Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102547 total results. Showing results 55681 to 55700 «278127822783278427852786278727882789Next ›Last » Exploring the Roles and Function of Police Search and Rescue Teams in Canadian Agencies Police search and rescue (SAR) teams play a vital part in the successful location of lost and missing persons; however, they remain an understudied policing component. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to improve and deepen scholarly knowledge of the police SAR aspects of missing persons cases. Specifically, this article aims to provide first insights into the roles and function of SAR teams in Canadian police services. With this research, we can begin to formulate a better understanding of their utility in police missing persons work. Through a thematic analysis of 34 in-depth, qualitative interviews with police SAR team members from 13 police services across Canada, we explore how SAR teams operate within police services and outline the varying roles police personnel comprise in these teams. Results reveal that police SAR teams operate with several distinct roles that have different functions within the larger police hierarchy. Furthermore, findings show that police SAR personnel are fulfilling a host of responsibilities in these teams while operating as a secondary duty, yet are called upon at any time and are required to respond immediately. These findings and their implications for police missing persons work are then discussed. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 2/6/2021 Research article Morality, Self-Control, and Perception of the Police Among Chinese Inmates This study contributes to the scholarship on perception of the police by testing a theoretical interaction between morality and self-control, expanding the notion of morality to include both proscriptive and prescriptive morality, and investigating institutionalized populations. Survey data from a rare, large sample of inmates from three Chinese prisons indicate that the prisoners hold strikingly negative sentiments toward the police. While self-control does not affect inmates’ perception of the police after controlling for morality variables, both proscriptive and prescriptive morality are positively related to inmates’ attitudes toward the police. Furthermore, the positive effect of prescriptive morality on inmates’ perceptions of the police increases as the level of self-control elevates. Proscriptive morality and self-control, meanwhile, do not interplay in shaping such perceptions. Findings of the study have meaningful implications for using criminological theories to explain justice perceptions. Asian Journal of Criminology - Registration at source 2/6/2021 Research article Joint operations: Protecting against the terrorist use of drones The fast pace of development in drone technology represents an ever-evolving range of threats – particularly in the hands of terrorists; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at the new counter-UAV training for first responders being delivered as part of DroneWISE, and how the project is helping to improve co-ordination and co-operation between countries and agencies. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/6/2021 Feature, Innovation Racism in MPS ‘worse now’ than after Macpherson Inquiry, says former senior officer An Asian former senior Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer has claimed that institutional racism still exists in the force, and is “worse now” than after the Macpherson Inquiry more than 20 years ago. Police Professional 2/6/2021 News ‘Troubling rise’ in assaults on officers despite drop in recorded crime Despite an overall fall in recorded crime in the past month there continues to be “a troubling rise” in assaults on emergency workers. Police Professional 2/6/2021 News Plans needed so new recruits cope with unlocking, says Hampshire Fed Hampshire Federation has raised concerns with senior officers of inexperienced recruits dealing with demand coming out of lockdown Police Oracle - Subscription at source 2/6/2021 News Pennsylvania police chief charged after threatening citizen over critical Facebook posts USA: A police chief in Pennsylvania who threatened a private citizen with felony charges in retaliation for critical Facebook comments has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of deprivation of civil rights, federal prosecutors said. NBC 2/6/2021 News ‘Trigger happy’ North Wales Police sergeant used CS gas spray on detainees as a ‘go to’ tactic A “trigger happy” police custody sergeant was alleged to have used captor spray on detainees as “a go-to tactic”, a disciplinary hearing was told On one occasion there had been “an almost nonchalant use” of the incapacitant spray, it was suggested by barrister Barnabas Branston presenting the case at the North Wales police headquarters in Colwyn Bay. North Wales Live 2/6/2021 News Metropolitan Police remains ‘institutionally racist’, claims former chief Parm Sandhu alleges that when she told Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick in 2019 that the force had 'gone backwards', she 'just walked off' The Telegraph - Subscription at source 2/6/2021 News Officers accused of sexual abuse must face investigation, says police chief All serving police officers accused of domestic or sexual abuse should face misconduct hearings as well as criminal investigations, according to the most senior police officer for domestic abuse in England and Wales. The Guardian 2/6/2021 News Vulnerability in police custody: A new approach The N8 Policing Research Partnership is currently holding the Policing Innovation Forum, focusing on ‘Effective Partnerships in Policing’; At the first session in May, Dr Layla Skinns of the University of Sheffield presented on research on vulnerability in police custody, including the growing role of health care professionals and liaison and diversion, and the concept of ‘universal vulnerability’. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/6/2021 Analysis, Feature Gardaí gear up to drug test officers REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The garda force will seek private contractors to help implement a new policy of drug testing of serving and prospective members within the next six months. The Times - Subscription at source 2/6/2021 News Scottish Fed demands body cameras after nearly 7,000 officer assaults The Scottish Police Federation has called for all officers to be given body-worn video. Police Scotland had revealed staff had suffered nearly 7,000 assaults in the past year. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/6/2021 News Officers suffering from “chronic stress” often have leave interrupted Frontline Police Scotland officers suffering from "chronic stress" and often have leave interrupted, a report has warned while Thames Valley Fed urge officers to take time off when due Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/6/2021 News Warwickshire brings female Chief Constable tally to ten Two records are about to be set with the appointment of a female Chief Constable for Warwickshire. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/6/2021 News Mandatory drug testing of Gardaí to be introduced under new anti-corruption policies REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A Professional Boundaries and Abuse of Power for Sexual Gain Policy has also been introduced under the measures. JOE.ie 1/6/2021 News Complaints over drug use and criminal infiltration sent to Garda anti-corruption unit REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Allegations of drug use by gardaí and accusations that organised criminals may have tried to infiltrate the force were among the first complaints received by the Garda’s new Anti-Corruption Bureau. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 1/6/2021 News Meng Foon: Police body cameras will expose any racism NEW ZEALAND: A recent initiative launched by police to help address issues around fair and equitable treatment of all is an admirable move. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 1/6/2021 Feature, Opinion MAPPA arrangements for terror offenders ‘significantly strengthened’ AC Neil Basu says changes were identified and being made to system before the Fishmongers Hall attack. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/6/2021 News Race Relations Commissioner calls for police body cameras to address bias NEW ZEALAND: Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has called for body cameras to be worn by police to help address issues of unconscious and racial bias. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 1/6/2021 News «278127822783278427852786278727882789Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
