Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 101042 total results. Showing results 74121 to 74140 «370337043705370637073708370937103711Next ›Last » Council officials push to weaken freedom of information law Senior local authority officials are lobbying to relax freedom of information (FoI) law so that they can increase charges, delay responses and reject more requests as “vexatious”. The Ferret 12/6/2019 News Fife police boss offers assurance over stop and search Controversy over how officers conducted searches of individuals led to a change in practice so the technique is only used under legislation. The Courier (Scotland) 12/6/2019 News Scottish Police Authority in new transparency row over chief executive Hugh Grover’s absence Scotland's police watchdog has come under fire over a lack of transparency after breaking its silence over the mystery disappearance of its chief executive. The Herald (Scotland) 12/6/2019 News New threat assessment confirms links between counterfeiting and organised crime in the EU Most criminal activity involving counterfeiting is carried out by increasingly professionalised organised crime networks, which can reap large profits while running relatively few risks. Europol 12/6/2019 News New National Taskforce to lead on human rights in Scotland Group will focus on creating a new statutory framework. Scottish Government 12/6/2019 News Inspection of custody centres in Greater Glasgow Division The aim of this inspection was to assess the treatment of and conditions for those detained in police custody centres located in Greater Glasgow Division. The division is served by four primary centres at Aikenhead Road, Govan, London Road and Stewart Street, and an ancillary centre at Baird Street. The inspection was linked to our review of local policing in Greater Glasgow Division, published in March 2019. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) 12/6/2019 Report Police custody centres in Glasgow inspected Detainees held in Police Scotland’s custody centres across Glasgow are generally treated well by staff who are professional and respectful, states a report published today (Wednesday, June 12). HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) 12/6/2019 News Constructing Tales of the Field: Uncovering the Culture of Fieldwork in Police Ethnography One of the core contributions of the strong tradition of police ethnography is the emergence of a powerful critique of police culture. Through this work, researchers have explored the informal norms that structure police practices and the implications both for the experiences of policing and for central questions of social justice. Yet while research has demonstrated the power of occupational cultures in shaping what professionals consider important and thus what they do, there has been little attention paid to the culture that underpins the work through which police ethnography is produced. This paper explores how ethnographers construct accounts of fieldwork with the police and interrogates the patterned understandings that structure the way researchers think about and do police ethnography. Returning to unpublished fieldnotes generated as part of a major study of policing in the aftermath of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, it interrogates their connections with published fieldwork ‘confessionals’ to uncover the unarticulated conventions of what has come to constitute authoritative fieldwork. Policing and Society - Registration at source 12/6/2019 Research article Hong Kong: police use rubber bullets as protesters vow ‘no retreat’ Major roads blocked and city centre shuts down after tens of thousands of protesters swamp legislative council. The Guardian 12/6/2019 News Blurred Boundaries and Legal Uncertainty in Police–volunteer Partnerships Citizen involvement in policing is a means to enhance public confidence in the police and their legitimacy, and to increase their effectiveness. However, governmental control over voluntary policing is fraught with difficulty. We study the relationship between police and citizen volunteers in partnerships, looking specifically at roles and responsibilities in policing and the parties’ reflections upon regulation and autonomy in relation to accountability and legal certainty. Our objective is to illuminate how mutual dependencies in police–volunteer partnerships are managed in practice, and the implications thereof. Two types of police–citizen partnerships in Sweden – the Volunteers of the Police and Missing People Sweden – are explored based on interviews with volunteers and Swedish Police Authority representatives. We show that in police–volunteer partnerships characterised by a high degree of integration of tasks and responsibilities as well as a high degree of trust, boundaries become fuzzy and porous. Policing and Society 12/6/2019 Research article Balancing work and family life ushers in part-time policing for new recruits Met PCs will be given option to choose between 40, 24 or 16 hours a week. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 12/6/2019 News Accountability Or Efficiency? Body-Worn Cameras As Replicative Technology Body-worn cameras (BWCs) have been implemented and studied at an unprecedented rate since their emergence in the mid-2000s, largely due to their touted benefits of increasing police accountability. As current empirical research is largely inconclusive regarding BWC effects on police organizational change, the present study approaches the question of whether BWCs will fundamentally change occupational and organizational police culture by applying the theories of Manning’s and Chan’s interpretation of Bourdieu regarding police culture and technology. The findings of the theoretical application conclude that BWCs will likely become replicative technology, meaning that their primary effects will be to increase the efficiency of current police tactics rather than change the fundamental practices and values of policing. BWCs may also become symbolic in that their use may represent increased accountability and legitimacy while the core of police culture remains largely unchanged. Due to the limits of technology in achieving greater police accountability, police practitioners and scholars are encouraged to refocus on the fundamental processes of recruiting, selection, hiring, and training, and ways to improve these practices to encourage a culture of greater accountability. Criminal Justice Review - Registration at source 12/6/2019 Research article Conservatives postpone Staffordshire police commissioner leadership race – after only one runner approved by Tory HQ Staffordshire Tories have re-started the process to select their police fire and crime commissioner candidate for next year's election - after members complained about only one name being put forward. Stoke on Trent Live 12/6/2019 News DNA kits for residents are new weapon in fight against crime State-of-the-art home security kits, based on DNA, will be given for free to concerned residents after a spate of burglaries. Grimsby Live 12/6/2019 News Police clash with thousands of protesters in Hong Kong extradition laws row Demonstrators claim the measure signals greater Chinese control. Belfast Telegraph 12/6/2019 News Amnesty backs NI director over ‘offensive’ claims about police officers Amnesty International has publicly backed its Northern Ireland programme director after retired police officers accused Patrick Corrigan of making “highly offensive” comments about the Loughinisland investigators. News Letter (Northern Ireland) 12/6/2019 News Kim McGuinness unveiled as Labour candidate to succeed Vera Baird as Police and Crime Commissioner Councillor Kim McGuinness has become the first confirmed candidate for the July 18 by-election. Chronicle Live (North East) 12/6/2019 News Met Police officers to be given option to train and work part time from November It said it hopes the decision will "make the role more attractive" to women and those put off by its working hours. Mirror 12/6/2019 News New Met Police recruits to get part-time work option The Met Police will recruit part-time police constables for the first time as the force tries to "break down barriers" deterring women from joining. BBC 12/6/2019 News Scotland’s police watchdog told to explain chief’s ‘mystery’ departure after six months Politicians have demanded the Scottish Police Authority be more transparent after it was revealed Hugh Grover stepped aside. Daily Record 12/6/2019 News «370337043705370637073708370937103711Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
