Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115977 total results. Showing results 52761 to 52780 «263526362637263826392640264126422643Next ›Last » Met Police refuses to take action after ‘officer sends woman inappropriate texts’ PC Philip Hunter allegedly sent the woman a string of inappropriate texts in 2017, and left the force in July 2019 after being found guilty of gross misconduct in relation to another woman Mirror 30/10/2022 News Cultural scripts of risk consciousness: police practices in high-risk offender management programs Risk discourse pervades criminal justice institutions. One such example is high-risk offender management programmes. Officers who work in these programmes routinely carry out an array of policing practices to manage high-risk individuals. To reduce risks of recidivism and facilitate social reintegration, these practices range from traditional law enforcement tactics of monitoring and surveilling, to collaborating with agencies and organisations outside of the criminal justice system. Here, the authors utilise the concept of risk consciousness to describe and analyze the cultural logics officers mobilise when perceiving, evaluating, and managing high-risk individuals. Using qualitative interviews conducted with police agents working in Canadian high-risk offender management programmes, this study examines how offender management agents justify and inform their actions. We find officers often invoke a reflexive risk consciousness to interpret and respond to subjects’ riskiness and behaviours. Drawing on different cultural scripts, agents frame subjects as both needing help and as dangerous offenders necessitating further monitoring and law enforcement intervention. In doing so, agents simplify offender management strategies by enforcing accountability while simultaneously neglecting subjects’ subjectivity. Policing and Society - Subscription at source 30/10/2022 Research article Time Saver or Time Sapper? An Examination of Body-Worn Camera Impact on Case Disposition Timelines In the last few years, a considerable volume of body-worn camera (BWC) studies has evaluated to what extent this technology influences a range of policing outcomes. However, to date, a limited body of research explores how the implementation of this technology influences court-based outcomes. Using interrupted series analysis, and a sample of 13,000 incidents from a small police department, this research evaluates to what extent the implementation of BWCs impacted the adjudication process through an analysis of time to disposition, rate of convictions, and rate of dismissals. The results of our study show partial support for claims being made about the impact of BWCs on the court system. Namely, the number of incidents being referred for prosecution and the number of guilty decisions being reached saw a marginal increase after the implementation of BWCs. Additionally, the number of days to complete adjudication saw a decrease overall during the post-implementation period. The policy implications of these findings are discussed. Criminal Justice Review - Subscription at source 30/10/2022 Research article Gardai set to take over Dublin social welfare office – as new €86million base isn’t big enough REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardai are set to take over a social welfare office in Dublin — as their new €86million base isn’t big enough. More than 1,000 cops — including a number of specialist teams — are due to move out of their current Harcourt Street HQ before the end of the year and set up in a command centre on the capital’s Military Road. The Irish Sun (Republic of Ireland) 30/10/2022 News Garda specialist units move is delayed as relocation ‘not properly planned’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The relocation of two of An Garda Síochána’s national specialist units to an industrial estate in Blanchardstown has been delayed. The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) and the Garda National Protective Services Bureau (GNPSB) are to be moved from Harcourt Square in the city centre to Clyde House in Blanchardstown. However, it is understood the building which the two units were due to move to in the coming weeks is not ready. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 30/10/2022 News Police chief says women and trans officers could put critic ‘on his backside’ The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police publicly jumped to the defence of female and trans officers - by promising they would put a magazine critic 'on his backside'. Sir David Thompson penned a stinging letter to The Spectator magazine about columnist Douglas Murray. The journalist had written an article last month questioning an alleged lack of female and trans officers involved in controlling factions during the recent Leicester disturbances between Muslim and Hindu communities. He later said: "I noted the number of female police officers... and said that I wasn’t sure if there were any trans police in the thin yellow line, or for that matter any gay cops busily dancing the macarena. For the police have spent recent decades assuring us that diversity is their strength." Birmingham Live 30/10/2022 News Biased policing is still an issue in Aotearoa, but we can break the mould NEW ZEALAND: At the age of 82, life would be easier if I was at home knitting bed socks. I shared that thought with members of the independent panel which I chair, and a team recently established to research what fair and equitable policing in Aotearoa could look like. Stuff (New Zealand) 30/10/2022 Feature, Opinion WA Police smash international drug network AUSTRALIA: An illicit drugs network believed to be linked to a Balkan organised crime gang has been smashed in Western Australia. WA Today (Australia) 30/10/2022 News Not all officers need degrees, 16 police chiefs tell Home Secretary Suella Braverman urged to ditch blanket requirement for officers to have degrees to stop forces missing out on experienced recruits The Telegraph - Subscription at source 30/10/2022 News Police recruits to face tougher social media checks for misogyny and racism Police forces should examine the social media activity of new recruits in far more detail to root out corrupt and predatory officers, a law enforcement watchdog is expected to say this week. The Times - Subscription at source 29/10/2022 News Cambridge report finds UK police use of facial recognition technology may breach ethical and legal obligations A report released Thursday from Cambridge University claims the United Kingdom police’s use of facial recognition technology (FRT) has breached numerous ethical and human rights obligations. Jurist (Canada) 29/10/2022 News Rishi Sunak to stamp out ‘woke’ policing Ministers are studying the example of a no-nonsense chief who overhauled the failing Greater Manchester Police The Telegraph 29/10/2022 News Just Stop! Furious Met police chief hits out at Just Stop Oil eco-zealots saying their 29 days of action in London has cost 7,900 shifts that could have been used to beat knife crime and solve burglaries The Metropolitan Police has blasted Just Stop Oil who are engaged in a month-long protest across the capital, accusing them of tying up officers who should be out beating knife crime and solving burglaries. Mail Online 29/10/2022 News Policing Authority ‘not satisfied’ with Garda Commissioner’s comments on Traveller profiling REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The head of the Policing Authority told Noteworthy that the oversight body was “not satisfied” with comments made by the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in relation to the findings of a recent research report on Traveller experiences in the justice system. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 29/10/2022 News Justice Minister urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Irish Farmers Association said gangs with dogs are threatening livestock across the country. Belfast Telegraph 29/10/2022 News Police need to clean up their own patch Conservatives came to power on a bold promise to fight crime and make our streets safer. There has been significant progress, with 15,000 extra police officers recruited and another 5,000 on the way. But despite this, more offences are being committed than ever before, while the proportion of suspects ending up in court is at a record low. Express 29/10/2022 Feature, Opinion Justice Minister urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Farmers have raised a 'recurring problem' of gangs of men with dogs going on to farms and threatening livestock Mirror 29/10/2022 News Justice Minister urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has been urged to increase Garda numbers to tackle rural crime. Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 29/10/2022 News Police deny prioritising social media over traditional media NEW ZEALAND: The police have denied prioritising posting to social media over responding to media queries, after staff were told it was a way to cast the force in a “positive light”. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 29/10/2022 News ‘Obviously concerned’: Reports of drink spiking at historic high Reports of drink spiking have hit a record high, with an increase of almost 50 per cent in complaints to police compared to pre-pandemic numbers. WA Today (Australia) 29/10/2022 News «263526362637263826392640264126422643Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
