Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 105121 total results. Showing results 65141 to 65160 «325432553256325732583259326032613262Next ›Last » The Impact of Police Attitudes Towards Offenders on Law-Enforcement Assisted Diversion Decisions Diversion is a prevalent alternative to traditional criminal justice processing, especially at the pre-trial stage. More recently, pre-arrest diversion has been implemented to avert the consequences of arrest, pre-trial proceedings, and future incarceration. Pre-booking diversion programs rely on the willingness of officers to use their discretionary authority to divert low-level offenders to community-based treatment programs in lieu of arrest, raising considerations about how law enforcement view offenders. Using data collected from a survey distributed during a Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) training session for officers in one jurisdiction in the Rocky Mountain West (N = 118), the current study examines the impact of officer attitudes toward offenders on their decision to divert individuals. Findings indicate that officers who hold an optimistic view toward offender rehabilitation are more likely to divert offenders. Results and their significance for practical implementation of law enforcement pre-arrest diversion efforts are discussed. Police Quarterly - Registration at source 22/9/2020 Research article Body-Worn Cameras and Transparency: Experimental Evidence of Inconsistency in Police Executive Decision-Making Body-worn cameras (BWC) have diffused rapidly throughout policing as a means of promoting transparency and accountability. Yet, whether to release BWC footage to the public remains largely up to the discretion of police executives, and we know little about how they interpret and respond to BWC footage – particularly footage involving critical incidents. We asked a nationally representative sample of police executives (N = 476) how supportive they were of legislation that would mandate releasing BWC footage upon request as public information, and presented them with an experimental vignette about BWC capturing one of their officers fatally shooting an [armed/unarmed] [Black/White] suspect. Results indicated inconsistency in executives’ attitudes and decision-making: (1) less than one-third of executives supported such legislation, (2) suspect race and armed/unarmed status shaped how executives felt media would cover the incident and whether they would state publicly that the shooting was justified, and (3) agency size conditioned the effects of armed/unarmed status on executives’ perceptions. Justice Quarterly 22/9/2020 Research article Video released showing Utah police shooting at boy with autism nearly a dozen times USA: Salt Lake City 13-year-old remains in hospital after mother called 911, requesting mental health worker The Guardian 22/9/2020 News Independent investigation after rider dies in collision following pursuit in Mansfield We are independently investigating the circumstances of a pursuit involving Nottinghamshire Police following which a motorcyclist was fatally injured in a collision in Mansfield. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 22/9/2020 News Harrowing bodycam footage shows cops chasing and shooting an autistic boy, 13, multiple times after they responded to a call to ‘de-escalate’ his mental breakdown Police have released harrowing footage of the moment a 13-year-old boy was chased and then shot multiple times. Mail Online 22/9/2020 News Solving data challenges across law enforcement Data is now at the heart of every investigation, but as well as offering opportunity to improve the service for victims of crime, it can also hinder it. In this article, Boyd Mulvey, CEO and Founder of Chorus, talks about the data challenges currently facing law enforcement and how Chorus believe they have developed a new Intelligence Suite to help overcome them. Policing Insight 22/9/2020 Advertisement, Feature Police ‘inundated with calls over coronavirus rule of six breaches’ Police are said to have been inundated with calls from members of the public reporting their neighbours for "rule of six" breaches The Standard 22/9/2020 News Small shops call for police enforcement over masks Convenience stores in Scotland have called for greater police enforcement over the wearing of face coverings. BBC 22/9/2020 News A force for good: The future of facial recognition in combatting bias Adrian Timberlake, chief technical officer at Seven Technologies Group, explains how facial recognition could help to reduce bias and protect innocent members of the public, while ensuring the guilty are brought to justice. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/9/2020 Feature, Opinion ‘Rule of six’ snitches swamp police coronavirus line The police 101 reporting line is being swamped by members of the public informing on neighbours and those they perceive to be breaking the coronavirus “rule of six”, The Times understands. The Times - Subscription at source 22/9/2020 News Police taunted striking miners with ‘fish suppers and £20 notes outside cells’ Allegations that hungry and skint miners were goaded by cops during the battle with Margaret Thatcher's Tory regime are contained in a report commissioned by the Scottish Government. Daily Record 22/9/2020 News Police officer ‘performed oral sex on colleague while both were on duty’ The pair were tracked by their cars as both being together repeatedly 'when there was no policing reason for doing so' while the male officer admitted having sex during a shift Wales Online 21/9/2020 News COMMENT: The bigger issues for Tasmania Police AUSTRALIA: I read with exasperation Sean Ford's "Doughnut discouragement" (Advocate, 4 September, 2020). The article disparaged the Government's expenditure of $268,000 on a program encouraging emergency services workers to eat better and get fitter. The Advocate (Australia) 21/9/2020 Feature, Opinion Vic lockdown taking toll, police boss says AUSTRALIA: Community mental health is becoming a major factor for Victoria Police as the state struggles with coronavirus lockdown fatigue. Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has also acknowledged that their reputation has taken a hit in the past few days, with one officer stood down after video of an arrest at Epping showed a man being hit by a police car and apparently stomped on the head. Manning River Times (Australia) 21/9/2020 News Police departments turn to AI-based intervention system for officer misconduct USA: With calls for police reform at an all-time high, some departments are looking at an AI-based intervention tool for bad cop behavior Wall Street Journal (USA) - Subscription at source 21/9/2020 News Dutch police hacked criminals’ encrypted devices only to find rampant cop corruption EUROPE: Police allegedly used Encrochat devices to provide criminals with information techradar 21/9/2020 News Police in England to enforce Covid pub rules with fines and arrests Forces given powers to punish bars and restaurants if tables too close or larger groups mingling The Guardian 21/9/2020 News Cost of police app revealed: Was it good value for money? NEW ZEALAND: Police released a smartphone app that makes it easy to report an emergency or not so urgent problem... NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Subscription at source 21/9/2020 News Cannabis referendum: Evidence does not suggest legalisation would mean more road deaths, expert says NEW ZEALAND: There are concerns the legalisation of cannabis could lead to an increase in road deaths, with the impact of drugged driving already becoming more apparent. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 21/9/2020 News Why are police still charging youth with simple drug possession? The case for decriminalisation in Canada Young people stopped by police while carrying drugs for personal use often swallow the substance to avoid additional charges, with potentially life-threatening consequences. Assistant Professor and Pediatric Emergency Physician Dr Kirstin Weerdenburg, and Kristyn Anderson, a Clinical Social Worker and PhD student, both of Dalhousie University, believe police discretion and decriminalisation are the way forward. 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