Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100981 total results. Showing results 47821 to 47840 «238823892390239123922393239423952396Next ›Last » Law experts and gun owners concerned over police use of warrantless search powers NEW ZEALAND: Police have seized almost 1500 guns in an effort to remove firearms from criminals in the wake of legal changes after the 2019 Christchurch terror attack, but some fear they are targeting lawful owners and using unnecessary search powers. Stuff (New Zealand) 14/1/2022 News Crime Concentration, African-American Density, and Racial Disparity in Police Arrests Research has focused extensively on the situational, legal, and extralegal factors of racial disparity in police practices (i.e., stops, citations, arrests). However, little quantitative analysis exists on the micro-space factors that also could lead to racial disparity in these outcomes. The primary purpose of this study is to understand whether (1) the level of African-American density and crime concentration at block groups are associated with racial disparity in police arrests, and (2) the level of crime concentration moderates the relationship between the level of African-American density and racial disparity. The results showed that African-American density was significantly and negatively related to racial disparity in police arrests. However, the level of crime concentration did not affect the racial disparity and did not moderate the relationship between African-American density and racial disparity. Crime Prevention and Community Safety - Registration at source 14/1/2022 Research article E-scooter riders warned of legal dangers faced on UK roads E-scooter riders who received the “must-have” gift at Christmas have been warned to “think twice” and check the laws before taking them out for a spin. The Standard 14/1/2022 News The untold story of how police spending was once on a tear, and isn’t anymore CANADA: The Toronto Police Services Board unanimously passed the city’s 2022 police budget this week, clearing the way for a $25-million increase that now goes to council for final approval. The Globe and Mail (Canada) 14/1/2022 Feature, Opinion Improving identification accuracy via 3D interactive lineups CANADA: Criminal identification lineups continue to be an important tool for identifying perpetrators, but new approaches are required to improve the accuracy of eyewitness identification. Blue Line (Canada) 14/1/2022 Analysis, Feature Mounties urge Supreme Court to hear bullying class action suit CANADA: Some Mounties waging a class action against the RCMP over bullying and harassment are telling the Supreme Court of Canada to reject a federal move to have the suit thrown out. Blue Line (Canada) 14/1/2022 News First draft of ‘zero tolerance for violence against woman’ strategy completed REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said there ‘must be zero tolerance for any violence against women’, as he called Ashling Murphy’s death ‘truly devastating and senseless’. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 14/1/2022 News Preparing For Future Pandemic Policing Law enforcement organisations have faced a wide spectrum of challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments positioned police and other security actors on the frontline in enforcing compliance with an incremental series of restrictive measures, demanding a new dynamic and distribution of policing across communities and spaces. In particular, as the pandemic was subjected to a simultaneous process of crisisification as well as securitisation, public policing has suffered a set-back in terms of community-relationships and social legitimacy. For instance, marginalising the role of public police organisations in preventive policing and pushing them towards the use of coercive measures. Even though the pandemic has not yet ended, the questions we seek to answer on the basis of media and evaluation reports, include the first lessons that can be learnt for the global law enforcement theatre as well as insights into a potential paradigmatic shift in policing. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin - Registration at source 14/1/2022 Research article Durham – National child protection inspection post-inspection review This inspection reviewed the progress made in Durham Constabulary since the publication of our last report for Durham in 2020. It is part of a rolling programme of inspections of all police forces in England and Wales. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 14/1/2022 Report Durham Constabulary has improved child protection, but more work is needed Durham Constabulary has improved the way it protects vulnerable children, but further changes are needed to help keep them safe, a new report has found. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 14/1/2022 News Garda crackdown on organised crime gangs results in drop in murders REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The number of murders has halved in the last three years, the Garda’s top crime officer has revealed, saying it was partly due to Garda operations against organised crime gangs. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 14/1/2022 News The Role of Law Enforcement Agencies and the Use of It Tools For A Coordinate Response in Pandemic Crisis Management Pandemic crises are disruptive events that imply a threat to the health of citizens, and also to public safety. In order to provide an adequate response, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) organizations up to now had to adapt their structures, staffing conditions and competencies to the exceptional circumstances. At the same time, pandemics, such as COVID-19 that is currently a real scenario, require from LEAs to test their capabilities and thus to further identify their own gaps and get to know themselves better. The complexity of this kind of phenomena requires a coordinated and multidisciplinary response through Information Technology (IT) tools to mitigate the effects of pandemics. In this sense, our participation in the European H2020 STAMINA project: “Demonstration of intelligent decision support for pandemic crisis prediction and management within and across European borders” brings added value to our daily work as LEAs. The project implements a set of tools whose goal is twofold: improvement of management of information in all phases of the pandemic as well as improvement of response and coordination among all first responders involved in a pandemic. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin - Registration at source 14/1/2022 Research article Final written warning for Suffolk officer over inappropriate relationship A Suffolk Constabulary officer has been given a final written warning after attempting to form an inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable woman he came into contact with during the course of his duties. Police Professional 14/1/2022 News Hearing for alleged killer of Harry Dunn postponed The woman allegedly responsible for the death of British teenager Harry Dunn will no longer face a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court next week as previously planned. Police Professional 14/1/2022 News File sent to DPP over ex-senior garda in drug seizure case REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Former Garda superintendent John Murphy, 61, was charged with possessing cannabis worth over €13,000, discovered at his home in a north Dublin suburb, during a search operation in September Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 14/1/2022 News The Impact of Covid-19. Cybercrime and Cyberthreats The paper describes the evolution of cyber-attacks, based on different official reports from law enforcement agencies and cybersecurity companies. It focuses on the EMPACT priority ‘cybercrime-attacks on information systems’ and analyses the main types of malware (banking trojans, ransomware, cryptojacking and botnets malware) and their evolution during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The paper presents both online threats vectors (email-based attacks, web-based attacks, social media scams) and offline threats and their impact to the information systems. The present article underlin es the importance of education and training in this field and recommends measures to fight with the cybercrime phenomenon. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin - Registration at source 14/1/2022 Research article The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Police Officers’ Mental Health This study had a twofold objective. First, we aimed to measure the levels of stress symptoms and burnout on the police officers who volunteered for the study. Second, we proposed to examine the effect of COVID-19 exposure and exposure to traumatic experiences in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic on the officers’ mental health. The National Directorate of the Policia de Segurança Pública (Portuguese Public Security Police) approved this study and was responsible for distributing information about the study and the link to an online questionnaire among their officers. As expected, the levels of burnout, psychological distress, and posttraumatic stress (PTS) were higher than similar professional populations in non-pandemic conditions. Officers with fewer than 11 years of work experience showed fewer symptoms of PTS compared to those with longer work experience, but at the same time, they reported higher levels of burnout. Women revealed higher scores of burnout-disengagement, but no other differences compared to their male colleagues. Officers who were married or living in a partner relationship obtained lower levels of posttraumatic stress than officers who reported being single, divorced, or widowed. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin - Registration at source 14/1/2022 Research article Italian police object to being sent pink face masks to wear on duty ITALY: Union chief writes to head of police saying ‘eccentric’ masks could damage image of the institution The Guardian 14/1/2022 News Policing South Africa’s Lockdown: Despite the progressive vision of South Africa’s policy elites after the end of Apartheid, the South African Police Service (SAPS) faces such severe challenges of efficiency, accountability, and legitimacy that the institution appears under chronic siege. We sought to document the view of insiders on the SAPS’s preparedness and effectiveness at fulfilling its expanded mandate in response to Covid-19. As part of a larger research project, we conducted 27 interviews with police officers and representatives of other government departments across three provinces. These revealed two narratives. The first – and surprisingly dominant – is one of strong coordinating structures, capable leadership and effective command and control under exceptionally difficult circumstances. The second, however, is of an organisation stretched beyond breaking point and placing its members under impossible strains. We conclude that the two narratives are complementary and that their co-existence reflects the opposing pressures faced by the police in this period: the consolidating logic of state securitisation under conditions of crisis and the underlying fragmenting logic of dysfunctional, kleptocratic governance European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin - Registration at source 14/1/2022 Research article Training and Education During the Pandemic Crisis The COVID-19 pandemic is deeply redesigning the approach and practices in the field of training targeting law enforcement agencies (LEAs). The effects are interesting and multifaceted and are expected to persist on the medium and long term. In fact, a new room for debating on positive and negative experiences, advantages and difficulties, emerging needs and requirements, pioneering ideas and ground-breaking initiatives has opened. The H2020 ANITA project wants to contribute to this debate by providing details about how it has managed to reorganise its training activities from in-person to remote sessions, the perception and feedback from the participating LEAs and the criteria it is using to design curricula for public and private stakeholders on online illegal trafficking. It is emerging that digitalised and remote trainings addressed to law enforcement agencies require both a new and innovative didactic concept and a ground-breaking learning paradigm. In-person lessons are essential for their wide-ranging benefits, but the COVID-19 pandemic is showing how distance learning could be also revolutionary and powerful. 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