Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97160 total results. Showing results 701 to 720 «323334353637383940Next ›Last » The thinning blue line: Victorians advised to learn self-defence as police officers leave the force in droves AUSTRALIA: A woman trying to flee her abusive partner by driving to the nearest police station — only to find it closed and having to go back to being strangled by him — is just one horrific story to emerge out of Victoria. 7 News (Australia) 20/1/2025 News A comparison of Project Servator and routine stop and search outcomes in the city of London Project Servator is a strategic method of policing designed to deter, detect and disrupt a wide range of criminal activity including terrorism. This paper is the first empirical study to evaluate the stop and search aspect of Servator deployments. We compare the outcomes of 3488 routine stop and searches and 510 Servator stop and searches to determine whether the stop and search tactics used in this initiative produce more positive outcomes than routine stop and searches. We also compare outcomes of stop and searches that occurred on the basis of suspicious behaviour alone, by ethnicity, and through using a geographically matched sample. Collectively, the results indicate that stop and searches that occur during Servator deployments are more efficient than routine stop and search. Security Journal 20/1/2025 Research article More than 70 protesters arrested in Trafalgar Square after police line broken Protesters met a line of police officers and eventually broke through, with those who made it to the square later finding themselves being held in one corner. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/1/2025 News Prosecuted drivers ‘shopping around’ for cheaper speed awareness courses Courses are run by a combination of private companies, councils and police forces across the UK. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/1/2025 News Police feel ‘hammer blow’ of further spending cuts A police and crime commissioner (PCC) is warning it risks becoming "impossible" to deliver good policing if government funding does not rise. BBC 20/1/2025 News Information overload: Policing a hyper-connected world As public services come under pressure and public expectations rise, volumes of contact are likely to increase across all channels. By operationalising digital contact, forces can avoid a contact crisis and take advantage of a more connected future. Policing Insight 20/1/2025 Advertisement, Feature ‘Fatigued’: Shocking number police must overcome to beat youth crime AUSTRALIA: The Far North’s thin blue line has been exposed with astonishing figures highlighting the short-handed battle our cops are fighting in the midst of a booming youth crime crisis. The Cairns Post (Australia) - Subscription at source 20/1/2025 News New police recruits not enough to boost dwindling force AUSTRALIA: Victoria Police’s efforts to bolster its force continue to fall short despite actively recruiting new members, with ‘burnt-out’ officers turning in their uniform amid the ongoing pay dispute. Herald Sun (Australia) - Subscription at source 20/1/2025 News Criminal gangs taking control of UK prisons, ex-governors warn British jails are at risk of becoming overrun by organised crime groups like some jails in south and central America, the former jail bosses said The Times - Subscription at source 20/1/2025 News Government push to inform victims of their rights Young adults who fall victim to crime will be better supported through a new Government campaign. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) 20/1/2025 News Police expand use of ‘soft touch warnings for criminals’ An expansion in the use of recorded police warnings in Scotland, which do not count as a conviction, is an ‘insult to victims’, critics say The Times - Subscription at source 20/1/2025 News Mental health diversion panels: A new tool for reducing mental health-related offending? With the police response to those in mental health distress – whether in relation to safeguarding, crime or public protection – a challenge for policing globally, Edge Hill University’s Dr Jude Towers looks at the results of the mental health diversion and advisory panel initiative in Lancashire, which offers an alternative out-of-court disposal approach to mental health-related offending that is winning support from officers as well as those in crisis. Policing Insight - Registration at source 20/1/2025 Feature, Innovation Systemic failures led to deaths at Polmont Young Offenders Institution A joint fatal accident inquiry into the suicides of two young people at Polmont Young Offenders Institution has found that systemic failures led to their deaths. Holyrood Magazine 20/1/2025 News Gloucestershire Constabulary announces Katy Barrow-Grint as new Deputy Chief Constable Gloucestershire Constabulary has announced the appointment of Katy Barrow-Grint as the new Deputy Chief Constable. Emergency Services Times 20/1/2025 News Diversion and Naloxone with Meg Jones and Jane Bailey Presenter Ben Twomey is joined by two guests and former colleagues to talk about how policing is changing, why people misusing substances are being diverted away from prison, and how the West Midlands became the first police force where officers carry and administer anti-heroin medication. Meg Jones, Director of the social justice and harm-reduction charity Cranstoun, and Jane Bailey, former senior police officer at West Midlands Police, share their views with Ben and our Policing TV audience. PolicingTV 20/1/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video ‘Creative use of punishment’: Covid-style lockdowns proposed for criminals in England and Wales Bar Council calls for pandemic restrictions to help reintegrate non-violent offenders into society and ease pressure on overcrowded jails The Guardian 19/1/2025 News Prosecutors to press on with manslaughter cases despite Kiena Dawes verdict CPS lead says she is not deterred from similar cases after Ryan Wellings, who was accused of causing partner’s suicide, was found not guilty of killing her The Guardian 19/1/2025 News Garda hospitalised with broken kneecap following drugs raid arrest REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda welfare services have been put in place for the injured Garda member and his colleagues The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 19/1/2025 News MEP writes to Garda Commissioner calling for new probe into Liam Farrell’s death REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Midlands Northwest MEP Ciaran Mullooly has written to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris calling for "a new and appropriately resourced investigation into the full circumstances” of the death of elderly Roosky farmer Liam Farrell five years ago. Roscommon Herald (Republic of Ireland) 19/1/2025 News ‘To whom am I speaking?’; Public responses to crime reporting via live chat with human versus AI police operators Driven by social and technological change and the imperative to enhance efficiency, police have in recent years adopted various technologies to transform their interactions with the public. In the UK, these initiatives often fall under ‘transformation’ agendas, promoting ‘channel choice’ strategies to facilitate public interactions through various technologically mediated platforms, such as reporting crimes online using form-based or chat functions. Artificial Intelligence already plays a role in some of these interactions, which is likely only to increase in the future. In this study we examine preferences and perceptions in online crime reporting. Participants read a fictitious ‘chat’ between a victim of crime and a police operator identified as either a human or a chatbot. Although the chats were identical, we find a consistent preference for human operators over chatbots across all scenarios. Human operators were thought to provide clearer explanations, although there were no significant differences in judgements of interpersonal treatment or decision neutrality between human and chatbot operators. Participants also responded more positively to the process when (a) the crime involved was less serious and (b) when the outcome was active (police attendance) rather than passive (simple recording). Our findings underscore the importance of procedural justice and communication clarity in online crime reporting systems – and perhaps of human interaction when reporting crimes. Policing and Society 19/1/2025 Research article «323334353637383940Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
