Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102078 total results. Showing results 52161 to 52180 «260526062607260826092610261126122613Next ›Last » New campaign aims to reduce non-urgent calls to Triple Zero (000) AUSTRALIA: Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus and Acting Superintendent Scott MacQueen today launched a new campaign aimed at reducing non-urgent calls to Triple Zero (000). From September 2020 to August 2021, only 13.67 per cent of calls made to Triple Zero (000) were classified as urgent or very urgent with the majority able to be dealt with through the Queensland Police Service’s (QPS) non-urgent reporting service, Policelink. myPolice - Queensland Police News 20/9/2021 News ‘Significant improvements’ to complaints system in past year, says IOPC The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) says it has has made “significant improvements” in the timeliness of investigations, with more than 90 per cent completed within 12 months. Police Professional 20/9/2021 News Bromley incident prompts fresh calls for swift release of BWV The Metropolitan Police Federation has renewed calls for the swift release of footage from body-worn video (BWV) footage of encounters between officers and members of the public to prevent them being subjected to trial by social media. Police Professional 20/9/2021 News Met Police knife crime reduction trial yields just two court orders in first 10 weeks The Met say "police and other agencies involved in KCPOs are navigating through new processes and building up knowledge following the initial launch". Sky News 20/9/2021 News Police fun at early learning centre AUSTRALIA: Last week, Police Liaison Officer (PLO) Edy Gradowska visited Bears and Books Early Learning and Childcare Centre to speak with the children about how police keep people and the community safe. myPolice - Queensland Police News 20/9/2021 News Greater Manchester Police officer repeatedly Tasered handcuffed man A police officer who repeatedly used a Taser on a man who was handcuffed has admitted common assault. BBC 20/9/2021 News QLD police launch new campaign to lessen ‘ridiculous’ and unnecessary calls to triple-0 AUSTRALIA: A man saying, “I need a Flake”, and a woman complaining about train passengers playing loud music are among the calls unnecessarily tying up Queensland triple zero responders. 7 News (Australia) 20/9/2021 News Victorian coroner finds unjustified police pursuit resulted in death of Aboriginal man AUSTRALIA: A Victorian coroner has found that a high-speed police pursuit which resulted in the death of an Aboriginal man was not justified and called for the rules to change back to the more restrictive settings that were in place before the Bourke Street tragedy. The Guardian 20/9/2021 News ‘Absolutely oblivious’: Police urge drivers not to use mobile phone when operating vehicle Drivers are being warned not to use their mobile phones when at the wheel of their car to avoid a fine and penalty points. Express 20/9/2021 News Recruit training through a lockdown NEW ZEALAND: From the moment the Prime Minister uttered the words “lockdown” and “Alert Level 4” on 17 August, a team at the Royal New Zealand Police College (RNZPC) swung into action to work out how to keep training recruits through a lockdown. New Zealand Police 20/9/2021 Analysis, Feature Terror bill back in Parliament after Lynnmall fast-tracking NEW ZEALAND: Legislation creating a new offence for planning a terrorist attack comes back to Parliament on Tuesday, after being fast tracked because of the Lynmall attack. [AUDIO] RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/9/2021 News Anti-terror law back before Parliament today, but faces opposition NEW ZEALAND: Legislation introducing a new offence for planning a terrorist attack comes back to Parliament today, after being expedited as a result of the LynnMall attack. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/9/2021 News Post-9/11 surveillance in New York: Big Brother or public protection? In the wake of the 9/11 attacks on New York, the city invested hugely in technology to keep communities safe; but as Policing Insight contributor Gareth Bryon reports, the use of such surveillance and identification tools to target minor crimes and activists is prompting public concern, and could become a key debate in the city’s approaching mayoral election. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 20/9/2021 Feature Effectiveness of Cctv Systems As A Crime Preventive Tool: Evidence From Eight Polish Cities Based on data from eight Polish cities, we tested if closed-circuit television (CCTV) monitoring systems are effective in crime reduction and if the CCTV monitoring effects are durable. In a quasi-experimental method, we applied police data about four types of crime incidents in 2005–2014 as well as camera location. A preventive effect appeared in 10 of 17 of analysed paired treatment/comparison areas. The overall mean effect appears modest. In two of four cases, the preventive effects were durable. The analysis proves that CCTV cameras in the Polish cities had a crime reduction effect and the effect is sensitive for the category of crime. The influence of CCTV on the fall in crime in Poland is unlikely. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice - Registration at source 20/9/2021 Research article Attitudes Towards Police and Weapon Carriage Among Adolescents While much is known about attitudes towards police and weapon carriage independently, it is unclear whether the two are associated. In the current study, we explored this potential association and whether it was moderated by race in a sample of adolescents. After adjusting for age, gender, perceived risk of victimization, and violence victimization, logistic regression models indicated that more positive attitudes toward police were associated with lower weapon carriage. In particular, among Black youth, the association between attitudes toward police and weapon carriage was larger than non-Black youth. Our results suggest that race plays an important role in this association. Efforts to build positive community-police relationships may be an effective strategy for reducing weapon carriage and ultimately, injury and fatality. American Journal of Criminal Justice - Registration at source 20/9/2021 Research article Police Officers’ Best Friend?: An Exploratory Analysis of the Effect of Service Dogs on Perceived Organizational Support in Policing This study explored the effectiveness of a novel technique for police departments to support their officers and promote wellness: the use of service dogs. We evaluated officer perceptions in two mid-sized, municipal police departments that have wellness programs with a service dog that is permanently assigned to a full-time police officer handler: Groton and Naugatuck, Connecticut. We assessed six factors believed to influence police officer wellness including: operational and organizational stress using the Police Stress Questionnaire; topical stressors including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic, police use of force and community relations, and police reform efforts; Perceived Organizational Support (POS); receptivity to service dogs; and willingness to seek assistance for mental health issues. We found evidence that exposure to service dogs is significantly linked to both POS and receptivity to service dogs in policing. We also found that officer willingness to seek their department’s assistance regarding mental health approaches significance with greater exposure to the service dog (p = .07). Although we found no significant evidence that exposure to service dogs is linked to stress reduction, we found that police reforms pose a substantial perceived stress on officers in the study. Police Journal - Registration at source 20/9/2021 Research article Conservation-officer shortage often leaves untrained police to deal with animals CANADA: In an attempt to euthanize a mule deer injured by a vehicle, a Lethbridge police officer is seen repeatedly running over the animal with his truck in January 2019. The animal’s piercing screams can be heard in the 15-minute video posted online by a bystander. Times Colonist (Canada) 20/9/2021 News Riding the Waves of the Digital Revolution – Securing a National Digital Policing Strategy by 2025 Cityforum is pleased to present this brief report on the digital policing discussions held over the spring and summer, with the support of BT and Accenture, along with our other sponsors. Much attention was focused on the strategic and operational thinking in PDS immediately after this significant organisation was stood up. This report, written by Cityforum Senior Associate Stephen Hawker, is optimistic in tone and it certainly reflects our Chairman, Marc Lee’s observations of the tenor of the discussions. Cityforum is most grateful to the excellent and authoritative contributors who participated and looks forward to future Cityforum activity in this important dimension of policing, where progress has been slow and fitful in the past. City Forum 20/9/2021 Report Peel police, Ontario Human Rights Commission launch survey to help tackle systemic racism in force CANADA: 35% of Black people living in Peel Region have been stopped by police, report found CBC News (Canada) 20/9/2021 News Security at Thunder Bay police headquarters back on police board agenda CANADA: Board to hear about new, less-expensive options after costs halted earlier effort to improve building security CBC News (Canada) 20/9/2021 News «260526062607260826092610261126122613Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
