Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96968 total results. Showing results 73061 to 73080 «365036513652365336543655365636573658Next ›Last » Dealing With the Authority to Use Force: Reflections of Belgian Police Officers Based on 39 interviews with Belgian frontline police officers this article discusses police use of force from the viewpoint of the police officer. Since police officers have a certain amount of discretion, differences can be noticed in how they are dealing with their unique authority to use force. Inspired by the study of Muir [(1977. 1977. Police: streetcorner politicians. Chicago: University of Chicago Press)] the article explores attitudinal policing styles of Belgian police officers, and as such illustrates different ways of dealing with the use of force. Furthermore, officers’ reflections on how (and why) their attitude to and way of dealing with the use of force has evolved throughout their career are explored. Thereby, two (learning) processes are discerned: (1) a process of gaining/losing comfort in (not) using force and (2) a search for ‘the appropriate’ approach. The study indicates that several police officers, at least at some point in their career, are uncomfortable and/or insecure about using force. At the start of their career, police officers predominantly attribute the unease to use force to a lack of street experience. However, several senior officers also point at specific personal experiences and a perceived shortage of organisational support which made them more insecure to use force later in their careers. Besides that, the study discloses the major influence of peers and field supervisors on the development of a police officer’s moral compass for making use-of-force decisions. Policing and Society - Registration at source 6/2/2019 Research article The Public-Private Divide Revisited: Questioning the Middle Ground of Hybridity in Policing The increasing pluralisation of policing and the changing patterns of security have in the past decades called into question the sharp dividing lines between the ‘public’ and the ‘private’. For instance, Marc Schuilenburg ([2015. The securitization of society: crime, risk, and social order. New York University Press]) outlines the notion of the middle ground – where everything is becoming hybrid – which fundamentally changes the relationships and practices of policing agencies, making the conceptual pairs of public-private obsolete. However, by examining policing collaboration in the airport and maritime port environment in Norway, the empirical findings in this article reveal that the public-private divide is still salient to the various policing agencies. The findings are at odds with the conceptual and empirical assumptions about the middle ground of hybridity in policing. The article demonstrates that both public and private policing agencies strongly rely on the traditional dividing lines of public and private to navigate and make sense of their practices and relations, as well as their own sense of identity in a complex policing environment. The article discusses the implications of these findings. Policing and Society - Registration at source 6/2/2019 Research article 10% rise in taxes to pay for police has been blocked The Police and Fire Commissioner for North Yorkshire says it's a great shame that the police, fire and Crime panel has vetoed her attempt to secure a rise of 10% in funding via the council tax for the force. Minster FM 6/2/2019 News Troubled Cleveland Police’s complaint about Mayor’s comments is rejected Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has been cleared of any wrongdoing after Cleveland Police lodged an official complaint against him. The Northern Echo 6/2/2019 News All police leave cancelled for a month after Brexit Sussex Police has cancelled all annual leave for a month from Friday 29 March – the date when Britain plans to leave the European Union, known as Brexit. Brighton & Hove News 6/2/2019 News The Times view on social media regulation: web police Social media firms are publishers, with the same responsibilities as all publishers. Britain is overdue a debate about how they should be regulated, and by whom The Times - Subscription at source 6/2/2019 Feature, Opinion Home Secretary Sajid Javid hands new powers to police so that they can evict travellers from illegal camps Police will get tough new powers to clamp down on illegal traveller sites causing ‘distress’, Sajid Javid will announce today. Mail Online 6/2/2019 News Police force that ‘literally ran out of officers’ Police force that 'literally ran out of officers': How spate of rapes, gang attacks and a jail riot left Bedfordshire with no one left to cover incidents Mail Online 6/2/2019 News Stephen Lawrence’s mother Doreen rejects knife crime Asbos Stephen Lawrence’s mother has criticised government plans to create knife crime prevention orders, warning that they would criminalise children. The Times - Subscription at source 6/2/2019 News Students give up their books for a year on the beat Students are swapping lectures for patrols as they become police officers for a year in the first project of its kind to tackle crime on campus. The Times - Subscription at source 6/2/2019 News Fight against police racism ‘has stagnated since Stephen Lawrence murder’, MPs told ‘If the amount of white kids were being murdered on our streets as the amount of black kids, society would not have sat back and allowed that to happen’ The Independent 5/2/2019 News Financial cutbacks in forensics could lead to fewer crimes being solved, warns top judge Absence of prosecutions would mark 'dramatic falling away' of part of criminal justice system Police Oracle - Subscription at source 5/2/2019 News Force’s custody suites rated ‘very good’ overall Cheshire Constabulary’s custody suites have been found to be “properly focused on the good treatment of detainees”, although there was an area of concern related to the detention, treatment and questioning of suspects. Police Professional 5/2/2019 News Force sees fall in officer numbers in last year Officer numbers at Police Scotland increased by 27 in the last quarter of 2018 – although the overall number for the year was down 81. Police Professional 5/2/2019 News Leicestershire Police “institutionally racist” says head of National Black Police Association The president of the National Black Police Association (NBPA) has accused Leicestershire Police of being institutionally racist and confirmed that he will be reporting the force to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) so that a further investigation into the issues can take place Police Professional 5/2/2019 News Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland, 31 December 2018 Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published statistics on Police Officer Quarterly Strength, which gives the number of full-time equivalent police officers employed by Police Scotland. Scottish Government 5/2/2019 News Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland Statistics on the number of full-time equivalent police officers in Scotland. Scottish Government 5/2/2019 Report Tories blasted as police cash is wiped out by new pension costs in ‘stealth cut’ Sajid Javid told MPs forces will get another £161million in government grants next year Mirror 5/2/2019 News Sent Home Versus Being Arrested: the Relative Influence of School and Police Intervention on Drug Use Prior research has demonstrated that school disciplinary practices lead to juvenile justice intervention or the “school-to-prison pipeline” and that juvenile justice intervention leads to adversities, including drug-using behavior, in adolescence and adult life. Yet, it is not clear which form of official intervention, school suspension, and expulsion or police arrest, is more predictive of drug use among young people. Using data from the Rochester Youth Developmental Study, we examined both the immediate, concurrent influence of school and police intervention on drug use during adolescence and the long-term, cumulative impact of school and police intervention during adolescence on subsequent drug use in young established adulthood. The results indicate that school exclusionary practices appeared to be more predictive of drug use than police arrest during both adolescence and young adulthood. Additionally, such negative effects mainly exhibited among minority subjects, and the effects by gender appeared contingent on developmental stages. Justice Quarterly - Registration at source 5/2/2019 Research article ‘Force not awash with scandal’: Crime boss defends Cleveland Police in grilling over Mike Veale Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger was quizzed over the ex Chief Constable's departure Teesside Live 5/2/2019 News «365036513652365336543655365636573658Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
