Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103232 total results. Showing results 65801 to 65820 «328732883289329032913292329332943295Next ›Last » Betrayal of WPc Yvonne Fletcher as suspect avoids justice There are fears that no one will ever be held to account for the murder of WPc Fletcher, shot outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 The Sunday Telegraph - Subscription at source 28/6/2020 News Firefighters and police sue over Grenfell trauma A man who lost six family members in the Grenfell Tower disaster has said he is “shocked” by the decision of more than 100 firefighters and police to launch compensation claims for trauma. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 28/6/2020 News Manchester gangsters bankroll illegal raves to sell drugs DJs are being bankrolled by gangsters to organise “festival-sized” raves across the country this summer, police in Manchester believe. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 28/6/2020 News Two illegal street parties in London closed down by police Two illegal street parties have been broken up by police during another night of unlawful gatherings in London. BBC 28/6/2020 News Authority warns of challenges for ‘outstanding’ police service Police Scotland has played an ‘outstanding’ role in protecting the safety and wellbeing of the public during the COVID-19 crisis but long-term challenges remain. Police Scotland 27/6/2020 News Blog by Superintendent Emma Richards – PSA Gender Lead In my first blog as the PSA gender lead, I write about my personal experiences of being a police officer and being a woman, but also about my professional view on the myriad of issues that surround gender in policing. Police Superintendents' Association (PSA) 27/6/2020 Feature, Opinion Tough-on-drug policies often hit women hardest Harm-reduction services can help The Economist 27/6/2020 Analysis, Feature US cities already defunding the police and cutting millions in budgets as NYC promises ‘substantial’ change US cities are already defunding the police and cutting millions in budgets, as New York City promises "substantial" change. The Sun 27/6/2020 News Police officer stabbed in Glasgow says his colleagues saved lives The policeman injured in a knife attack at a Glasgow hotel has thanked his colleagues for saving lives. The Guardian 27/6/2020 News Coronavirus: Met promises to act on illegal parties that flout regulations The Metropolitan police commissioner has promised to break up events in London that flout coronavirus regulations after disorder on three consecutive nights when officers attempted to disperse illegal gatherings. The Guardian 27/6/2020 News Rate of deadly cop shootings is 70 per cent LOWER in cities with black police chiefs compared to white ones, study reveals The rate of deadly shootings by police officers is 70 per cent lower when the chief of police in the area is black and not white, according to a shocking study. Mail Online 27/6/2020 Analysis, Feature Mexico launches raids after assassination attempt of police chief Mexican authorities have carried out a series of raids while investigating the attempted assassination of Mexico City's police chief, according to local media. BBC 27/6/2020 News Police ‘given no warning’ pubs would be reopening July 4th amid month of unrest EXCLUSIVE: The UK's coppers are already under the cosh with lockdown easing and heatwave bringing a wave of unrest. Now a Police Federation source says the reopening of pubs came completely by surprise Mirror 27/6/2020 News Re-Thinking Procedural Justice Theory Through Stop and Search: Shame, Anger, and Police Legitimacy Stop and search has been argued to have a damaging impact upon trust in police and compliance with the law. Procedural Justice Theory has sought to explain this relation through perceptions of (un)fairness leading to the production of (il)legitimacy and to dispositions to (dis)obey. The article proposes a theoretical framework to supplement an explanatory gap in this theory, namely why perceptions of unfairness might lead to anti-police dispositions or attitudes. Ethnographic research is employed to elucidate the relevance of affective, emotional, and cognitive mechanisms in relation to the practice of stop and search. The article argues that the normative representation of the suspect by police and the disempowerment or removal of the subject’s agency at the hands of police contain the capacity to reveal a disparity between self-understanding and social recognition: the central affective condition for shame. Transformations of this affective experience into anger defend self-esteem by positioning the police as at fault, questioning the claim to authority, and simultaneously constructing the expressive drive to mistrust and confront the goal-obstacle to self-esteem. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 27/6/2020 Research article Met Police ‘building relationships’ over illegal street parties Police are "building relationships" with communities after more illegal street parties were held in London, the Metropolitan Police has said. BBC 27/6/2020 News Promoting Protesters’ Compliance: the Effect of General Perceptions of the Police Versus Police Actions Public willingness to comply with the police is desirable in democratic societies, and even more so in high-risk policing tasks such as protest policing. To allow freedom of speech while maintaining public order, officers require protesters to follow orders and cooperate. The process-based model of policing suggests that protesters’ compliance will be mainly affected by their general perceptions of the police—primarily, trust in the police and perceptions of just policing procedures. In conjunction, police actions during a demonstration and the dynamics between officers and protesters can also affect protesters’ willingness to comply. This study uses a series of Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression models to analyse survey responses of 470 protesters who participated in the ‘Occupy’ protests in Israel during 2012. Findings suggest that positive evaluations of trust in the police and policing procedures correlate with compliance; however, when protesters perceived police actions as negative, they were less willing to comply. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 27/6/2020 Research article Safe Storage Policies and Practices For Firearms Issued to Law Enforcement Officers in Washington State Law enforcement officers play an important role in promoting the safe storage of firearms. However, the safe storage practices of law enforcement agencies and officers themselves are not well characterized. This study examined the issuance of locking devices and safe storage policies among law enforcement agencies in Washington State. This is an observational survey study of agency policies. One hundred and six agencies responded to a brief survey. Seventy-six percent of agencies reported issuing locking devices for agency-issued firearms, and 76% of agencies also reported offering training in safe storage of firearms. Half (52%) of agencies offered cable locks, 36% provided gun safes, and 31% of agencies provided more than one type of locking device. These findings suggest the need for expanding the routine issuance of locking devices among agencies in Washington State and enhancing the types of locking devices available to law enforcement officers. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Registration at source 27/6/2020 Research article Targeting American Policing: Rogue Cops Or Rogue Cultures? Saving the legitimacy of a democratic policing system from the outrages of rogue cops and rogue police cultures cannot be done just by recommending what policies police agencies should adopt. In the USA and many other countries, police reform requires a realpolitik vision of who can get the policies implemented and how they can accomplish that. In the USA, the most powerful political actor for police reform is the State Governor, followed by the State legislature. All 18,000 local police agencies are creatures of the state in which they are located. Minnesota has not just the Minneapolis Police, but some 400 other local police departments. The most important step to save lives from criminal policing is for states to create Inspectors-General of Policing (IGP), along the lines of HM Inspectors of Constabulary in the UK. This would work best if the IGP would be empowered to decertify both police officers and police departments after a documented pattern of abusive (“rogue”) policing. The precedents of both Camden, New Jersey, and Northern Ireland are not exact matches, but they do show the potential for reforming any police agency that has become bankrupt in the eyes of key communities. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 27/6/2020 Research article Wembley park murders: Emotional interview with mum of sisters found dead The mother of two sisters who were killed in a Wembley park earlier this month has described the moment she was told their bodies had been found. BBC 27/6/2020 News Officer’s use of PAVA was ‘necessary and justified’ An independent report has found that police were justified in discharging PAVA spray at a man acting violently and brandishing a bottle at officers. Police Professional 27/6/2020 News «328732883289329032913292329332943295Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
