Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97981 total results. Showing results 61161 to 61180 «305530563057305830593060306130623063Next ›Last » Policing football: Countering the threat of rogue drones must be part of the policing strategy Rogue drone incursions are a serious threat to football stadiums. With football currently either suspended or played behind close doors, Policing Insight contributor Andrew Staniforth says now is the time to consider a counter-drone strategy and explore the available anti-drone technology. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 10/6/2020 Feature The Formation of Suspicion: A Vignette Study Being suspicious is part of police training, and is emphasized in police culture. Tversky and Kahneman argued that people make decisions based on a limited number of heuristic factors to reduce a complex task to likely probabilities (Tversky A and Kahneman D [1974] Judgment under uncertainty: heuristics and biases. Science 185[4157]: 1124–1131). This study contributes to the body of scholarship studying police suspicion. It uses vignettes describing an incident involving characteristics important when police officers form suspicion. This design allows respondents to judge a situation before actual engagement. A convenience sample of police officers, supervisors, and administrators from police agencies of different sizes located in two different states responded to an online survey. Results demonstrated that the time of an event, the person’s race, and their manner of dress, contributed to the formation of suspicion. Other factors (i.e., suspect age, neighborhood) were not significantly related to suspicion. Further, respondents with few years of experience were more likely to see the conditions within a vignette as suspicious. The findings indicate that unacceptable stereotyping can result from using scanty or outdated heuristic tools to simplify decision-making. Further, there is a need for additional research examining the conditions related to suspicion formation. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 10/6/2020 Research article Exploring the Homogeneity of Theft Offenders in Spatio-Temporal Crime Hotspots Offender homogeneity occurs when the same criminal group is composed of offenders with similar attributes (e.g., socio-economic-demographics). Exploring the homogeneity of offenders within spatio-temporal crime hotspots (STCHs) is useful for understanding not only the generational mechanisms of crime hotspots, but also has crime prevention implications. However, the homogeneity of offenders within STCHs has not been explored in criminological studies hitherto. Indeed, current techniques of STCH detection are limited to using statistical clustering methods in existing studies that lack the ability to identify the shape of STCHs or the distribution and variety of offences/offender activity with them. In this study, we utilise a spatio-temporal clustering algorithm called ST-DBSCAN to determine STCHs. We then propose novel entropy-based indices that measure the similarity of offenders (and offences) within STCHs. The method is demonstrated using theft crime records in the central area of Beijing, China. The results show that theft in the city is concentrated in a narrow space and time span (STCHs) and that within these associated offenders with similar social demographics, referred to as homogeneous offender groups are detectable. Crime Science Journal 10/6/2020 Research article Thames Valley Police Journal – Volume 5 TVP Journal Volume 5 - Fifth edition Spring 2020 sharing Thames Valley Police Research and Practice [PDF] Thames Valley Police 10/6/2020 Report ‘We can be better than this, we must be better than this’ – the most senior BAME officer in the UK speaks out Metropolitan Police Service Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu has made a personal plea for officers around the country to stand up to racists and be “a force for true change” in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Police Professional - Subscription at source 10/6/2020 Feature, Opinion Police working to ease community tensions amid fears of summer riots Essex Police Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington, the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) lead on public order and safety, says forces are working hard to address tensions and concerns within communities amid warnings that riots could break out across the UK this summer. Police Professional 10/6/2020 News Europol – EU IPO report on IP crime and its links to other serious crimes This new report on how IP crime supports the activities of organised criminal gangs adds to the growing evidence that counterfeit goods are an attack against society requiring an international response. It demonstrates the interconnection between IPR crime and other types of serious crimes highlighting the links between actors committing these offences. Europol 10/6/2020 News Teacher charged with online child sexual abuse offences A deputy head teacher of a primary school has been charged with online child sexual abuse offences after a National Crime Agency investigation. National Crime Agency (NCA) 10/6/2020 News Lockdown: crimes in the home are on the up – new measures are needed to alert the authorities Crimes in the home are hard to detect unless victims or family members report them. Both domestic violence and child maltreatment are widely under-reported. This means they tend not to be investigated by the authorities, and many victims don’t get the support they need. Yahoo! 10/6/2020 News ‘Stand up to racists’, Met police chief urges colleagues The Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner has urged his fellow officers to "stand up to racists" as anti-racism demonstrations continue across the country. News Shopper 10/6/2020 News The Killing of Mark Duggan On 4 August 2011, Mark Duggan was shot to death by police in Tottenham, north London, after undercover officers forced the minicab in which he was travelling to pull over. Forensic Architecture 10/6/2020 Report George Floyd death: More work needed to tackle racism says Met officer The UK's most senior black and minority ethnic police officer has urged forces to "stand up to racists, inequality and injustice". BBC 10/6/2020 News Mark Duggan shooting: can forensic tech cast doubt on official report? As Forensic Architecture publishes its investigation, find out how researchers are using virtual modelling to challenge official findings. The Guardian 10/6/2020 Feature, Innovation Understanding the structure and composition of co‑offending networks in Australia AUSTRALIA: A large volume of criminal offending involves two or more individuals acting collaboratively. [pdf] Australian Institute of Criminology (Australia) 10/6/2020 Research article Sadiq Khan calls for urgent review after police Taser rapper Wretch 32’s father The Mayor of London said it's "absolutely vital" that the capital's police force "retains the trust of the communities it serves" after bodycam footage of the incident was posted on social media Mirror 10/6/2020 News Riots could break out in UK this summer, scientific adviser to Government warns Professor Clifford Stott is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies sub-committee on behaviour. Shropshire Star 10/6/2020 News Coronavirus in Scotland: Police will enforce quarantine restrictions with light touch Police officers will step back from enforcing plans to quarantine travellers arriving in the UK, Scotland’s most senior police officer has indicated. The Times - Subscription at source 10/6/2020 News Russian robot joins Abu Dhabi police Abu Dhabi police have a new recruit – a Russian-made robot that can carry out patrols and video surveillance, and check people’s body temperature. AI Business 10/6/2020 News Extremism body examines new hate crime The government's adviser on extremism is investigating whether it's possible to ban behaviour that leads people to hate each other. BBC 10/6/2020 News Rapper Wretch 32’s father Tasered by London police Rapper Wretch 32 has spoken about the lack of progression on "police brutality" in the UK as he shared footage of his father being Tasered. 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