Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98645 total results. Showing results 46981 to 47000 «234623472348234923502351235223532354Next ›Last » Home Secretary appoints chair to Sarah Everard inquiry PRESS RELEASE: Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini QC will lead a two-part inquiry to address the issues raised by the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Home Office 22/11/2021 News Police step up patrols in London amid warning over Christmas terror attack Shoppers urged to remain vigilant and report anything suspicious The Independent 22/11/2021 News ‘I’ll never trust the police again’: Ex-detective on ‘deep-rooted’ homophobia and racism within the force and why he’s still waiting for an apology 'Being black, gay, northern and from a working class background, I should have been their poster boy for change' Manchester Evening News 22/11/2021 News Criminal Justice Practitioners’ Perceptions of Eyewitnesses with Anxiety and Depression In the UK, witnesses with a mental health disorder are considered ‘vulnerable’ by the Criminal Justice System and consequently eligible for support within the Achieving Best Evidence guidance (recommendations produced in England and Wales to assist criminal justice practitioners in supporting vulnerable, intimidated and significant witnesses during the criminal justice process). However, it is unclear how the evidence and credibility of such witnesses, especially those with anxiety and depression, are perceived by criminal justice practitioners. The present study aimed to explore how practitioners in England and Wales perceive witnesses with anxiety and depression and the current guidance and training on mental health. One hundred and five practitioners including police officers (32), court staff (60) and registered intermediaries (13) completed an online questionnaire which examined their personal perceptions of, and attitudes towards, witnesses with anxiety and depression as well as the level and effectiveness of current guidance and training. Based on previous literature, it was anticipated that practitioners may hold biased perceptions of witnesses with anxiety and depression, and current guidance and training on mental health may be insufficient. The findings revealed that practitioners frequently encountered such witnesses, and prior knowledge of mental health issues influenced their perceptions with many reporting that such knowledge caused them to question the reliability of their evidence. Additionally, practitioners perceived the Achieving Best Evidence guidance including the use of special measures to be appropriate. However, they perceived that training around mental health required improvement. The implications of these findings are discussed. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Subscription at source 22/11/2021 Research article Do Body-Worn Cameras Improve Community Perceptions of the Police? Results From A Controlled Experimental Evaluation Outfitting police officers with body-worn cameras (BWCs) has been suggested to improve police-community relations. This study evaluates whether the deployment of BWCs on NYPD officers impacted resident perceptions of the police. A cluster randomized controlled trial design was used to test the influence of BWCs on resident perceptions of the NYPD in treatment precincts relative to control precincts. Dual-frame randomly selected telephone surveys were used to collect pre-intervention and post-intervention resident perception data. We find no statistically significant differences between BWC treatment and control precincts in general perceptions of the NYPD or the average assessment of police officer behavior among those who have had recent encounters with the NYPD. Strong community support for BWC adoption and citizen expectations for videos of controversial policing events suggests the continued use of this technology. However, BWCs should be implemented with other evidence-based programs to enhance police-community relations. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Subscription at source 22/11/2021 Research article The @WeCops Debate: Taser – increasing training, widening deployment, and improving understanding The police use of Taser has been a topic of much debate, with widening training and deployment, the intense scrutiny, and a lack of understanding about less lethal weapons among both the media and the public some of the key issues; many of those points were raised during a recent #WeCops debate on less lethal weapons, which is summarised in this article by PC Francesca Tamblyn, Taser Lead Instructor for Dorset Police and one of the hosts of the debate. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/11/2021 Feature, Opinion Ottawa Police Services Board set to vote on 2022 budget with $14 million funding increase CANADA:OTTAWA - The Ottawa Police Services Board meets this afternoon to finalize the services' 2022 spending plan, with community groups calling on board members to freeze spending next year. CTV News (Canada) 22/11/2021 News Police seize US$500M in illegal marijuana in a raid in Oregon USA: At a time when legalized marijuana sales are rising nationally, state police in Oregon last week seized 500,000 pounds (around 226,800 kilograms) of illegal marijuana in a bust outside Medford, Ore., that they estimated had a street value of US$500 million, police said. CTV News (Canada) 22/11/2021 News Secretive elite gardai deployed to take on far-right groups organising anti-vax protests REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The NSU is a hush-hush Garda organisation that normally mounts undercover operations against major gangsters and terrorists — and the fact that they have been deployed shows just how seriously gardai are taking the threat from right-wingers Dublin Live (Republic of Ireland) 22/11/2021 News Garda night patrols and checkpoints to stop raids on Christmas tree farms REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaà are deploying nightly air patrols and high-visibility checkpoints to prevent raids by criminal gangs on some of the country’s most remote Christmas tree farms. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 22/11/2021 News Community fund being used to pay for Garda overtime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Community representatives have raised concerns that a fund designed to help regenerate disadvantaged areas of Dublin’s north inner city is being used to pay for Garda overtime. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 22/11/2021 News The Irrationalities of Rationality in Police Data Processes This paper explores how police bureaucracies, in their pursuit of greater accountability and management efficiencies, create what are intended to be rational data collection and use processes. However, these processes often produce unintended consequences: namely, behaviours, practices, and policies that confound an organisation’s goals. Drawing on Ritzer’s McDonaldization thesis and qualitative data from two Canadian police organisations, we argue that although police bureaucracies focus on maintaining efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control when it comes to their data processes, not only do inaccuracies occur, but they happen because an over-emphasis on rational processes can produce forms of irrationality. Policing and Society - Registration at source 22/11/2021 Research article ‘FREEZE?’ An Analysis of Police Officers Accounts of Self-Enclosing Experiences When confronted with violent incidents, police officers are expected to act in the situation at hand. This article examines the critical moment of not acting, that is, of ‘freezing’. Policing studies as well criminological and sociological studies of violence have, to date, paid little attention to ‘freezing’ as a vulnerable, unwanted and stigmatised experience. The aim of this article is first to explore what the term ‘freezing’ refers to what kind of behaviours, what they have in common and why officers lump these descriptions together. Second, to study the experience of ‘freezing’ from a phenomenological and embodied viewpoint to understand the ways in which officers try to deal with it. Building on neurological insights and theories on emotional–corporeal transformations, this article shows that ‘freezing’ is more accurately understood as a self-enclosing transformation in which officers lose the ability to purposefully act. Officers are thrown out of a bodily latent taken-for-granted intertwinement with the world which hampers their ability to project activity and interrupts the ongoing flow of (inter)acting. Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2017 and 2021, and 67 semi-structured interviews with Dutch police officers, the analysis further reveals that ‘freezing’ is not just characterised by bodily cessation but also directionless behaviours, and occurs when officers encounter unexpected circumstances. Finally, this article demonstrates that exiting a ‘freezing’ experience requires collective team effort and that it causes conflicting feelings because it attacks officers’ sense of good policing. Policing and Society - Registration at source 22/11/2021 Research article Harm Reduction Policing: An Evaluation of Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) in San Francisco In 2017, San Francisco (SF) implemented Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD), a program Beckett described as harm reduction policing. Through a process and outcome evaluation of LEAD SF, this paper demonstrates the positive impacts of harm reduction policing, on those who use drugs and/or engage in sex work. When law enforcement officers used their discretion to divert individuals into LEAD rather than arrest, those individuals had significantly fewer felony and misdemeanor arrests and felony cases, in comparison to a propensity score matched group. The focus group and interview data describe that the collaboration, the warm handoff, and LEAD’s harm reduction principles were mechanisms of success. However, obtaining officer buy-in was a key challenge. Despite that obstacle, LEAD SF’s harm reduction policing reduces offending, improves the wellbeing of people who use drugs and engage in sex work, and allows the police to carry out their mandate to protect and serve. Police Quarterly 22/11/2021 Research article Swansea riot: Disappointment at lack of legal action A man who had to flee his home in Swansea after he was caught up in the Mayhill riot six months ago has said he is "shocked" and "disappointed" no-one has been prosecuted. [VIDEO] BBC 22/11/2021 News Sexual misconduct, discrimination and corruption among complaints against Humberside Police officers 'The vast majority of our interactions with the public are appropriate and often receive positive feedback from the communities we serve' - Humberside Police Grimsby Live 22/11/2021 News Violent crime against women gets the same status as terrorist attacks Violence against women and girls will be elevated to the same status as terrorism under a proposed government directive, The Times has learnt. The Times - Subscription at source 22/11/2021 News Violent crime on rise in York – but overall offending is down Violent crime has risen in York over the last year, despite an overall drop in recorded offences. The Press (York) 22/11/2021 News Edinburgh locals ‘afraid’ after police attend four incidents a week at Hunter Square Edinburgh Police are recording four incidents a week at Hunter Square in the heart of the Old Town amid a rise in anti-social behaviour, leaving residents afraid. Edinburgh Live 22/11/2021 News Cumbria Police highlight work of Digital Crime Unit As part of their Operation MOVIE 2 Cumbria Police are shining a light on the work of their Cyber Digital Crime Unit. News and Star 22/11/2021 News «234623472348234923502351235223532354Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
