Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96629 total results. Showing results 49681 to 49700 «248124822483248424852486248724882489Next ›Last » 67,000 DNA samples added to anti-crime database REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Almost 70,000 DNA samples have been uploaded to a national DNA database established five-and-a-half years ago to help solve crimes and identify culprits, new figures reveal. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 6/6/2021 News SA Police takes aim at mobility, safety in agency-wide smartphone rollout AUSTRALIA: South Australia Police is preparing to embark on its most ambitious mobility program to date, with plans to equip all 6500 front and back office staff with a smartphone for the first time. IT News (Australia) 6/6/2021 News Police Scotland sends 400 officers to G7 summit in Cornwall More than 400 officers and staff from Police Scotland are being deployed to help with security at this week's G7 summit in Cornwall. BBC 6/6/2021 News What lessons do police in Europe have for American cops? USA: The examples are devastating, sometimes deadly, and certainly familiar. Patrick Warren Sr. was killed by a police officer in Texas earlier this year, after his family phoned for psychiatric help. In Salt Lake City last fall, Linden Cameron, a teenager with autism, was shot multiple times by police responding to a 911 call from the boy's mom. The teen survived. CBS News 6/6/2021 News Perceptions of Custody: Similarities and Disparities Among Police, Judges, Social Psychologists, and Laypeople Objective: Custody is a legal state that requires police to Mirandize suspects and, in some jurisdictions, to record their interrogation. The present study compared the custody perceptions of police, judges, social psychologists, and laypeople. Hypotheses: We predicted that (a) high-custody vignettes would elicit less perceived freedom than low-custody vignettes; (b) police and judges would see these situations as less custodial relative to social psychologists and laypeople; (c) these differences would arise mostly in ambiguous vignettes; and (d) participants in general would perceive suspects as objectively having more freedom to leave than they subjectively feel they have. Method: Police officers (n = 223), trial judges (n = 219), social psychologists (n = 228), and laypeople (n = 205) read a vignette of a police-suspect encounter that presented high-, ambiguous, or low-levels of custody and indicated their perceptions of the suspect’s freedom to leave. Results: Participants perceived the most freedom in the low-custody vignettes, followed by ambiguous and high-custody vignettes, and all groups differed significantly from each other (ηp2 = .39). Police and judges overestimated how free they thought the suspect would feel compared to social psychologists and laypeople, who did not differ from each other (ηp2 = .085). Participants in general saw the suspect as objectively freer than they thought he felt, and themselves as feeling freer than they believed the suspect did (ηp2 = .35). Law and Human Behavior - Registration at source 6/6/2021 Research article Police Scotland officers depart to support Devon and Cornwall during the G7 Conference More than 200 officers have departed in convoy from Police Scotland’s headquarters at Tulliallan to support Devon and Cornwall Police during the G7 Conference after our Chief Constable Iain Livingstone authorised a mutual aid deployment of over 400 officers and staff. Further contingents will leave in the coming days. Police Scotland 6/6/2021 News Rape and domestic violence cases will be hardest hit by justice backlog, says police chief Austerity, mismanagement and ‘reckless neglect’ has left system at crisis point, says crime commissioner The Guardian 6/6/2021 News Hundreds of children safeguarded as online abuse reports ‘accelerate’ Reports of online child abuse have “accelerated” in the past year with hundreds of children safeguarded by Police Scotland. Police Professional 6/6/2021 News From Detection to Sentencing: A Homicide Case Flow Analysis of the Dutch Criminal Justice System Homicide engenders broad moral concerns in society, and its aftermath can be understood as a barometer for criminal justice policy. Of all homicides committed, however, only some lead to arrest, to prosecution and ultimately to conviction in court. So far, no study has assessed the entire flow of homicide cases through the criminal justice system based on a nationwide sample. This study seeks to fill this empirical void by describing the entire flow of homicide cases and assessing the size of outflow at each stage of the criminal justice funnel in the Netherlands for a 20-year period. Our analysis highlights two main findings: First, the vast majority of suspects first identified by the police are ultimately sentenced for a homicide. Second, even in a country with low homicide rates and high rule of law indices, selection takes place at all stages of the criminal justice funnel. Whilst outflow mostly centres around exceptional clearance and legal factors, future work should assess the extent to which extra-legal characteristics play a role in crimes that are being investigated as potential homicides. Policing and Society 6/6/2021 Research article Police forces agree Hillsborough compensation for 601 victims South Yorkshire Police and West Midlands Police have agreed to pay damages following a civil claim for misfeasance in a public office on behalf of 601 claimants, solicitors representing the victims of the Hillsborough disaster have said. Police Professional 6/6/2021 News Coroner’s officer faces sack after warning of ‘secret’ serial killer An investigator who raised questions about police inquiries into the deaths of elderly couples has been suspended and may face charges The Times - Subscription at source 6/6/2021 News Police alerted to paperwork behind deal for Stobart Air Police have been alerted to potential irregularities in relation to the planned acquisition of Stobart Air and Carlisle Lake District Airport by a bitcoin investor based on the Isle of Man. The Sunday Telegraph - Subscription at source 6/6/2021 News Gardai investigate leak of European arrest warrant for Gerry ‘Monk’ Hutch Gerry ‘Monk’ Hutch, the Dublin criminal wanted over the Regency Hotel attack, disappeared from his home in Spain as gardai were closing in on him The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 6/6/2021 News Gardai under fire after baton-charging drinkers The government, gardai and Dublin city council have faced renewed criticism for failing to plan for an “outdoor summer” after more chaotic scenes in the capital’s streets on Friday when officers baton-charged a group of youths who had been drinking. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 6/6/2021 News Parents accuse schools of body-shaming as girls are told to wear shorts under skirts The UK’s leading police officer for child protection has expressed support for primary schools that introduce “modesty shorts” for girls as young as four. Some head teachers ask children to wear shorts under summer dresses so they do not show their underwear while doing activities such as handstands in the playground. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 6/6/2021 News Where Should Police Forces Target Their Residential Burglary Reduction Efforts? Using Official Victimisation Data to Predict Burglary Incidences At the Neighbourhood Level Expected crime rates that enable police forces to contrast recorded and anticipated spatial patterns of crime victimisation offer a valuable tool in evaluating the under-reporting of crime and inform/guide crime reduction initiatives. Prior to this study, police forces had no access to expected burglary maps at the neighbourhood level covering all parts of England and Wales. Drawing on analysis of the Crime Survey for England and Wales and employing a population terrain modelling approach, this paper utilises household and area characteristics to predict the mean residential burglary incidences per 1000 population across all neighbourhoods in England and Wales. The analysis identifies distinct differences in recorded and expected neighbourhood burglary incidences at the Output Area level, providing a catalyst for stimulating further reflection by police officers and crime analysts. Crime Science Journal 5/6/2021 Research article How volunteering as a special constable supports my day job Just knowing that I have done something to help colleagues and the community makes it worthwhile College of Policing 5/6/2021 Feature Blog: A Special devotion to policing To mark Volunteers Week, PFEW Special Constabulary Lead Dave Bamber celebrates the work of our devoted Specials. He also provides an update on how close Specials are to being able to join the Federation. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 5/6/2021 News Cost of policing G7 summit estimated at £70m Devon and Cornwall force to be joined by 5,000 officers from around the UK in its ‘largest security operation’ The Guardian 5/6/2021 News Police under ‘relentless pressure’ as lockdown lifting brings fears of crime rise The head of the Police Federation has warned that officers are under ‘unrelenting pressure’ ahead of the June 21 reopening. Metro 5/6/2021 News «248124822483248424852486248724882489Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
