Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102744 total results. Showing results 4961 to 4980 «245246247248249250251252253Next ›Last » Britain’s biggest police force facing ‘substantial tough choices’ over cuts Funding rises from local and central government are not enough to plug the budget gap, the Metropolitan Police has warned. The Independent 18/2/2025 News Police complaints statistics for England and Wales report – 2023/24 This report presents figures on complaints about the police in England and Wales for 2023/24. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 18/2/2025 Report Somerset police officer charged over indecent images of children James Gullis, 28, is due to appear at Exeter Magistrates' Court. Sky News 18/2/2025 News Jail term for “uncontrollable” man who assaulted Garda inspector at Gort courthouse REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A man has been jailed for an assault on a Garda Inspector during a civil court sitting at Gort courthouse. Galway Bay (Republic of Ireland) 18/2/2025 News Aussie police set to return to NZ after ‘strong interest’ from Kiwi cops NEW ZEALAND: Recruiters for the Australian police force are set to return to New Zealand, just months after they embarked on a recruitment roadshow around the motu. In November last year, the Northern Territory police force came to Aotearoa in an attempt to poach Kiwis to bolster their thin blue line. The Post (New Zealand) 18/2/2025 News Vancouver police chief Adam Palmer to retire in April CANADA: Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer announced Tuesday that he will retire at the end of April from a post that he has held for 10 years, ending the longest run by a chief in the department’s history. Palmer’s contract was set to expire in September. Business in Vancouver (BIV) (Canada) 18/2/2025 News Met to cut workforce despite funding increase The Metropolitan Police says it still faces a £260m budget shortfall for next year and will have to reduce its workforce despite further funding increases. BBC 18/2/2025 News APCC findings report: Towards better local partnerships systems in England and Wales A review of the views and experiences of Police and Crime Commissioners and their offices of local partnership systems in England and Wales, and of how these could be even more effective and efficient. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 18/2/2025 Report Local multi-agency collaboration and PCC oversight are key to cutting crime says new APCC report The crucial role of effective cross-sector work in reducing crime and making communities safer, overseen and coordinated by locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners, are highlighted in a new report by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC). Towards better local partnerships systems in England and Wales finds that in an ever-more complex landscape, the streamlining of groups and Boards along with improvements in the use of data and information are critical to reducing crime and making communities safer. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 18/2/2025 News Minister to propose new stop and search powers to tackle knife crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan has said he will be bringing forward legislation which will give greater powers to the gardaà to stop and search people who they suspect may be carrying knives. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 18/2/2025 News Developing a harm index for individual victims of cybercrime In this study we used data from the 2023 Australian Cybercrime Survey to develop a harm index for individual victims of cybercrime. The index comprises scores for 17 common types of cybercrime. These scores were based on a 34-item measure of cybercrime harm encompassing practical, health, social, financial and legal impacts. Harm scores were based on victim reports of the prevalence and severity of each harm. These harm scores were strongly associated with reporting to police and to ReportCyber, which helps validate the index. The scores provide a measure of the relative severity of each type of cybercrime. We used these harm scores to measure concentration among cybercrime victims. Overall, just 10.9 percent of victims accounted for 57.7 percent of the harm to all victims who completed the survey. Repeat victims who experienced multiple types of cybercrime are disproportionately impacted and should be prioritised for intervention. Australian Institute of Criminology (Australia) 18/2/2025 Research article Judge finds RCMP breached charter rights during arrests at Wet’suwet’en pipeline blockade CANADA: 'I view the conduct as extremely serious involving racism directed towards Indigenous women' CBC News (Canada) 18/2/2025 News IOPC Director General comments on Police Complaints Statistics report 2023/24 The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) today published its annual report on ‘Police complaints - statistics for England and Wales in 2023/24'. The report provides an overview of police complaints – identifying the volume and type of complaints made, and how forces handled them from first contact with the complainant to completion. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 18/2/2025 News Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer announces retirement CANADA: The Vancouver Police Department’s chief constable has announced his retirement after nearly 40 years with the force. Global News (Canada) 18/2/2025 News A Comprehensive Examination on Police Use of Force From Individual, Situational, and Structural Perspective Police use of force continues to be a topic of much discussion in the community, media, and academia. Officer and citizen characteristics are commonly examined in use of force incidents; however, the impact of neighborhoods and structural factors are understudied. Using 7,858 use of force incidents reported by the Dallas Police Department from 2014 to 2016, this study examines the effects of individual, situational, and structural factors on use of force encounters. Results show that Black and Hispanic/Latino citizens are more likely to have more severe force used against them, even when controlling for other factors, while most situational factors showed significant associations with police use of force. Surprisingly, no structural variables showed a significant influence on police use of force. Race and Justice - Subscription at source 18/2/2025 Research article Is the appearance change instruction ever helpful for eyewitness identifications? Before an identification procedure, witnesses are often reminded that the perpetrator may look different in a photo presented by law enforcement than he did at the crime. Prior studies indicate, though, that this Appearance Change Instruction (ACI) provides no benefit and may actually increase misidentifications. However, these studies have examined only a limited range of appearance changes (addition of beard stubble or change in the age of the target person). In actual police cases, though, witnesses are often asked to ‘look past’ a different sort of appearance change, such as the addition or loss of a salient bruise or tattoo. To ask if witnesses are helped by the ACI with changes like these, we tested the ACI with changes in the perpetrator’s face that plausibly could disappear over time (e.g. a bruise) and also with changes that would be more enduring (e.g. a tattoo). In both experiments, ACI instructions produced no increase in accuracy. Worse (and in line with prior studies), on some measures the ACI decreased accuracy. These results provide the strongest test of the ACI to date and confirm that this instruction provides no benefit but some cost. We discuss what might lie behind this null effect. Psychology Crime and Law - Subscription at source 18/2/2025 Research article Sailing the Stormy Tides of Police Stress: Exploring the Effects of Perceived Job Dangerousness and Work–Family Conflict on Occupational Stress among Korea Coast Guard Police Officers The law enforcement profession has long been perceived as a stressful occupation, with the dangers of police work considered particularly relevant in explaining officers’ responses to stress and poor mental health outcomes. The current study contributes to the empirical literature on the sources of stress in policing and provides insight into the underlying mechanism of the relationship between job-related stressors and occupational stress. Using data from a representative sample of sworn police officers in the Korea Coast Guard (N = 757), this study examines the association between perceived job dangerousness and occupational stress as well as the possible mediating mechanisms through which job-related danger may increase occupational stress, specifically highlighting the mediating role of strain-based and time-based work–family conflict. The results indicate that officers who perceive their job as dangerous are more likely to experience higher levels of occupational stress. Additionally, work–family conflict mediates the impact of perceived job dangerousness on occupational stress, although only strain-based work–family conflict demonstrates a significant mediating effect. Based on our findings, we discuss policy implications in light of the unique demands of policing for the Korea Coast Guard. Asian Journal of Criminology - Subscription at source 18/2/2025 Research article Police training and procedures for protests need an overhaul – IPCA NEW ZEALAND: Police failed to protect people from protesters at a high-profile rally and made unlawful arrests at another, says the Independent Police Conduct Authority. It says police training and procedures need an overhaul, but they also need law changes to give them more powers to deal with increasingly disruptive protesters and the rise of counter-protests. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 18/2/2025 News Almost 5,000 apply to join Police Service of Northern Ireland The figures indicate a last-minute surge of applicants for the latest recruitment drive. The Independent 18/2/2025 News New deputy chief constable appointed at Warwickshire Police Warwickshire Police Chief Constable Alex Franklin-Smith has appointed David Gardner as the force’s new deputy chief constable. 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