Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103123 total results. Showing results 54941 to 54960 «274427452746274727482749275027512752Next ›Last » With 120,000 incidents logged in five years, this obsession with hate crime makes me despair of the police force I was proud to serve, writes ex-policeman Harry Miller Anyone who has called the police to report the sort of low-level crime that blights daily life will know how hard it is to get more than a token response. Mail Online 20/7/2021 News Met Police’s Cressida Dick signals more racist England trolls will be arrested More racists who abused England players on social media after the defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final are set to be arrested, Britain’s top police officer signalled on Tuesday. The Standard 20/7/2021 News Rape: Handling of cases must change, says Wales’ CPS boss A change in how rape cases are handled is needed "now" to ensure public confidence, the new boss of the Crown Prosecution Service in Wales has said. BBC 20/7/2021 News Key issues in contemporary policing: Who guards the guards? Governance and accountability Continuing a new series of The Police Student, Policing Insight Academic Editor Dr Carina O’Reilly takes a closer look at governance and accountability in UK policing – from local watch committees to the birth of the tripartite system, the introduction of PCCs, increasing politicisation, and the tension between independence and insight for those tasked with ensuring accountability. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 20/7/2021 Feature Dirty money: UK’s golden visa scheme poses ‘corruption, money laundering and national security risk’ Just days after a ‘politically exposed’ member of an elite Azerbaijan family paid a £4m settlement to the National Crime Agency following claims she had brought corrupt, stolen and embezzled funds into the UK via the ‘Azerbaijani Laundromat’, a new report from Spotlight on Corruption has highlighted major loopholes in the UK’s golden visa scheme enabling dirty money to flood into the UK; Policing Insight Deputy Editor Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 20/7/2021 Analysis, Feature Profiling Persons Reported Missing From Hospitals Versus Mental Health Facilities Missing person reports from hospitals and mental health facilities are a significant issue impacting patients, communities, and health and police sectors. Research on missing persons seldom considers the type of location from where people go missing, which can be troublesome due to the increased chances for experiencing harm during an episode from hospitals and mental health facilities. When location type is studied, these often remarkably different places are frequently blended together in analyses and discussions. This conflation has implications for research and the development of effective police preventive responses. To begin to address this gap, this study uses descriptive analysis and logistic regression to examine the descriptive and predictive profiles of those reported missing from hospitals versus those reported missing from mental health units. For this, data are taken from a sample of 916 closed missing person cases reported to a Canadian municipal police service over five years. Results suggest there are significant differences in both the descriptive and predictive profiles of individuals reported missing from these two location types, such as individuals with varying mental health and cognitive issues going missing from each place, respectively. Given the findings, the implications for research, policing, and risk management are discussed. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 20/7/2021 Research article Edmonton police detective docked pay for inappropriate comments toward female colleagues CANADA: A veteran Edmonton police officer with a history of disciplinary issues has been docked more than $3,600 in wages for harassing a female colleague and calling another a derogatory word. Edmonton Journal (Canada) 20/7/2021 News Exploring the Perception of Forensic Science Among Police Investigators in Nigeria: the Role of Sociodemographic Markers Underlining the application of forensic science methods in police investigations is investigators’ perceptions of the methods. The premise is that a positive perception indicates a willingness to apply forensic science in criminal investigations, regardless of prior forensic training. This study compared common sociodemographic markers with regard to perceptions of forensic science application in criminal investigations among investigating police officers in Nigeria, controlling for forensic training. The six sociodemographic markers were: gender, age, marital status, highest educational qualification, rank, and years in service. The survey used a self-administered questionnaire for data collection. Based on a total population of 3771 investigating police officers, a sample size of 347 was determined using Krejcie and Morgan’s formula (Krejcie RV and Morgan DW (1970) Determining sample size for research activities. Educational and Psychological Measurement 30(3): 607–610). A potential 20% dropout rate was added giving a sample size of 416. No difference was found across the sociodemographic markers with regards to the perception of forensic science utilization in criminal investigations (p > .05), except for the highest educational qualification (p = .008) and rank (p = .042) of the respondents. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 20/7/2021 Research article Police trauma dog honoured for helping kids through ‘scary’ criminal cases CANADA: It’s a big week for a police trauma dog in the Calgary area. A five-year-old black lab named Jake has just been awarded the annual Community Justice award from the Alberta government. Global News (Canada) 20/7/2021 News Ontario police chiefs request power to fire or suspend officers without pay CANADA: July 20, 2021 – Ontario’s police chiefs are calling for significant changes to the province’s officer discipline system, a move that would give police services greater ability to fire or suspend officers without pay. Blue Line (Canada) 20/7/2021 News Ontario’s top court upholds conviction of Toronto police officer in beating of Dafonte Miller CANADA: Defence had been seeking to overturn Michael Theriault's conviction of assault CBC News (Canada) 20/7/2021 News Policing in A Relational State: the Case of Sorcery Accusation-Related Violence in Papua New Guinea Sorcery accusation-related violence raises many profound policing challenges, especially in countries where police forces find themselves outnumbered and outgunned by mobs of perpetrators. Drawing on empirical evidence from a multi-year study into this phenomenon in Papua New Guinea reveals the ways in which police officer’s relationality both enables and impedes the provision of policing and security in such contexts. Using this as a case study of common concerns across multiple bodies of literature about the relationship between formality and informality and dilemmas of working with a plurality of regulatory actors, the article draws upon complexity science to develop a number of conceptual tools. These include the suggestion of conceptualising policing systems as complex adaptive systems, with police as adaptive agents with multiple relationships constituting shifting identities, and the importance of integrating multiple perspectives. This leads to the development of the notion of the police acting within a relational state that is entwined with a more familiar bureaucratic state Policing and Society - Registration at source 20/7/2021 Research article Government to present proposals to end pay dispute with senior gardaí REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Government is due to present proposals soon in a bid to end a pay dispute with senior gardaí which is affecting official plans to roll out policing reforms and the conduct of GSOC investigations. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 20/7/2021 News Third defendant arrested in Garda operation against serious organised crime pleads guilty REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A third person arrested as part of a garda investigation targeting a serious organised crime gang has pleaded guilty at the non-jury Special Criminal Court on Tuesday morning to having over €350,000 in crime cash. Laoise Nationalist (Republic of Ireland) 20/7/2021 News Garda promotion reforms get muted welcome from representative bodies REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Long-running delays in the promotion of frontline gardaí look set to be finally resolved after the Government introduced new regulations governing the area. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 20/7/2021 News Vacancy: Head of the Institute of Policing Studies The University of West London (UWL) is delighted to announce the formation of a new Institute for Policing Studies (IPS). UWL are now looking to recruit a Head of the new IPS to lead, develop and deliver the PEQF programmes under contract to Babcock International and develop UWL’s growing national and international reputation in professional policing practice and associated disciplines. Policing Insight 20/7/2021 Advertisement, Feature, Jobs Vacancy: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Policing The University of West London (UWL) is delighted to announce the formation of a new Institute for Policing Studies (IPS). UWL are now looking to recruit a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Policing whose expertise aligns with the IPS and who can make a significant contribution to our teaching, research and knowledge exchange activities. Policing Insight 20/7/2021 Advertisement, Feature, Jobs ACT proposes limiting gang members’ freedoms NEW ZEALAND: The ACT Party wants to strip some gang members of their freedoms, introducing "gang injunction orders" which could ban them from certain areas or activities. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/7/2021 News Essex Federation ‘alarmed’ after four officers struck by cars Four officers in Essex have been hit by cars in a week, with the Fed warning only luck prevented them from being killed. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/7/2021 News Officer posted indecent photo on swingers’ website A former constable from West Yorkshire Police said he was “ashamed, embarrassed and disgusted” after he posted an indecent photo of himself on a swingers’ website. Police Professional 20/7/2021 News «274427452746274727482749275027512752Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
