Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104505 total results. Showing results 5001 to 5020 «247248249250251252253254255Next ›Last » Does Artificial Intelligence Speed Up Police Report Writing Times? No. The study described in the source article represents the first experimental evaluation of AI-assisted police report writing, even as agencies are already adopting these unproven tools. AI-assisted report writing did not significantly reduce police report writing times, contrary to marketing claims. There may be other potential benefits from using AI tools such as improved report quality, consistency, and supervisor efficiency, but those will require further exploration. Agencies considering adoption of AI tools in policing should exercise caution due to limited efficiency gains and potential unintended consequences. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature To Activate or Not? Examining Police Decisions on Body-Worn Camera Activation This study examined body-worn camera activations across calls for service and officer-initiated policing activities using data from the Milwaukee Police Department in 2017. Both calls for service and officer-initiated activities that involved greater potential risk, such as calls for violent crimes, traffic stops, and subject stops had the highest activation rates. Interactions with community members resulting in arrest, detainment, citation, or advisement had higher activation rates. Given the variation across officers and event types, both departmental policy and officer discretion may be important influences on activation. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature Discretion, negotiation and legality: What can policing contribute to reducing the harm caused by distracted driving? Decades of international research has shown that handsfree phone-use by drivers is just as dangerous as handheld phone-use. Despite this, most jurisdictions only legislate against handheld use. Police officer interactions with mobile phone offenders represent an opportunity to share evidence-based safety advice, above and beyond compliance with the law. Officers are supportive of enforcing the law but value their discretion, which can lead to variability in prosecution decisions. Most are unaware of the dangers of handsfree use, and routinely recommend this dangerous practice to offenders. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature Unveiling the Silent Battle: Suicide Rates among Law Enforcement Personnel The researchers examined 977 law enforcement officer deaths by suicide in the United States (US) from 2016 – 2022, collected by First H.E.L.P., and calculated rates disaggregated by year, sex, and geographic location. Overall rates ranged from 19.0 to 27.5 per 100,000 officers per year, averaging 21.4 over the 7- year timeframe. Three key findings included: (1) overall deaths by suicide peaked in 2019 at 196 or 27.5 per 100,000, (2) male officers averaged higher rates than female officers (22.7 vs. 12.7), and (3) the Midwest (27.5) and Northeast (24.0) had higher suicide rates than the South (19.4) and West (19.7), although variation was noted across divisions within these regions. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature The Role of Stigma and Confidentiality in Police Officer Utilization of Stress Relief Programs The authors explored the influence of confidentiality and stigma (e.g., coworker, supervisor) on law enforcement officers' likelihood of using department stress relief programs (SRPs) in a large agency in California and which specific SRP they would utilize. Police officers are less likely to use SRPs if they think their colleagues will judge them for it. However, perceived stigma from supervisors appears to have minimal influence. Officers are more likely to use the programs if they believe they are confidential and if they have used them before. Finally, when choosing which SRP to use, the only thing influencing their decision is whether they have utilized an SRP. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature The Seattle Police Fatigue Training Experiment Officers who received a fatigue management training program had improved sleep, and decreased rates of depression, anxiety, PTSD symptomatology, and likelihood of falling asleep at the wheel. Participating in an eight-week training program, with a brief (10-15 minute) online training video each week and at home practice items was enough to produce positive changes to officer sleep, mental health, and waking alertness. This study is one of many that show the potential positive health effects of fatigue management and sleep education training programs. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature Improving Police Response to People with Behavioural Health Issues The source article describes RADAR (Response Awareness, De-escalation, And Referral), a hybrid Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)/co-response program for people with behavioural health issues (PBHI). RADAR improved officers’ understanding of and empathy toward PBHI, and collaboration with a behavioural health professional provided valuable alternatives to law enforcement responses. The researchers could not statistically demonstrate any effects of the program on calls for service or incidents, but concluded that the program’s short-term benefits could set the stage for longer-term success. RADAR offers lessons about sustainability; relationship-building with PBHI and clinicians; and creative technological approaches to data collection and evaluation for similar programs. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature The Cost Savings of Diversion Through Mental Health Co-Responder Programs A police department in northern Delaware developed a co-responder program called the Behavioural Health Unit (BHU) that deployed a trained police officer and mental health clinician to assist individuals presenting with serious mental health issues. The study described in the source article examined diversion/deflection outcomes and estimated the cost savings of decisions to divert people with mental illness (PWMI) from incarceration and hospital emergency care. Between 2020 and 2023, the BHU handled a growing average number of dispatches and increased the average number of connections to care via referrals. Importantly, the program led to fewer instances of incarceration (n = 120) and emergency room visits (n = 97). Both types of diversions yielded a cost savings of over $2.8 million. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature The Contaminating Effect of Social Media on Eyewitness Memory Before running a police lineup, find out if the eyewitness has attempted their own investigation and searched for potential suspects on social media. Social media searches can alter eyewitness memory and reduce the reliability of identification evidence from police lineups. When an innocent suspect in the lineup is familiar to the eyewitness from social media, the eyewitness can develop a false sense of confidence. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature Assessing Customs Officers’ Use of the Cognitive Interview for Suspects The Cognitive Interview for Suspects (CIS) is a science-based technique that helps suspects provide detailed, accurate information without coercion. In this study, customs officers employing the CIS gathered 29% more details than those using Standard Interviewing (SI) techniques. The CIS is time-efficient. Relative to SIs, interviews conducted using the CIS were shorter and contained fewer questions, yet yielded more information overall. The CIS, therefore, may be particularly useful in contexts in which time and resource constraints are frequently experienced. The source article found that officers trained in the CIS were more accurate in identifying deceptive statements than untrained officers, indicating that CIS training may enhance investigators’ ability to detect deception. However, further research is necessary to validate these findings; investigators should remain cautious when making determinations regarding suspect statement veracity. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature London police admin assistant earned more than chief in 2024 An administrative assistant who earned nearly $329,000 and a constable were among the five highest paid London police employees in 2024. Last year, 636 London police staffers were paid more than $100,000, up from 604 the previous year, according to a list of public sector workers in Ontario paid six figures or more in 2024. The list was released March 28. The London Free Press (Canada) 31/3/2025 News Information-Gathering Approaches Produce More Reliable Confessions Compared with Accusatorial Approaches The source article found differences in rates of true and false confessions when comparing information-gathering interrogation approaches with accusatorial approaches. Information‐gathering approaches can be more effective in eliciting true confessions from guilty suspects and decreasing false confessions from innocent suspects. Accusatorial interrogation techniques such as lying, bluffing about evidence, and minimization increased the number of false confessions and decreased the number of true confessions compared to information-gathering approaches. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature Strength in Numbers: Collaborative Interviewing of Eyewitnesses The Collaborative Eyewitness Interview is a technique that involves interviewing two witnesses who observed the same crime first individually, and then collaboratively. During the Collaborative Eyewitness Interview, witnesses remember many new details that are highly relevant to the police investigation. Investigators could use the Collaborative Eyewitness Interview when individual interviews have not provided sufficient investigative leads. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature Assessing Professional Rapport: A Review of Current Measures and Best Practices Building rapport in professional settings, such as police interviews, fosters a non-coercive environment that encourages information disclosure. There is significant inconsistency in defining and measuring rapport, impacting the effectiveness of training and guidelines. A reliable and practical measure of professional rapport is crucial for assessing and improving interview practices. Applied Police Briefings (Canada) 31/3/2025 Feature ‘Politics of policing’: Victoria Police lashed for doing ‘flat nothing’ to address protests AUSTRALIA: Sky News host Andrew Bolt discusses the “politics of policing” as police in Victoria do “flat nothing” against threats levied against pro-Israel protesters. “To the politics of policing in Victoria … police did flat nothing when pro-Israel supporters at a rally in Melbourne last week were threatened by pro-Palestinian supporters,” Mr Bolt said. Sky News 31/3/2025 Feature, Opinion What it costs for police to ‘babysit’ bikie gangs in the ACT every year AUSTRALIA: Canberrans have paid more than $400,000 for police to keep an eye on three outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCGs) who held their annual meetings in Canberra in 2024 and 2025. The Canberra Times (Australia) - Subscription at source 31/3/2025 News Police chair’s comments breached standards – panel The chairman of West Midlands Police Federation has been found in breach of professional standards following complaints over his actions - including his suggestion that claims of racism in the force were "nonsense". BBC 31/3/2025 News Priorities ‘all wrong’ as police numbers slump by six percent in Scotland The Scottish Government's priorities are "all wrong" after new figures showed police officer and fire service numbers had slumped by six percent since 2013 - while employment in the civil service had seen a 71 percent increase. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/3/2025 News Countries with highest and lowest police salaries in EU – and how it compares to UK New data has shown which countries on average pay police officers the highest - and lowest - salaries across the European Union, and how this compares to police pay in the UK. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 31/3/2025 News Essential Service: The hidden cost of underfunding Indigenous police services CANADA: The headlights from the truck that Anishinabek Police Services [APS] Constable Chris Palmer is driving cut through the shadows in the tree-lined country road ahead. APTN News (Canada) 31/3/2025 News «247248249250251252253254255Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
