Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104726 total results. Showing results 61441 to 61460 «306930703071307230733074307530763077Next ›Last » Police highlight realities of modern-day slavery Police have offered an insight into the investigation of modern slavery as a new serious and organised crime campaign is launched. Sky News 17/1/2021 News France launches public consultation on legalising cannabis FRANCE: France is Europe’s biggest cannabis consumer, despite having some of the continent’s toughest laws against the drug. In response to this failure of the law to act as a deterrent, a group of MPs from across the political spectrum have launched an initiative to shift the terms of the debate on this issue. France 24 17/1/2021 News Police to drop most COVID-19 fines and hand out cautions AUSTRALIA: Police officers who issued fines for breaches of COVID-19 restrictions have been instructed to hand out cautions for unpaid infringements rather than proceed with charges in a move that the Police Association warns could undermine future enforcement of public health orders. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 17/1/2021 News Police chief warns ‘irresponsible’ celebrities not to encourage Covid rulebreakers Celebrities have an "even greater responsibility" to abide by Covid-19 rules, a top police chief has told LBC, as the UK faces the toughest months of the pandemic so far. LBC 17/1/2021 News Mandatory reporting of choking necessary in fight against domestic violence, police say CANADA: N.L. emergency rooms are required by law to report gunshot and stab wounds, but not strangulation CBC News (Canada) 17/1/2021 News Priti Patel should take responsibility for deleted police records say Labour Priti Patel should take responsibility for an error that has led to hundreds of thousands of police records being deleted from UK-wide databases, the shadow home secretary has said. The Standard 17/1/2021 News Women in Policing and Legitimacy: A Vignette-Based Study of Symbolic Representation Using a two-by-two vignette-based experimental design, this study aimed to examine the effects of women’s symbolic representation in sexual assault units and the arrest rate for interpersonal violence cases on individuals’ perceptions of police legitimacy, support for leadership, and willingness to engage in bystander intervention behaviors. Using responses from 357 students attending one university in the Midwest, the results showed that a higher level of women’s representation was associated with more police legitimacy and greater support for the leader when the agency had a low arrest rate. Whereas police legitimacy was related to bystanders’ intentions to intervene, women’s representation in the unit and the arrest rate was not. The findings indicate that women’s representation in policing strengthens the support for the police in gendered areas when the agency is underperforming. Women and Criminal Justice - Registration at source 17/1/2021 Research article ‘it’s Like I’m Having An Affair’: Cross-Force Police Collaborations As Complex Problems Financial austerity has brought considerable pressure upon policing services in England and Wales in the past decade. For the British government, one mitigatory vehicle to alleviate this pressure is the expansion of police collaborative units operating across two or more police forces. To date however, such cross-force collaborations have been beset by a series of problems and progress has been inexorably slow. Drawing upon the reflections of police officers and staff involved at varying stages of cross-force collaborations, this paper explores why collaborations have so far largely failed. The paper argues that while the challenges of cross-force collaborations echo those of previous police efforts to work with external partners, these difficulties are intensified during cross-force collaborations in which partners present divergent policing agendas. As such, cross-force collaborations may be usefully understood as ‘complex problems,’ marking them out as particularly challenging and demanding new and distinct approaches to problem-solving. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 17/1/2021 Research article Study suggests respirator masks used by police could hurt perception CANADA: The study shows people may react negatively to police wearing full-face respirator masks possibly due to their use in public disorder situations where tear gas is deployed North Shore News (Canada) 17/1/2021 News Backlash fears as Priti Patel boosts police stop and search powers in a bid to tackle spiralling knife crime Home Secretary Priti Patel is preparing to risk uproar by giving police new stop and search powers – despite claims by campaigners that they target the black community unfairly. Mail Online 17/1/2021 News Recognition and Response: Policing ‘forced Marriage’ in England Forced marriage occurs when an individual is pressured psychologically or physically into marriage. Methods to detect forced marriage are challenging for most police organisations, who are prevented from intervening due to honour-systems and cultural values; as well as ensuing physical and psychological barriers, which prevent victim reporting. Applying key components of Sellin’s (1933) Culture Conflict theory, 21 semi-structured interviews were conducted with police officers and forced marriage specialists to determine whether police are able to recognise and respond to forced marriage situations, and whether lack of awareness, understanding and training on forced marriage influences officers’ perceptions of policing of forced marriage. The findings from this study suggest that police officers are not cognisant of forced marriage and are not trained adequately in it so that awareness of forced marriage and the cultural conflict it creates forms part of their habitual investigative processes. Policing and Society - Registration at source 17/1/2021 Research article Covid strikes down 69 judges amid chaos in courts and jails The criminal justice system is facing soaring numbers of infections tearing through prisons and the courts. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 17/1/2021 News Secretary General warns of parallel crime pandemic in CNN interview In an interview with ‘Quest Means Business’ on CNN, INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock warned of the ‘parallel pandemic’ of crime threats linked to COVID-19. INTERPOL 16/1/2021 News Home Office ‘working to restore’ lost police records Work to restore hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, DNA and arrest records accidentally wiped from police databases is ongoing, the Home Office has said. BBC 16/1/2021 News What Does the Public Want Police to Do During Pandemics? A National Experiment We administered a survey experiment to a national sample of 1068 U.S. adults in April 2020 to determine the factors that shape support for various policing tactics in the midst of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Respondents were sharply divided in their views about pandemic policing tactics and were least supportive of policies that might limit public access to officers or reduce crime deterrence. Information about the health risks to officers, but not to inmates, significantly increased support for “precautionary” policing, but not for “social distance” policing. The information effect was modest, but may be larger if the information came from official sources and/or was communicated on multiple occasions. Other factors that are associated with attitudes toward pandemic policing include perceptions of procedural justice, altruistic fear, racial resentment, and authoritarianism. Criminology and Public Policy 16/1/2021 Research article William and Kate warn of ESW’s broken by pandemic The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been warned the nation faces dealing with 'broken police officers and emergency services staff ' too consumed with battling the pandemic to look after their mental health. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 16/1/2021 News PCC elections slated for May Elections for police and crime commissioners are scheduled for May, but could be be shelved again if the COVID-19 outbreak worsens. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 16/1/2021 News Woman’s prison sentence increased by five years over attempted murder of PSNI officer The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has welcomed today’s decision (January 15) by the Court of Appeal to increase the “unduly lenient” prison sentence of a woman convicted of the attempted murder of a police officer in 2013. Police Professional 16/1/2021 News Tributes paid to Civil Nuclear Constabulary officer who died in a road collision Tributes have been paid to a “well-respected and popular” officer serving with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) who was killed in a road collision on Thursday (January 14). Police Professional 16/1/2021 News Human error and ‘defective code’ caused police records blunder Some 150,000 fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records were accidentally wiped from police databases because of “human error” and “defective code”, according to the policing minister. Police Professional 16/1/2021 News «306930703071307230733074307530763077Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
