Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115874 total results. Showing results 73241 to 73260 «365936603661366236633664366536663667Next ›Last » Innovation in public safety: The benefits of measured technological progress Radios are an essential lifeline for frontline police officers – which is why technological advances in the development of devices must adopt an evolutionary rather than revolutionary approach, one that takes account of users’ instinctive responses, digital expectations and the potential for integration, as Katja Millard of Motorola Solutions explains. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 19/12/2020 Feature, Innovation The man set to take over top job at Greater Manchester Police… for now Ian Pilling, the current deputy chief constable, will 'step up' on an interim basis Manchester Evening News 19/12/2020 Analysis, Feature £17million cash boost for Lancashire Police ‘not enough’ The county’s police force will receive £17million in funding over the next year as the Government looks to get an extra 20,000 officers on England’s streets. Lancashire Telegraph 19/12/2020 News New York police used excessive force during George Floyd protests, report says The New York Police Department was caught off guard by the size of the spring protests after the killing of George Floyd and resorted to aggressive disorder control methods that stoked tensions and stifled free speech, the city's inspector general said in a report released on Friday. The Telegraph - Subscription at source 19/12/2020 News Met Police officer sues over ‘sexual and racist’ texts An Asian police officer is suing the Met Police for sexual harassment and discrimination after receiving "hundreds" of racist and sexist messages from a senior colleague. BBC 19/12/2020 News Police reminded to consider threat and necessity before pursuit NEW ZEALAND: Police officers will be told they can only launch a pursuit when the need to apprehend the driver or passengers outweighs the risk or harm from the pursuit. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 19/12/2020 News Forensic Capability Network must be ‘led and shaped’ by policing says host force Dorset’s ACC Supporting the 43 forces to meet the increasingly complex demands of policing must be at the core of the newly set up Forensic Capability Network (FCN) its lead ACC said this week. The Investigator 18/12/2020 News Security for vaccine transportation and distribution USA: For today’s COVID-19 Report, PERF interviewed federal and local officials who have various roles in ensuring the security of COVID vaccine transportation and distribution systems. Police Executive Research Forum 18/12/2020 Feature, Opinion Pay award welcome but ‘cumbersome’ system needs overhaul, says PFNI The chair of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland has welcomed the long overdue pay award for officers but says the process has been “cumbersome and strangled with red tape”. Police Professional 18/12/2020 News GMP chief constable stands down with immediate effect Ian Hopkins, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), has announced he is to stand down, just hours after the force was placed in special measures over concerns about its failure to record more than 80,000 crimes in the space of a year. Police Professional 18/12/2020 News Six members of Hampshire specialist unit could face sack Six officers from Hampshire Constabulary's Serious and Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) have all been found guilty of gross misconduct. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/12/2020 News West Midlands Police call handler dismissed for gross misconduct A West Midlands Police call handler has been dismissed by a police disciplinary panel convened by the force following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 18/12/2020 News GMP Chief Constable quits as force goes into special measures Greater Manchester Police's chief constable has quit just hours after the force was put into special measures by the Inspectorate. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/12/2020 News Patel attacks Burnham as Greater Manchester’s police chief resigns Home secretary says mayor has ‘thrown senior officer under bus to save his own skin’ The Guardian 18/12/2020 News GMP Chief Constable Ian Hopkins quits as force set to be put into special measures It comes after the Manchester Evening News exclusively revealed that GMP is to be placed in 'special measures' Manchester Evening News 18/12/2020 News Greater Manchester Police chief Ian Hopkins stands down amid force failures Greater Manchester Police's chief constable has stood down after the force was placed into special measures. The force was placed into an "advanced phase" of monitoring on Thursday, after it failed to record 80,000 crimes in a year. BBC 18/12/2020 News Three-Dimensional Policeman: Security, Sovereignty and Volumetric Police Power Rather than thinking only in terms of flat cartographic surfaces, this article advances current understandings of the political geography of police power by paying close attention to both height and depth in the fabrication and colonization of three-dimensional or volumetric political space. Taking aim at a number of police technologies including the ShotSpotter system which uses highly sensitive microphones to track gunfire and tear gas which weaponizes the atmosphere, our aim is to bring the volumetric to bear in the critique of the police power. After having sketched the volumetric and its implications for contemporary police practices, we conclude the article with some reflections on how recent interventions in speculative realism and new materialism might allow us to see all human and non-human objects as part of policing’s broader volumetric assemblage, thereby revealing the contours of a three-dimensional policeman. Theoretical Criminology - Registration at source 18/12/2020 Research article A crisis exposed: How COVID-19 is impacting on domestic abuse reported to the police Many police and support agencies have spoken of the rise in domestic abuse cases due to the COVID-19 lockdown, but empirical evidence has been lacking; now new research by Dr Katrin Hohl of City, University of London and Dr Kelly Johnson of Durham University has revealed both the scale and complex nature of the pandemic’s impact on domestic abuse, and the need for police to prepare for a post-lockdown surge in reporting. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 18/12/2020 Analysis, Feature Greater Manchester Police failings: Andy Burnham ‘should resign’ Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham should resign after the region's police force was placed in special measures, an MP has said. Greater Manchester Police was placed into an "advanced phase" of monitoring on Thursday, after it failed to record 80,000 crimes in a year. BBC 18/12/2020 News Fed and Chiefs say rise of use of force due to increase in assaults Use of force is up by 64,000 incidents in a year. The NPCC and the Federation have both put the increase down to a rise in aggression against officers. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/12/2020 News «365936603661366236633664366536663667Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
