Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 96742 total results. Showing results 74161 to 74180 «370537063707370837093710371137123713Next ›Last » Gangsters, cops and Lawyer X: the police informant scandal that has shocked Australia ‘Appalling’ breach of duty castigated and 22 criminals may challenge convictions after revelation that defence barrister doublecrossed her clients The Guardian 5/12/2018 News Are Police-Led Social Crime Prevention Initiatives Effective?: A Process and Outcome Evaluation of A UK Youth Intervention Police-led interventions with “at-risk” young people raise a number of debates around policing in society including the allocation of resources at a time of fiscal austerity, the extent to which the police should prioritize the safety and well-being of young people, and the role that the police should take in preventing youth crime. This article explores the impact and effectiveness of a police-led social crime prevention initiative in England. It adopts the QUALIPREV approach by Rummens, Hardyns,Vander Laenen, and Pauwels on behalf of the European Crime Prevention Network to analyze the data allowing for a detailed and replicable analysis of core aspects including police engagement, risk management, offending rates, and police–community relations. Drawing on comparisons between the UK case study and previous studies on police-led social crime prevention projects in Australia and Canada, this article identifies a number of common challenges for schemes of this nature including problems with multiagency working, developing a clear project identity, unequal resources across different locations, and the difficulty in recruiting and retaining volunteers. International Criminal Justice Review - Registration at source 5/12/2018 Research article Police officers in Gloucestershire to get controversial spit hoods by end of the year Hoods designed to stop suspects spitting at officers to be introduced Gloucestershire Live 5/12/2018 News Police to roll out mobile fingerprint scanners Mobile fingerprint scanners will soon be used on the beat in Lincolnshire, as Lincolnshire Police invests in the latest technology to save officers time. Rutland & Stamford Mercury 5/12/2018 News Dyfed-Powys Police: Crime Data Integrity inspection 2018 Dyfed-Powys Police has made a concerted effort to record crime more accurately since our 2014 crime data integrity inspection report. Most officers and staff have made progress in putting the victim at the centre of their crime-recording decisions. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 5/12/2018 Report Dyfed-Powys in a ‘strong position’ to improve its crime-recording accuracy, say inspectors Inspectors are confident that Dyfed-Powys Police can improve its crime-recording practices, according to a new report published today by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service (HMICFRS). HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 5/12/2018 News Gwent Police – Crime Data Integrity inspection 2018 Gwent Police has made a concerted effort to record crime more accurately since HMICFRS’s 2014 crime data integrity inspection report. We found a commitment to ethical crime recording that is victim-focused and free from performance pressures of any kind. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 5/12/2018 Report Tracking the Use of Exclusion Zone Orders in Denmark: Individual and Place-Based Crime Trends Before and After 161 Individual Orders To what extent does citizen-reported crime in 500-meter square areas in Denmark, and arrests of individuals legally excluded from those areas for intimidating behavior, decline in the 3-month time periods in which their Exclusion Zone Orders (EZOs) are in effect, compared to the most recent 3-month period prior to the EZO? Individual-level data on 2441 arrests of the 161 offenders who were the subject of all 218 EZOs granted in Denmark from 2009 through 2016 were collected from the Danish National Police Database, as well as place-based reported crime data for the location of each of the busiest 7 (out of 41) of the Exclusion Zones (EZs) and matched control areas. The two units of analysis are individuals targeted by the EZOs and location of the EZs. A descriptive time-series analysis compared offending before and individuals received EZOs. Standardized mean differences were calculated between seven locations which received a high rate of EZOs and their matched control sites, all distinguishing police-reported crimes from those reported by victims or witnesses. A moderate decrease in the number of citizen-reported offenses was observed in six out of seven targeted zones when the EZOs were in effect. There was no indication of a displacement effect to offenses outside the EZ. The positive results of this tracking study suggest that more rigorous testing the use of EZOs across Denmark could demonstrate that EZOs can cause reductions in crime and harm. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 5/12/2018 Research article Effective oversight has positive impact on Gwent Police’s crime-recording decisions, inspectors find Gwent Police’s strong leadership has driven the force’s good progress in the force’s approach to crime recording, but there is still scope for improvement, according to a new report published today by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service (HMICFRS). HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 5/12/2018 News HMICFRS: Forces still ‘failing some victims of crime’ over crime data integrity Inspections into the recording of crime in Gwent Police and Dyfed-Powys Police judged both forces to require improvement, despite the concerted efforts of both forces to record crime more accurately. Police Professional 5/12/2018 News Domestic abuse commissioner to be recruited The Home Office is to appoint a Designate Domestic Abuse Commissioner to help the Government “transform” its response to the issue. Police Professional 5/12/2018 News Tracking Procedural Justice in Stop and Search Encounters: Coding Evidence From Body-Worn Video Cameras To what extent do police stop-and-search practices, as captured on officers’ body-worn video cameras, adhere to key dimensions of procedural justice theory, and do levels of adherence vary across the dimensions of (1) citizen participation and voice, (2) neutrality and explanation, (3) respect and dignity and (4) trustworthy motives? A random sample of 100 recorded stop-and-search encounters was selected from all 601 encounters recorded by Greater Manchester Police between 1st January and 31st August 2017, with an average duration of 12 minutes of combined video and audio with transcripts. These records were coded entirely by the first author for the four main dimensions of procedural justice and details about the actors/participants involved. The dimensions were combined into an overall index score of procedural justice for each encounter. Most stop-and-searches were characterised by a strong element of police allowing citizens to express voice, followed by police demonstrating respect and offering explanation. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 5/12/2018 Research article Police engagement of external security consultants investigation report NEW ZEALAND: This report summarises findings of the internal investigation conducted by the New Zealand Police into Police’s use of external security consultants between 2003 and 2018. [pdf] New Zealand Police 5/12/2018 Report Guernsey’s Committee for Home Affairs to face tough questions over police report Guernsey's Committee for Home Affairs will face tough questions from a public scrutiny panel today after a recent report by UK inspectors, HMIC, strongly criticised the political leadership for law enforcement. ITV News 5/12/2018 News Help officers under attack, urges Met chief Cressida Dick The public should “get involved and do something physical” if they see police officers being attacked, the Metropolitan Police commissioner has said. The Times - Subscription at source 5/12/2018 News Crown Prosecution Service cannot take any more cuts, says Max Hill The chief prosecutor for England and Wales has warned that the Crown Prosecution Service can take no further cuts if it is to cope with volumes of digital evidence. The Times - Subscription at source 5/12/2018 News Five Gloucestershire MPs call on police chief Martin Surl to back down from bid to run the fire service Five Gloucestershire MPs of six have called on police chief Martin Surl to back down from a bid that would see him run the fire service. Gloucestershire Live 4/12/2018 News ‘Completely unacceptable’ forensic response to rape Many victims of sexual crime in Scotland had to wait over 24 hours for a forensic examination and were often examined by males, an inspection has found. Police Professional 4/12/2018 News 101 ‘chatbots’ set to assist call handlers in Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Police is to introduce a system of fully-automated ‘chatbots’ to take non-emergency reports from crime victims, record details of offences and provide advice to help cut costs and reduce the heavy workload on call handlers. Police Professional 4/12/2018 News Further CPS cuts impossible as workload grows, says new boss Rise of smartphones means even routine cases now need more scrutiny, says Max Hill The Guardian 4/12/2018 News «370537063707370837093710371137123713Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
