Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100784 total results. Showing results 70921 to 70940 «354335443545354635473548354935503551Next ›Last » Police recruitment delays feared amid uncertainties over funding The government promise to recruit thousands of extra police officers is being jeopardised by delays in the Home Office telling forces how much extra money will be allocated to fund the scheme. The Guardian 29/9/2019 News Outrage as Sadiq Khan reveals huge increase in Met Police royal protection costs London Assembley member Caroline Pidgeon has criticised the amount of public money being used to protect members of the royal family. Express 29/9/2019 News Mick Carty: ‘Rumblings of disquiet can’t be allowed to derail biggest ever reform of Garda’ Alarming events close to the Border recently, never mind the spectre of Brexit, drive home the need for a well-resourced and highly motivated Garda force. But when the nation's senior Garda managers make their quarterly pilgrimage to their Mecca in Templemore, it is odds on top of the agenda for discussion to be the recently announced plan by Commissioner Drew Harris to radically reorganise the force. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) - Registration at source 29/9/2019 Feature, Opinion Policing’s ‘Meme Strategy’: Understanding the Rise of Police Social Media Engagement Work In 2017, the New South Wales Police Force in Australia embarked on a bold new social media strategy, harnessing humorous Internet memes and cute images of police animals to increase ‘user engagement’ with their posts. Provoked by changes to Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm, this self-described ‘meme-strategy’ generated a surge of new followers for the organisation’s social media accounts, with NSW Police’s Facebook page reaching one million followers in August 2017 – a record for an official police Facebook page. This article examines the social media logics underpinning NSW Police’s ‘meme strategy’ and similar police PR strategies that have employed humour and cute content to increase social media engagement. Through analysing the content and ‘active’ engagement metrics of NSW Police’s ‘meme strategy’, in this article I critically examine this approach to police public relations, focusing in particular on its weaponisation of cute content to generate engagement. NSW Police’s meme strategy, I argue, exemplifies what we might term social media ‘engagement work’: strategies intended to increase the reach of police messaging on social media and promote horizontal engagement spillover and vertical legitimacy spillover. Current Issues in Criminal Justice - Registration at source 29/9/2019 Research article Interviewing Persons With Mental Illness Charged With Murder Or Attempted Murder: A Retrospective Review of Police Interviews Individuals with a mental illness may be particularly vulnerable during police interviews. Assessing fitness for police interview is vital for ensuring procedural fairness. This article reports the findings of a retrospective review of 31 police interviews of mentally ill persons charged with murder (n = 18) or attempted murder (n = 13) who appeared before the Queensland Mental Health Court. Police interviews were conducted for all murder and 50% of attempted murder cases. Possible or overt mental illness symptoms were present in all interviews. Symptoms of mental illness were pervasive in 36.7% of interviews, intermittent in 43.3% of interviews and seldom in 20% of interviews. Support persons were present for 9.7% of interviews, and legal representation was not present for any interview. These findings highlight the need to enhance access to support persons during interviews. Intersectoral collaboration between mental health services, forensic medical officers, police, public guardians and the legal sector is needed. Psychiatry Psychology and Law - Registration at source 29/9/2019 Research article Empathy in Investigative Interviews of Victims: How to Understand It, How to Measure It, and How to Do It? In the literature and in modern training programmes, empathy is considered important for the process of building rapport. Yet there is no distinct definition of empathy in the context of the police interview, and how to display empathy is poorly operationalized. In addition, there have been different attempts to measure empathy. The aim of the current study is to explore how detectives display empathy through the observation of four video-recorded police interviews of traumatized young victims of the 2011 Utøya terror attack in Norway and research interviews with the detectives who conducted the police interviews. The detectives demonstrated understanding and interest, and empathy was displayed both verbally and non-verbally. Furthermore, the interviews were characterized by cooperation. Due to the lack of consensus on empathy in police interviews, the study raises the question of what kind of empathy should be displayed in police interviews and whether empathy should be replaced with more appropriate concepts in police training. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 29/9/2019 Research article ‘Give me time to fix force with a sad history of chief constables’ Cleveland's sixth leader in as many years believes he is young enough to put its 'broken' record straight. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/9/2019 News Plan for massive facial recognition database sparks privacy concerns AUSTRALIA: Identity fraud is justification for collecting photos from drivers’ licences and passports but critics say plan too invasive The Guardian 28/9/2019 News West Midlands Police will be forced to send officers to Dover in a no-deal Brexit The force expects that it will have to send officers out of the region to help with policing at ports Coventry Live 28/9/2019 News Police bid to Home Office for Cornwall ‘summer surge’ cash Falmouth’s MP has given her backing to Cornwall’s police for asking for more money to cope with the annual “summer surge” of visitors. The Packet (Falmouth) 28/9/2019 News Hundreds of police officers pretend to be ‘knights in shining armour’ so they can prey on children, witnesses and vulnerable people for sex, damning report reveals Hundreds of police officers have been accused of exploiting crime victims for sex by pretending to be 'knights in shining armour.' A total of 415 allegations have been made against officers for 'abusing their position for a sexual purpose' in three years, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary said. Mail Online 28/9/2019 News Terminally-ill police commissioner, 67, considers flying to Dignitas to end life Ron Hogg, who was police commissioner for Durham, wants assisted dying to be legal in the UK after his motor neurone disease diagnosis Mirror 28/9/2019 News Violence on Yorkshire’s streets sees police turn to Tasers Police officers across Yorkshire are frequently having to use Tasers due to an increase in violent attacks and hostile situations, the Yorkshire Post can reveal. The Yorkshire Post 28/9/2019 News Facebook, WhatsApp will have to share messages with U.K. police Social media platforms based in the U.S. including Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users’ encrypted messages with British police under a new treaty between the two countries, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bloomberg 28/9/2019 News Tasers to be given to 10,000 more police officers in England and Wales But chiefs say weapons are ‘not the answer to all violent or threatening situations’ The Independent 28/9/2019 News Boris Johnson referred to police watchdog over US businesswoman links The police watchdog is to decide whether or not to investigate Boris Johnson for a potential criminal offence of misconduct in public office while he was London mayor. BBC 28/9/2019 News Reflections on Project Managing A Home Office Funded Collaborative Multi-Stakeholder Research Project Combining attention to the dynamics of collaborative relationships with standard project management techniques, this article describes and reflects on the approach taken by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) in the delivery of a Home Office Police Innovation Fund research project. The research project, with several work streams, focused on the development of the evidence base to inform the design and implementation of the College of Policing’s new Police Education Qualifications Framework graduate entry programme for police officers. The article comments on managing a complex collaboration comprising MOPAC, three academic research teams, Police Now and the College of Policing, and discusses the relationship between the project and the evolving policy environment. In conclusion, the article makes some observations about the value of a tri-partite collaboration between policy, practice, and research and the insights gained through this experience, which may offer guidance in the future management of collaborative projects. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 28/9/2019 Research article Thousands more officers to carry Tasers after attacks The home secretary has pledged to spend £10 million on controversial plans to arm 60 per cent of police officers with a Taser. The Times - Subscription at source 28/9/2019 News Police can access suspects’ Facebook and WhatsApp messages in deal with US WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media platforms will be forced to disclose encrypted messages from suspected terrorists, paedophiles and other serious criminals under a new treaty between the UK and the US. The Times - Subscription at source 28/9/2019 News Referral from the Monitoring Officer of the Greater London Authority regarding a conduct matter concerning the former Mayor of London The IOPC can confirm we have received a referral from the Monitoring Officer of the Greater London Authority (GLA) regarding a conduct matter against Boris Johnson and we are currently assessing this. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 27/9/2019 News «354335443545354635473548354935503551Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
