Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115977 total results. Showing results 64501 to 64520 «322232233224322532263227322832293230Next ›Last » Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 16/11/2021 News Police vetting: Thousands of staff members not properly checked More than 2,500 police officers and staff are working without the appropriate level of vetting, a BBC investigation has found. BBC 16/11/2021 News Theorising the Police Support Volunteer Experience in An English Constabulary: A Role Identity Perspective Police Support Volunteers (PSVs) – citizens who give their time freely to perform tasks that complement the duties of police officers and staff – are a relatively new addition to a long and established history of volunteers in policing. However, despite featuring in every police service in England and Wales, little is known about the individuals who volunteer or their experiences while doing so. This article draws on interviews with 20 PSVs and five volunteer managers in a large urban police service in England. Findings point to the importance of volunteers being recognised and valued for their contribution, the ways in which this is communicated by paid members of the workforce, and the meaning that PSVs attach to feeling recognised and valued in terms of their satisfaction and intention to continue to give their time. The article frames the significance of PSV experiences through role identity theory – the aspects of an individual’s self-image that they derive from the social categories to which they perceive themselves belonging – which has been shown to be influential on the development of organisational commitment, volunteer satisfaction, and the subsequent sustained volunteering behaviour that this can bring about. The article concludes by highlighting the importance of embedding volunteer recognition throughout the police organisation, rather than relying on the tenacity of individual officers and staff members. It also acknowledges the opportunities that a role identity perspective brings to a currently under-theorised field, helping to make sense of PSVs’ experiences as a volunteer in policing. Policing and Society - Registration at source 16/11/2021 Research article NSW legislates to protect check in data from police AUSTRALIA: A government bill banning New South Wales police from accessing COVID-19 check in data is expected to become law this week, after passing the Upper House with bipartisan support and being endorsed by the state’s privacy watchdog. Innovation Aus (Australia) 15/11/2021 News More than 100 Queensland police stood down for refusing COVID-19 jab AUSTRALIA: More than 100 Queensland police officers and staff have been stood down for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Brisbane Times (Australia) 15/11/2021 News Police close in on new person of interest in William Tyrrell disappearance as fresh searches continue AUSTRALIA: NSW Police have identified a new person of interest as they carry out a fresh search for the remains of missing toddler William Tyrrell on the Mid-North Coast. [VIDEO] ABC News (Australia) 15/11/2021 News Consumers urged to report any misuse of identity or theft to police NEW ZEALAND: It is Fraud Awareness week, and consumers are being encouraged to make a report to police as soon as they become aware of a theft or misuse of their identity. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/11/2021 News Timaru sergeant Geoff McCrostie retires after almost 47 years in police force NEW ZEALAND: Sergeant Geoff McCrostie, of Timaru, left work for the last time through a guard of honour of almost 50 police officers. Stuff (New Zealand) 15/11/2021 News Firearms, methamphetamine and cannabis seized in Kawerau search warrants NEW ZEALAND: Police targeting the sale and supply of methamphetamine in Kawerau have made four arrests. New Zealand Police 15/11/2021 News Week of action aims to tackle knife crime All 43 forces across the country, together with British Transport Police, are taking part in a week-long initiative to crack down on knife-enabled crime and violence. Police Professional 15/11/2021 News Speeding or using phone at wheel should be as socially unacceptable as drink-driving, says roads police chief We have this culture that considers road death an inevitability – it’s not. You have complacency and selfishness from drivers, they think it won’t happen to them’ i News 15/11/2021 News Force Launches Sikh Association For Officers and Staff West Yorkshire Police was pleased to announce the launch of a new staff network to support its Sikh members of staff and police officers on the 3rd of November. West Yorkshire Police 15/11/2021 News Black boy in stop and search ‘30 times’ accuses Met police of racist profiling Inquiry launched after 14-year-old and his mother from south London lodge complaint against force The Guardian 15/11/2021 News Kenyan police officers jailed for manslaughter of British aristocrat AFRICA: Alexander Monson was found dead in police cell in May 2012 after arrest in beach town of Diani The Guardian 15/11/2021 News Police Scotland stress no ‘specific threat to Scotland’ as UK Government raise terror threat level to ‘severe’ The UK’s terrorism threat level has been raised after two attacks in the space of a month but Police Scotland has stressed that there is no specific threat in Scotland. The Scotsman 15/11/2021 News Reflections and ambitions in UK policing ICT PolicingTV - Subscription at source 15/11/2021 Feature, Opinion, Video Police, stakeholders and suppliers urge the service to maintain IT transformation momentum created by the pandemic Representatives from UK policing, stakeholders and suppliers praised the “miracle job” done by the service in response to the pandemic, and urged police leaders and the Government to ensure the momentum of transformational IT change continues post-Covid, as they debated the key policing ICT issues at a round-table discussion organised by Policing Insight Events in association with Virgin Media Business. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 15/11/2021 Feature, Opinion Body‐worn Cameras, Lawful Police Stops, and NYPD Officer Compliance: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial The federal court settlement of Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al. (2013) mandated that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) implement a series of reforms to address unlawful stop, question, and frisk patterns and practices. Among other changes, the remedial order required the NYPD to implement and evaluate a pilot body-worn camera program to determine whether outfitting officers with the technology led to more lawful and civil police–citizen encounters. A cluster randomized controlled trial involving 40 police precincts and 3,889 NYPD officers was used to evaluate the effects of body-worn cameras on a series of police work activity, civility, and lawfulness outcomes. Relative to control officers, citizen complaints against treatment officers outfitted with body-worn cameras were reduced by 21 percent. Treatment officers, however, also filed nearly 39 percent more stop reports when compared with control officers. Treatment stop reports tended to involve minority subjects, were less likely to involve arrests and summons, and were significantly more likely to be rated as not meeting constitutional justifications for stops, frisks, and searches. These results suggest that body-worn cameras improved NYPD officer compliance with mandates to document all stops and could be used to address unlawful policing through better detection of problematic police–citizen encounters. Criminology - Registration at source 15/11/2021 Research article Police officer conduct complaints up nine per cent CANADA: The report by Clayton Pecknold, B.C.'s Police Complaint Commissioner, indicated there were 583 complaints logged about police officer conduct, compared to 537 in 2019-20. Vancouver Sun (Canada) 15/11/2021 News Police officers’ knowledge, understanding and implementation of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act in BC, Canada CANADA: In May 2017, the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act ( GSDOA ) was enacted in Canada - amending the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act . For people present at an overdose, the GSDOA offers legal protection from simple drug possession as well as breach of charges related to simple possession including probation, pre- trial release, conditional sentences, and parole. It is unclear if the GSDOA has been fully implemented by police officers. [PDF] International Journal of Drug Policy 15/11/2021 Analysis, Feature «322232233224322532263227322832293230Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
