Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115911 total results. Showing results 68161 to 68180 «340534063407340834093410341134123413Next ›Last » Victoria Police to explore links between racing and organised crime AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police has embedded an investigator and an analyst in the state’s racing industry to explore possible links with organised crime. WA Today (Australia) 5/7/2021 News Operation Trojan Shield: Well-known Kiwi entertainer charged with $6m money laundering conspiracy NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand police promised more arrests following the global crackdown on organised crime, and last week two men in Rotorua were charged with allegedly working with key crime figures living overseas. Jared Savage reports. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 5/7/2021 News Keeping kids out of court NEW ZEALAND: Constable Rob Gormly spent his morning planting flax bushes in a reserve, helping a young person complete community work. New Zealand Police 5/7/2021 News Prison population set to soar The number of prisoners in England and Wales is set rise by a quarter over the next five years, hitting a post-war high of nearly 99,000, due to the impact of the police recruitment uplift and introduction of tougher sentences. Police Professional 5/7/2021 News Police failings caused or contributed to death of Susan Nicholson, jury finds Failings by Sussex Police caused or contributed to the death of Susan Nicholson at the hands of killer Robert Trigg, an inquest jury has concluded. Police Professional 5/7/2021 News Alternatives to enforcement: police given practical guide on preventing rough sleeping The National Police Chiefs’ Council have partnered with Crisis, the UK’s national homelessness charity, to produce a practical guide on helping people end their rough sleeping without enforcement. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 5/7/2021 News PFEW Trauma research features at influential psychology conference PFEW research into the effects of trauma exposure on police officers, including that of incidents specific to the Covid-19 pandemic, featured at the annual conference for the British Psychological Society’s Division of Forensic Psychology (DFP). Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 5/7/2021 News Investigation into complaint over actions of Greater Manchester Police officer following Manchester Arena bombing The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has begun an independent investigation into a complaint on behalf of families of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 5/7/2021 News Manchester Arena Inquiry: Ex-GMP officer investigated over evidence A former Greater Manchester Police officer is being investigated by a watchdog over his evidence at a public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bomb. BBC 5/7/2021 News Calling all police cyber security innovators – Grant funding now available As recent experiences in the US have highlighted, public infrastructure and supply chains are increasingly a target for hackers with a wide range of motives, and the growing dependence on digital technology increases the risk of cyber attack for public sector bodies; but as Policing Insight’s Andy Staniforth reports, new European Commission Horizon funding is available for forces in the UK and Europe to strengthen their digital defences. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 5/7/2021 Feature, Innovation How Victims of Strangulation Survived: Enhancing the Admissibility of Victim Statements to the Police When Survivors Are Reluctant to Cooperate Holding perpetrators accountable for family violence is challenged when survivors are reluctant to testify. In light of recent Supreme Court precedents limiting the admissibility of statements to law enforcement in victimless prosecutions, the current study examined 130 cases of nonfatal strangulation (NFS) to determine whether case characteristics and themes across survivors’ on-scene statements can help prosecutors combat common legal defenses raised when victims are unavailable for trial. The history of prior violence and how only 6% of perpetrators stopped strangling victims on their own suggests that NFS complaints should be investigated as an attempted homicide until evidence suggests otherwise. Violence Against Women - Registration at source 5/7/2021 Research article Use of Vascular Neck Restraints in Law Enforcement: A Case-Study of Spokane, Wa The high-profile deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd have led to legislative actions banning the use of neck restraints by law enforcement officers. The debates behind these policy changes are important, but they are also entirely lacking in any data on the actual use of neck restraints. We write neither to defend nor condemn the use of neck restraints by law enforcement; rather, we seek to provide information to assist with data-driven decision-making about the technique. We present data from a police department in Washington State where, prior to the May 2021 statewide ban on use of neck restraints, officers had used them quite regularly: 230 times over the previous eight years. Results indicate that neck restraints were typically used when dealing with subjects who were physically non-compliant or actively resisting police were associated with use of other physical tactics (rather than weapons), yielded a lower rate of injury to subjects but a higher rate of injury to officers, and resulted in no subject fatalities. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 5/7/2021 Research article Fatal Officer Involved Shootings Following the Use of Taser Conducted Energy Weapons This study investigates the risks and causes of fatal officer involved shootings (OIS) following ineffective applications of TASER conducted energy weapons (CEWs). Content analysis of open-source records resulted in quantitative and qualitative characteristics and conditions associated with the ineffective application of CEWs resulting in fatal OIS. Research and field-use data indicate that CEWs were ineffective in as many as 47% of applications. From 1985 through 2020, 1349 fatal OIS followed ineffective applications of CEWs in the United States. Officers were more likely first to use CEWs to subdue minority suspects before fatally shooting them than they were with White suspects. In 14 instances since 2004, suspects shot and killed 16 law enforcement officers following ineffective applications of CEWs. The policy implications of the findings are articulated. This is the first study to examine the use of deadly force following the ineffective use of TASER technology. Police Journal - Registration at source 5/7/2021 Research article The Theory and Evidence Behind Law Enforcement Strategies That Combat Child Sexual Abuse Material This article presents a synthesis of current and innovative law enforcement strategies to combat child sexual abuse material. Six law enforcement strategies were identified through an international literature search and verified by experts via roundtable discussion. Six strategies were identified: public intelligence gathering, polygraph, proactive investigations, risk assessment prioritization, resourced taskforces and collaborative partnerships. Strategies are reported via an adapted version of the ‘EMMIE’ framework: effects, mechanisms, moderators, and implementation considerations. Through applying the adapted framework, this article explains how and why each law enforcement strategy may work, and identifies the factors that may impact each strategy’s success. As a result, this article offers a valuable resource for practice professionals across the globe. The synthesis does not include an assessment of whether prior evidence supports the strategies discussed. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 5/7/2021 Research article ‘There is no short-term solution’: former Winnipeg police chief wants to overhaul police training CANADA: Coalition for Canadian Police Reform hopes to convince government to start professional policing college CBC News (Canada) 5/7/2021 News Guelph police and local partners ask province to fund 24/7 mental health initiative CANADA: An initiative that partners mental health clinicians with police officers on calls for service involving a mental health crisis could be expanded in Guelph if funding is received from the Ontario government. Guelph Today (Canada) 5/7/2021 News Engagement with marginalized communities prompts ‘immediate’ changes for Edmonton police CANADA: The Edmonton Police Service is making a number of changes to improve the service’s relationships with marginalized communities. Edmonton Journal (Canada) 5/7/2021 News ‘Relative calm’ three years after bitter feud gripped Drogheda REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The most senior garda officer in Co Louth has said that three years after a bitter feud gripped the town of Drogheda, there is now relative calm. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 5/7/2021 News Garda Commissioner believes organised crime would worsen with decriminalisation REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has voiced his concern over the potential effect that decriminalisation of certain drugs would have on organised crime in Ireland. Buzz (Republic of Ireland) 5/7/2021 News Subduing Covid, smart policing and reform: A three-pronged strategy for reducing violent crime Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020, and remain worryingly high in 2021; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, Professors Richard Rosenfeld and David Klinger of the University of Missouri, St. Louis outline how tackling three key issues – subduing the pandemic, redoubling smart policing tactics and implementing police reform – could provide a three-pronged strategy for reducing violent crime. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 5/7/2021 Analysis, Feature «340534063407340834093410341134123413Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
