more recently austerity and welfare retrenchment. In calling for this policy shift, campaigners have highlighted the need to significant investment in mental health services. The police role in mental health services increased because of the failings of community care (Cummins, 2020a). Police officers have increasingly become first responders in mental health crises. Police Journal 16/2/2022 Research article Women in the Police Academy: A National-Level Exploration of the Gendered Nature of Non-Completion The underrepresentation of women in policing is well documented as are efforts to understand the disparity. Some of these efforts have examined the first point newly hired women experience occupational socialization: basic law enforcement training at police academies nationwide. Largely absent from this line of research are studies of why women recruits—compared to men—fail to successfully complete basic training. To fill this empirical void, the current inquiry utilizes national-level data to examine the reasons women, compared to men, fail to complete academy basic training. Our results reveal statistically significant gendered differences in reasons for training non-completion by level of stress emphasized during training and type of academy affiliation that include voluntary withdrawal by recruits and non-voluntary withdrawal for failure to meet qualifying standards for physical fitness, firearms, and driving. The implications of these findings for police practice and research are discussed and recommendations are made. Women and Criminal Justice - Registration at source 16/2/2022 Research article «233323342335233623372338233923402341Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events