Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102706 total results. Showing results 56741 to 56760 «283428352836283728382839284028412842Next ›Last » Social media isn’t private and personal, IOPC tells officers Private groups and personal media accounts belonging to officers are covered by the same rules on standards, according to the IOPC. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/4/2021 News Hate crime linked to race on the rise as lockdown restrictions ease The number of hate crime victims seeking support rose by more than a quarter in a week when lockdown restrictions in England were eased, according to newly published figures. Police Professional 24/4/2021 News Examining the Comm in Community Policing: Communication Accommodation, Perception, and Trust in Law Enforcement-Suspect Encounters Since the 1980s, community policing has been embraced as the dominant police strategy. Thompson and Jenkins (2013) estimated that 97% of an officer’s time is spent communicatively interacting with the public, indicating a strong incentive to study how communication affects those involved in police interaction. Utilizing communication accommodation theory, this study examines the relationship between accommodation, trust, and overall perceptions of police. An experiment using hypothetical situations was conducted with 257 students at a large, southeastern university in the USA. The data indicates that accommodative behavior can lead suspects to be more trusting of an individual police officer but did not significantly affect their overall perceptions of police officers. There were mixed results related to the effects of consumption of crime television shows indicating a complex relationship between media representation, officer behavior, and trust. We argue that to improve communication between officers and suspects, we need to look beyond the community policing principle, and examine the key communication behaviors that help officers build trust with suspects and more generally in their communities. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Registration at source 24/4/2021 Research article Public Vulnerability to the Police: A Quantitative Inquiry The recent protests regarding the state of policing in the United States clearly demonstrate that how the police do their job creates a salient potential for harm to the public. This study applies a multidimensional paradigm of risk perception to quantify evaluations of police-caused harm. Using data from a national (U.S.) convenience sample (n = 1,890) that oversampled individuals who self-identified as black or Muslim, we tested whether these evaluations vary systematically (using confidence intervals), whether they covary with police legitimacy (using structural equation modeling), and the extent to which that covariance differs by demographic status (using multiple groups structural equation modeling). Our results suggest that black and Muslim individuals evaluate police-caused harm differently than do majority group members (white and Christian) on most, but not all, of the measured dimensions. We also find that those evaluations are predictive of trust and provide evidence of some level of consistency across communities. Criminal Justice and Behaviour - Registration at source 24/4/2021 Research article Some police automatically fear Black men. De-escalation training won’t solve that. USA: Police reactions toward Black men like Daunte Wright show officers need training to both de-escalate conflict and reprogram responses based on fear. USA Today 24/4/2021 Feature, Opinion Racism, rape jokes and crime scene selfies: what police officers are posting on social media Watchdog warns of disciplinary investigations over 'unacceptable' online posts, including officers contacting crime victims to arrange sex The Telegraph - Subscription at source 24/4/2021 News Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police retires Mark Collins QPM has retired from the role of Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police. Mr Collins retired from the role heading up the UK’s geographically largest and most rural force area and is now Commissioner of Royal Virgin Islands Police. Western Telegraph 24/4/2021 News Smarter ways to work: Fund mental health units to reduce violence Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, Nick Selby, former Director of Cyber Intelligence and Investigations for NYPD, sets out why funding mental health teams staffed by clinicians and cops would be a smarter way to reduce violence and deaths. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 24/4/2021 Feature, Opinion The myths of lie detection Colin Paine and Cody Porter say it is time for an evidence based-policing approach to lie detection. Police Professional - Subscription at source 23/4/2021 Feature Culture of silence A lack of emotional support within the police is leading to increased rates of PTSD and burnout says Sarah-Jane Lennie. Police Professional - Subscription at source 23/4/2021 News ‘Football Fans Are Not Thugs’: Communication and the Future of Fan Engagement in the Policing of Scottish Football The recent history of the policing of Scottish football has been tempestuous. The enactment of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 subjected those attending regulated football matches to a range of new forms of control, and mobilised significant fan resistance that resulted in the Act’s eventual repeal in 2018. By this time, however, significant damage had been inflicted upon fan-police relations, with a concomitant impact on communication and fan engagement. Drawing upon the findings of qualitative research conducted in Scotland, the analysis herein documents a recognition on all sides of the poor state of fan-police relations following the implementation of the original Act. This research traces an emergent shift in some policing sensibilities towards more constructive forms of police-fan engagement and communication following the Act’s repeal. However, the study also highlights significant challenges to such emergent sensibilities, acknowledging, via a case study, that they exist in parallel with still highly problematic practices and approaches in the policing of football fans in Scotland. Policing and Society 23/4/2021 Research article The Impact of Policing Styles on Officers’ Willingness to Make Referrals Into Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiatives Pre-arrest diversion programs rely on officers’ discretion to divert low-level offenders to outside services in lieu of arrest. Few studies have examined how officers’ policing orientations influence their willingness to make referrals to these programs. The current study examined the relationship between policing styles including service-oriented which prioritizes serving the community; watchman which involves an order maintenance approach; and legalistic which emphasizes strict law enforcement and the officers’ willingness to divert. Using survey data collected from officers (n = 110) attending a Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion training, the current study found that officers with a legalistic policing style were less likely to make a referral while officers who scored higher on service-oriented policing were more likely to make a referral. A watchman style of policing did not have a significant effect on referral likelihood after controlling for other factors. Findings and implications for efforts to implement similar programs are discussed. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 23/4/2021 Research article The Effect of Underwired and Sports Bras on Breast Shape, Key Anthropometric Dimensions, and Body Armour Comfort This study follows on previous research which investigated the comfort and types of bras worn by UK female police officers when wearing body armour and performing typical activities. This controlled study involved a cohort of 31 female police officers and investigated three main areas. Firstly the effect of professional bra fitting on size and comfort, secondly the effect of wearing an underwired bra or a sports bra on comfort and ability to perform certain actions, and thirdly the effect of an underwired bra and sports bra on key anthropometric data in relation to the fitting of body armour. Police Journal 23/4/2021 Research article IOPC warns officers about inappropriate social media use Following a number of investigations into police officers posting or sharing offensive, material via social media, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) today warned that such behaviour from serving police officers is unacceptable, and that individuals could face investigation for misconduct. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 23/4/2021 News Female officer stabbed to death inside police station in Rambouillet, near Paris Terrorism not ruled out by officials after the woman was stabbed in the throat. Sky News 23/4/2021 News Police officer acquitted of sending grossly offensive image of George Floyd A Devon and Cornwall Police officer who sent a “grossly offensive” meme depicting the arrest of George Floyd to a WhatsApp group of colleagues has been acquitted of a criminal charge. Police Professional 23/4/2021 News Leaders reject Home Office push for return to performance targets Police leaders and staff associations have expressed concern at Home Office plans to rank forces in performance league tables. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 23/4/2021 News City of London’s new ‘Justice Quarter’ gets the go-ahead Plans for a new development on Salisbury Square, off Fleet Street. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 23/4/2021 News Met Police used dead children’s identities to infiltrate protest groups “Abhorrent” and "callous" practice continued for around 20 years and was "embedded"' in secretive unit Wales Online 23/4/2021 News Policing in the pandemic: COVID-19 has forced criminals to become cashless The various COVID-19 lockdowns have prompted criminal activity to move increasingly online, with illicit financial transactions following suit; ahead of next week’s We Fight Fraud online conference, Dr Nicola Harding outlines the findings of a new white paper which reveal how low-level criminal commerce is increasingly becoming part of the cashless society. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 23/4/2021 Analysis, Feature «283428352836283728382839284028412842Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
