Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 116009 total results. Showing results 54981 to 55000 «274627472748274927502751275227532754Next ›Last » Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney to leave policing in April 2023 Hampshire's chief to leave after completing secondment to Strategic Command Course. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 6/9/2022 News Walker inquest told of NT police deception AUSTRALIA: A terrified Indigenous community was tricked into believing one of their sons was still alive hours after he had been shot dead by Northern Territory police, an inquest has been told. Blue Mountains Gazette (Australia) 6/9/2022 News Wairoa’s gun crime plummets, Hastings’ on the rise NEW ZEALAND: Wairoa and central Hastings have both made the country's top 14 for recent recorded gun crime - despite Wairoa's gun-offence rate plummeting in the last three years. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 6/9/2022 News Three high ranking officers barred following inappropriate behaviour. Gwent Chief Superintendent Marc Budden and Chief Inspector Paul Staniforth have now been dismissed without notice, while along with retired Chief Superintendent Mark Warrender – all three will be placed on the barred list. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 6/9/2022 News PFEW writes to new Prime Minister to raise ‘concerns’ over pay and working conditions. The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has already written to new Prime Minister Liz Truss to raise the concerns of its 139,000 membership over pay and working conditions. Police Professional 6/9/2022 News Vehicles seized across Wellington following warrants NEW ZEALAND: Wellington Police and Ministry of Justice Bailiffs have seized nearly 20 vehicles across the Wellington district from gang members and associates. New Zealand Police 6/9/2022 News Police Minister on plan to curb engage youth away from crime NEW ZEALAND: The police minister says the aim of the government's plan to curb youth crime is to get young people engaged in something constructive. [AUDIO] RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 6/9/2022 News Force praises response of control room staff to one of the busiest summers on record for 999 calls. As Northumbria Police experienced one of the busiest summers on record for 999 calls, the head of the force’s control rooms has praised the “committed and determined” staff responding to the public. Police Professional 6/9/2022 News Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s death can’t be in vain, says father Family plead for action on gun crime and mourn the ‘light in their lives’ The Times - Subscription at source 6/9/2022 News Northamptonshire Police introduces innovative hybrid motorcycles into its operational fleet. Northamptonshire Police is driving forward sustainable transport for the emergency service with the delivery of new petrol-electric hybrid motorcycles. Police Professional 6/9/2022 News Custody immersive learning package launched Innovative new training will help to improve safety for people in custody College of Policing 6/9/2022 News PCCS warn of dangers of nitrous oxide APCC Joint Addictions and Substance Misuse Leads are warning the public of the dangers of nitrous oxide misuse. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 6/9/2022 News Hampshire and Isle of Wight’s first female chief constable to step down The first female chief constable of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constabulary is to step down after 31 years in the service. BBC 6/9/2022 News FAST Policing by Telephone: a Randomised Controlled Trial Research Question: Can caller satisfaction and trust in police be improved (or equalled), after police agree to send a police car to meet with a caller face-to-face, by the alternative of immediate transfer of the call to a police officer who speaks to the caller at length by telephone? Data: A total of 1016 calls for police service to 999 or 101 assigned by call takers as falling into a “medium” priority category were checked for eligibility, including consent of the caller to speak immediately to a police officer by phone if possible. Eligible offence types excluded domestic abuse but included a variety of other matters. A majority (57.7%) of eligible cases were about threats made by neighbours, workplace colleagues or others known to the caller. A total of 450 cases were selected as eligible for the test sample out of a total of assessed as potentially eligible. Methods: Eligible cases were randomly assigned to either a control group (N = 225) of business as usual (BAU) attempts to provide a face-to-face meeting with a police officer, or the experimental group (N = 225) receiving immediate telephone transfer to a police officer who talked with the caller for over an hour as the initial police response. Analyses were done by intention-to-treat. While 99.75% (N = 249/250) of the experimental cases were treated as assigned, only about half of the 225 control cases actually received a face-to-face meeting with a police officer. All 450 assigned callers who gave consent to enter the experiment were contacted for a satisfaction survey at least 14 days following random assignment of the cases, from which the completion rate was 72.5% (almost identical in the two treatment groups). Findings: Eligible, consenting callers reported substantially higher levels of being “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the experimental police response by telephone (92.6%) than with the BAU efforts to arrange a face-to-face meeting between a police officer and the caller (68.9%). Trust and confidence in Kent police declined among 21% of callers receiving BAU service, but only 9% of callers given immediate telephone service. The median time from the initial call to a conversation between police and caller was under 1 min for the experimental treatment vs. 2721 min for the 80% of BAU control treatments in which any conversation between an officer and a caller occurred within 96 h after the call. Conclusion: This first experiment in a research collaboration on FAST (Finding Alternative and Speedier Tactics) policing has opened the door to further tests of immediate response by remote communications (Rothwell, et al. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing, 6, 1–24, 2022). For the kinds of cases included in this experiment, there is a clear preference by callers for the speedier service by a simple phone call over much slower attempts to provide a face-to-face meeting. If broadly adopted across many other high-volume, low-harm categories of requests for police service, fast policing by phone, video or silent live-chat online could improve public approval of policing while allowing more time for police to prevent more serious crimes. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 6/9/2022 Research article Sask. police response to fatal stabbings reflects lessons from past tragedies CANADA: With so many victims and crime scenes, a wide-ranging manhunt and a need to inform the public, the mass stabbings in Saskatchewan pose an extreme challenge for law enforcement. CBC News (Canada) 6/9/2022 News, Video ‘Chronically ignored’: Alberta police reform legislation ready to go fall session CANADA: Legislation to update Alberta’s Police Act will be ready for debate this fall if the UCP’s new leadership makes it a priority, says the province’s justice minister. Edmonton Journal (Canada) 6/9/2022 News, Video RCMP say suspect in Saskatchewan stabbing rampage found dead, brother still at large CANADA: One of two brothers sought after a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan was found dead Monday in a grassy field not far from where 10 others lost their lives and many more were injured on the weekend. Blue Line (Canada) 6/9/2022 News Gardai analysing ‘crucial information’ that could help prosecute key members of Kinahan cartel REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardai are analysing crucial information that could help prosecute key members of the Kinahan cartel, Commissioner Drew Harris said. Dublin Live (Republic of Ireland) 6/9/2022 News O’Rourke seeks meeting on ‘shortage’ of Gardai in Athlone REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Cathaoirleach of Westmeath County Council has sought an urgent meeting with the newly-appointed Chief Superintendent of the Meath/Westmeath Garda Division in order to highlight what he says is “the chronic shortage of Gardai“ in the Athlone station. Westmeath Independent (Republic of Ireland) 6/9/2022 News Police Officers’ Attributions of Victim Culpability in Scenarios of Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence Intimate partner violence (IPV) has garnered the attention of scholars, policymakers, and social justice actors for several decades. Shortcomings in police response to IPV may be related to police attributions of victim culpability. A dearth of research has assessed police officers’ assignment of blame, responsibility, and causality directed toward IPV victims, particularly those who identify as LGBTQ+. Using a randomly assigned, experimental vignette design, the current study employed surveys from a sample of 305 police officers commissioned at a sizeable police department in one of the most populous and diverse U.S. cities to (1) assess culpability attributions directed toward same-sex IPV (SSIPV) victims, (2) determine whether culpability attributions differed between male and female SSIPV victims, (3) examine officer demographic, occupational, attitudinal, and experimental predictors of IPV culpability attributions directed toward SSIPV victims, and (4) assess differences in predictors of culpability between male and female SSIPV victims. Results from the current study suggest police officers attributed average levels of culpability toward SSIPV victims and levels were not significantly different between male and female SSIPV victims. Adherence to heteronormative IPV myths and trauma misperceptions increased police officers’ attributions of culpability directed toward same-sex victims. Presence of physical evidence decreased culpability attributions among police officers. Educational programming developed for police officers should focus on the dynamics of IPV and cultural competency. Future research should continue to explore police officers’ perceptions of and responses to SSIPV incidents. Journal of Interpersonal Violence - Subscription at source 6/9/2022 Research article «274627472748274927502751275227532754Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
