Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 94030 total results. Showing results 55261 to 55280 «276027612762276327642765276627672768Next ›Last » Black people face ‘disproportionately’ high charge, arrest rates from Toronto police: report CANADA: Ontario Human Rights Commission report shows Black people more likely to be struck, shot or killed by police CBC News (Canada) 10/8/2020 News Child sexual offences in Wales more than double as NSPCC Cymru call for action North Wales Police received more than 1,000 reports of rape, sexual assault and online grooming against under 18s in the last year North Wales Live 10/8/2020 News Want to fix policing? Start with a better 911 system USA: “911 call takers are gatekeepers for the entire criminal justice system. We need to start treating them that way.” Vox 10/8/2020 Feature Police supervisor attitudes toward organizational change USA: Organizational change is necessary and inevitable in any organization, and is an important element of police reform. Research has demonstrated that attitudes of officers, supervisors, and administrators influence the longitudinal effectiveness of organizational change initiatives. Supervisors play a critical role in filtering messages and ensuring fidelity of initiatives at the street level. In this way, they are key actors in shaping change outcomes and their overall views of change might serve as a lynchpin for success. This study explores how previous experiences shape the attitudes of the supervisors toward the overall idea of change. Using survey data from a nationwide group of police supervisors attending the FBI National Academy program in 2009–2010, the study explores the effects of change experiences, organizational variables, and respondent demographics on views of organizational change. Results suggest that attitudes toward change align with other aspects of supervisors’ views of policing, as well as their past experiences with change efforts themselves. The findings have implications for efforts to change and reform police organizations and operations. Journal of Crime and Justice 10/8/2020 Analysis, Feature Telstra Enterprise set to build Tasmanian Government Radio Network AUSTRALIA: Contract negotiations begin on emergency network to replace five other networks. ZDNet 10/8/2020 News Western Australia goes big on aerial policing capability using drones AUSTRALIA: Police force is to train 60 drone pilots and buy 40 new drones as it increases its technological and airborne capability. Australian Times 10/8/2020 News Queensland’s coronavirus border breaches raise questions about honesty-reliant system AUSTRALIA: Numerous travellers from COVID-19 hotspots have been caught by police after making it through border checkpoints, but the latest incident involving two teenage girls is an example of precisely what the Queensland Government has been trying to avoid by clamping down further on border restrictions. ABC News (Australia) 10/8/2020 News Activists launch London legal action against UK officers in Hong Kong police Pro-democracy activists allege five British officers have taken part in brutal actions against protesters The Guardian 10/8/2020 News Officers ‘sick of being punchbags’ says PFNI The chair of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland, Mark Lindsay, says officers are sick of being a ‘punchbag’ for the failures of society to resolve its issues. Police Professional 10/8/2020 News EE steps up ESN coverage in remote areas EE has completed its 500th new site for the Emergency Services Network (ESN) as it continues work to ensure police, fire and ambulance crews can “communicate across some of the most hard-to-reach areas”. Police Professional 10/8/2020 News Investigation launched following arrest in Finsbury Park, London The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched an independent investigation into the conduct of two Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers when making an arrest in Finsbury Park, London on 16 July 2020. This follows a voluntary referral from the MPS. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 10/8/2020 News ‘Lock up police killers for 20 years’: MP backs family’s calls for tough new sentences after teenagers responsible for hero PC Andrew Harper’s death could walk free in just eight The MP representing the family of PC Andrew Harper will suggest looking into changing the sentencing guidelines for police killers after meeting the officer's mother. Mail Online 10/8/2020 News Met Police officer investigated after ‘kneeling on’ black man’s neck A Scotland Yard officer is being investigated by the police watchdog after disturbing footage emerged of him appearing to kneel on a man’s neck during an arrest. Metro 10/8/2020 News Traffic stops should face same scrutiny as stop and search, say campaigners Traffic stops are not routinely recorded, meaning no data is available on why or on whom the power is used The Guardian 10/8/2020 News How to ensure back-office collaboration brings benefits rather than problems The push for greater efficiency and effectiveness has seen UK police forces increasingly collaborating on areas such as procurement, finance and HR with neighbouring colleagues and public sector partners. John O'Halloran of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) highlights some of the key considerations to ensure back-office unification brings significant benefits rather than additional problems. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 10/8/2020 Feature, Opinion Crime Distortion Within the NYPD: A Potential Method For Estimating Crime Misclassification Within Compstat Statistics Since the advent of CompStat in 1994, the NYPD contends that felony crimes have decreased throughout NYC, specifically within the seven-major felony index crime categories. Previous work from Eterno and Silverman has suggested that the scope of the decrease was duplicitous and exaggerated due to the department’s widespread practice of crime distortion. However, previous research has never attempted to quantify this phenomenon. This study addresses a critical gap within the existing CompStat literature by attempting to capture the magnitude of crime distortion. Using secondary crime data from the NYPD, the current study will examine burglaries and the suspected downward misclassifications, occurring within all NYC precincts, at the aggregate level, during the period between 2000 and 2013. The goals of this research are to identify and summarize any precinct-level patterns of potential crime distortion using semi-parametric group-based trajectory modeling and multinomial logistic regression techniques. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 10/8/2020 Research article Police Legitimacy: Identifying Developmental Trends and Whether Youths’ Perceptions Can Be Changed Examine youths’ perceptions of police legitimacy. Study one establishes age-graded trends in perceptions from childhood into adolescence. Study two tests whether a structured, in-school, non-enforcement-related program involving repeated prosocial exposure to police can improve youths’ perceptions of police legitimacy. In study one, a cross-sectional sample (N = 959) of youth ages 7 to 14 was used to assess age-graded perceptions of police legitimacy. In study two, a 4-school, randomized controlled trial was conducted in Compton, California (N = 499). Age-graded differences in police legitimacy perceptions vary by race, but generally begin declining during late childhood. The program significantly improved youths’ perceptions of police legitimacy. Racial differences in perceptions of police legitimacy can be traced to childhood, and perceptions of law enforcement appear to begin declining during childhood. Further, repeated exposure to law enforcement officials in a positive, non-enforcement capacity may improve youths’ legitimacy perceptions. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Registration at source 10/8/2020 Research article Police Supervisor Attitudes Toward Organizational Change Organizational change is necessary and inevitable in any organization, and is an important element of police reform. Research has demonstrated that attitudes of officers, supervisors, and administrators influence the longitudinal effectiveness of organizational change initiatives. Supervisors play a critical role in filtering messages and ensuring fidelity of initiatives at the street level. In this way, they are key actors in shaping change outcomes and their overall views of change might serve as a lynchpin for success. This study explores how previous experiences shape the attitudes of the supervisors toward the overall idea of change. Using survey data from a nationwide group of police supervisors attending the FBI National Academy program in 2009–2010, the study explores the effects of change experiences, organizational variables, and respondent demographics on views of organizational change. Results suggest that attitudes toward change align with other aspects of supervisors’ views of policing, as well as their past experiences with change efforts themselves. The findings have implications for efforts to change and reform police organizations and operations. Journal of Crime and Justice - Registration at source 10/8/2020 Research article Police Subcultural Influences on the Transfer of Training This research assessed subcultural impacts on police motivation to learn and transfer new knowledge to the field by deploying a novel survey instrument, the Police Learning Environment Inventory (PLEI). Surveys were issued to 119 police officers in the southwest and northeast regions of the U.S. Subsequent statistical analyses, employing Ridge and Lasso regression, revealed that various dimensions of police subculture can impact police motivation to learn and apply new knowledge. However, two such dimensions, Innovation and Bureaucratic, were significant in all the statistical modelling. Innovation displayed a consistent and positive relationship with respondent motivation to learn and transfer training. Conversely, the Bureaucratic dimension was negatively associated with this motivation. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 10/8/2020 Research article Reforms risk Police Scotland’s independence, former auditor warns Attempts to change oversight of Scotland's police force would put the independence of its Chief Constable at risk, the former spending watchdog has warned. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/8/2020 News «276027612762276327642765276627672768Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
