Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 116055 total results. Showing results 58761 to 58780 «293529362937293829392940294129422943Next ›Last » NSW Police to melt ‘thousands’ of illegal firearms in huge crackdown AUSTRALIA: Thousands of seized firearms including rifles, shotguns and pistols will be destroyed this month by New South Wales Police. 9 News (Australia) 30/5/2022 News, Video Watchdog investigating another Met police strip-search of a child Confirmation of further case follows those of two teenage girls known as Child Q and Olivia The Guardian 30/5/2022 News Encouraging people to report police misconduct AUSTRALIA: The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, IBAC, last week launched a new campaign encouraging regional communities to speak out against police misconduct. The North Central Review 30/5/2022 News NZ Police Pay $13m To Australian Company For Unhelpful Software NEW ZEALAND: The NZ Police are reported to be paying $13m to an Australian software company to develop a firearm register that will make not a single New Zealander safer. Scoop (New Zealand) 30/5/2022 News LynnMall stabbing inquiry will not be released until after August NEW ZEALAND: Ahamed Samsudeen injured eight people in a supermarket before being shot dead by police last September. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 30/5/2022 News Gang tension: Police ‘very concerned about their access to firearms’ NEW ZEALAND: Police are still looking for a variety of weapons in relation to a spate of recent drive-by shootings, Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 30/5/2022 News Police Accounts of Critical Incidents: A Descriptive and Empirical Assessment Data from body-worn cameras (BWCs) have emerged as a new approach to measuring police activity. These data, in the form of video footage, represent a new method to systematically examine how critical incidents involving police unfold. Recently, law enforcement agencies have begun documenting and releasing elements of video and other data to offer the public their accounts of critical incidents involving police-citizen encounters. These include officer-involved shootings, use of force, and police activity involving protests and demonstrations. The current research analyzes these critical incidents in three interrelated ways: First, we describe the extent to which BWC footage is used in the critical incident accounts. Second, we assess the quality of the audio and video within the BWC footage that is released. Third, we closely code and analyze the data for patterns of police use of force and citizen resistance within the context of extant theories of use of force. The implications for policy and research, and the utility and limitations of this method for future research are considered. Journal of Crime and Justice - Registration at source 30/5/2022 Research article Police plan should be shelved CANADA: Controversial provincial police service proposal should and must to be shelved before it takes up any more public time or money Mountain View Today (Canada) 30/5/2022 Feature, Opinion A ‘watershed moment’? Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., face hearing after botched Indigenous death probe CANADA: Nearly seven years after the body of Stacy Debungee was found in a river flowing through Thunder Bay, Ont., disciplinary hearings for two officers involved in the deficient sudden death investigation are set to begin today. CBC News (Canada) 30/5/2022 News New liaisons take on hate crime CANADA: Two new hate crimes community liaisons will help connect groups affected by hate crimes with the justice system to help protect vulnerable Albertans. Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board 30/5/2022 News Former Director of Public Prosecution to chair new Advisory Council against Economic Crime and Corruption, Minister McEntee announces REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has received Government approval to appoint the independent chair and six ordinary members to a newly established Advisory Council against Economic Crime and Corruption. Department of Justice (Republic of Ireland) 30/5/2022 News An Garda SÃochána monthly report to the Policing Authority REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: I am pleased to provide the fifth report submitted during 2022, outlining the key aspects of the administration and operation of An Garda SÃochána for the month of April 2022, in accordance with Section 41A of the Garda SÃochána Act, 2005, as amended. [pdf] Policing Authority (Republic of Ireland) 30/5/2022 Report Policing Authority appoints Assistant Commissioners in the Garda SÃochána REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Policing Authority is pleased to announce that, at its Authority meeting this week, it appointed Chief Superintendents Michael McElgunn, Angela Willis and Justin Kelly to the rank of Assistant Commissioner in the Garda SÃochána. Policing Authority (Republic of Ireland) 30/5/2022 News Top Gun 2: Time to reflect on what it can teach us about leadership and focus As the sequel to one of the world’s greatest action movies hits the big screen, Acting Superintendent Stephen Lenney of Devon and Cornwall Police considers what law enforcement can learn from the Top Gun franchise, and why focusing on noise, rather than the object causing it, can create problems for both plane spotting and policing. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 30/5/2022 Feature, Opinion A Comparative Interrupted Time-Series Assessing the Impact of the Armstrong Decision on Officer-Involved Shootings In the 2016 case of Estate of Armstrong V. The Village of Pinehurst (Armstrong), the Fourth Circuit Court decided to significantly restrict CED use to only encounters that pose an ‘immediate safety risk’ or ‘immediate danger.’ Some authors have argued that the decision from Armstrong could lead to increased officer-involved shootings. The present study tests this prediction by utilizing a comparative interrupted time-series analysis. Findings from time-series count models show statistically significant increases in monthly and weekly officer-involved shootings (OISs) within the Fourth Circuit, and statistically significant decreases in weekly OISs among states comparable to, but outside the Fourth Circuit’s jurisdiction. Policy implications of these findings are discussed in detail. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 30/5/2022 Research article Police Accounts of Critical Incidents: A Descriptive and Empirical Assessment Data from body-worn cameras (BWCs) have emerged as a new approach to measuring police activity. These data, in the form of video footage, represent a new method to systematically examine how critical incidents involving police unfold. Recently, law enforcement agencies have begun documenting and releasing elements of video and other data to offer the public their accounts of critical incidents involving police-citizen encounters. These include officer-involved shootings, use of force, and police activity involving protests and demonstrations. The current research analyzes these critical incidents in three interrelated ways: First, we describe the extent to which BWC footage is used in the critical incident accounts. Second, we assess the quality of the audio and video within the BWC footage that is released. Third, we closely code and analyze the data for patterns of police use of force and citizen resistance within the context of extant theories of use of force. The implications for policy and research, and the utility and limitations of this method for future research are considered. Journal of Crime and Justice - Registration at source 30/5/2022 Research article How West Midlands has moved digital forensics tothe cloud West Midlands has begun moving teams over to a cloud-based digital forensics platformand it is already helping with the disclosure workload. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/5/2022 News Scots police take domestic abuse call every nine minutes as five thugs locked up for 61 year A police Scotland task force is cornering thugs who are the most heinous offenders. Daily Record 30/5/2022 News Police paid £1.2 million to confidential informants, figures reveal West Midlands Police paid more than £1 million to snitches over the last six years, new figures have revealed. Express & Star 30/5/2022 News Queensland police union boss made defamation claim against domestic violence expert AUSTRALIA: Prof Kerry Carrington had spoken to media after giving evidence about police culture at inquest of murdered Logan woman Doreen Langham The Guardian 30/5/2022 News «293529362937293829392940294129422943Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
