Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96999 total results. Showing results 51901 to 51920 «259225932594259525962597259825992600Next ›Last » Police told not to focus on Covid-19 bounce back loans fraud Police have been told to investigate Covid loan fraud only when there is evidence of links to organised crime. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 21/3/2021 News The remarkable hauls stashed in seemingly-innocent looking Australia Post parcels AUSTRALIA: Australia Post has nabbed 108 parcels containing drugs such as LSD, steroids, cocaine and cash in a two-day period. The operation from Joint Taskforce Icarus by Victoria Police targeted criminals using the postal service to traffic drugs from March 17 to 18. Mail Online 20/3/2021 News Officer morale ‘in the basement’ with little help from chief: Winnipeg Police Association CANADA: The president of the Winnipeg Police Association says there’s never been a tougher time to wear the Winnipeg Police Service badge than right now. Global News (Canada) 20/3/2021 News France’s Senate approves the right of police to carry weapons off duty FRANCE: France’s Senate passed Thursday Article 25 of a security law that allows off-duty police officers to carry their firearms into public establishments such as theatres and shopping centres, and forbids the management of such places from preventing it. The article drew opposition from across the political spectrum despite its passage. France 24 20/3/2021 News Your chance to change the future of policing Our innovation in policing competition is an opportunity for everyone to submit their ideas about what could be in policing and to articulate a vision of the future. Police Professional - Subscription at source 20/3/2021 News Lured into street prostitution: 19 arrests in latest hit against human traffickers The family-based criminal group was forcing its victims to prostitute themselves on the streets of Girona in Spain Europol 20/3/2021 News INTERPOL International Day of Remembrance honours fallen officers Tributes to police officers who have paid the ultimate price INTERPOL 20/3/2021 News Police hand out hundreds of £10k Covid fines – but only six paid More £10,000 fines for breaches of coronavirus rules have been withdrawn by police officers than have been paid in full The Telegraph - Subscription at source 20/3/2021 News The Metropolitan Police Commissioner faced calls to resign after police pinned down women at the vigil The Metropolitan Police Commissioner faced calls to resign after police pinned down women at the vigil The Standard 20/3/2021 News Russia’s decriminalising of domestic violence means women continue to die On average, 22 women were killed every day in Russia in 2018, and the problem is getting worse in the pandemic. Sky News 20/3/2021 News Is There A Civilizing Effect on Citizens? Testing the Pre-Conditions For Body Worn Camera-Induced Behavior Change The cause(s) of reduced use of force and complaints following police body-worn camera (BWC) deployment remain unclear, though some argue that BWCs generate a civilizing effect on citizen behavior. This potential effect rests on four pre-conditions: (1) BWC presence and citizen awareness; (2) BWC activation; (3) Escalated citizen behavior or the potential for escalation; (4) Citizen mental capacity for BWC awareness. Prior research has not established the civilizing effect’s existence, or how often these pre-conditions are met; this study aims to fill that gap. Data was collected during systematic social observation (SSO) of 166 encounters between citizens and officers in the Tempe, Arizona Police Department. The results tell a simple story. Two pre-conditions (activation, citizen mental capacity) are consistently met; awareness and escalated behavior are not. Overall, 1.2% of encounters saw all pre-conditions met. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for research on BWCs. Police Quarterly - Registration at source 20/3/2021 Research article Evaluating the Benefits of A Rapport-Based Approach to Investigative Interviews: A Training Study With Law Enforcement Investigators Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a rapport-based approach to interviewing that includes productive questioning skills, conversational rapport, and relational rapport-building tactics. Hypotheses: We predicted that training police investigators in a rapport-based approach would significantly increase the use of rapport-based tactics and that such tactics would directly influence the interviewee’s perceptions of rapport and indirectly lead to increased cooperation and disclosure of information. Method: We trained federal, state, and local law enforcement investigators (N = 67) in the use of evidence-based interviewing techniques. Both before and after this training, investigators interviewed semi cooperative subjects (N = 125). Interviews were coded for the use of various interview tactics, as well as subjects’ disclosure. Participants also completed a questionnaire regarding their perceptions of the interviewer and their decision to cooperate with the interviewer. Results: Evaluations of the training were positive, with high ratings of learning, preparedness to use tactics, and likelihood of use following the training. Law and Human Behavior - Registration at source 20/3/2021 Research article Law Enforcement and Persons With Mental Illness: Responding ResponsiblyAccording to a Washington Post database, in the USA, police-involved shootings have killed over 5680 people since January 1, 2015, with 1359 (23%) of those deaths involving a person with a mental illness. It has been asserted by Fuller et al. that people with an untreated mental illness are approximately 16 times more likely to be killed in a police-involved shooting than other community members. In response to this issue, several practices have been implemented to help prevent negative outcomes in police and person with mental illness interactions and promote safety for all involved parties. Three practices have developed into models for police departments which include the following: Community Oriented Policing, Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs and training, and co-responder mental health teams. In addition to the foregoing three practices, other individual-level approaches and techniques can be implemented that are evidence-informed, such as increased utilization of stress-reduction training techniques and implicit bias training. According to a Washington Post database, in the USA, police-involved shootings have killed over 5680 people since January 1, 2015, with 1359 (23%) of those deaths involving a person with a mental illness. It has been asserted by Fuller et al. that people with an untreated mental illness are approximately 16 times more likely to be killed in a police-involved shooting than other community members. In response to this issue, several practices have been implemented to help prevent negative outcomes in police and person with mental illness interactions and promote safety for all involved parties. Three practices have developed into models for police departments which include the following: Community Oriented Policing, Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs and training, and co-responder mental health teams. In addition to the foregoing three practices, other individual-level approaches and techniques can be implemented that are evidence-informed, such as increased utilization of stress-reduction training techniques and implicit bias training. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Registration at source 20/3/2021 Research article Finding the Right Fit: Mock Victims’ Preferences For Police Interviewer Characteristics Victims can provide details necessary to resolve criminal investigations but may be reluctant to come forward and fully disclose an incident to law enforcement. Although evidence‐based interviewing techniques such as rapport‐building have shown promise in increasing cooperation, the potential impact of interviewers’ inherent characteristics (e.g., age and gender) on information disclosure has been relatively under examined. We investigated mock sexual assault victims’ preferences for various police interviewer characteristics and the impact of these preferences on hypothetical reporting behaviour. Participants rated interviewers’ interpersonal skills as highly important. Gender differences were observed, with only female participants consistently reporting that having a same‐gender interviewer was important. Participants also indicated that if they were provided with their preferred interviewer, they would feel more comfortable, provide more detail, and would be more willing to report the offence to police. Our findings suggest that matching interviewees with their preferred interviewers may improve interviewing and investigative outcomes. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling 20/3/2021 Research article Policing lockdown has become a no-win situation for front line police officers Those who criticise police officers must try to put themselves in their shoes, says the head of the Police Federation of England and Wales The Telegraph - Subscription at source 20/3/2021 News Two years on from the Christchurch terror attack, how much has really changed? Two years on from the horrific terrorist attack on a Christchurch mosque that left 51 people dead, Law Professor Alexander Gillespie looks at the advances in tackling racism, extremism and the terrorist threat in New Zealand, as well as the challenges that still need to be met. Policing Insight 20/3/2021 Feature, Opinion Officer ‘should quit garda watchdog’ over arrest of journalists Stephen Martin should step down from the Policing Authority to maintain the “integrity of policing” in Ireland after his involvement in the arrest of two documentary markers in Northern Ireland, one of the journalists has said. The Times - Subscription at source 20/3/2021 News We need protecting from the crime of the century The deal was this: banks would start to repay the innocent victims of fraud and we would all stop whingeing about them. The Times - Subscription at source 20/3/2021 Feature, Opinion Cressida Dick: Met chief’s job contract ‘unlikely’ to be extended Priti Patel is unlikely to extend the contract of Britain’s most senior police officer amid the continuing fallout over the policing of the vigil for Sarah Everard, senior government sources have said. The Times - Subscription at source 20/3/2021 News Brussels police adding 231 body cameras BELGIUM: Officers in the Brussels Capital-Ixelles police zone will start using 231 body cameras beginning in April in an effort to improve relations between law enforcement and the public. The Brussels Times (Belgium) 19/3/2021 News «259225932594259525962597259825992600Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
