Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96629 total results. Showing results 49741 to 49760 «248424852486248724882489249024912492Next ›Last » Cornwall police appoint first female police chief CANADA: OTTAWA -- Shawna Spowart has been named the new police chief in Cornwall, the first female police chief in the service's history. The Cornwall Police Services Board announced Deputy Chief Spowart will take over as Chief of Police on Oct. 29, 2021. CTV News (Canada) 3/6/2021 News Peel Regional Police on the forefront of innovation and technology in policing CANADA: It would be almost impossible to ignore the public outcry for changes to policing, if one were unwise enough to try to do that. The simple fact is, most police services and officers are doing things much as they did 30 years ago and that isn’t working for many communities or the front-line officers who serve them. The Peel Regional Police Service, under the leadership of Chief Nishan Duraiappah, has committed to a course of police reform and modernization, launching a multi-pronged strategy to make its members safer and more effective while providing better and more appropriate services to the 1.4 million residents of Peel Region. It’s a strategy based on having the right people with the right tools and resources at the right time to reduce harm in the community while also building stronger relationships. Blue Line (Canada) 3/6/2021 Feature Over 100 assaults on Northumbria officers in a month Between 1 April to May 2021 the force recorded 114 assaults, Freedom of Information figures show Police Oracle - Subscription at source 3/6/2021 News Officers responding to stabbing have objects thrown at them by crowd A crowd threw objects at officers who had been called to reports of a man believed to have been stabbed and shot. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 3/6/2021 News HMICS Thematic Inspection of Hate Crime In our consultation on priorities for inspection during 2019-2020, hate crime emerged as an issue worthy of attention. At that time, a number of assessments and review anticipated that prejudice, division and hatred could increase across the UK due to the changing political and social environment and the increased prevalence of online abuse and intolerance. In our Scrutiny Plan for 2019-2020 we committed to carrying out a review of the effectiveness and efficiency of Police Scotland’s response to hate crime and the Terms of Reference were published on January 2020. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) 3/6/2021 Report Lack of ‘coherent’ hate crime strategy impacting police response A lack of training and problems with data collection is affecting Police Scotland’s ability to respond to hate crime, a new report has found. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) said the lack of an overall strategy on hate crime was undermining confidence among victims of hate crime when reporting incidents. Holyrood Magazine 3/6/2021 News Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Mental Health and Crisis Intervention: Understanding Preparedness to Respond to Community Members in Crisis The lack of robust mental health programs throughout the USA has resulted in police frequently being responsible for responding to calls about people with mental illness who are in crisis. Working with people with mental illness as offenders or as individuals needing emergency assistance is a regular part of the job for many in law enforcement, yet specialized training is not a regular part of most academy or in-service training curricula. Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs consist of a 40-h training for police and mental health personnel. The programs teach officers about mental illness, its causes and symptoms, and focuses on de-escalation tactics and use of available community resources as alternatives to criminal justice outcomes for calls. The current study explores officers’ feelings of preparedness to work with community members with mental illness and their levels of endorsement of mental health stigma. Researchers surveyed police from nine different local departments in southern New Jersey. Half of the surveyed officers completed CIT training, allowing for comparisons between officers who were trained and those who were not. Results indicate that the CIT-trained officers were more likely to endorse different types of mental health stigma than non-trained officers, but those who were CIT-trained reported feeling better prepared for calls involving people with mental illness. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Registration at source 3/6/2021 Research article Correlates of Perceptions of Police Legitimacy: Do Perceptions of Neighborhood Crime Matter? Police legitimacy promotes trust and cooperation between members of the public and the police. Because the police require cooperation from the public to prevent and solve crimes, having high levels of legitimacy is an important asset for them. Researchers have explored policing strategies as well as individual and neighborhood characteristics that explain levels of police legitimacy. However, no study has explored whether perceived neighborhood crimes affect perceptions of police legitimacy. This study addresses this gap in the literature by analyzing the effect that perceiving four types of neighborhood crime as a problem had on levels of police legitimacy among 1773 respondents from a city in the Appalachians. Results obtained from a series of Ordinary Least Squares models indicate that perceptions of neighborhood crime have no significant effect on police legitimacy once police performance is accounted for. Research and policy implications are discussed. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 3/6/2021 Research article AI-driven CCTV upgrades are coming to the ‘world’s most watched’ streets – will they make Britain safer? Already referred to as ‘the most surveilled nation on Earth’, the UK looks set to invest in more CCTV through a funding boost to the Safer Streets initiative; but Professor William Webster of Stirling University believes that expanding the existing disparate and fragmented CCTV ecosystem neglects the wider societal change required for women to feel safer in public places. Policing Insight 3/6/2021 Feature, Opinion MPS officers attacked while attending scene of shooting The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) says several of its officers came under attack while attending the scene of a shooting and stabbing in Brixton, South London last night (June 2). Police Professional 3/6/2021 News Seattle police under fire after approving trial of high-tech ‘Batman lasso’ to trap suspects USA: Seattle police have come under fire after approving the trial of a high-tech lasso that claims to allow officers to safely detain non-compliant suspects. According to KOMO News, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) recently approved pilot field testing of the BolaWrap “remote handcuffs”, which can be launched at people from a distance. The device is an eight-feet-long cord that is attached with two barbed hooks and is deployed like a lasso, wrapping around a person to bind their arms and legs to their body.The company that owns the product says the wrap can be used on “non-compliant subjects in mental crisis and drug-impaired subjects” who “are often incapable of comprehending commands of officers”. “BolaWrap enables officers to safely and humanely take subjects into custody without injury to get them the help they need,” Wrap Technologies’ website says. The Independent - Registration at source 3/6/2021 News Law enforcement and reconciliation: The human dimension of examining past injustice Later this month the Cumberland Lodge Police Conference will focus on law enforcement and reconciliation, and how to address the complex issues around past harms; Met Police Assistant Commissioner Robert Beckley, currently leading the Operation Resolve investigation into the Hillsborough Disaster, highlights some of the challenges in balancing calls for sanctions, retribution and formal accountability, with the importance of learning, understanding and healing. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 3/6/2021 Feature, Opinion Minister promises law to test gardaí for drugs The justice minister has promised legislation to allow for the drug testing of gardaí, a day after the force announced it wanted to begin testing in six months. The Times 3/6/2021 News Police shelters planned to give dignity to victims of disasters Police Scotland is planning to order several shelters where victims of a “mass fatality incident” could be identified. The Times - Subscription at source 3/6/2021 News Racism in Met Police ‘worse now than 20 years ago’, former top cop says Racism in the Met Police has worsened over the past two decades, a former senior Asian officer has said as she made a blistering attack on its leader Dame Cressida Dick. Metro 2/6/2021 News Garda representative bodies express concerns over random drug tests for gardaí REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The President of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) has said that drug testing of gardaí must be “carried out in a fair, measured, balanced and appropriate manner without infringing on members’ individual rights.” Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 2/6/2021 News Gang Intelligence Centre leadership concerns revealed in document release NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand's Gang Intelligence Centre has been blighted by poor leadership and has been struggling to reduce the harm caused by organised crime. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 2/6/2021 News Taser use will automatically activate body cameras worn by St. Thomas police CANADA: St. Thomas Police officers are now wearing technology that will automatically turn on a body-worn camera when a conducted energy device (CED), also known as a TASER, is deployed. CBC News (Canada) 2/6/2021 News Taskforce set up to stop ‘most severe’ child sexual abuse images and videos being shared online A new taskforce has been set up that will take ‘digital fingerprints’ of millions of child abuse images so that they can be identified and removed by companies and organisations around the world. Police Professional 2/6/2021 News ‘Hundreds unlawfully prosecuted’ under coronavirus laws, claim campaigners Campaigners claim “hundreds of people have been wrongly charged and prosecuted” under coronavirus-related emergency laws. Police Professional 2/6/2021 News «248424852486248724882489249024912492Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
