Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96999 total results. Showing results 72601 to 72620 «362736283629363036313632363336343635Next ›Last » Birmingham pub bombings: Police numbers ‘just 15’ on the night There were just 15 police officers covering Birmingham city centre on the night of the 1974 IRA pub bombings, the inquests heard. BBC 28/2/2019 News Selected student police officers to receive Taser training The Home Office appproved a request from senior officers to allow certain recruits working on the front line to undertake the specialist training Home Office 28/2/2019 News Motorola Solutions equips German Federal Police with body-worn-cameras and digital evidence management software Roll-out includes 2,300 Motorola Solutions Si500 Video Speaker Microphones with integrated body-worn video camera to help protect law enforcement officers and citizens and aid in solving crimes Motorola Solutions 28/2/2019 Press release PCC Fire Governance Conference The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) are pleased to announce we will be holding a conference on PCC Fire Governance on 28th March at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire. Policing Insight 28/2/2019 News APCC Serious Violence lead responds to keeping kids safe report APCC lead for Serious Violence, PCC Mark Burns-Williamson said: Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 28/2/2019 News Glasgow and Edinburgh account for half of Scotland’s hate crimes Nearly half of recorded hate crimes in Scotland took place in Glasgow and Edinburgh, a report has found. The National 28/2/2019 News Failings being repeated as ‘ruthless’ gangs groom children, report warns Report estimates 27,000 children could be members of a gang in England. Huffington Post 28/2/2019 News Union and NBPA in joint pledge to improve race equality Police staff now 'less representative of communities', says UNISON. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/2/2019 News World-first forensics lab opens in partnership with force and uni The university and the force have pledged £10 million to launch and run the centre for a decade. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/2/2019 News ‘Discriminatory’ policy treats ponytails and beards differently PC Gordon Thomas Downey was temporarily transferred from his unit for refusing to comply with facial hair policies. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/2/2019 News Working group lists ethical principles for facial recognition policy Avoidance of bias, necessity and public interest are to be considered among major concerns for policy development on facial recognition, according to a Government advisory group. Police Professional 28/2/2019 News Police Organizational Failure and Decoupling: Identifying Precursors to Failure Through the Rampart Commission In criminal justice organizations, organizational failure can have catastrophic, often tragic, repercussions. Through the theoretical framework of coupling, this work studies a past organizational failure, the Rampart incident in Los Angeles, and determine what organizational characteristics led to the failure. Using case study analysis, this article investigates circumstances leading to organizational dysfunction, the categories of failure are coded and analysed to determine precursors to organizational failure. Ultimately, this article shows that police organizational failure is not simply the case of misconduct or deviance, but rather a natural occurrence that can be precipitated by organizational precursors. From these precursors, it should be possible to develop a template which could identify organizations at risk for failure. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Registration at source 28/2/2019 Research article Moped Enabled Mobile Phone Snatches: A tale from two London boroughs This research utilises both quantitative and qualitative methods to further examine the rapid growth of moped enabled mobile phone snatches across two London boroughs. It demonstrates how the availability of suitable victims and the roads system influences moped enabled mobile phone snatches. The research suggests a number of crime reduction initiatives which could be adopted and studied further as to their effectiveness. The research concludes that there isn’t a single solution to this rapid growth in moped enabled mobile phone theft. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin - Registration at source 28/2/2019 Research article The Quagmire That Is An Unwillingness to Report: Situating the Code of Silence Within the Chinese Police Context This study examines the individual, organizational, and ecological factors influencing police officers’ adherence to the code of silence, while accounting for their evaluation of the seriousness of each identified behaviour. This study collected 353 responses from a sample of police officers receiving in-service training at a national police university in China. Results show salient influences for several individual and ecological factors contributing to the extent of the code of silence and those influences varied based on the type of behaviour. In addition, this study lends further support to an emerging body of research suggesting Chinese police display a strong code of silence, although the existence and perpetuation of that code must take into consideration unique cultural practices within China. Criminal Justice and Behaviour - Registration at source 28/2/2019 Research article How do we know how many children are in gangs? A report by the Children's Commissioner for England has estimated that there are 27,000 children in gangs. BBC 28/2/2019 Analysis, Feature Police chiefs warn of ‘national emergency’ as nine teenagers are stabbed to death in London and Birmingham in two weeks Police chiefs have urged the government to provide them with more funds to cope with the current knife crime epidemic. Mail Online 28/2/2019 News Decriminalise sex work to protect us from crime, prostitutes say English collective says laws forcing women to work alone expose them to violence The Guardian 28/2/2019 News Criminals on parole charged with 367 murders The number of offenders charged with murder, rape and other serious offences while under probation supervision has risen by more than half in four years. The Times - Subscription at source 28/2/2019 News Crime in prisons: Where now and where next? The work I have done on behalf of all four Police and Crime Commissioners representing five million people in the West Midlands region is to help understand better how prison impacts other parts of the criminal justice system and how other parts of criminal justice impacts prisons. Staffordshire OPCC 28/2/2019 Report Corrupt prison staff smuggling drugs into jails Save Organised crime gangs intimidated staff to smuggle drugs into a prison where more than a dozen employees were suspended, a report reveals today. The Times - Subscription at source 28/2/2019 News «362736283629363036313632363336343635Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events