Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 94114 total results. Showing results 69681 to 69700 «348134823483348434853486348734883489Next ›Last » Home Office approves request for student officers to carry Taser The Home Office has approved an NPCC request for probationers to carry a Taser if they meet strict training standards set by the College of Policing. National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Less Lethal Weapons, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D’Orsi said: National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 1/3/2019 News Londoners urged to help Met Police in fight against crime in local community Residents walk the beat to battle drug dealers, burglars and bad behaviour The Standard 1/3/2019 News West Yorkshire PCC calls for government laws to make police more diverse West Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has called for government legislation to boost ethnic diversity within the police force. Wakefield Express 1/3/2019 News Alleged killers, rapists and burglars among thousands of suspects freed by police to reoffend after bail rules are scrapped Crime suspects are carrying out thousands of further offences despite being under police investigation. Mail Online 1/3/2019 News Measuring Perspective Taking Among Police Recruits Perspective taking (PT), as part of the empathy concept, is an important ability in the police profession. It is important to understand how PT can be measured, but also whether it changes over time. The purpose of this paper is to compare the outcomes of three different measures of PT, and to see whether police students’ PT changes at different stages of their education. Three measures, one self-reported and two objective tests, were administered to Swedish National Police recruits at three distinct stages of their police training. The outcomes of the measures were psychometrically analysed, after which associations between measures and between-group differences were assessed. The result showed that the measures provided results that were in line with what had been reported in earlier studies. There were no significant correlations between the total scores of the three measures, yet students who graded their abilities higher on the subjective instrument did perform better on one of the objective tests. The findings also showed that recruits in later parts of their training self-reported significantly lower PT values than recruits at the beginning of their training. This study adds knowledge on the ability of different types of instruments to measure PT and how this construct may develop over time among police recruits. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - Registration at source 1/3/2019 Research article The Feasibility of Using Real-Time, Objective Measurements of Physiological Stress Among Law Enforcement Officers in Dallas, Texas Law enorcement officers (LEOs) suffer from premature mortality, intentional and unintentional injury, suicide and are at an increased risk for several non-communicable disease outcomes including cardiovascular disease and several cancers, compared to those employed in other occupations. Repeated exposure to stressful and traumatic stimuli is a possible mechanism driving these adverse health outcomes among LEOs. To better identify the sources of these health problems, the purpose of this paper is to determine the feasibility of conducting a cohort study using physiological measures of stress (e.g. heart rate) with LEOs; perceptions of the FitBit device, including LEO buy-in and attitudes associated with the protocol. Data were collected from ten recent graduates of the Dallas Police Training Academy. Results suggest that officer buy-in and protocol compliance was high. Officers were eager to participate in this study, and completion of weekly surveys was 100 percent. Minute-level missing data from wearable devices was relatively low (25 percent), and 90 percent of participants wore the FitBit devices on more than 90 percent of study days. Results from this study suggest that wearable physiological devices can be effectively used in law enforcement populations to measure stress. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - Registration at source 1/3/2019 Research article A Multilevel Study on the Causal Relationship in Association Network of Work Stress The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal correlation between the work stress of immigration officers (IOs) and the cross-level effect of social support. A multilevel model was used to analyse the quantitative data obtained from 231 IOs in Taiwan, who served as the research objects. From the results of this study, it was found that a positive significant relationship existed between role conflict and work stress, as well as between work stress and job burnout. Also, cross-level context and moderating effect for the relationship between social support and work stress, as well as between social support, work stress and job burnout were obtained. This study only considered IOs in airports and ports. Therefore, it is necessary to determine if other topics of organizational behaviour, such as the leadership of supervisors, organizational climate and work values of IOs, have a positive moderating effect. In this regard, it is recommended that a longitudinal study should be conducted in the future. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 1/3/2019 Research article Group Position, Consciousness and Perception of Police Fairness Among Urban Residents in China The purpose of this paper is to assess the importance of group position and consciousness in predicting people’s perceptions of police fairness in China. This study used survey data collected from 1,095 respondents in Shanghai. Multivariate regression was used to analyse the effects of group positions and group consciousness variables on perceived police fairness, controlling for personal, experiential and neighbourhood factors. Regardless of their own hukou status, individuals who live in high migrant areas expressed less favourable attitudes toward police fairness. Meanwhile, people who displayed greater degrees of sensitivity to bias in law rated police fairness less favourably, whereas people who expressed higher levels of moral alignment with the law and belief in no choice but to obey the police rated police fairness more favourably. Lower levels of neighbourhood disorder and higher degrees of cohesion were also associated with more positive evaluations of police fairness. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 1/3/2019 Research article Challenging the hierarchy: Better run organisations can improve police officers’ wellbeing Does the hierarchical nature of the police service impact negatively on officers' health and wellbeing? Rick Muir, Director of the Police Foundation, explores the findings of their latest report, Police Workforce Wellbeing and Organisational Development, which argues for a more inclusive management culture. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 1/3/2019 Analysis Defining and Assessing Vulnerability Within Law Enforcement and Public Health Organisations: A Scoping Review Historically, police departments focused solely on criminal justice issues. Recently, there has been a dynamic shift in focus, with Law Enforcement professional groups assuming more responsibility for tackling mental health and distress-related issues (that may arise because of mental health related problems and learning disabilities) alongside Public Health departments. While Law Enforcement has become a ‘last line of support’ and an increasing partner in mental health support, there is partnership working between law enforcement, psychology, and health professions in training and mental health service delivery. The term vulnerability is frequently used across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) to identify those in need of these services. Effective vulnerability assessment is therefore expected to prevent unintentional harmful health and criminal justice consequences and manage the negative impact of such in cases where prevention is not possible. This scoping review aimed to identify how vulnerability is defined and assessed across LEPH organisations. Health and Justice 1/3/2019 Research article Sean Rigg: Five officers cleared of misconduct over death in custody Hearing ruled claims against Met officers over musician’s death in 2008 were unproven The Guardian 1/3/2019 News Over 5,000 online grooming offences recorded in 18 months Our #WildWestWeb campaign calls for statutory regulation to make social networks safer. NSPCC 1/3/2019 News Instagram biggest for child grooming online – NSPCC finds Sex offenders are grooming children on Instagram more than on any other online platform, a charity has found. BBC 1/3/2019 News Labour calls for emergency police funding to fight Birmingham’s knife crime ‘crisis’ Labour's national shadow police minister writes to Home Secretary Sajid Javid about stabbings in Birmingham Birmingham Live 1/3/2019 News Does Community Policing Help to Solve Crime? A Look At Its Relationships With Crime Clearance Rates Prior research focused on the role of community policing in preventing and reducing crime. In the present study, logistic regression was used to compare three data sets from each of two national crime programs to explore whether it also helped to solve crime between 1997 and 2007. Findings indicated that it had some significant associations with all Uniform Crime Report crime clearance rates but that it was almost twice as likely to be related to lower clearance rates than higher ones. Moreover, increases in the percentages of community policing officers were related to increases in the likelihood of lower clearance rates, and decreases in the percentages were related to decreases in the likelihood of both lower and higher clearance rates. Journal of Applied Security Research - Registration at source 1/3/2019 Research article Manchester Arena families call for more ‘transparency’ from police Inquiry still 'live' and releasing information might prejudice the jury, force explains. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/3/2019 News Predictive algorithms: Hidden revolution taking place in UK’s councils and police forces Councils and police forces are exploiting the vast seams of data at their disposal to target their services with computer models. Sky News 1/3/2019 Analysis, Feature Deputy Chief Constable The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) is seeking a Deputy Chief Constable to join Police Scotland, the second largest police service in the UK with a workforce of more than 22,000 police officers and staff and a budget of more than £1 billion. Salary: £180,624. Closing date: Monday 1 April 2019 at 1200 hours. [PDF] Scottish Police Authority (SPA) 1/3/2019 Jobs Selected student police officers to be issued Tasers Some officers with less than two years’ service will now be allowed to carry Taser under changes announced by the Government. Police Professional 1/3/2019 News Neighborhood Immigrant Concentration and Violent Crime Reporting to the Police: A Multilevel Analysis of Data From the National Crime Victimization Survey Using data from the Area‐Identified National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), we provide a national assessment of the impact of neighbourhood immigrant concentration on whether violence is reported to the police. By drawing on multiple theoretical perspectives, we outline how the level of violence reporting could be higher or lower in immigrant neighbourhoods, as well as how this may depend on individual race/ethnicity and the history of immigration in the county in which immigrant neighbourhoods are located. Controlling for both individual‐ and neighbourhood‐level conditions, our findings indicate that within traditional immigrant counties, rates of violence reporting in immigrant neighbourhoods are similar to those observed elsewhere. In contrast, within newer immigrant destinations, we observe much lower rates of violence reporting in neighbourhoods with a large concentration of immigrants. Our study findings reveal comparable patterns for Whites, Blacks, and Latinos. The results have important implications for theory, policy, and future research. Criminology 1/3/2019 Research article «348134823483348434853486348734883489Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
