Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 116009 total results. Showing results 55621 to 55640 «277827792780278127822783278427852786Next ›Last » Former TVP officer pleads guilty to possession of extreme pornography. Former PC Craig Finch had pleaded guilty to one count of possession of extreme pornography last week. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/8/2022 News “Just Right” Policing: a Job for Science Research Question: Can police develop the concept of “signal failures” to build a science of “just right” policing, learning from the mistakes of both “under-policing” and “over-policing”? Data: Qualitative documentation of “signal failure” events across the history of Anglo-American policing that have generated widespread public disapproval of police actions or inactions. Methods: This communication analyzes and illustrates the potential value of applying scientific methods to signal failures, as a potential source of learning from past failures to prevent future disapproval. Findings: There are at least four dimensions for pre-mortems against signal failures: quantity of officers present at an incident, quantity of force used by police, quality of choices police make in deciding what to do, and quality of how well police do what is decided to be done. Signal failures can be collected historically and contemporaneously in large police forces, or across multiple smaller forces at a state or provincial level. They can be compared to samples of similar events that did not become signal failures. Even a simple case-control comparison can be a method for predicting which dimension of an event might be most likely to cause a signal failure. Yet building such data bases requires that police records systems become easier to access, so that both internal and external research can be done to enhance “just right” policing. Conclusion: Like many rare events, it is convenient to dismiss signal failures as “flukes” with little potential for prevention. But like airplane crashes and house fires, rare events can be made even rarer. The value of the scientific method cannot be dismissed without testing its application to these major threats to police legitimacy. “Just right” policing may depend on it. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 22/8/2022 Research article Police issued wrong Owami Davies pictures CCTV images were of another woman in a Croydon shop. Met Police already criticised for its handling of the case of missing student nurse The Telegraph - Subscription at source 22/8/2022 News Civil Nuclear Police Authority joins the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners The Civil Nuclear Authority (CNPA) has joined the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) as Associate members. Home Office 22/8/2022 News Met Police released wrong pictures of Owami Davies Latest blunder in the case of the missing student nurse The Voice 22/8/2022 News Chief constable ‘sick’ of police ‘being used as culture war football’ David Thompson spoke after officers from a neighbouring force were criticised online for dancing at a Pride festival. Express & Star 22/8/2022 News Essex’s historic CSA team set to double investigators. Essex's Quest team investigates non-recent CSA cases where the victim is now an adult and the abuser was an adult family member or in a position of responsibility over the victim. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 22/8/2022 News £6m investment in strategy to ‘pull young people away from crime and violence’ A strategy that has successfully cut violent crime in the US is to be tested in England. Police Professional 22/8/2022 News Multi-agency response to criminal exploitation of children praised by inspectors. Police, the council, health services and the children’s safeguarding partnership in West Yorkshire are “effectively working together to protect children from criminal exploitation”, according to a recent multi-agency inspection. Police Professional 22/8/2022 News False Confession in Innocent Suspects: A Look at the Cognitive Interview for Suspects The Cognitive Interview for Suspects (CIS) is a recently designed information-gathering style interview method for interviewing suspects of crimes. Some components of this method (i.e., Mental context reinstatement, Report-everything inquiries) should make it possible to collect a large quantity of correct information, and to limit the misinformation-inducing impact of leading questions. However, certain other components (i.e., Reverse order, Challenge stages) are designed to increase cognitive load among interviewees, and might therefore lead to false confessions in innocent suspects. Using a protocol designed to provoke false confessions in innocent mock-suspects, the CIS was compared with another Information-Gathering interview method (IGM) and an Accusatory Interview (AI) on these different aspects. Results showed a benefit of the CIS in terms of information gathering and misinformation effects, compared to the two other interviews. Moreover, it did not increase the risk of false confessions. These conclusions are of interest for field investigators, who could use this method with suspects in real cases. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Subscription at source 22/8/2022 Research article Stratford RCMP launches positive ticketing initiative CANADA: The Stratford RCMP has launched a positive ticketing initiative that will run for the rest of the summer, and rewards youth for good behaviour. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 22/8/2022 News Prince Albert police offer $25K hiring incentive amid concerns over recruitment, retention CANADA: The president of the union representing members of the Prince Albert Police Service says front-line officers’ workloads have been growing as the force offers a one-time $25,000 hiring incentive to attract experienced officers to fill vacancies. Saskatoon Star Phoenix (Canada) 22/8/2022 News UCCM Police launches culture and trauma informed curriculum CANADA: UCCM Anishinaabe Police Service (UCCM APS) announced the launch of their culture and trauma-informed curriculum last week. Blue Line (Canada) 22/8/2022 News Human trafficking: The consequences of the conflict in Ukraine While much of the world has watched on in horror at the human tragedy unfolding from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, organised crime gangs have seized on the increase in refugees fleeing the conflict as an opportunity to expand their human trafficking operations; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth reports on the efforts of the European Union to target those traffickers and increase the protection for some of the most vulnerable casualties of the war. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/8/2022 Feature Irish Examiner view: Pillar of Irish life adapting to new crime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Much of the attention in this year of centenaries has focused on the political leaders, Michael Collins principal among them. But it is right, also, to link the creation of An Garda Síochána with the volatile and rapid changes of that period, and recall that Collins was instrumental in its introduction. Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) 22/8/2022 Feature, Opinion Man, 30s, arrested after gardai seize €3.2 million worth of suspected cocaine in major search operation REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A man aged in his 30s has been arrested after gardai seized around €3.2 million worth of suspected cocaine in Dublin on Sunday. Irish Mirror (Republic of Ireland) 22/8/2022 News Garda numbers are ‘stagnating’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Stagnating garda numbers at Swords show need for new Garda District, according to a local Green Party councillor and chair of the Fingal Joint Policing Committee. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 22/8/2022 News Hertfordshire Constabulary officers and staff join the thousands who have FREE access to Policing Insight! – Find out how Policing Insight welcomes officers and staff at Hertfordshire Constabulary, who now have FREE access with the start of a new organisation wide subscription. They join a community of officers and staff from many other UK and international police forces with an interest in progressive policing. Read on to find out how to use your FREE subscriber access. Policing Insight 22/8/2022 Feature Insights from law enforcement personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic: a focus on violence reduction and prevention initiatives and firearm violence In the United States (U.S.), elevated levels of firearm violence following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in late March 2020 drew attention to efforts taken by law enforcement to reduce and prevent firearm violence through policing innovations. However, it is not well-understood how operational changes in policing during this time impacted these efforts. Our study is the first to consider the perceptions and experiences of law enforcement personnel during the pandemic as it relates to violence reduction and prevention initiatives (VRPIs) and firearm violence, more broadly. By leveraging partnerships between an academic research team and law enforcement practitioners, our action research approach is well-positioned to offer recommendations to support policies and practices that are responsive to emerging crises. While our study is based within the U.S., our focus on the impact of a global phenomenon on firearm violence is of international interest. To this end, an anonymous and voluntary online survey was distributed to both sworn and civilian personnel of the Detroit Police Department (Detroit, Michigan) in August 2020 to understand how the department’s VRPIs and related routine police operations were impacted during the pandemic, and identify potential community and criminal justice system drivers of firearm violence during this time. Our focus on the city of Detroit represents a unique opportunity to explore these connections given the city’s volume of firearm violence, as well as the severity and scope of challenges faced in cities of color. We discuss how our findings can be applied to guide the construction of systems that are more robust against and responsive to external and internal pressures. We also provide several recommendations to guide future research in this area. Police Practice and Research 22/8/2022 Research article Policing along the spectrum: Reducing risk and improving service delivery Autism spectrum disorder is a complex life-long neurodevelopmental disorder that affects social skills, language, learning, cognitive function, physical abilities, and behavior. Moreover, autism is becoming increasingly prevalent in Canada and abroad. Inevitably, law enforcement professionals will interact with the autistic population in their duties; however, many exchanges produce poor outcomes. Physical restraint is often used, and the benefit of autism-trained Crisis Intervention Teams is underutilized, especially in Canada. In addition, current training outcomes for law enforcement professionals are ephemeral and unlikely to yield mastery. This article argues three antidotes to improve service delivery and reduce risk: Crisis Intervention Teams that incorporate autism training; methodologically sound and rigorously evaluated practical training; and community outreach, which creates relationships proactively and fosters trust. Future research should: analyze the outcomes of autistic-trained Crisis Intervention Teams; determine qualitatively what the population with autism and their stakeholders seek in a comprehensive training curriculum; and determine the success of nascent training courses and community outreach goals. International Journal of Police Science & Management 22/8/2022 Research article «277827792780278127822783278427852786Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
