Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100096 total results. Showing results 66061 to 66080 «330033013302330333043305330633073308Next ›Last » What Is Community Policing?: Divergent Agendas, Practices, and Experiences of Transforming the Police in Kenya In line with global trends, community policing has been a vehicle for transforming the state police in Kenya. This article analyses various community policing efforts in Kenya and argues that many of these initiatives have largely failed to act as a vehicle for transformation due to three interconnected problems of diversity, representation, and ownership. The first problem—diversity—relates to the multiplicity of definitions, manifestations, and practices of community policing, which creates uncertainty and provides space for various actors to engage with it in conflicting ways. The second problem—representation—concerns the identification and creation of the ‘community’: this remains to occur in a state-driven manner and is also not a straightforward concept or organizational unit, especially in a highly multi-ethnic and classed setting as Kenya. The third is ownership: community policing is not experienced or exercised as a partnership, but as a state-centric framework that should remain under the direction and ownership of the state police. We make our claim by focusing on Likoni, Mombasa and drawing from further qualitative data conducted by both authors in Kenya. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 11/3/2020 Research article Designing the Swedish Crime Harm Index: An Evidence-Based Strategy Which method for deriving a Crime Harm Index (Policing 10:171–183, 2016) for Sweden from criminal justice sources offers the best evidence for providing a sensitive indicator of differences in harm levels across offence categories? The number of days of imprisonment for each offence category associated with five different kinds of scales were extracted and compared: consensus by an expert panel of judges, the statutory maximum penalties, statutory minimum penalties, the average of maximum and minimum penalties and the average of actual sentences imposed in a recent time period for each crime type. Unlike the UK, for which the Cambridge Crime Harm Index draws on sentencing guidelines, Sweden has no such guidelines to offer. The data were compared for sensitivity defined as the difference in length of imprisonment days between high and low severity crimes, as well as other characteristics of the data sources. Given the available alternatives, the sentencing data average of actual sentences handed down by crime type provided the greatest reliability and sensitivity across the penalties for offences of high and low severity. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 11/3/2020 Research article Emerging overt surveillance: Maintaining a strategic approach is necessary for public trust In his second blog reflecting on his six-year tenure as Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Tony Porter gives an update on the progress of the National Surveillance Camera Strategy launched in March 2017. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 11/3/2020 Feature, Opinion What do the 2020 PCC elections mean for policing in the years ahead? Mark Cooper, Director of Greymalkin Consulting, has been involved in the development of the Police and Crime Commissioner role since originally overseeing the legislation that introduced them. With the third round of PCC elections in May, he examines how the newly-elected PCCs and their Chief Constables can shape the future of policing against the changing political environment. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 11/3/2020 Analysis, Feature, UK PCC Elections Sepura SC20 Tetra radios selected by three more UK police forces Sepura announced that three more UK police forces have upgraded to Sepura SC20 Tetra radios. telecompaper 11/3/2020 News Shaun Bailey: Recruit retired police to help tackle coronavirus crisis Retired police officers should be rehired to help prevent the Met being depleted by coronavirus, a mayoral candidate said today. The Standard 11/3/2020 Feature, Opinion Police warn of major impact on service of hosting UN summit The security operation for the UN climate change summit will be the biggest the UK has seen “for many years” and will present “logistical challenges” to all forces in Britain and Northern Ireland, police chiefs have warned MSPs. The National 11/3/2020 News UK parliamentarians launch probe into Hong Kong police over rights violations A cross-party parliamentary group in the United Kingdom has launched an inquiry into possible violations of rights and humanitarian principles against medical workers and activists by the Hong Kong police. Hong Kong Free Press 11/3/2020 News Pilot dumps plane with record haul of cocaine The business jet had been tracked from Venezuela and was being followed when it landed on an earth runway in Belize early in the morning. The Times - Subscription at source 11/3/2020 News PC Andrew Harper: Officer’s uniform torn from body as he was dragged behind car A police officer was dragged to his death in “truly shocking circumstances” when his ankle was caught in a strap trailing behind the car of a gang of fleeing burglars. The Times - Subscription at source 11/3/2020 News Met braced for more criticism from report into Operation Midland fiasco Cressida Dick in firing line from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary report into handling of false paedophile ring allegations The Guardian 11/3/2020 News Susan Long murder: Case ‘could still be solved’ 50 years on Police investigating the unsolved murder of a teenager 50 years ago have said her killer could still be identified even if he has died. BBC 11/3/2020 News Biometrics Commissioner Parliament backs plan for oversight of police use of biometric data. Scottish Government 10/3/2020 News Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill The Scottish Police Authority welcomes the passing of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 10 March 2020. Scottish Police Authority (SPA) 10/3/2020 News Interview: Deputy Mayor says Met needs officers and analysts Deputy Mayor Sophie Linden has championed Sadiq Khan's investment in the Violent Crime Taskforce, wants to keep a station open in every borough and believes the Met can cut crime by the end of the force's recruitment uplift in three years’ time. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/3/2020 Feature, Opinion Numbers of disabled people reporting domestic abuse increases by a quarter, police data shows The number of disabled people reporting domestic abuse has increased by a quarter in London over the last four years, according to police data published today. Morning Star Online 10/3/2020 News Police Scotland to hold female only recruitment event in Edinburgh Police Scotland will be hosting a recruitment event for woman in Edinburgh who are interested in joining the force Edinburgh Live 10/3/2020 News The flawed system of police bail is failing victims. It is in desperate need of reform Let’s get back to police bail that protects victims and gives the public confidence. Since reforms in 2017, the use of police bail has fallen sharply. People suspected of sexual and violent offences, including domestic abuse, are often being released without restrictions on where they can go or and who they can contact. This has made victims all the more reluctant to report crime as they fear they will be left unprotected. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 10/3/2020 Feature, Opinion Police to be told to ditch right for victims to be believed in damning inspectorate report into Operation Midland Police should ditch the practice of automatically believing alleged victims, a damning inquiry into the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the VIP sex abuse scandal is expected to recommend. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 10/3/2020 Chinese cops given Robocop-style helmets which can detect corona virus sufferers Chinese policemen have been equipped with RoboCop-style artificial intelligence helmets which can automatically identify people who could have the coronavirus. Metro 10/3/2020 News «330033013302330333043305330633073308Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
