Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 94015 total results. Showing results 72601 to 72620 «362736283629363036313632363336343635Next ›Last » Petrol thefts downgraded as more police forces fail to turn up At least eight police forces have stopped actively investigating fuel thefts from petrol stations in a cost cutting move that is feared will let criminals fill-up for free, The Telegraph can reveal. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 27/10/2018 News Police must be visible and show zero tolerance In the latest display of institutional neglect, we can now report that at least eight police forces have stopped pursuing fuel thefts from petrol stations – otherwise known as “bilkings” – in which a motorist drives away without paying after filling their tank. Yes, sometimes this is down to someone innocently forgetting to pay, but overwhelmingly it is deliberate and remains a crime, and the whole point of the police is to enforce the law. If they do not, their inaction will send the message that thieves can get away with it, leaving petrol stations exposed to miscreants. That is a clear failure of duty. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 27/10/2018 Feature, Opinion Crown Prosecution Service head: justice system can’t cope Alison Saunders warns that police and the CPS are too under-resourced to tackle crimes efficiently The Guardian 27/10/2018 News Body Worn Cameras, Procedural Justice, and Police Legitimacy: A Controlled Experimental Evaluation of Traffic Stops Police legitimacy is generally regarded as a view among community members that police departments play an appropriate role in implementing rules governing public conduct. Placing body worn cameras (BWCs) on police officers has been suggested as a potentially important response to police legitimacy crises. We use a rigorous controlled quasi-experimental evaluation to test the impact of BWCs on citizen perceptions of procedural justice and police legitimacy during traffic stops in Turkey. Relative to stops by officers without BWCs, we find that motorists stopped by officers with BWCs reported improved perceptions of procedural justice in the encounter and perceptions of legitimacy of traffic officers and the police more generally. Supplementary analyses suggest that the perceived improvements in police legitimacy were entirely driven by perceived enhancements in procedural justice during the traffic stop encounter. These findings suggest that body camera technology help ensure procedurally just encounters and improve public perceptions of police legitimacy. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Registration at source 27/10/2018 Research article Feeling Blue: Officer Perceptions of Public Antipathy Predict Police Occupational Norms Recent protests against law enforcement have spurred claims by practitioners and editorialists that public antipathy toward the police may influence police occupational norms. A number of classic police ethnographies also suggest a link between perceived public antipathy and police culture, but limited empirical research has examined this claim. Using a sample of 12,376 sworn law enforcement officers who participated in the National Police Research Platform, and a series of ordinary least squares regressions, this study examines whether officers’ perceptions of public support predict their cultural orientations. Results reveal that officers perceiving greater public antipathy report higher levels of social isolation, work-group solidarity, cynicism toward the public, and coercive attitudes. We identify practical implications and potential organisational remedies to address these perceptions, and situate these findings within theoretical arguments of early police ethnographers and contemporary claims of the “Ferguson Effect.” American Journal of Criminal Justice - Registration at source 27/10/2018 Research article How artificial intelligence is spotting fake police reports Artificial intelligence can be used to determine with considerably accuracy whether a police report is fake or legit, a new study finds. i News 27/10/2018 News We’re on a slippery slope over hate speech If we keep adding to the list of those we can’t offend, by what logic do we exclude the elderly, the obese and the ugly? The Times 27/10/2018 Feature, Opinion Let’s face it, police have a long line-up of bad e-fits Police are seeking a white man in connection with a robbery. Distinguishing features: brown eyes, black hair, ginger leprechaun beard. The Times - Subscription at source 27/10/2018 Analysis, Feature Grooming gangs disgrace our Pakistani heritage, says Javid Sajid Javid has said Pakistani members of grooming gangs have “disgraced our heritage” and that there “must be some cultural connection” to their crimes. The Times - Subscription at source 27/10/2018 News Research could improve recruitment and deployment of ‘super-recognisers’ A new study suggests that many of the individuals working as so-called “super recognisers” may not be as gifted at spotting faces as initially thought because the tests used to identify their skills are too limited to fully assess their true abilities. Police Professional 26/10/2018 News Value for money dashboards Value for money dashboards provide comparative data on a wide range of policing activities from 2011 up to the most recent data release. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 26/10/2018 Report Value for Money profiles 2018 HMICFRS has published the latest Value for Money profiles, which provide comparative data on a wide range of policing activities for each police force in England and Wales. Value for Money profiles help forces make better decisions by identifying areas where improvements can be made in cost and performance. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 26/10/2018 News Minister: Welfare has been effective for 14 child CHIS Fresh concerns have been raised over the use of children as covert human intelligence sources (CHIS) after it emerged that there are no time limits attached to such operations, no restrictions on the types of crimes children can be asked to investigate and no requirement for case files to be kept for more than five years. Police Professional 26/10/2018 News Lie detector can tell if someone has filed a false police statement Scientists have come up with a way to tell if someone has lied on a police statement related to robberies using a computer tool that analyses text. The Irish News (Republic of Ireland) 26/10/2018 News Suffolk Constabulary to launch a new approach to crime prevention Suffolk Constabulary is launching a new approach to crime prevention this Saturday. Suffolk Constabulary 26/10/2018 News FOUR WAYS in which the Home Affairs Select Committee’s “Policing for the Future” will make a difference… Earlier this week, the Home Affairs Select Committee published their long-awaited report "Policing for the Future". In this exclusive article for Policing Insight, the Police Foundation's Director, Dr Rick Muir, sets out how and why the Select Committee's report will have a lasting impact. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 26/10/2018 Opinion Police Cybercrime Training: Perceptions, Pedagogy, and Policy Cybercrime presents numerous issues for police organisations. A key challenge is to understand how best to impart relevant skills and knowledge about cybercrime throughout the organisation to enable police officers to react appropriately to such incidents. This article is drawn from research undertaken as part of the CARI Project, a major study into the effectiveness of cybercrime investigation within a large UK police force funded by the Police Knowledge Fund. As part of the needs assessment for the above project, concerns were raised about the effectiveness of existing training arrangements in facilitating the development of cyber skills within police officers. The present research, based on survey data, explored the effectiveness of different training styles as perceived by those who had undertaken cyber training. The research found that officers perceived some modes of training as more effective than others and highlighted some of the organisational contexts that impact negatively on the delivery of effective cyber training. The findings are presented within a context, informed by existing literature, that acknowledges wider debates surrounding the pedagogy of police learning and the organisational challenges of developing cyber skills within police officers. The authors believe that the findings will have relevance to police training policy both in the UK and in the wider international context. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 26/10/2018 Research article How Do Police Officers Cope With Police Corruption and Corrupt Peers? A Typology in the Making The phenomenon of police corruption has received a significant share of attention by both scholars and practitioners. However, although notable knowledge has been built on a corpus of circumferential issues in and determinants of corruption, the array of coping strategies of police officers who encounter corrupt practices and interact with corrupt colleagues has evaded empirical analysis. That said, this article sets out to do that and draws on data collected from a web survey, based on a sample of 446 Cypriot police officers. In the main, it is argued that inertia and apathy are embedded in the preponderance of police officers’ attitudes towards their corrupt peers. Also, for delineating (and somewhat explicating) the coping strategies of police officers who share workplaces with corrupt peers, a typology based on the COPE Inventory is introduced. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 26/10/2018 Research article Does the Police Code of Silence Vary With Police Assignment? An Empirical Exploration of the Relation Between the Code and Assignment This paper contains an in-depth exploration of the relation between police code of silence and police assignment. A police integrity survey was used to measure the contours of the code among Croatian patrol officers, detectives, and community-policing officers. Samples of police officers evaluated fourteen hypothetical scenarios describing various forms of police misconduct. Whereas the type of assignment was a weak predictor of the respondents’ adherence to the code of silence, the respondents’ assessments of misconduct seriousness and expected discipline, as well as perceptions whether other officers would report misconduct, were strong predictors of the respondents’ own expressed adherence to the code. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 26/10/2018 Research article Automatic Weapon Detection in Social Media Image Data Using A Two-Pass Convolutional Neural Network Police analysts are faced with a deluge of data when monitoring the activities in specific areas of social networks and other internet data sources. Image recognition can help to prioritise the reading and subsequent analysis. The paper presents a case study for weapon detection in image data that has the potential to reduce the workload of the analyst by a factor of 200. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin 26/10/2018 Research article «362736283629363036313632363336343635Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
