Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103261 total results. Showing results 50561 to 50580 «252525262527252825292530253125322533Next ›Last » World-first drug checking law at festivals kicks into reality this New Year’s NEW ZEALAND: A world-first law change allowing drug checking organisations to legally work at festivals turns into reality this New Year's. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 30/12/2021 News Police appeal for information after dozens of anti-vaxxers protest at testing site Dozens of people were seen in a video of the Milton Keynes protest, including some who were holding anti-vaccine placards and shouting anti-vaccine slogans. Among those addressing the crowd at the demonstration was Piers Corbyn, the brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Sky News 30/12/2021 News Merseyside police under fire over conduct of sacked officer Why hasn’t PC sacked for litany of serious disciplinary offences faced more criminal charges, former employee asks The Guardian 30/12/2021 News Kingston pair facing drug trafficking, weapons charges CANADA: Kingston police say the search of a Bath Road residence turned up cocaine, crystal meth, fentanyl, drug trafficking paraphernalia and a 9-mm handgun with ammunition. Global News (Canada) 30/12/2021 News Judge won’t let police hold evidence seized from Kurt Churchill’s house, citing slow pace of investigation CANADA: Law enforcement will not be allowed to hold on to evidence that it says implicates Kurt Churchill — who is currently on trial for murder — in crimes connected with drug trafficking and money laundering. CBC News (Canada) 30/12/2021 News Calgary police chief reflects on year defined by protests, low morale and loss of force’s own CANADA: "A year of challenges." That's how Calgary Police Chief Mark Neufeld describes 2021 — and those challenges are numerous. [VIDEO] CBC News (Canada) 30/12/2021 Feature, Interview Fears grow after spate of Christmas burglaries REPIBLIC OF IRELAND: A Galway senator has called for more Gardaí on the beat and for far stiffer sentences to be handed down to ‘serial burglars’, following a spate of break-ins in the Carnmore area over the past two weeks. Connacht Tribune (Republic of Ireland) 30/12/2021 News Kinahan empire crumbles as garda successes this year sees more gangsters locked up REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Kinahan cartel’s Irish operation continued to crumble over the last 12 months as its leader remains a free man in his Dubai bolthole. Dublin Live (Republic of Ireland) 30/12/2021 News Mandatory six months’ jail for attacks on garda or paramedics in new law REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A mandatory six-month prison sentence will be handed down to anyone who attacks a garda, paramedic or firefighter under new legislation being proposed by a government TD. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 30/12/2021 News Utilising Police Knowledge and Skills: Experiences From Police Practitioners Studying A Police Specific Degree This article presents preliminary findings from a longitudinal study contributing to the current debate about police education and professionalising the police in England and Wales. The findings in this article are taken from a survey administered in 2016 to third-year students enrolled in a policing degree. Surveys were distributed to police officer students in the last year of their degree programme asking for their perceptions of the degree, their organisation’s support for their learning and how they felt that learning was utilised in their workplace. Supplementary to the survey, interviews were conducted with the students after their graduation in 2018. The research findings suggest that students perceived the benefits of obtaining a degree-level qualification as fundamentally important to their professional development and personal decision-making at work. Early support initially received for study leave purposes, rarely extended beyond this practical provision. The extent to which police organisations valued the learning from the degree was perceived to be lacking. Senior-ranked students were more likely to be able to use and promote their newly acquired skills and knowledge in the workplace compared with lower-ranked students. Such findings may inform scholars’ and practitioners’ continued evaluation of police education reforms in England and Wales. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 30/12/2021 Research article Cyber power: The UK National Cyber Strategy 2022 The British Government’s National Cyber Strategy, published at the end of 2021, sets out a vision for the UK’s role in global cyberspace over the next decade; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at the expectations of the new Strategy, the challenges presented by the ever-changing cyberspace, and the course of action policing and national security will need to take for the UK to fill that role. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 30/12/2021 Feature Budget variance for the period ending November 30, 2021 CANADA: This report provides information and updates to the Edmonton Police Commission (EPC) on the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) current financial position for the period ending November 30, 2021. [pdf] Edmonton Police Commission (Canada) 30/12/2021 Report PC jailed for assaulting member of the public found dead at home A former West Midlands police officer jailed for assaulting members of the public has been found dead Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/12/2021 News 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 «252525262527252825292530253125322533Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
