Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103123 total results. Showing results 73581 to 73600 «367636773678367936803681368236833684Next ›Last » Abolish Catholic schools to end sectarian divisions, says ex-police chief Tom Wood Catholic schools should be abolished to end the divisions that are fuelling resurgent sectarian violence in Glasgow, a former senior police officer has said. The Times - Subscription at source 17/9/2019 News No-deal Brexit poses threat to policing Last Wednesday, the UK government released details of its contingency planning for a possible no-deal Brexit. One assumption refers directly to cross-border police cooperation; it is afforded only one sentence. It states that, “Law enforcement data and information sharing between UK and EU will be disrupted” (Assumption 10). The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 17/9/2019 Feature, Opinion Rise in ‘cuckooing’ cases as County Lines gangs thrive The number of homes across England being shut down because County Lines gangs are using them for drug dealing has quadrupled in the past four years. Police Professional 17/9/2019 News The Police Invention of Humanity: Notes on the “Thin Blue Line” This article unpacks the idea of police as a “thin blue line” as narrating a story about the police invention of the human through a civilizing and exterminating war against beasts. To speak in the name of the “thin blue line,” then, is to articulate the police as the primary force which secures, or makes possible, all the things said to be at the core of “human” existence: liberty, security, property, sociality, accumulation, law, civility, and even happiness. The current project is less a history of the thin blue line slogan than a more conceptually grounded sketch, and abolitionist critique, of its most basic premises: the idea at the heart of thin blue line is that the most routine mode of violent state prerogative—the police power—is imagined as always a defense of civilization, which at once means the “human species.” In other words, thin blue line, to use a formulation from Sylvia Wynter, is best understood as a defense of a particular genre of the human, or “Man,” that “overrepresents itself as if it were the human itself.” But importantly, thin blue line articulates this police project of inventing the human as always incomplete, insecure, and unstable. Crime Media Culture: An International Journal - Registration at source 17/9/2019 Research article Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the National Police Library. You do not need to be a member of the College to access its library. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 17/9/2019 News Boris Johnson pledges £30million to crack down on paedophiles ‘preying’ on children online In the latest move in his effort to put law and order at the heart of Government policy, the Prime Minister announced the cash to hunt down offenders operating on the so-called “dark web”. Express 17/9/2019 News Police ‘working incredibly hard’ to improve rape conviction rates – panel told West Yorkshire Police is “working incredibly hard” to improve conviction rates for rape, the force’s chief constable John Robins has said. Telegraph and Argus 17/9/2019 News Give Crawley back its police, demands towns council leader Give Crawley back its police, demands towns council leader Crawley Council Leader Peter Lamb has called for the Prime Minister to return funding to Crawley’s police after he says new figures show cuts to police budgets are much higher than the new funding recently announced. Crawley News 17/9/2019 News Scanner set up at station to detect knife carriers in Home Office trial The Home Office-backed trial which is taking place at Stratford station in east London is being overseen by the Metropolitan Police and British Transport Police. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 17/9/2019 News Home Office backs early intervention on violent youth crime The Home Office has urged police forces to improve early intervention work with other agencies to tackle violent crime involving young people. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 17/9/2019 News Best practice review aimed at improving rape convictions A review is under way by police chiefs to find best practice that can improve the number of rape cases reaching court. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 17/9/2019 News States police ‘using UK’s counter-terror strategies’ Work to prevent radicalisation and extremism is being carried out by the Island’s police force in line with the UK’s counter-terrorism strategies, the Home Affairs Minister has confirmed. Jersey Evening Post 17/9/2019 News Artificial intelligence used by UK police to predict crimes ‘amplifies human bias’ The technology could result in people being unfairly discriminated against due to their race, sexuality and age. Mirror 17/9/2019 News More victims able to challenge ‘unduly lenient’ prison sentences Under plans confirmed by ministers today (17 September 2019), the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme will be extended to 14 new offences. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) 17/9/2019 News Why the police should use machine learning – but very carefully Machine learning has tremendous possibilities for the police. However, badly used, it could be as controversial as Stop and Search. Paul McFarlane, Senior Teaching Fellow in Security and Crime Science at UCL, argues that the police must avoid 'black box' systems to be accountable for the decisions that algorithms suggest. Policing Insight 17/9/2019 Opinion County lines drugs: Youth clubs ‘key to tackling gang rise’ More youth clubs could be the key to stopping the spread of drug gangs, a police and crime commissioner says. BBC 17/9/2019 News Multi-million pound funding to protect child abuse victims and track down offenders New fund will bolster law enforcement capabilities to tackle child sexual exploitation and abuse. Home Office 17/9/2019 News Home Office to fund use of AI to help catch dark web paedophiles Money will go towards testing tools including voice analysis on child abuse image database The Guardian 17/9/2019 News Councils are acting as ‘recruiting sergeants’ for county lines drugs gangs Ann Coffey is an MP for the Independent Group for Change and chairwoman of the all-party parliamentary group for runaway and missing children The Times - Subscription at source 17/9/2019 Feature, Opinion County lines drug gangs pose as students Drug dealers have been posing as students to open up new markets for dealing crack cocaine and heroin, an academic has warned. The Times - Subscription at source 17/9/2019 News «367636773678367936803681368236833684Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
