Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115977 total results. Showing results 64321 to 64340 «321332143215321632173218321932203221Next ›Last » Police seize US$500M in illegal marijuana in a raid in Oregon USA: At a time when legalized marijuana sales are rising nationally, state police in Oregon last week seized 500,000 pounds (around 226,800 kilograms) of illegal marijuana in a bust outside Medford, Ore., that they estimated had a street value of US$500 million, police said. CTV News (Canada) 22/11/2021 News Secretive elite gardai deployed to take on far-right groups organising anti-vax protests REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The NSU is a hush-hush Garda organisation that normally mounts undercover operations against major gangsters and terrorists — and the fact that they have been deployed shows just how seriously gardai are taking the threat from right-wingers Dublin Live (Republic of Ireland) 22/11/2021 News Garda night patrols and checkpoints to stop raids on Christmas tree farms REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí are deploying nightly air patrols and high-visibility checkpoints to prevent raids by criminal gangs on some of the country’s most remote Christmas tree farms. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 22/11/2021 News Community fund being used to pay for Garda overtime REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Community representatives have raised concerns that a fund designed to help regenerate disadvantaged areas of Dublin’s north inner city is being used to pay for Garda overtime. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 22/11/2021 News The Irrationalities of Rationality in Police Data Processes This paper explores how police bureaucracies, in their pursuit of greater accountability and management efficiencies, create what are intended to be rational data collection and use processes. However, these processes often produce unintended consequences: namely, behaviours, practices, and policies that confound an organisation’s goals. Drawing on Ritzer’s McDonaldization thesis and qualitative data from two Canadian police organisations, we argue that although police bureaucracies focus on maintaining efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control when it comes to their data processes, not only do inaccuracies occur, but they happen because an over-emphasis on rational processes can produce forms of irrationality. Policing and Society - Registration at source 22/11/2021 Research article ‘FREEZE?’ An Analysis of Police Officers Accounts of Self-Enclosing Experiences When confronted with violent incidents, police officers are expected to act in the situation at hand. This article examines the critical moment of not acting, that is, of ‘freezing’. Policing studies as well criminological and sociological studies of violence have, to date, paid little attention to ‘freezing’ as a vulnerable, unwanted and stigmatised experience. The aim of this article is first to explore what the term ‘freezing’ refers to what kind of behaviours, what they have in common and why officers lump these descriptions together. Second, to study the experience of ‘freezing’ from a phenomenological and embodied viewpoint to understand the ways in which officers try to deal with it. Building on neurological insights and theories on emotional–corporeal transformations, this article shows that ‘freezing’ is more accurately understood as a self-enclosing transformation in which officers lose the ability to purposefully act. Officers are thrown out of a bodily latent taken-for-granted intertwinement with the world which hampers their ability to project activity and interrupts the ongoing flow of (inter)acting. Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2017 and 2021, and 67 semi-structured interviews with Dutch police officers, the analysis further reveals that ‘freezing’ is not just characterised by bodily cessation but also directionless behaviours, and occurs when officers encounter unexpected circumstances. Finally, this article demonstrates that exiting a ‘freezing’ experience requires collective team effort and that it causes conflicting feelings because it attacks officers’ sense of good policing. Policing and Society - Registration at source 22/11/2021 Research article Harm Reduction Policing: An Evaluation of Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) in San Francisco In 2017, San Francisco (SF) implemented Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD), a program Beckett described as harm reduction policing. Through a process and outcome evaluation of LEAD SF, this paper demonstrates the positive impacts of harm reduction policing, on those who use drugs and/or engage in sex work. When law enforcement officers used their discretion to divert individuals into LEAD rather than arrest, those individuals had significantly fewer felony and misdemeanor arrests and felony cases, in comparison to a propensity score matched group. The focus group and interview data describe that the collaboration, the warm handoff, and LEAD’s harm reduction principles were mechanisms of success. However, obtaining officer buy-in was a key challenge. Despite that obstacle, LEAD SF’s harm reduction policing reduces offending, improves the wellbeing of people who use drugs and engage in sex work, and allows the police to carry out their mandate to protect and serve. Police Quarterly 22/11/2021 Research article Swansea riot: Disappointment at lack of legal action A man who had to flee his home in Swansea after he was caught up in the Mayhill riot six months ago has said he is "shocked" and "disappointed" no-one has been prosecuted. [VIDEO] BBC 22/11/2021 News Sexual misconduct, discrimination and corruption among complaints against Humberside Police officers 'The vast majority of our interactions with the public are appropriate and often receive positive feedback from the communities we serve' - Humberside Police Grimsby Live 22/11/2021 News Violent crime against women gets the same status as terrorist attacks Violence against women and girls will be elevated to the same status as terrorism under a proposed government directive, The Times has learnt. The Times - Subscription at source 22/11/2021 News Violent crime on rise in York – but overall offending is down Violent crime has risen in York over the last year, despite an overall drop in recorded offences. The Press (York) 22/11/2021 News Edinburgh locals ‘afraid’ after police attend four incidents a week at Hunter Square Edinburgh Police are recording four incidents a week at Hunter Square in the heart of the Old Town amid a rise in anti-social behaviour, leaving residents afraid. Edinburgh Live 22/11/2021 News Cumbria Police highlight work of Digital Crime Unit As part of their Operation MOVIE 2 Cumbria Police are shining a light on the work of their Cyber Digital Crime Unit. News and Star 22/11/2021 News Former police chief ‘must accept he should have engaged with sexual assault victim’ It was “important” that Stephen Martin accepted he was “wrong” not to have engaged with a victim of sexual assault in Northern Ireland, the Policing Authority has said. The Times - Subscription at source 22/11/2021 News ‘It’s no different to flashing on the street’: The dating site sex pests who police can’t stop Jade Warne was enjoying a night out with friends when she opened a message from a man she had recently met on a mobile dating site. Manchester Evening News 22/11/2021 News Pay deal agreed for all police staff in Scotland A pay increase, backdated to April 2021, has been agreed for all police staff in Scotland following negotiations with the Trade Unions. Scottish Police Authority (SPA) 22/11/2021 News Cocaine Insights 2: More than just a powder The latest in a series of reports on cocaine by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has highlighted the various methods of drug production, and how a greater knowledge of the chemical processes required to manufacture street-level cocaine and its derivatives could help governments and law enforcement to tackle the global trade, as Policing Insight’s Chris Allen reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/11/2021 Analysis, Feature $90 million of meth found imported to Melbourne in a dough mixing machine AUSTRALIA: A multi-agency investigation has uncovered a major drug importation operation in Melbourne, arresting three men and seizing nearly $90 million worth of methamphetamine. News.com.au (Australia) 21/11/2021 News McGowan Government launches Police summer crime crackdown AUSTRALIA: The McGowan Government has launched phase three of its highly successful Operation Heat Shield summer crime blitz to provide increased police patrols over the summer months. Government of Western Australia 21/11/2021 News Ransomware might not exist without cryptocurrencies, top cop tells MPs NEW ZEALAND: Ransomware attacks that have plagued hospitals, businesses and consumers around the world might well not happen if cryptocurrencies were not available, a senior policeman has advised MPs. 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