Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 93900 total results. Showing results 51581 to 51600 «257625772578257925802581258225832584Next ›Last » France’s Macron calls for ‘urgent’ police reform following protests French President Emmanuel Macron has said there is an "urgent need" to reform the security forces, following weeks of protests over police violence. BBC 9/12/2020 News New guidelines to tackle racism in gun crime sentencing From January 1st, new guidance will remind judges and magistrates that ethnic minorities receive harsher sentences for certain gun crimes. The Voice 9/12/2020 News Evaluation of the Transfer Payment Program for the Canadian Firearms Program CANADA: This report presents the results of the Evaluation of the Transfer Payment Program for the Canadian Firearms Program conducted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) National Program Evaluation Services (NPES). Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 9/12/2020 Report Border Force using out-of-date technology to decide who can enter UK, report finds Out-of-date technology is being used to decide who can enter the UK, according to Whitehall's spending watchdog. Sky News 9/12/2020 News What’s changed since this 1960s race documentary? In 1968 the BBC broadcast a documentary exploring people’s experiences of racism with the police. Entitled Equal Before the Law?, it was part of a series called Cause for Concern?, which pitched itself as taking up the cause of people fighting for a fair deal. The original broadcast was controversially cancelled following concerns raised by the Metropolitan Police but the programme eventually went to air - with Magnus Magnusson as its host. Now, more than 50 years later, the BBC's Lorna Acquah has traced the family of one of the men featured in the programme to hear about its impact on them. BBC 9/12/2020 Analysis, Feature Police officer arrested over €3m stolen vehicle scheme A French police officer has been arrested on suspicion of helping a gang of thieves to sell stolen cars found by detectives but never returned to their owners. The Times - Subscription at source 9/12/2020 News Countering extremism: Time to reboot? New research by Crest Advisory shows that almost a quarter of the public have either witnessed or experienced extremism in the past 12 months, and more than half believe extremism is worse than it was a year ago, as Harvey Redgrave, James Stott and Callum Tipple explain. Police Professional 8/12/2020 Analysis, Feature, News Interview with NYPD Chief Terry Monahan; Phoenix, AZ Chief Jeri Williams; Providence, RI Chief Hugh Clements; and Hennepin County, MN Sheriff David Hutchinson USA: For today’s report, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler spoke with four law enforcement executives: NYPD Chief of Department Terry Monahan; Phoenix Chief Jeri Williams; Providence, RI Chief Hugh Clements; and Hennepin County, MN Sheriff David Hutchinson. All four are from states that have experienced recent COVID increases Police Executive Research Forum 8/12/2020 Feature, Interview, Opinion Police forces across Canada are still overwhelmingly white and male, new report shows CANADA: Canada’s police forces are far behind in being representative of the populations theyserve, new data from Statistics Canada shows. According to data on police resources in Canada for 2019 released Tuesday, police services across the country are overwhelmingly white and male. Theystill have low numbers when it comes to officers identifying as women, visible minorities and Indigenous. Toronto Star (Canada) 8/12/2020 News Police forces are rolling out a ‘next-generation’ handheld camera that can read number plates from 750 metres away, day and night Motorists beware, police forces around the country are trialling new handheld speed guns that will make it far easier for them to catch and fine road users who exceed limits. A number of UK constabularies - including Northumbria Police and Warwickshire Police - in recent months have announced they are beginning to use the latest version of the blue cameras, which have been described as 'next generation' enforcement devices This is Money 8/12/2020 Feature France’s Macron calls for ‘urgent’ police reform following protests EUROPE: French President Emmanuel Macron has said there is an "urgent need" to reform the security forces, following weeks of protests over police violence. BBC 8/12/2020 News Christchurch mosque attacks report: Police have made ‘significant steps forward’ since attack – Coster NEW ZEALAND: The government has said sorry for the Christchurch terror attack, after the release of the 800-page report from the Royal Commission. The report noted NZ had under-resourced security agencies, a patchy system for information sharing and enforcement, lax practices for firearms licensing and too much of a focus on the threat of Islamic extremism. Despite these findings, the report says nothing could have been done to stop the attacks, which left 51 Muslims dead, and the agencies were not to blame. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster speaks to Susie Ferguson. [AUDIO] RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 8/12/2020 Feature, Interview, Opinion Mosque terror attacks report: Prime Minister, police, security agencies apologise NEW ZEALAND: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and New Zealand's security agencies have apologised to the victims, families and broader Muslim community for failings that created an environment in which the Christchurch mosque attacks could be carried out. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 8/12/2020 News New global hub to study factors driving radicalization and extremism A new United Nations (UN) office in Doha, Qatar will advance research into the factors that drive violent extremism and terrorism, UN counterterrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov said on December 7 during the soft launch held online. Homeland Security Today 8/12/2020 News Need for better detectives than counter-terrorism agency – security expert NEW ZEALAND: A security expert warns that creating a new counter-terrorism agency might just add to the confusion. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 8/12/2020 News Rethinking Policing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Decolonising Lessons From the Covid-19 Pandemic Notwithstanding the global praise directed to New Zealand’s approach to Covid-19, the pandemic has intensified harms and inequalities in many areas of national life. The racialised, classed and gendered inequities that percolate through this settler-state have intensified, especially within criminal justice settings. At the same time, the pandemic has illustrated other opportunities for protective and just measures – not least in terms of how Māori asserted self-determination by establishing checkpoints to prevent potential carriers of Covid-19 from reaching rural Māori communities. This article shows how these responses highlighted the fundamental limits of state protection for Māori on health or law and order grounds but they also offered pathways for greater policing autonomy for Māori. From here, and drawing on the examples of Watene Māori (Māori Wardens) and Te Pae Oranga (Iwi Community Panels), the article considers how self-policing within and among Māori communities might be more clearly determined and actioned in ways aligned to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi). Crime and Delinquency 8/12/2020 Research article Policing Biosecurity: Police Enforcement of Special Measures in New South Wales and Victoria During the Covid-19 Pandemic In this article we consider the enforcement of COVID-19 measures as an instance of security policing, characterised by a pre-emption paradigm. Whilst COVID-19 measures are directed towards the goal of ‘biosecurity’ to stop the spread of the disease, in practice, COVID policing appears to rely on long-standing criminalisation strategies at odds with public health. Drawing on a range of primary and secondary data sources, we provide a critical account of the policing practices used and the groups to which the special measures have been directed in the most severely affected states of Victoria and New South Wales. We consider the implications of the securitisation of public health through the use of policing. Although we identify the potential for expansion—whereby population groups that do not usually attract police attention are drawn into contact with police—our case studies reveal that COVID policing as practiced in those contexts intensifies existing patterns of public order policing directed towards the ‘usual suspects’ and reinforces a criminalisation rather than a public health paradigm. Crime and Delinquency 8/12/2020 Research article Full pay for 26 weeks after changes to maternity and adoption leave Police officers on maternity or adoption leave will be entitled to full pay for 26 weeks instead of 18 from 4 January 2021. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 8/12/2020 News Blog: Wellbeing must be more than just a poster on a wall Let’s be honest, police officers can be a cynical bunch; not surprising when you see what society throws at us! But when we talk about wellbeing you can often hear the moans and feel the scepticism. Yet the reality is, wellbeing in policing is very much on the agenda. It’s being talked about across all forces and there are pledges being thrown around all over the place. The fact it’s being talked about is a good thing, it’s important. But, does all this talk actually mean anything? Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 8/12/2020 Feature, Opinion Police struggling to tackle rising extremism because of ‘weak’ government response Call for ‘urgent’ action after government fails to respond to watchdog’s recommendations for over a year The Independent 8/12/2020 News «257625772578257925802581258225832584Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
