Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104523 total results. Showing results 60861 to 60880 «304030413042304330443045304630473048Next ›Last » Police Basic Firearms Training: A Decontextualised Preparation For Real-Life Armed Confrontations The purpose of this study is to compare the basic firearms training delivered by the police (university) colleges in New Zealand and Norway, and how this training reflects experience from real-life armed confrontations. Data stem from document studies and participant observation on all basic firearms courses. Findings show similarities regarding the safety, firearms handling and marksman skills that recruits/students need to have to pass their qualification tests, and the absence of policies for basic firearms training. Distinct differences are the way instructors can access and make use of documented experiences of real-life firearms incidents, and the shooting targets used. For both countries, a key finding is that the firearms training context reflects, to a limited extent, performance environments of real-life armed confrontations. Thus, findings of this study indicate a need for the firearms training itself to be improved, or additional training added, to enhance safe and effective handling of real-life firearms confrontations. Policing and Society - Registration at source 31/1/2021 Research article Capturing Killers: the Construction of CCTV Evidence During Homicide Investigations Drawing upon quantitative and qualitative data gathered during a four-year ethnographic study of 44 British homicide investigations, this paper advances the sparse literature on how closed-circuit television (CCTV) contributes to criminal investigations and the risks associated with its use. Based on insights gleaned from interviews with homicide detectives, analysis of case files and observations of live homicide investigations, we examine how CCTV is used during homicide investigations focusing principally on two key investigative moments – identifying and charging suspects. Our quantitative data indicate that CCTV is used more frequently than any other kind of forensic science or technology to both identify and charge suspects. Nevertheless, our qualitative data reveal numerous challenges associated with how CCTV footage is recovered, viewed, shared, interpreted and packaged for court. We reveal the individual and organisational processes and workarounds that have emerged in a socio-technical landscape that lacks clear standards and principles. We discuss the implications of these findings for practice and policy and their relevance to questions about the socially constructed nature of forensic scientific knowledge. Policing and Society - Registration at source 31/1/2021 Research article Police Killings of Unarmed Black Americans: A Reassessment of Community Mental Health Spillover Effects We reevaluate the claim from Bor et al. (2018: 302) that ‘police killings of unarmed black Americans have effects on mental health among black American adults in the general population.’ The Mapping Police Violence data used by the authors include 91 incidents involving black decedents who were either (1) not killed by police officers in the line of duty or (2) armed when killed. These incidents should have been removed or recoded prior to analysis. Correctly recoding these incidents decreased in magnitude all of the reported coefficients, and, more importantly, eliminated the reported statistically significant effect of exposure to police killings of unarmed black individuals on the mental health of black Americans in the general population. We caution researchers to vet carefully crowdsourced data that tracks police behaviors and warn against reducing these complex incidents to overly simplistic armed/unarmed dichotomies. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 31/1/2021 Research article The Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Covid-19 Stay-At-Home Orders on Domestic Violence Calls For Service Across Six U.s. Jurisdictions We assessed immediate and long-term trends in calls for police service regarding domestic violence following COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. Using open data from the Police Data Initiative, we performed interrupted time-series analyses of weekly calls for service for domestic violence in New Orleans (LA), Cincinnati (OH), Seattle (WA), Salt Lake City (UT), Montgomery County (MD), and Phoenix (AZ). Results indicate that five of the six jurisdictions experienced an immediate, significant spike in domestic violence calls for service (Cincinnati being the lone exception). As stay-at-home orders were lifted throughout the remainder of 2020, domestic violence calls for service declined in every jurisdiction but Salt Lake City. These results illustrate (1) the importance of studying the localized effects of COVID-19 on criminal justice issues, (2) the need for more agencies to publish open data in a timely fashion, and (3) the caution researchers and the public must use when working with calls for service data, which are not uniform across agencies and require careful cleaning prior to analysis. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 31/1/2021 Research article Rural communities ‘under siege’ by criminal hare-coursing gangs Victims say weak enforcement of the law has done little to deter criminals from running illegal hare course betting syndicates The Telegraph - Subscription at source 31/1/2021 News Annual report to the community 2020 CANADA: I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to represent citizens as Chair of the Calgary Police Commission during one of the most significant years in our history. [pdf] Calgary Police Commission 31/1/2021 Report Edmonton Police Service control tactics statistics 2021 January – December report CANADA: The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) submits two reports annually to the Edmonton Police Commission that outline all instances of reported use of force. [pdf] Edmonton Police Commission (Canada) 31/1/2021 Report Gardai will turn back drivers 5km over the border Gardai are to be given emergency powers to order residents of Northern Ireland to return home if they are more than 5km across the border, government sources said. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 31/1/2021 News New police oversight model needed, experts say after Winnipeg officer cleared in killing of Indigenous teen CANADA: Legal experts and Indigenous leaders are questioning the ability of Manitoba's police watchdog to hold law enforcement to account, in the wake of a report on the shooting death of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson. CBC News (Canada) 30/1/2021 News Child offenders are still slipping through cracks of juvenile diversion scheme to commit serious offences REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The juvenile diversion programme, which was at the centre of controversy just two years ago, is still failing to deal appropriately and swiftly with violent young offenders, some of whom are dodging prosecution, TheJournal.ie has learned. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 30/1/2021 News NSW Police roll out new DNA program to help ID mystery bodies AUSTRALIA: Police are set to employ a bold new tactic as they continue the hunt for the long list of missing people in NSW – and work to identify the more than 330 mystery bodies on record. News.com.au (Australia) 30/1/2021 News Legal Equalizer app aims to fight racial profiling by police USA: In 2014, not long after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Mbye Njie decided he’d had enough. He’d just been pulled over by a police officer for the third time in one month and mistakenly informed there was a warrant out for his arrest. The experience convinced him to build an app that could help people in emergency situations, such as encounters with law enforcement or immigration authorities, providing a way to contact loved ones, record what was happening and more. Called Legal Equalizer, he formed a company with the same name the next year to sell it. Forbes 30/1/2021 Feature Canadian police officers fear stigma of reporting mental health issues: survey CANADA: A suicidal cop is denied help by a police chief who “didn’t like this officer.” A male supervisor tells another manager she’ll turn officers into “pussies” when she suggests taking an active approach to workplace mental health. An inspector says cops who responded to a “horrible suicide” must be offered mental health support “so we can say we did it.” A cross-Canada survey of more than 800 officers has found that despite beefed-up officer wellness programs and growing awareness about the psychological toll of the job, stigma still surrounds mental illness in policing. Toronto Star (Canada) 30/1/2021 News Spanish police use high-tech drones to monitor the borders in Valencia SPAIN: Spanish police are using high-tech drones to monitor the borders and to spot curfew flouters in the region of Valencia, it has been reported. Police controls, together with the drones, monitor all the sixteen areas of the community that have been closed off due to the virus. Euro Weekly News (Europe) 30/1/2021 News Hampshire takes out OCG after biggest- ever cocaine seizure Members of an organised crime group are beginning jail sentences totalling 30 years after £6.6m of cocaine was seized. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/1/2021 News ‘Staggering lack of knowledge ‘ among IOPC investigators says Fed Giving evidence to the Home Affairs Committee Phil Matthews Federation conduct and performance lead, said they've seen 'a staggering lack of knowledge' among IOPC investigators. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 30/1/2021 News RSPCA considers handing over prosecution responsibilities to the CPS The RSPCA says it is “exploring the transfer” of its animal welfare prosecuting role to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to focus on its frontline work investigating cruelty. Police Professional 30/1/2021 News Elizabeth Denham’s term as Information Commissioner extended Elizabeth Denham has agreed to continue her term as Information Commissioner for a further three months to allow more time for her successor to be appointed. Police Professional 30/1/2021 News Government publishes stronger guidance on tackling anti-social behaviour The Government has published strengthened guidance on anti-social behaviour to ensure greater protection for victims. Police Professional 30/1/2021 News Why ‘Admission of Guilt’ Is Not Working in Youth Diversionary Schemes in NSW – Exploratory Findings From Interviews With Police Officers Diversion from formal proceedings through the Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW) (YOA) is only available if an ‘admission of guilt’ has been made by the offender. Young people are often reluctant to admit guilt to the police. Acknowledgement of this has in recent years resulted in the development of the Protection Admission Scheme (PAS) aimed at removing this barrier to diversion. To date, there has been no published review of the police’s implementation of the PAS. This paper begins to address this gap and raises some important issues relating to the operation of the diversionary scheme governed by the YOA and the challenges raised by the legislative requirement for an admission of guilt as part of diversionary eligibility. Through an analysis of the findings derived from six in-depth interviews with members of the NSW Police Force, the paper highlights two issues hindering the use of the PAS. Current Issues in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 30/1/2021 Research article «304030413042304330443045304630473048Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
