Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115977 total results. Showing results 65141 to 65160 «325432553256325732583259326032613262Next ›Last » Senior UK police officer backs pioneering synthetic heroin clinics Chief constable Richard Lewis says ‘fundamental change of approach’ needed to tackle drug deaths crisis The Guardian 23/10/2021 News As a chief constable, I’ve seen enough: it’s time to end the ‘war on drugs’ I know addicts can commit odious acts. But treating drug use as a criminal justice problem causes thousands of needless deaths The Guardian 23/10/2021 Feature, Opinion 164 drink and injection spiking incidents across UK in two months Nearly 200 drink and injection spiking incidents have been reported to police forces across the UK over the past two months. LBC 23/10/2021 News ‘We are coming for you’: Police seize shotguns, commit extra officers to curb gang war AUSTRALIA: Police have arrested an alleged high-ranking gang member and made 70 extra officers available for a crackdown on underworld conflict, pledging to intensify their targeting of organised crime networks following the fatal shooting of a father and son in Sydney’s west this week. Brisbane Times (Australia) 22/10/2021 News Queensland Police Service employees lose legal bid against mandatory COVID jab AUSTRALIA: A group of Queensland Police Service (QPS) employees' legal bid to defy their Commissioner's direction to be vaccinated for COVID19 has failed. ABC News (Australia) 22/10/2021 News Police officer who shot dead Indigenous woman on WA street found not guilty of murder AUSTRALIA: A police officer who shot dead an Indigenous woman carrying a knife on a suburban West Australian street has been acquitted of her murder. The Guardian 22/10/2021 News Police find drugs buried in underground storage pits NEW ZEALAND: Roughly nine kilograms of dried cannabis buried in underground storage pits were dug up by Waikato Police executing a search warrant at a rural Matamata property on Tuesday. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 22/10/2021 News Police do not know source of 82% of illegal firearms – COLFO NEW ZEALAND: Research has revealed that although Police claim that the source of illegal firearms is licensed firearm owners, it cannot find the source of 82% of the firearms it seizes - opening the possibility that they enter the country with drugs and other contraband. Voxy.co.nz 22/10/2021 News Operation Chestnut – seven arrests, $3.5 million in assets restrained NEW ZEALAND: Police have this week dismantled a sophisticated drug dealing and money laundering operation, making seven arrests and restraining assets worth $3.5 million in the process. New Zealand Police 22/10/2021 News “I’m Afraid of Cops:” Black Protesters’ and Residents’ Perceptions of Policing in the United States Proactive policing strategies produce a wide range of harms to African Americans. Research on attitudes towards police show that citizen distrust is more widespread among Blacks than Whites. However, we know less about how gender intersects with race and neighborhood context in determining whether and why Black people fear the police. Here, I build from the insights of previous research by providing a contextual examination of the gendered nature of fear of the police among Black protesters and residents of Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland. Drawing from a larger qualitative study of race, policing, and protests following Michael Brown’s and Freddie Gray’s deaths, I examine 155 Black men’s and women’s accounts of why they do or do not fear the police. Policy implications are discussed, along with concrete recommendations for reducing anti-Black racism in police policy and practice. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 22/10/2021 Research article Too Much Policing: Why Calls Are Made to Defund the Police The repeat use of fatal force against unarmed people of color has driven global protests against police violence and fueled criticism of policing as a mechanism for public safety. In the US, calls to abolish, transform, or reform policing have reemerged with a primary focus on the elimination of structural racism. In this essay, we contend that a two-tier policing problem exists. The first is the continued use of policing to enforce racial dominance through policing practices labeled as “proactive”. The second is contemporary “warrior-style” police training that normalizes the expectation of unquestioned compliance with police directives and authorizes police to use physical force in its absence. This dangerous combination results in over-policing the public generally and Black members of the public specifically. Select incidents are provided to support these claims. Punishment and Society - Registration at source 22/10/2021 Research article Could talking to a robot be the answer to the police call-handling challenge? With pressure on police call handlers back up to levels not seen for many years, Steve Little from Frazer-Nash Consultancy assesses the options facing police leaders: either keep recruiting more staff in an ‘arms race’ that they can never win, or follow other sectors and turn to AI solutions that will deliver an automated experience for the citizen. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 22/10/2021 Feature, Innovation Abusers using immigration status to ‘coerce and threaten’ victims, warns report The immigration status of vulnerable domestic abuse victims’ is being used as a tool of “coercion and control”, a new report warns. Police Professional 22/10/2021 News Organised crime gangs using pandemic to target vulnerable children Vulnerable children are at increasing risk of being criminally exploited because police forces and other agencies often lack the training and skills to effectively protect them, a report by children’s charity Barnardo’s has found. Police Professional 22/10/2021 News Five officers to face disciplinary action in wake of Sarah Everard killing A total of five police officers from different forces are to face misconduct proceedings relating to social media messages linked to former police constable Wayne Couzens, the officer convicted of the rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Police Professional 22/10/2021 News Home Office pilots StreetSafe tool With the support of the National Police Chief’s Council, The Home Office has launched an online tool called StreetSafe which is to be piloted across police forces in England and Wales. North Yorkshire Police 22/10/2021 News Met police introduce new rule when stopping lone women The new system will be introduced following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer Wales Online 22/10/2021 News Sarah Everard: Five police officers facing action over social media messages Five police officers are facing misconduct proceedings over messages sent about Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens. BBC 22/10/2021 News Less police, more programs in new City of Ottawa safety strategy CANADA: A City of Ottawa committee has approved a strategy to tackle issues such as poverty and mental health that relies less on police, even if the province hasn't offered extra money yet to help make that shift. CBC News (Canada) 22/10/2021 News Vancouver Police Board approves new interim handcuff policy CANADA: Policy emphasizes officers' discretion on when to use handcuffs, considering age, Indigeneity, race, ability CBC News (Canada) 22/10/2021 News «325432553256325732583259326032613262Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
