Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 105109 total results. Showing results 66701 to 66720 «333233333334333533363337333833393340Next ›Last » Ottawa police to restructure, focus on community policing and social services CANADA: Chief Peter Sloly is restructuring the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) to focus on collaboration between police and social service organizations and expanding community policing and mental health response teams. CBC News (Canada) 28/7/2020 News Senior Queensland police promotions may be invalid after flawed appointment process, review finds AUSTRALIA: Dozens of Queensland's most senior police officers may have their promotions scrapped after an independent review found the appointments were flawed. ABC News (Australia) 28/7/2020 News Germany fears far-right influence in police and security forces Recipients of death threats say their names had been searched for on official databases Financial Times 28/7/2020 News New Scottish hate crime laws ‘could devastate legitimacy of police’ The Scottish government's plans for new hate crime laws could "devastate the legitimacy of the police", a group representing officers has claimed. BBC 28/7/2020 News RCMP watchdog calls for report deadlines to ensure timely Mountie responses CANADA: OTTAWA — The RCMP watchdog is calling for statutory deadlines to ensure the Mounties respond to complaint findings in a timely way amid mounting concerns over excessive use of force by police. Blue Line (Canada) 28/7/2020 News One in 10 Queensland police officers reassigned to COVID-19 duties AUSTRALIA: Police are checking travellers at road borders and airports, guarding quarantine hotels and ensuring COVID-19 rules are followed. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 28/7/2020 News Australian police warn about ‘virtual kidnappings’ AUSTRALIA: Australian police have warned universities and Chinese officials about a spurt in "virtual kidnapping" scams that coerce foreign students to fake their own abductions and trick families overseas into paying ransoms. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 28/7/2020 News Solomons appoint first local police chief in almost two decades PACIFIC: The Solomon Islands has appointed a local police commissioner for the first time in 19 years. Commissioner Mostyn Mangau was sworn-in on Friday by the Governor-General Sir David Vunagi. He had been acting in the role since November last year when his predecessor Matthew Varley's tenure ended. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 28/7/2020 News Online Jihadist propaganda: 2019 in review Today, Europol publishes the second edition of its annual report on online Jihadist propaganda. The report by the European Union’s Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) at Europol covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2019 and highlights the major trends and developments in propaganda of the most prominent Sunni jihadist organisations. This review aims to analyse how these organisations have shaped their online message to respond to shifting political and operational realities and overcome setbacks. It further identifies the dominant themes exploited by the groups during this period. Europol 28/7/2020 News New Hate Crime Bill Could Devastate Police Relationship with the Scottish Public Proposed hate crime legislation could lead to police officers determining free speech and thereby devastating the legitmacy of the police service. Scottish Police Federation (SPF) 28/7/2020 News 35 PCC’s receive their share of Home Office Safer Streets fund Police and Crime Commissioners have secured their share of the Home Office Safer Streets fund to help tackle crimes like theft, robbery and burglary. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/7/2020 News Traffic officers cars targeted by offenders Traffic police have been targeted by offenders who have used their vehicles to ram patrol cars in a series of incidents acros England. Officers have been targeted in London, Surrey and Lincolnshire. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/7/2020 News First national purchasing system for digital forensics set to go live Forensic Capabilities Network (FCN) has been contracted to procure a National Digital Forensics Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to 'offer new technologies and increase capacity in the market'. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/7/2020 Feature, Innovation, News Pay and Morale Survey: Your chance for better pay Police Federation members will today (Tuesday 28 July) receive an email invitation to take part in our annual Pay and Morale Survey. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 28/7/2020 News Federation warns hate crime bill could ‘devastate’ relationship between police and public The Scottish Police Federation has warned of the "devastating" impact the new hate crime bill could have on trust between officers and the public. The Courier (Scotland) 28/7/2020 News Measuring Stalking: the Development and Evaluation of the Stalking Assessment Indices (SAI) Accurate measurement of stalking has proven difficult, partly because stalking is characterised by the cumulative effects of a pattern of behaviour. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a new measure of stalking that overcomes the observed shortcomings of existing tools. The Stalking Assessment Indices (SAI) were created using index development principles and evaluated in 244 Australian undergraduate students (Mage= 33.7, 77% female). Seventy-three reported stalking victimisation (experiencing at least five intrusions over at least two weeks causing substantial fear or distress), and 51 reported stalking perpetration. Stalking behaviours reported by victims formed a two-component structure, which was also observed in multidimensional scaling analysis. The perpetration index showed good convergent validity with measures of rumination and aggression, and both indices had adequate test–retest reliability over four weeks. These results suggest that the SAI could provide a consistent and inclusive measure of stalking for use across different research settings. Psychiatry Psychology and Law - Registration at source 28/7/2020 Research article The Ride Study: Effects of Body‐worn Cameras on Public Perceptions of Police Interactions During a brief interaction with motorists (i.e., a sobriety check), this study manipulated officer use (and declaration) of a body‐worn camera (BWC) (present; absent) while documenting participant BWC recollection (correct; incorrect) to assess effects on motorists’ perceptions of the encounter and of police more generally. Results (N = 361) demonstrate that perceptions of procedural justice were more favourable in the BWC‐present condition when the entire sample was included in the analyses, but that this effect was not significant when focusing on the subset of the sample that correctly recollected BWC use (though the pattern of the effect was the same in both analyses). In combination with results from a handful of similar studies, this study’s results suggest that BWCs may be a tool that can be leveraged to enhance public perceptions of encounters with police; however, more research is needed to substantiate this claim. In particular, the development of evidence‐based policy on this matter necessitates continued studies that address issues such as sample imbalances (e.g., gender and minority status), length of the interaction studied (i.e., experimental dosage), and controlling for officer behavior. Criminology and Public Policy 28/7/2020 Research article The biggest beat: First Nations, racism and the ‘nuanced defunding’ challenges facing Canadian policing Canada’s vast landscape and diverse cultures and communities bring with them their own unique policing challenges. In the first half of a two-part interview, Bill Moore, the former head of the country’s police leaders’ association and a veteran officer with a 31-year career, provides an insight into the key issues for Canadian policing. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 28/7/2020 Feature, Interview, Opinion Distraction burglary during a pandemic In this article taken from a series by the UCL Jill Dando Institute focusing on crime during the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Gloria Laycock OBE analyses the crime statistics on distraction burglaries and discusses how this type of crime is set to increase during lockdown. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 28/7/2020 Analysis, Feature Residential burglary during a pandemic In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic Dr Michael Frith from the UCL Jill Dando Institute discusses residential burglaries and how lockdown restrictions have forced offenders to change their tactics. 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