Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115877 total results. Showing results 72481 to 72500 «362136223623362436253626362736283629Next ›Last » Ministers spurned drug tsar’s guidance of £900m funding to tackle misuse leaked emails show government dismissed funding plea before £80m announcement The Guardian 21/1/2021 News Policies, Procedures and Risk Aversity: Police Decision-Making in Domestic Violence Matters in An Australian Jurisdiction Domestic violence (DV) is an issue of global concern, which has been subject to public health and criminal justice reforms for decades. Much attention has been paid to legal responses to DV, specifically the policing of this social issue. Police responses have frequently been scrutinised for not taking DV seriously, not placing sufficient emphasis on perpetrator accountability and not recognising and acknowledging victim survivor preferences sufficiently. The current study examines police responses to DV in an Australian jurisdiction that has been subject to substantial DV-focused policy and law reforms in recent years. Drawing on focus group data from 19 police officers and prosecutors, this article examines the factors that shape police decision making when responding to DV. Findings identify a shift towards more proactive and protective policing of DV, guided by a strong emphasis on operational policies and procedures, risk perceptions and aversity. Findings further reveal limited room for victim preferences in police responses to DV, highlighting the need for specialist DV units to provide holistic and nuanced responses to families affected by DV. Victims and Offenders - Registration at source 21/1/2021 Research article Policing Covid-19 Physical Distancing Measures: Managing Defiance and Fostering Compliance Among Individuals Least Likely to Comply Physical distancing measures have become the first line of defence for slowing COVID-19 virus transmission. However, studies have demonstrated that compliance with physical distancing restrictions has not been uniform. Police have also encountered widespread resentment of the restrictions, defiance, and people purposefully flouting restrictions. In this study, we examined factors associated with compliance with COVID-19 restrictions among those who held defiant attitudes toward police during the early stages of the pandemic in Australia. The study draws on survey data collected from 1595 Australians during the initial lockdown period in Australia. Regression analysis was applied to determine if two forms of defiance toward police (resistance and disengagement) were associated with reduced compliance with restrictions while controlling for other known correlates of compliance. We also identified factors that were associated with compliance among highly resistant and disengaged individuals. Findings indicate that defiant individuals were significantly less likely to comply with physical distancing restrictions. Among highly resistant and disengaged individuals, recent police-initiated encounters that were deemed to be procedurally unjust were also associated with reduced compliance. In addition, highly disengaged individuals were less likely to comply if they were concerned about ongoing loss of freedoms post-COVID-19. The implications of the findings for defiance and compliance research, as well as for COVID-19 policing strategies, are discussed. Victims and Offenders 21/1/2021 Research article Home Secretary Priti Patel says police should be a priority for vaccine and she is ‘working to absolutely try’ to bump them up the queue after Met Chief Dame Cressida Dick’s intervention Priti Patel today said police officers should be bumped up the coronavirus vaccine priority list after Dame Cressida Dick said she was 'baffled' why they had not been already. Mail Online 21/1/2021 News Dynamic Assessment of Registered Sexual Offenders: the National Practitioner Perspective on the Use of the ‘active Risk Management System’ This paper examines police and national probation service (NPS) practitioners’ experiences of utilising a dynamic risk management tool with registered sexual offenders (RSOs) in the community. The Active Risk Management System (ARMS) was designed as a multi-agency tool providing police with a dynamic tool for use with RSOs and the NPS with a sexual offender specific tool to support their original dynamic risk tool OASys (Offender Assessment System). Based on both quantitative and qualitative research with every police force and every NPS division in England and Wales, this paper highlights that despite a comprehensive adoption of ARMS within policing practice, the theoretical benefits of the ARMS tool have unfortunately not been realised. The resource implications of the tool’s utilisation, the different needs and siloed working practices of the police and NPS as well as a staggered implementation of the tool across both agencies has presented challenges for the practical use of ARMS in both single and joint agency offender management. Victims and Offenders - Registration at source 21/1/2021 Research article Christine Dacera: Police chief’s removal ordered over ‘botched’ rape probe An order has been made to remove a police chief of an affluent area of the Philippine capital, Manila, for his handling of a probe into the suspected rape and murder of an air stewardess. BBC 21/1/2021 News Internal memo reveals WA Police lost six years of sexual assault emails AUSTRALIA: Western Australia's Police force lost six years' worth of emails sent to an address set up to receive correspondence from sexual assault victims, documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws have revealed. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 20/1/2021 News Taser and pepper spray during arrest found to be ‘excessive use of force’ – IPCA NEW ZEALAND: The police watchdog has found officers who used a taser and put pepper spray between a man's eyes while arresting him was not justified. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 20/1/2021 News Skyrocketing number of lost shifts at Victoria police has a positive side, chief says CANADA: Chief Const. Del Manak says officers, staff being more proactive looking after their mental health Victoria News (Canada) 20/1/2021 News Sarnia police equipped with mental health screening software CANADA: All front-line police officers in Sarnia now have a mental health screening tool at their fingertips. The interRai Brief Mental Health Screener (BMHS) assessment tool software was rolled out to all officers’ phones earlier this month, said Const. Giovanni Sottosanti. The Sun Times (Canada) 20/1/2021 News Interview with outgoing COPS Office Director Phil Keith USA: Phil Keith has served as the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) at the U.S. Department of Justice since April 2018. He began his law enforcement career with the Knoxville, TN Police Department in 1970, and served as the Knoxville police chief from 1988 to 2004. Director Keith spoke with PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler about his policing career and his time leading the COPS Office. Police Executive Research Forum 20/1/2021 Feature, Interview, Opinion Calls for police to be vaccinated sooner as officer hospitalised with Covid-19 Dorset Police have called on the Government to prioritise frontline police for the vaccine after one of their officers was hospitalised with Covid-19. Express & Star 20/1/2021 News New project to tackle drug crime Work with Offenders has the latest on Project ADDER. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/1/2021 News Award-winning DC dies after losing battle with bowel cancer Tributes have been paid to a detective constable from Surrey Police who has died following a battle with bowel cancer. Police Professional 20/1/2021 News ‘Outrageous’ that data deleted from main UK police computer database, PM Johnson says British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday it was “outrageous” that hundreds of thousands of police records had been deleted due to a human coding error with the Police National Computer. Reuters 20/1/2021 News The number of homicides in London fell in 2020. What explains why these sad statistics change? There could be several reasons and some of them may not be well understood OnLondon 20/1/2021 Feature, Opinion Spotting liars is hard – but our new method is effective and ethical Lie detector tests such as polygraphs, which use an individual’s anxiety levels to indicate the veracity of their statements, have been criticised as ‘theoretically weak’ and unreliable; but new methods which rely on the asymmetry in responses from liars and truth-tellers could be the way forward, as University of Portsmouth Senior Teaching Fellow Cody Porter explains. Policing Insight 20/1/2021 Feature, Opinion Which Mask? SPF are keen to see the evident confusion over which mask to wear resolved. Scottish Police Federation (SPF) 20/1/2021 News Priti Patel ‘working to get jabs to front-line roles’ Ministers are working to ensure police and other front-line workers are moved up the priority list for the Covid vaccine, the home secretary has said. BBC 20/1/2021 News Fewer than 1 in 10 UK police officers lose their jobs after committing gross misconduct New figures have revealed that fewer than one in 10 UK police officers were dismissed from their roles after being found to have committed gross misconduct. The Yorkshire Post 20/1/2021 News «362136223623362436253626362736283629Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
