Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 98139 total results. Showing results 51241 to 51260 «255925602561256225632564256525662567Next ›Last » Brain training games are here to end police brutality New technologies aim to improve police decision making by training their brains. But solving systemic problems will take a lot more than that Wired 4/6/2021 Feature Police accused of lacking coherent strategy to handle hate crime The impact of hate crime in Scotland is not understood and the police lack a “coherent” strategy to identify or deal with it, a report has found. The Times - Subscription at source 4/6/2021 News The Afghan policewoman facing abuse at work A BBC investigation has revealed widespread allegations of sexual harassment and abuse in the Afghan Police Force. BBC 4/6/2021 Analysis, Feature Thousands of stalkers, harassers and sex offenders escaping justice The Times has found that abusers are being given informal punishments, including simply being asked to apologise, even as rape convictions fall to record lows. Enough is enough, say campaigners The Times - Subscription at source 4/6/2021 Analysis, Feature Police warn of ‘pressure cooker’ after machete fight in Greenwich, London Senior police have warned of a “pressure cooker” situation that could result in serious disorder after a surge in violence, including a group of men who brandished machetes as they fought. The Times - Subscription at source 4/6/2021 News US puts cybercrime on par with terror after ransomware attacks The US government is raising the fight against cybercriminals to the same level as the battle against terrorists after a surge of ransomware attacks on large corporations. The Times - Subscription at source 4/6/2021 News HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland has published a Thematic Inspection of Hate Crime The inspection focused on the standard of police investigations, procedures, policies and initiatives in place to engage with communities to ensure victims of hate have the confidence to come forward and report their experiences. In this report, several areas for improvement are identified and 15 recommendations are made. [pdf] HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) 3/6/2021 Report Policing Authority chief calls for independent data REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Chief Executive of the Policing Authority has said she thinks that getting independent data and evidence that policing is performed consistently across the country remains elusive. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 3/6/2021 News Independent panel and research team appointed for research on policing in our communities NEW ZEALAND: The panel and research team for the new research programme into how Police can ensure it delivers fair policing have been appointed. New Zealand Police 3/6/2021 News City and police announce $16M in funding to change the way crisis calls handled in Calgary CANADA: Following widespread anger across the globe last year over police killings, the City of Calgary and Calgary police have announced $16 million in funding to reduce police calls for those in crisis. CBC News (Canada) 3/6/2021 News 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 «255925602561256225632564256525662567Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
