Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115908 total results. Showing results 49081 to 49100 «245124522453245424552456245724582459Next ›Last » Police Scotland officers ‘are not properly vetted’ Ministers urged to act on concerns that thousands of officers have not been subjected to ongoing background checks. Thousands of police officers in Scotland have never been subjected to full background checks since they were recruited more than a decade ago, it has emerged. The disclosure prompted criticism of the national force’s vetting procedures in light of the disturbing case of David Carrick, who pleaded guilty last month to dozens of rape and sexual offences against women while he was a serving officer in the Metropolitan Police. The Times - Subscription at source 5/2/2023 News DNA labs ‘missing crucial evidence’ AUSTRALIA: The scientist who exposed catastrophic failings in Queensland’s DNA laboratory believes crucial forensic evidence is being missed in other Australian states. The Australian - Subscription at source 5/2/2023 News Former top police officer to lead probe into Auckland flood response NEW ZEALAND: Former police commissioner Mike Bush will head an independent review of the response to the first hours of the Auckland floods. Mayor Wayne Brown announced the review and asked Bush to head the inquiry given his "unparalleled experience and personal excellence in immediate crisis response." RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 5/2/2023 News What will it take to stop the rape and murder of women by men on probation? In an underfunded system, a killing a week is committed by former prisoners The Guardian 5/2/2023 Feature, Opinion Police survey highlighted major flaws in firearms licencing process NEW ZEALAND: After the Christchurch terror attacks of 2019, New Zealand Police were told to get a baseline survey of their firearms licencing scheme. 1 News (New Zealand) 5/2/2023 News Police reject claims lack of charging points has stopped use of electric vehicles A fleet of 75 new electric vehicles bought by Police Scotland has been kept in storage for around eight months but the force has denied that a lack of charging stations has stopped them from being deployed. The National 5/2/2023 News The disgraced Welsh police officers disciplined for their unacceptable behaviour The list of Welsh police officers disciplined for their behaviour over the last year includes a PC who had links to organised crime and a jilted fantasist who made up lies about a woman. Others include a sergeant who verbally abused a 15-year-old girl and an inspector who assaulted a 16-year-old boy. Wales Online 5/2/2023 News Cash-strapped Police Scotland paid out more than £2million in compensation claims in the last six months Cash-strapped Police Scotland has paid out more than £2million in compensation claims in the last six months. It follows a series of costly legal actions raised against it in the courts and employment tribunals from both staff and members of the public. Daily Record 5/2/2023 News Cash-strapped Police Scotland paid out more than £2million in compensation claims in the last six months It comes after a series of costly legal actions raised against the force from both staff and members of the public. Daily Record 5/2/2023 News Police Scotland: Number of cops and staff failing vetting soars The number of individuals failing Police Scotland vetting more than doubled last year, according to figures obtained by The Herald. The Herald (Scotland) 5/2/2023 News New fleet of garda vehicles cost Irish taxpayers €16.8million last year REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The €16.8million total beat the 2020 figure of €16million when the force is believed to have invested in new vehicles for during the pandemic Dublin Live (Republic of Ireland) 5/2/2023 News Just Stop Oil protests cost the Metropolitan Police £7.5m Policing Just Stop Oil protests cost taxpayers £7.5 million in just nine weeks, new figures show. Belfast Telegraph 5/2/2023 News ‘Influence the future’, says retired black PC The first black police officer in Bedfordshire hopes that he has "paved the way for others" as his memoirs have been made into a book. BBC 4/2/2023 News Car registration plates cloned with 3D printers and used to commit crimes AUSTRALIA: A crime targeting unsuspecting motorists is on the rise and there is little they can do to prevent it, authorities say. Police said criminals are increasingly using hi-tech 3D printers to make false numberplates, using them to commit crimes ranging from robbery to petrol drive-offs. ABC News (Australia) 4/2/2023 News Commonly used police diversity training unlikely to change officers’ behavior, study finds USA: Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop earlier this month in Memphis, has become the latest face in a racial justice and police reform movement fueled by a string of similar cases in which Black men have died from injuries sustained while being taken into custody. While these cases have spurred calls for greater law enforcement investment in diversity training, new research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that the day-long implicit bias-oriented training programs now common in most U.S. police departments are unlikely to reduce racial inequity in policing. Phys Org 4/2/2023 News DOJ to conduct review of Memphis Police Department after Tyre Nichols’ death USA: The Department of Justice will help conduct a review of the Memphis Police Department following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, city officials said. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced Friday that the DOJ's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, along with the International Association of Police Chiefs, will conduct an "independent, external review" that will include assessing the department's special units and use-of-force policies "to honor Tyre and help make sure this type of tragedy does not happen again." abc news (USA) 4/2/2023 News Deriving Expert Knowledge of Situational Awareness in Policing: a Mixed-Methods Study Situational awareness (SA) is the most important skill required by police to effectively assess and respond to encounters, including critical incidents. Incomplete or sub-optimal SA strategies can lead to errors in subsequent judgement, decision-making, and action, including tactics and use of force (UOF). Errors in UOF, especially lethal force, in training or operational field settings, have severe consequences for learning, occupational health, and public safety. Therefore, adequately defining and instructing SA is an important gap to fill in existing applied police literature and practice. Using a mixed-methods approach, the current study aimed to define and conceptualize SA in police-specific contexts. Participants included 23 novice trainees and 11 experienced officers and instructors in tactics and UOF. Participants were shown 13 static images of various staged encounters, ranging from non-threatening to high-threat. Following each image, participants were interviewed and asked to describe what they saw and how they would respond. Thematic analyses of the interview data revealed the following seven themes that are highly interrelated and more completely define police-specific SA: distance/time laws; partner/roles; profiling the suspect; tactical options and opportunities; ongoing assessment of own tactical activities and outcomes; surrounding environment and conditions; and dangerous objects. Expert officers provided more detailed and multidimensional descriptions of the themes and statistical analyses confirmed that experts identified more themes compared to novices. By making tacit knowledge visible, the current findings establish a professional standard for SA formation, which can inform evidence-based police training in SA, tactical decision-making, and UOF while improving operational safety. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 4/2/2023 Research article If the face fits: predicting future promotions from police cadets’ facial traits Objective: To evaluate the relationship between police cadets’ facial traits and their subsequent promotional success. Methods: Using archival police academy photographs, we use a two-phase experiment to evaluate the impact of facial traits on future promotional success. First, respondents (n = 507) view randomly selected photographs of cadets (observations = 15,669) and evaluate them for facial traits and perceived leadership ability. Second, respondents are presented with random dyads of differentially promoted recruits, and choose one based on the highest perceived leadership ability. We compare those leadership evaluations to the subsequent promotional success of the cadets featured in the photographs (observations = 5739). We employ Bayesian multilevel modeling throughout both phases. Results: Facial traits are the primary driver of subject perceptions of leadership ability, and those perceptions successfully predict promotional success later in the cadets’ careers. When selecting for leadership potential based on police cadet photographs, respondents predict correct promotional choices at levels well above chance as measured by an AUC score of .70. Further, respondents’ evaluations successfully discriminate both between no promotion and lieutenant promotion, and sergeant versus lieutenant promotions. Conclusions: Promoting the most capable police officers is a critical feature of public service. Our findings cast a degree of doubt on the purportedly meritocratic foundations of police promotion and selection. Extra-legal information, such as facial features, predicts later promotional success. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Subscription at source 4/2/2023 Research article International drug gangs ‘will exploit cuts to naval service’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Cuts to the Irish navy will allow South American cartels to accelerate cocaine trafficking across the North Atlantic into Europe, a top expert has warned. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 4/2/2023 News Dorset’s new Chief Constable Amanda Pearson on police plan Dorset's new Chief Constable has promised that she will not be ripping up existing policing plans and starting again. Dorset Echo 4/2/2023 News «245124522453245424552456245724582459Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
