Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97180 total results. Showing results 55281 to 55300 «276127622763276427652766276727682769Next ›Last » Board approves 2021 police budget, sets stage for limited increases in future CANADA: The Ottawa police board has approved a draft 2021 police budget after dozens of impassioned pleas for greater accountability and after, according to one board member, much “difficult deliberation.” Ottawa Citizen (Canada) 25/11/2020 News Ombudsman says police, first responders must do more to inform crime victims of their rights CANADA: Five years after Parliament passed a law giving victims of crime new rights, Canada's chief victims' advocate is calling on MPs to fix a regime she says has failed to empower and support those harmed by crime. CBC News (Canada) 25/11/2020 News French minister backs police chief after officer violence at migrant camp clearing EUROPE: Pictures posted on social media showed some officers hitting demonstrators. Sky News 25/11/2020 News Seattle’s mayor is set to sign a new city budget cutting the police department’s funding by 18% USA: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan plans to sign a new city budget that includes an 18% cut to the city's police department funding, according to a statement issued by her office Tuesday. CNN 25/11/2020 News North Yorkshire Police: Hijab made part of force uniform Two police constables who designed a hijab to be part of their uniform have celebrated making it a reality. BBC 25/11/2020 News Doorbell camera footage can go straight to the police next year UK police forces are aiming to have a standard online platform to allow crime victims to submit video of an incident The Telegraph - Subscription at source 25/11/2020 News Better access to justice needed for victims of gender-based violence Family justice experts from Northumbria University are calling for changes to the support given by government to victims of gender-based violence, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/11/2020 News Treat social media with caution, Federation tells officers Officers should apply the 'wince test' when sharing on social media, says Federation secretary of conduct and performance. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/11/2020 News Pay freeze for all but new recruits Chancellor announces Long-serving officers will have their pay frozen due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Chancellor has announced. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/11/2020 News Police investigated over alleged violence at Paris migrant camp FRANCE; Video footage of two officers at break-up at ad hoc camp in Place de la République shocks interior minister The Guardian 25/11/2020 News Former GMP PCSO to appear in court over alleged computer misuse A former Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Community Support Officer (PCSO) will appear in court charged with data protection and computer misuse offences following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 25/11/2020 News The UK is leaving the European Arrest Warrant – and extraditing criminals could be more difficult as a result When the UK leaves the EU at the end of this year – with or without a deal – it will also withdraw from the European Arrest Warrant; Dr Amanda Kramer of Queen’s University Belfast, and Dr Rachael Dickson of the University of Birmingham, argue that whatever takes its place is likely to be less effective or efficient. Policing Insight 25/11/2020 Feature, Opinion Pay freeze is ‘nothing short of a disgrace’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s expected implementation of a pay freeze for all but the lowest paid public sectors has been described by PFEW’s National Chair as a ‘kick in the teeth for police officers.’ Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 25/11/2020 News Concern from North Wales Police Federation over public sector pay announcement Chancellor Rishi Sunak's spending review has been met with concern from the North Wales Police Federation after it was confirmed pay rises are to be "paused." The Leader 25/11/2020 News Dominance Analysis of Police Legitimacy’s Regressors: Disentangling the Effects of Procedural Justice, Effectiveness, and Corruption This article examines the relative influence of procedural justice, effectiveness, and corruption in shaping police legitimacy across 26 European countries. The emerging statistical technique of dominance analysis overcomes multicollinearity issues, common in legitimacy models, and ranks by salience a dozen individual-level and country-level antecedents of police legitimacy. Most notably, the two indicators of corruption and a classic measure of procedural justice explained nearly equal portions of the variance of legitimacy across a sub-set of Europe’s most stable and prosperous democracies. A greater role for effectiveness among the transitioning states in Europe offers support for similar findings in the Global South. Europe-wide, procedural justice, police effectiveness, and corruption were three pillars contributing most of legitimacy’s explained variance. The findings suggest police chiefs in developed and transitioning countries must find paths that promote procedural justice while also pursuing innovation to address the public’s strong concerns for police effectiveness and police corruption. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 25/11/2020 Research article The Impact of Context on Real-Life Serious Crime Interviews This study examined real-life audio-taped police interviews with 56 serious crime suspects in English and Wales. It provides an analysis of how suspects responded and behaved during the interviews and considers how suspects’ responses may be affected by contextual characteristics including the presence of legal advisors. It was found that fewer suspects admitted these serious offences in comparison to previous studies, with most suspects who did admit doing so early on in the interview. The majority of suspects’ responses were identified as ‘relevant’, only a very small proportion of interviews were assessed as ‘challenging’. Significant associations between suspects’ responses and context were found. Specifically, if the (alleged) victim was female, the location of the offence was in-doors, and there was no clear motive; then, suspects were more likely to say ‘no comment’ than to respond relevantly. Suspects who were 32 years of age or over, and had previous criminal convictions, were more likely to respond ‘relevantly’ than say ‘no comment’. The study also found that whilst present in the majority of interviews, the contributions of legal advisors were minimal (though more frequent legal advisor contributions were associated with the increased use of police strategies). Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 25/11/2020 Research article Post-Traumatic Effects in Policing: Exploring Disclosure, Coping and Social Support This study explored the relationships between traumatic events experienced at work and police officer distress disclosure, enacted coping, including social support seeking, and impairment. A total of 266 web surveys were completed by sworn officers from a large municipal police force in Canada with 76 reporting having experienced at least one traumatic event at work in the year prior to the survey. The most significant finding was the relationship between officers feeling comfortable disclosing distressing personal information and seeking social support from others, although social support did not relate to their impairment. Reported attempts to cope on their own (self-coping) and to avoid the issue (avoidant coping) were positively related to impairment suggesting that these forms of coping are less effective for police officer work-related trauma. Implications for future research and practice for coping and social support in police occupations are discussed. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 25/11/2020 Research article Coronavirus: Domestic abuse offences increased during pandemic The number of domestic abuse offences recorded by police in England and Wales has increased during the pandemic. BBC 25/11/2020 News Effects of Officer Perception of Race and Racial Tensions on Support For Body-Worn-Cameras While the U.S. criminal justice system has a long history of racial injustice, the use of body-worn-cameras (BWCs) has changed the discourse on racial bias and police accountability. To date, the growing research on BWCs has yet to address the racial tensions that underly contentious interactions between police and citizenry. Using survey and interview data this research evaluates: (1) whether officer race influences perceptions of race/racism and support for BWCs; (2) whether officer perceptions of race/racism influence support for BWCs; (3) how officers perceive racial conflict within their communities; and (4) how these perceptions shape their views of the efficacy of BWCs as a means to reduce racial conflict. By tackling these important questions, this research provides the necessary context to enrich our exploration of the implications of BWCs within the broader discourse and research on race relations in policing. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 25/11/2020 Research article Police Implementation of the Partial Sex Purchase Ban in England and Wales A main point of contention in the policy areas of prostitution and sex trafficking is whether the purchase of sex should be criminalised, whether fully (in all circumstances) or partly (only under specific circumstances). Particularly, Europe has seen several countries either fully criminalise buying sex or insofar as the person in prostitution is subject to exploitation or coercion. An example of the latter, since 2010, it is an offence in England and Wales (UK) to buy sex with a person in prostitution who has been coerced or exploited by a third party. While the offence was heavily debated before it was adopted, there has been little empirical research on its implementation, particularly by police who are on the front line of implementation. While police statistics on the offence are of questionable reliability, indications are that there has been little application of the offence. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 25/11/2020 Research article «276127622763276427652766276727682769Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
