Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103232 total results. Showing results 66601 to 66620 «332733283329333033313332333333343335Next ›Last » Community Oriented Policing Theory and Practice: Global Policy Diffusion Or Local Appropriation? Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have now had 20 years of experience with community policing programmes (COP), yet high rates of public crime and violence, police violence and corruption, as well as public distrust of the police continue. The introduction to this special issue frames a set of contributions that, together, tell the story of COP’s problems and promise in the region. It argues that, in Latin America and the Caribbean, COP is often locally and regionally (mis)appropriated in ways that challenge common assumptions both of what COP is and of what it can be in contemporary highly unequal politico-economic systems. Indeed, regional and local specificities mean that COP has been used as much to legitimise harsh policing tactics, as it has been used to undertake serious reforms. At the same time, there are directions for general improvements that have the potential of a wide impact. Policing and Society 5/6/2020 Research article Private Security Officers’ Willingness to Cooperate With Police: the Role of Procedural Justice Private security officers perform a variety of services that ensure citizens’ safety and security. While some of their functions mirror those of public police officers’ responsibilities, security officers often work with limited power and authority comparable to those of ordinary citizens. Consequently, security officers primarily engage in loss prevention and order maintenance and play a secondary role in crime prevention, which requires contacting the police for further assistance and completion of their duties. Thus, the factors that affect private security officers’ willingness to work and cooperate with police warrants investigation, especially in an era of growing private security industry and increasing demand for safety and security. In this research, the authors examine a convenience sample of private security officers and the predictors of their willingness to cooperate with police officers. Policing and Society - Registration at source 5/6/2020 Research article The Potential Impacts of Pandemic Policing on Police Legitimacy: Planning Past the Covid-19 Crisis One of the biggest challenges facing modern policing in recent years has been the lack of police legitimacy. The tipping point of this phenomenon is often attributed to the Rodney King incident in Los Angeles in 1991, where Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers were videoed assaulting a lone black male. They were arrested and charged but eventually all were acquitted, thereby etching deep distrust between communities and police. Now the Rodney King example is an extreme and criminal act by police but it was the beginning of communities and media focusing on what the police were doing and how they were doing it. This lack of legitimacy coupled with what is referred to as the militarization of policing have lasting consequences and impacts on police–community relations and how interactions between police and community shape society today. In the wake of pandemic policing due to COVID-19, there are tales of two eventualities for police legitimacy that will be explored in this article: (1) The police response to the pandemic results in further militarization and draws deeper divides between police and communities or (2) the police response is compassionate and build on procedurally just operations resulting in the rebuilding of police legitimacy post-pandemic. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 5/6/2020 Research article Buffalo police officers suspended for pushing 75-year-old to ground during protests New York state governor says incident in which elderly man’s head hit the pavement hard is ‘utterly disgraceful’ The Guardian 5/6/2020 News George Floyd: Videos of police brutality during protests shock US Several videos of police brutality have emerged during protests over the death of African American George Floyd. BBC 5/6/2020 News Coronavirus: Police forces plan to use their own contact-tracing system Forces fear entire stations could shut down and undercover officers could be placed in danger through the national system. Sky News 5/6/2020 News The Times view on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann: Closer To Closure Prosecutors in Germany are treating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007 as a murder inquiry. They have said that they have a suspect, a 43-year-old man named Christian Brückner, a German national. Brückner is serving a seven-year sentence in Germany for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in September 2005 in Portugal, not far from where Madeleine disappeared 20 months later. The Times - Subscription at source 5/6/2020 Feature, Opinion Police reveal sordid crimes of Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brückner German prosecutors said yesterday they were presuming that Madeleine McCann was dead as it emerged that the prime suspect in her abduction had raped a woman in the same area of Portugal 18 months before. The Times - Subscription at source 5/6/2020 Analysis, Feature George Floyd: US’s history with police brutality George Floyd's name is the latest in a long list of African Americans to die as a result of racism and police brutality throughout the history of the United States. The BBC's Clive Myrie, who has reported from the US for nearly 25 years, looks at how a toxic mix of racism and bad policing has led to the most serious racial unrest in the US for many years. BBC 5/6/2020 Analysis, Feature US police have a history of violence against black people. Will it ever stop? The bereaved and brutalized have been calling for justice for years but the Trump administration reversed Obama’s tentative steps towards reform The Guardian 4/6/2020 Feature, Opinion There is a playbook for police reform USA: Policing has always been one of our country’s most complex and challenging professions. People call the police when they cannot solve problems themselves. And when other systems, institutions and parts of our social fabric fail, the police inherit the problems that others want to ignore. The police are called in to repair, or at least lessen, the damage. The New York Times - Registration at source 4/6/2020 Feature, Opinion Minneapolis – What happened and how can we do better? CANADA: "Deficiencies in training your personnel in this very high-risk area of policing [control tactics] result in operational deficiencies in the street..." Blue Line (Canada) 4/6/2020 Feature, Opinion The city that remade its police department USA: Camden, N.J.’s detailed rules on use of force are a model for reform but not a panacea. Bloomberg 4/6/2020 News Ministers considering renationalising England and Wales probation service Exclusive: Move is latest attempt to unwind ‘disastrous’ 2014 changes under Chris Grayling The Guardian 4/6/2020 News “Another brick in the wall” of police work: COVID-19 CANADA: The important role of leadership to psychologically guide frontline law enforcement officers Blue Line (Canada) 4/6/2020 Feature Why I am so uneasy about police ‘taking the knee’ Former Home Secretary DAVID BLUNKETT has fought racism all his life. But here he takes a provocative stance after officers knelt before crowds of protesters Mail Online 4/6/2020 Feature, Opinion Blog: Welcoming Specials into the Federation family Volunteers week is a great opportunity to reflect on the vital work done by Special Constables. They give up their free time to work alongside full-time police officers, performing the same service to the public and exposed to the same dangers - yet until now they have not enjoyed the same representation and protection that their colleagues, who are members of the Police Federation of England and Wales, enjoy. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 4/6/2020 Feature, Interview, Opinion Roads policing has suffered too long – it’s time to prioritise it Police chiefs and the Government must make roads policing a priority to reverse years of damage and save lives, says the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) in response to a new report from a transport safety charity. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 4/6/2020 News College of Policing to confirm online exam dates by mid-June The College of Policing has moved to end uncertainty for officers taking promotion exams in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 4/6/2020 News German suspect identified in Madeleine McCann disappearance A German prisoner has been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, detectives have revealed. Police Professional 4/6/2020 News «332733283329333033313332333333343335Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
