Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102588 total results. Showing results 49901 to 49920 «249224932494249524962497249824992500Next ›Last » The Behavior of Police: Class, Race, and Discretion in Drug Enforcement Police officers act under highly variable constraints. Some drug arrests occur on routine patrols in which officers’ exercise discretion, others are a product of departmental priorities, and the remainder occur after police are called to the scene. In his treatise on the Behavior of Law, Donald Black asserted that law behaves directionally according to rank, status, and social integration. Using multilevel data on felony drug arrests in one metropolitan Southern U.S. county, we examine the extent to which police behavior shows the discretionary application of law to be disproportionately levied against offenders in disadvantaged neighborhoods or against black individuals. The findings suggest that Black’s theory is well-equipped to explain police discretion in drug enforcement patterns, with disadvantage and race predicting discretion. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 29/12/2021 Research article Using National Incident-Based Reporting System Data to Assess Agency Differences in Clearance Rates: A Recommendation For Law Enforcement The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) disaggregates crime clearances into crimes cleared by arrest and crimes cleared by exceptional means. This feature is an improvement to the Summary Reporting System and allows law enforcement agencies to perform cross-jurisdiction comparisons of their clearance practices and investigative performances. This study uses sexual assault clearance rates to demonstrate a method of cross-jurisdiction comparison, which can be used to improve agency practices. Findings show much variability in sexual assault clearance rates across agencies, but most of this variation is explained by agency use of clearance by exceptional means. Further, no single agency characteristic examined here explained variability in exceptional clearance rates. Finally, there was additional agency variation in the offense type used to clear a sexual assault by arrest. The article concludes with a discussion of the importance of NIBRS for advancing law enforcement research and practice and the need for greater attention to data quality in NIBRS. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 29/12/2021 Research article Summer Highlights: 10 questions with Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll AUSTRALIA: Do you think 2021 was better than 2020? The Age (Australia) 29/12/2021 Feature, Interview IOPC investigating forcible removal of religious head covering in custody The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has served a gross misconduct notice on an officer from West Midlands Police following an allegation that a Sikh man had a religious head covering forcibly removed while in custody. Police Professional 29/12/2021 News Queensland Police Service’s Mounties unit offers tactical advantage in crime fighting AUSTRALIA: They are the highly trained equine first responders whose canter is the equivalent to lights and sirens. ABC News (Australia) 29/12/2021 Feature Criminalisation of coercive control reaches six-year anniversary On the six-year anniversary of landmark legislation that established coercive and controlling behaviour as a criminal offence, Women’s Aid is urging more police forces to get training to better understand the “hidden” patterns of abuse that happen behind closed doors. Police Professional 29/12/2021 News The Timaru Report: Meth use escalates ‘out of all proportion’ NEW ZEALAND: Methamphetamine use is at an all-time high in the Timaru community, and it’s tearing families apart, and those working on the front line say more help is needed. Stuff (New Zealand) 29/12/2021 News Police considering automatic number plate recognition on cars to keep officers safe NEW ZEALAND: Real-time technology that scans licence plates to detect high-risk offenders or organised criminal groups is one of a range of measures being considered to keep police safe. [VIDEO] Stuff (New Zealand) 29/12/2021 News A decade of violent death: New Zealand’s 158 lost women NEW ZEALAND: Christie, Cissy. Joanne. Jasmine. Marie. Blessie. Chozyn. Alicia. Verity. Nicole. Bella. Azalia. Crystal. Michelle. Noelene. Bridget. Gurpreet. These are just some of the names of Kiwi women who should still be alive. NewstalkZB (New Zealand) 29/12/2021 Feature Technology has never been better, but grainy surveillance video can doom prosecutions CANADA: In a day and age where high-definition video is available on almost any cellphone, Crown prosecutors and police are still seeing some of their cases fall apart because of grainy video surveillance. CBC News (Canada) 29/12/2021 News Government failing to tackle violence against women, says Jess Phillips UK has undergone cultural change but focusing on criminal justice system not enough, says Labour MP The Guardian 29/12/2021 News Police Bring Meals On Christmas Day CANADA: While the Weyburn Police Service handled a number of calls over Christmas that would be considered routine by the general public, they also took part in the giving season. Discover Weyburn (Canada) 29/12/2021 News Call for law change to stop abusive partners inheriting from their victims Labour MP Florence Eshalomi to discuss issue with Boris Johnson next month after plea from constituent The Guardian 29/12/2021 News Police officer jailed for attacking black cyclist and teen, 15, is found dead An ex-cop jailed for assaulting a black man and boy has been found dead. The Sun 29/12/2021 News Charity takes a bite out of retired police dogs’ medical bills CANADA: Police dogs risk life and limb doing their job. In return for that service, a group of volunteers have banded together to make the retirement of hard-working police dogs across Canada a little easier. Ned's Wish helps the owners of these dogs cover some or all of their pet's medical bills. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 29/12/2021 News Homicides fall by more than 30pc as gangland crackdown thwarts killings REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Homicide in Ireland was down more than 31pc this year compared to 2020 figures, with only one gangland style murder notable as part of the reason for the drop in numbers. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 29/12/2021 News Homeless man sought to be jailed because he was cold and hungry REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Homeless man who sought to be sent to jail because he was cold and hungry had his wish granted when he received a seven months stretch at Athy court on 14 December, the day the mother of his children was in hospital giving birth. Kildare Nationalist (Republic of Ireland) 29/12/2021 News Police Science: Australia & New Zealand Journal of Evidence Based Policing Vol 6 Number 1 Winter 2021 Edition The mission of the ANZSEBP is to develop, disseminate and advocate for police to use scientific research (“the evidence”) to guide best practice in all aspects of policing. The SEBP is made up of police officers, police staff, and research professionals who aim to make evidence-based police practice part of everyday policing. We believe that all aspects of policing including police patrols, investigations, crime preventions, human resource management, and all other forms of service delivery should be evaluated using sound, scientific methods and used when the evaluation of evidence shows that the police practice works to control or prevent crime and disorder or enhance quality of life. Australia New Zealand Society of Evidence Based Policing (ANZ SEBP) 29/12/2021 Report Insulate Britain protests cost police £4.3 million Policing Insulate Britain’s road-blocking protests cost taxpayers at least £4.3 million, an investigation has found. Police Professional 29/12/2021 News Insulate Britain cost taxpayers £4.3 million in three months as police rush to eco-protester stunts Insulate Britain cost the taxpayer a staggering £4.3million in just three months. The Sun 29/12/2021 News «249224932494249524962497249824992500Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
