Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104274 total results. Showing results 58961 to 58980 «294529462947294829492950295129522953Next ›Last » Racial justice is key to effective policing, says NPCC chief amid legitimacy crisis The leader of Britain’s police chiefs has said forces’ legitimacy in black communities is so low it is damaging the effectiveness of law enforcement, as he vowed to change generations of strained trust and confidence. The Guardian 28/3/2021 News Protest laws move UK towards paramilitary policing, says former chief A former police chief has warned that new protest laws move Britain dangerously in the direction of “paramilitary policing” and that UK ministers are “flexing their muscles via their police forces” like repressive regimes around the world. The Guardian 28/3/2021 News #defund Or #re-Fund? Re-Examining Bayley’s Blueprint For Police Reform In light of the defund the police movement, it is imperative we consider what police reform could and potentially should look like. Some, for example, have called for a reduced police footprint in marginalised communities through reallocating police funding towards preventative services for a myriad of social issues. However, drawing on David Bayley’s Police for the Future, we show that a dilemma arises with respect to police involvement in these issues: the police cannot be solely relied upon to address all social issues, but they cannot be fully absolved of the responsibility either. As such, further drawing on Bayley’s thoughts for police reform, we instead argue for the adoption of evidence-based policing as a more fruitful driver of meaningful, long-term police reform as it not only enables the police to identify practices that are effective or even harmful, but it also can be used as means for police accountability. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice - Registration at source 28/3/2021 Research article Protest Policing and the Reality of Freedom: Evidence From Hong Kong, Portland, and Santiago in 2019 and 2020 Protests erupted in many nations around the world in 2019 and 2020, some peaceful and some violent. The police response to these protests varied widely, from calm and restrained in some places to violent and repressive in others. Variations in the police response to these events are reminiscent of David Bayley’s groundbreaking comparative research on the links between policing and democracy and the fundamental role of police in shaping “the reality of freedom.” Drawing on Bayley’s scholarship, this paper examines the police response to protests in Hong Kong, Portland, and Santiago in 2019 and 2020. In all three settings, people have constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly. Yet when people took to the streets to challenge their governments and exercise these rights, the police response provided a useful gauge of the reality of freedom. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice - Registration at source 28/3/2021 Research article Sexual abuse rife in state and private schools, say police Sexual abuse by pupils is widespread across state and private education, according to a leading police officer, who has revealed that more than 100 schools have been named on a website set up to expose misogyny, harassment and assault. The Sunday Telegraph - Subscription at source 28/3/2021 News V Division RCMP 2021 Reconciliation Strategy and Activities CANADA: The contributions of Inuit members past and present hold great value in all roles within the RCMP. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 28/3/2021 Report NZ’s first India-born female cop opens up about her fight to overcome cultural barriers for gender equality NEW ZEALAND: Senior sergeant Mandeep Kaur came from India to build a better life for her two children. Stuff (New Zealand) 27/3/2021 Feature Police offer to go into private schools to tackle ‘rape culture’ Metropolitan Police says it is looking at multiple reports of offences against girls, including "harassment, abuse and assault" The Telegraph - Subscription at source 27/3/2021 News The benefits of free and independent lawyers for victims of rape The Victims’ Commissioner recently called for enhanced support measures under a new Victims Law. One of her more ambitious proposals is the introduction of free and independent lawyers to support rape victims on issues of privacy. Ellen Daly and Dr Olivia Smith of Loughborough University evaluate the scheme and show that legal representation can benefit victims and investigating officers without detriment to fair trial. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 27/3/2021 Analysis, Feature The 2017 French Riots and Trust in the Police: A Quasi-Experimental Approach On 2 February 2017, French police officers brutally abused a young black man, leading to the first wave of 2017 French riots. The present study exploits the coincidence that the focal event occurred during the survey period of the European Social Survey (ESS) 2016 (11 November 2016 – 11 March 2017) in France, thus providing the basis for a natural experiment on the effect of media reporting on police misconduct on trust in the police. Data are analysed by means of a regression discontinuity design (RDD) as well as more conventional regression analyses with heteroscedasticity robust standard errors. In line with procedural justice theory as well as institutional theory, the present study finds support for the notion that this special case of police misconduct did decrease trust in the police. In addition, people reporting a migrant background showed even less trust in the police after the event. Frequency of different media consumption does not appear to explain the deterioration of trust in the police after the event. The results of this study increase the internal and external validity of the assumption that trust in the police can be explained not only by personal experiences but also by the perceived unfair treatment of others. Results are robust to various placebo tests. There is some evidence that the effect seems to be short-lived, although the data basis is limited in this regard. Several fruitful approaches for future studies are discussed. European Journal of Criminology 27/3/2021 Research article Community Crime Prevention in Portugal: An Introduction to Local Safety Contracts Following the philosophy of other international programs as proximity policing or situational crime prevention, the Local Safety Contracts (CLS) have been an innovative strategy in Portugal, as they allow the sharing of accountabilities between the central and the local administration, in association with the police and the community. Nonetheless, little has been written in Portugal about such strategies, and nothing at all for the international scientific community. The aim of this paper is therefore to present the CLS, discussing their crime prevention stance and their impacts on local communities. First, the new preventive and multidisciplinary organizational model that is at the basis of CLS is discussed. Then a qualitative assessment of implementation is made through a set of interviews to relevant actors. Conclusions are drawn based on the experiences of municipalities, police and administration, contributing to the debate on community crime prevention, and enhancing the need for multidisciplinary, multilevel and place-specific approaches. Crime Prevention and Community Safety 27/3/2021 Research article Chief Constable Steve Watson sworn in as GMPs new chief Chief Constable Steve Watson has been sworn in as Greater Manchester Police's new chief constable. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/3/2021 News Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner receives lifetime achievement award for tackling financial crime Dame Sara Thornton, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award at this week’s Themis Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Awards 2021. Police Professional 27/3/2021 News Prime Minister brands violence towards police in Bristol ‘disgraceful’ The Prime Minster has said violence towards police during another protest in Bristol was “disgraceful”, as officers say they are concerned more disorder could follow. Police Professional 27/3/2021 News UK cyber policing gains new alarm bells After a successful pilot run in November 2020, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Cyber Resilience Centre (CRC) have gone to market looking for a supplier to further develop the Police CyberAlarm in the UK. The system works by monitoring internet traffic and gathering evidence of suspicious activity in its network, which is then sent to the Cyber Crime police units for further investigation. This national initiative aims to be the first line of surveillance against hackers and fraudsters for small and medium businesses (SMEs) in the UK. Government Computing 27/3/2021 News Met police investigate abuse reports from anti-rape culture website Force receives multiple reports of offences after reviewing testimonies on Everyone’s Invited website The Guardian 27/3/2021 News UK beaches rather than cities could be focus of violence this summer, fears police chief John Apter, chairman of the Police Federation, fears forces could be ‘overwhelmed’ as hoards flock to UK holiday hotpots in record numbers due to ban of travelling overseas i News 27/3/2021 News Hate crimes on police ‘more likely to be charged’ Police officers reporting hateful abuse while on duty are much more likely than members of the public to see their attackers charged with hate crime, according to an investigation by BBC Newsnight and the Law Society Gazette. BBC 27/3/2021 News Kill the Bill: Violent protest ‘disgraceful’, says prime minister Violence at a third night of protests in Bristol has been condemned as "disgraceful" by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. BBC 27/3/2021 News What the policing response to the KKK in the 1960s can teach about dismantling white supremacist groups today The rise of the white nationalist movement in the US and the riots at the Capitol in January have led to calls for more powers to target what has been labelled as domestic terrorism; but Professor David Cunningham of Washington University warns that, as attempts to crackdown on the KKK in 1960s America demonstrate, expanding police powers to tackle specific groups can have unintended consequences. Policing Insight 27/3/2021 Feature, Opinion «294529462947294829492950295129522953Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
