Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 116032 total results. Showing results 60421 to 60440 «301830193020302130223023302430253026Next ›Last » Effects of Political Patronage Upon Police Practices and Police Reforms During Democratisation in Thailand in the Period of 1992–2006 In many new democracies, the police continue to be a political tool of the ruling elites, and governments are reluctant to reform the police to be a democratic police force. This article examines why these problems occur by analyzing how the police relate to ruling elites and how this relationship affects police practices and police reforms based on a case study on Thailand. By adopting the institutionalist approach concerning the impacts of informal institutions on formal institutions, this study finds that political patronage between politicians and police officers made the police a political tool of politicians in power and led to the failure to reform the police to develop democratic policing during democratisation in Thailand in the period of 1992–2006. After the 1992 uprising, businessman-politicians replaced military leaders to be patrons of police officers by manipulating police reshuffles in Thailand. Through these relationships, police officers abused their powers to aid politicians and political parties to suppress political opponents and dissent through selective law enforcement and criminal investigations. Policing and Society - Registration at source 3/4/2022 Research article ‘Curb Sitting’: An Evidence-Based Policing Practice Or An Officer Safety Myth? Law enforcement officers across the country are trained in various tactics and techniques intended to increase the overall safety within a police-citizen contact. One common, albeit controversial tactic is referred to as “curb sitting”. The curb-sitting tactic is generally associated with officers requiring criminal suspects to sit on a curb with their legs outstretched in front of them. The tactic is believed to provide officers additional reaction time to defend themselves from an attack but is also considered unnecessarily demeaning. The efficacy of the curb-sitting tactic has not previously been determined. The current study is the first to evaluate three common variations of the curb-sitting tactic to determine which, if any seated position allowed officers more time to respond to an attack when compared to a subject standing five feet away. Our results show that a seated subject with their legs extended is associated with a significant increase in time to cross five feet when compared to a standing subject. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 3/4/2022 Research article Proceeds of crime to fund new national police museum AUSTRALIA: Diving suits worn by Australian Federal Police officers during the 2018 Thailand cave rescue, the 1996 Red Notice alert flagged for fugitive Christopher Skase, fragments from the Sofitel Hotel destroyed by the 2004 tsunami and forensic evidence from the 2002 Bali bombings will be among the items on display when the Australian Police Museum opens in Canberra next year. RiotACT (Australia) 3/4/2022 News Victoria Police wants Australians ‘to forget what they’ve been up to’ AUSTRALIA: Sky News host Rita Panahi says Victoria Police wants Australians to “forget” about recent history after two years of “overreach and selective policing”. [VIDEO] Sky News 3/4/2022 News ‘I cried all the way to the station’: a police officer’s daily struggle NEW ZEALAND: As a mum of four, Diane Vickers joined the police to make a difference. She says her colleagues “burnt the passion” out of her. Jehan Casinader reports in part two of a four-part investigation of police training. Stuff (New Zealand) 3/4/2022 Feature, Opinion Saskatoon police to tackle hate crimes with designated officer CANADA: Saskatoon police are taking additional steps to address increased rates of reported hate crimes in the city. 650 CKOM (Canada) 3/4/2022 News Police board backs Thunder Bay Police CANADA: Just days after Indigenous leaders called for the Thunder Bay Police Service to be disbanded and asked that major crimes involving Indigenous peoples be investigated by an outside agency, the Thunder Bay Police Services Board says it backs the the police department. [AUDIO] TB News Watch (Canada) 3/4/2022 News Report into garda compliance with human rights standards will not be published REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A substantial report by the Policing Authority into garda compliance with human rights standards during homicide investigations has been completed, following a major controversy over the misclassification of killings. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 3/4/2022 News ‘We need a fully funded service and more Bobbies on the beat’ says Grantham councillor and former policeman Sir Robert Peel is considered to be the father of modern policing and quoted as saying ‘The police are the public and the public are the police’, says Grantham councillor and former policeman Ray Wootten. Grantham Journal 3/4/2022 News More police officers working from home would improve diversity, says superintendents’ leader Police officers of the future should be allowed to choose their own hours and spend more time working from home, the newly-elected president of the Police Superintendents' Association (PSA) has suggested. The Telegraph 3/4/2022 News Anti-social behaviour hotspots in BCP in January Reports of antisocial behaviour increased slightly in January across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, according to the latest figures. Daily Echo (Bournemouth) 3/4/2022 News Two PCSOs seriously injured in Harrogate McDonald’s attack North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and mobile phone footage after two PCSOs were left seriously injured following an attack in Harrogate on the evening of Friday 1 April 2022. Harrogate Informer 3/4/2022 News British police are using drones made by Chinese firm accused of ‘supplying machines to guide Russian missiles’ Police forces are using drones made by a Chinese firm accused of supplying the machines to guide Russian missiles, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Mail Online 3/4/2022 News Northumbria Police operation to keep people safe on night’s out in Newcastle wins national recognition A Northumbria Police operation is paving the way in keeping people safe on nights out as similar pilot schemes are being rolled out in other parts of the UK. Chronicle Live (North East) 3/4/2022 News One in five crime empires are run from inside prison, study finds – as bosses warn ‘the scale of the challenge is huge’ One in five of the organised criminal groups (OCGs) in England and Wales is run from inside prisons, an investigation has discovered. Mobile phones are the most commonly used communications tool for incarcerated criminals, although they also pass on messages through prison visits and regular phone calls. Mail Online 3/4/2022 News Regimes of Representation in Canadian Police Museums: Othering, Police Subjectivities, and Gunscapes There are dozens of public police museums located across Canada that memorialize the country’s history of law enforcement and criminalization. Drawing from fieldwork at these sites, we explore the representational devices used to curate police museum displays. Invoking Stuart Hall’s work on representation and Othering, we examine how gun displays at Canadian police museums are organized to minimize the harm that police interventions with guns cause. Arguing these displays are made intelligible through a regime of representation that naturalizes the distinction between police officers and the “criminal” Other, we examine how these museums position weaponry including the gun as an esthetic object and a force of social good when in the hands of police. Analyzing curatorial strategies such as the arrangement of weapons, mannequin placement, dress, and level of humanization, as well as the rhetoric and narratives espoused on accompanying placards, we show how the curatorial approach in these spaces ratify an ideological framework that normalizes police violence and criminalization. We then assess what our analysis contributes to literatures on police museums and policing myths. Crime Media Culture: An International Journal - Registration at source 3/4/2022 Research article See the stunning moment police uncover a huge haul of cocaine worth $166million, with the 416kg shipment almost half of the amount seized in One year in Australia AUSTRALIA: The Australian Federal Police have seized 416 kilograms of cocaine worth over $166 million in one of Australia's biggest cocaine busts. Mail Online 2/4/2022 News Broken and burnt out: the hidden reality of being a new cop NEW ZEALAND: As Paul Leon marched into the auditorium, his heart rate kicked up a notch. He had just completed 16 weeks at Police College, alongside 78 other recruits. They were surrounded by hundreds of friends and family, whooping and clapping in the late January sunlight. [VIDEO] Stuff (New Zealand) 2/4/2022 Feature, Opinion Hamilton is facing an increase in guns and illicit drugs, police chief says CANADA: Hamilton's police chief says the city is dealing with an increase in guns and illicit drugs on its streets, including a growing trend of kids as young as 15-years-old "brazenly using firearms." CBC News (Canada) 2/4/2022 News Provincial police force now in effect in Sask. CANADA: Saskatchewan now has a provincial police force. The 450 member provincial protective services branch began policing Friday and will complement the work of RCMP and city police forces. CTV News (Canada) 2/4/2022 News «301830193020302130223023302430253026Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
