Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115979 total results. Showing results 54021 to 54040 «269826992700270127022703270427052706Next ›Last » Professionalising the police pragmatically The College of Policing has stated its intention to have policing recognised as a profession. In pursuit of this ambition, they have created a Code of Ethics and introduced a graduate entry requirement for new recruits. These changes reflect common features of established professions such as medicine and the law. Another common feature of established professions is an established body of knowledge that informs professional practice. The College has developed a Crime Reduction Toolkit as the genesis of a knowledge base for policing. The evidence presented on the toolkit is generally based on random control trials and their systematic review. While this is accords with the evidence-based approach supported by the College and others it has been criticised as being too quantitative. Some commentators have argued that it overlooks the qualitative approaches such as ethnography which have been the traditional research approach to the study of policing and ignores the voice of practitioners. It is generally accepted that to date research has had little impact on policing practice. This article argues for the adoption of a pragmatic philosophical framework for the development and application of a professional knowledge-based for policing. Pragmatic philosophy would facilitate the incorporation of both qualitative and quantitative research into the creation of a knowledgebase. Furthermore, pragmatism is an action-oriented philosophy that accords with the College of Policing’s ‘what works’ agenda, and would not only accommodate practitioner research but provides a structure for changes to current practices that are needed if the police are to become a profession The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles - Subscription at source 29/9/2022 Research article Collaborative working and building partnership: Bringing the two worlds together This paper shares lessons learnt through a partnership project, the Blue Light Programme, by presenting a discussion of key themes inherent in building collaborations between academia and policing. With a focus on sharing experiences with the partnership project, where the academics took the role of a critical friend as part of the project team, the paper explores the balances with meeting both academic and practical considerations. The article explores connecting cultures within the research project and provides insights into partnership approaches with policing and other emergency services. The article purposely does not present results of the partnership project but explores the balance and relationships built between organisations. Presenting wider contextual references on policing culture, the reality of insider and outsider perspectives, the benefits and challenges arising through the role of critical friends in collaboration projects are explored. As critical friends, there was an acknowledgement of the dynamism between the services in the project, its collectiveness in practice, where the project team were able to use the critical friends as a supporting role, one which placed integrity and good methodological practice as the forefront in project evaluation between academia and policing. The paper concludes with observations on moving forward with partnership roles, and the ways to achieve shared goals, where paths enhancing collaborative working can align despite often coming from two different directions. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles 29/9/2022 Research article Calls for ‘urgent overhaul’ of Prevent highlight concerns over the strategy’s controversial approach New Home Secretary Suella Braverman has called for an ‘urgent overhaul’ of the UK’s Prevent counter-terrorism strategy, in the wake of a critical independent assessment of the programme earlier this year; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at the background to the strategy, and examines the politically charged nature of much of the controversy surrounding it. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 29/9/2022 Feature Laval Police say strategy has reduced gun violence on the island CANADA: Political candidates at all levels say fighting gun violence is a major priority in the provincial election campaign. iHeart Radio (Canada) 29/9/2022 News Calgarians’ trust in police continues to drop: police commission survey CANADA: Seventy-seven per cent of Calgarians say they have high or moderate trust in CPS, a decline from 85 per cent two years prior Calgary Herald (Canada) 29/9/2022 News Reports of domestic abuse are on the increase in West Cork division REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Reports of domestic abuse have increased across all three Cork garda divisions, according to the latest garda figures given at a recent meeting of the Cork County Joint Policing Committee (JPC). The Southern Star 29/9/2022 News Report into Garda handling of 999 calls finds failings REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An official report has identified numerous failings in An Garda Síochána’s handling of 999 calls. Today FM (Republic of Ireland) 29/9/2022 News A Budget pledge broken: Just over half of the 800 Garda recruits promised for this year will be delivered REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Government will fall significantly short of its Garda recruitment targets for 2022. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 29/9/2022 News Departing Kent Police chief Alan Pughsley on ‘best force in the land’. A departing police chief has hailed his force as the "best in the land". BBC 29/9/2022 News TVP call handling apprentices “hit the ground running”. Over 200 call handlers have now completed an apprenticeship with Thames Valley Police. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/9/2022 News Prioritisation of burglary crime. Joint Local Policing Leads response on the prioritisation of burglary crime, as some force announce their commitment to attend all domestic burglaries. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 29/9/2022 News Stephen Lawrence killer sent selfies from cell. One of Stephen Lawrence’s killers is the subject of a criminal inquiry after he was found to be using a smartphone to make calls, send messages and watch YouTube videos in his cell. The Times - Subscription at source 29/9/2022 News Cheshire Police dog and handler win crime fighting award. A Cheshire Police dog and handler have been named Crime Fighting Duo of the Year for their "dedication and skill" after making over 20 arrests in a year. BBC 29/9/2022 News Report finds failings in Garda handling of 999 calls REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An official report has identified numerous failings in An Garda Síochána’s handling of 999 calls. In 2019 and 2020 close to 23,000 calls were made to emergency services and over 3,000 of them related to domestic violence. However, many were cancelled without a proper policing response and the Policing Authority commissioned a report into the issue in July last year. newstalk (Republic of Ireland) 29/9/2022 News Non-urgent 101 number needs improving says Kent Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott Calls have been made to radically improve Kent Police's non-urgent 101 phone line as the number of dial ins to the service dropped by 14,500 last year. The total number of 101 calls for Kent crimes reduced from 374,689 to 360, 181 in the financial years of 2020/21 to 2021/22, marking a drop of about 3%. Kent Online 29/9/2022 News Warning of civil unrest as Police Scotland numbers left ‘unsustainable’ Police officer numbers in Edinburgh are “unsustainable” and could be cut despite “unprecedented” demands on overtime in order to keep a safe number of police on the streets, the divisional commander in the Capital has said. The Scotsman 29/9/2022 News Officer found not guilty of assaulting ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson. A West Mercia Police officer has been acquitted of assault causing actual bodily harm following the death of Dalian Atkinson. Police Professional 29/9/2022 News Court ‘chaos’ as backlog of criminal cases soars The crisis in the criminal justice system has reached unprecedented heights as judges release suspects charged with murder and other serious offences because their trials could not go ahead. Dame Vera Baird KC, the victims’ commissioner, said last week that she would not seek to extend her term with the end of her contract this month. She cited in her letter to Brandon Lewis, the justice secretary, the “chaos” in the criminal justice system, lack of action on victims and failure to tackle the crown court backlogs. The Times - Subscription at source 29/9/2022 News How Britain’s trust in the police crumbled. The Thin Blue Line is in deep crisis with a huge drop in public confidence. We ask ex-top officers where it went wrong and how to fix it. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 29/9/2022 News Report highlights increased risk of being trapped in the criminal justice ‘revolving door’ for those with neurodivergency A new report has highlighted the disadvantages faced by those who are neurodivergent in their dealing with the police, courts, prisons and the wider criminal justice system, and has called for more training for frontline workers in understanding the effect on behaviour of conditions such as ADHD, learning difficulties and acquired brain injury, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. 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