Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104506 total results. Showing results 60401 to 60420 «301730183019302030213022302330243025Next ›Last » UK’s first football hate crime officer turns focus on social media Stuart Ward of West Midlands police aims to stamp out racist abuse in grounds and online to bring back community spirit The Guardian 15/2/2021 News High-tech cameras will save lives in Devon and Cornwall Police custody cells Camera technology used in healthcare settings and hospitals to monitor a person’s movement, pulse and breathing is being introduced into custody suites in Devon and Cornwall – the first police use of the new high-tech system – after a successful two-year trial. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 15/2/2021 Feature, Innovation Focal Concerns and Police Decision Making in Sexual Assault Cases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Sexual assault and case attrition at the arrest stage are serious problems in the United States. Focal concerns have increasingly been used to explain police decision making in sexual assault cases. Because of the popularity of the focal concerns perspective and potential to inform evidence-based training, a systematic review and meta-analysis are needed to condense the literature. In this study, we assess the overall strength of the relationship between focal concerns variables and police decisions to arrest in cases of sexual assault. Our assessment of the effects of focal concerns variables on arrest decision making in sexual assault cases followed the systematic review protocols provided by the Campbell Collaboration of Systematic Reviews. Specifically, we used the Campbell Collaboration recommendations to search empirical literature and used meta-analysis to evaluate the size, direction, and strength of the impact of focal concerns variables on arrest decisions. Our search strategy detected 14 eligible studies and 79 effect sizes. The meta-analysis found several robust and statistically significant correlates of arrest. In fact, each focal concerns concept produced at least one robust arrest correlate. Overall, focal concerns offers a strong approach for explaining police decisions in sexual assault cases. Although practical concerns and resource constraints produced the strongest arrest correlates, results show the importance of additional case characteristics in officers’ decision to arrest. Trauma Violence and Abuse - Registration at source 15/2/2021 Research article Calibrating Police Activity Across Hot Spot and Non-Hot Spot Areas Maximizing crime prevention through large-scale implementation of hot spot policing requires a more refined understanding of how to calibrate police activity across high and low-risk areas. This study investigates these issues based on the experience of a large urban police agency that substantially reduced proactive activities across a large area due to resource cutbacks while also shifting a larger share of its declining proactive work into prioritized micro hot spots. Time series models were used to estimate the effects of these changes on crime-related calls in hot spots and non-hot spot areas. Hot spots required higher levels of proactivity (expressed as rates per day or per crime) to control crime, and serious crime rose in these locations following modest reductions in proactivity. In areas outside hot spots, minor and property crimes rose, but only after reductions of one-half to two-thirds in proactive work. Violence was unaffected in these areas, and they did not experience accelerated growth in crime relative to prioritized hot spots. These results help to illuminate minimum levels of police activity that may be necessary to control crime in places of varying risk. They also suggest that police can reduce proactive work by substantial amounts in lower risk areas to place more emphasis on hot spots. Better understanding of these issues is central to widespread, systematic operationalization of hot spot policing as a means to reduce crime across large areas. Police Quarterly - Registration at source 15/2/2021 Research article Evaluation of the RCMP Auxiliary Program CANADA: This report presents the results of the Evaluation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Auxiliary Program conducted by the RCMP National Program Evaluation Services (NPES). Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 15/2/2021 Report The pressure for secure schools Work with Offenders on a new report from the Justice Committee. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/2/2021 News Accept BAME perceptions on diversity or lose trust, says Inspector Accept that BAME people have negative perceptions of policing to rebuild trust, a HM inspector has advised. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/2/2021 News VAT fraud clampdown: international scam with memory cards uncovered in the Netherlands The criminal network defrauded Dutch tax authorities of an estimated €9 million Europol 15/2/2021 News Tributes paid to two Sussex officers who died last week The chief constable of Sussex Police has paid tribute to two officers who died within two days of each other. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/2/2021 News SPA at Public Audit & Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee Former SPA Chair, David Crichton joined SPA Interim Chief Executive, Lynn Brown and SPA Chair, Martyn Evans at the PAPLS session on 11 February as the committee considered Audit Scotland's Section 22 report on the SPA's 2019-20 Annual Report and Accounts. Scottish Police Authority (SPA) 15/2/2021 News Police Officer Stress and Coping in A Stress-Awareness Era This study was conducted as controversy and turmoil engulfed police worldwide. Police-community conflict was widespread and conceivably increased officers’ stress levels. Because stress affects officers’ health and job performance, it is important to understand the phenomenon. This study was designed to ascertain officers’ stress levels, coping mechanisms, and perspectives regarding police-community relations, their perceived stress-related needs, and their perceptions of departmental assistance. Participants (N = 128) were police officers across several jurisdictions of various sizes in the northeastern United States. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected; analytic methods included statistical correlations and regression, as well as qualitative, thematic analysis. Results indicated the following: Participants experienced stress across multiple areas; some coping mechanisms predicted higher expressions of stress, as did certain perspectives of police-community relations and years in law enforcement. Participants’ perspectives of their needs and their suggestions for action contributed to data-driven policy recommendations regarding both prevention and symptom reduction approaches. Police Quarterly - Registration at source 15/2/2021 Research article Inspection of the London Fire Brigade’s progress to implement the recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s Phase 1 report On 14 June 2017, a fire at Grenfell Tower, a high-rise residential building in North Kensington, West London, cost 72 lives. On 15 June 2017, the then Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Theresa May MP, announced a public inquiry into the causes of the fire. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry was set up to examine the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 15/2/2021 Report The Threat of Appearing Racist: Stereotype Threat and Support For Coercion Among Australian Police Officers Recent research in the United States has argued that the threat of confirming the “racist cop” stereotype may paradoxically increase the propensity for coercive policing by depressing officers’ self-legitimacy. The current study aimed to assess the influence of the threat of the “racist cop” stereotype on officers’ self-legitimacy and their attitudes toward force in an Australian policing jurisdiction. An online survey was completed by 306 frontline officers in Queensland, Australia. Structural equation modeling was used to assess the influence of stereotype threat on officers’ attitudes toward force, and the extent to which this is mediated by perceptions of self-legitimacy. The findings confirmed previous findings, with increased officer perceptions of stereotype threat associated with increased support for coercive policing, mediated by reduced self-legitimacy. The findings are discussed with reference to how the validity and salience of the “racist cop” stereotype can be diminished. Criminal Justice and Behaviour - Registration at source 15/2/2021 Research article London Fire Brigade must do more to fully address failings from Grenfell The London Fire Brigade still has more work to do to fully address its failings from the Grenfell Tower fire, a new report has found. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 15/2/2021 News London Fire Brigade: Progress against cause of concern Today we published a letter on the London Fire Brigade’s progress against a cause of concern we gave in our inspection in 2019. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 15/2/2021 News Disregards and pardons for historical gay sexual convictions Application form and guidance notes on applying for a disregard and pardon of convictions for decriminalised sexual offences. Home Office 15/2/2021 News More than 19,000 slavery and human trafficking crimes left unsolved by UK police forces since 2015 Modern Slavery Act Police forces have failed to bring charges for more than 19,000 slavery and trafficking crimes since the 2015 Modern Slavery Act was passed, with suspects facing action in fewer than one in 20 cases. The Gazette (Blackpool) 15/2/2021 News Smart motorway deaths: police could find Highways England ‘criminally responsible’ Smart motorway deaths: police could find Highways England 'criminally responsible' The Telegraph - Subscription at source 15/2/2021 News Drones used by police to monitor political protests in England BLM, Extinction Rebellion and animal rights protests all targeted as forces expand use of drones The Guardian 15/2/2021 News We must shape the future of forensics together The world of forensic science in the UK is changing, in the form of a new national network with police forces as members; Jo Ashworth, CEO of the Forensic Capability Network, explains that forces must get actively involved to help shape the future of forensics. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 15/2/2021 Feature, Opinion «301730183019302030213022302330243025Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
