Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115783 total results. Showing results 77341 to 77360 «386438653866386738683869387038713872Next ›Last » CPS unveils five-year blueprint to boost rape convictions The Crown Prosecution Service has launched a new strategy to tackle tumbling rates of charging and prosecution for rape, following sustained criticism that the service is failing victims of sexual assault. The Guardian 30/7/2020 News Rape convictions fall to record low in England and Wales The number of rape convictions in England and Wales has fallen to a record low, BBC News has learned. BBC 30/7/2020 News As U.S. police struggle to recruit, young cops seeks more humane approach Stephanie Robinson, 23, a rookie Black police officer on Detroit’s West Side, has been challenged by Black residents about her loyalty while on patrol since the death of George Floyd under the knee of a white police officer. Reuters 29/7/2020 News Toronto and Quebec City police one step ahead of Montreal in the fight against fentanyl CANADA: Montreal public health has issued three notices in the last two months related to ongoing opioid crisis. It’s believed fentanyl is currently circulating in high doses and public health warns it’s important for people to call 911 for help and administer an antidote as quickly as possible. Global News recently discovered that Montreal police officers are still not equipped with the known antidotes naloxone or narcan. Global News (Canada) 29/7/2020 News NPCC chair says under-resourced police becoming’ first resort’ The 20,000 uplift against increasing demands in the police will create enough resources to resolve issues raised in the Police Foundation report, says National Police Chiefs Council Martin Hewitt. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/7/2020 News Police chief’s pandemic lessons from facing Ebola The Covid-19 pandemic is not the first devastating viral outbreak Cumbria’s police and commissioner has seen first-hand. Times & Star 29/7/2020 News Homophobic trolls mercilessly mocked a police officer for her short hair. Now she’s set to become county’s next chief constable One of Britain’s top police officers who faced a torrent of homophobic and sexist criticism for her short hairstyle is on track to become Derbyshire’s next chief constable. Pink News 29/7/2020 News Police losing the war on cyber crooks and perverts, says report Struggling police forces are lagging behind in the battle against internet crooks, according to a major study out today. Express 29/7/2020 News Black People in the UK Are Going to Jail for Crimes They Didn’t Commit. Here’s Why “Joint enterprise” allows multiple people to be tried for a single crime, regardless of their actions. Vice 29/7/2020 News French interior minister stirs controversy with ‘legitimate police violence’ comment France's controversial new interior minister Gérald Darmanin has caused a stir by downplaying the term "police violence", telling MPs that hearing it made him "choke". The family of Cédric Chouviat, who died after he was pinned to the ground by police in a chokehold, are demanding an apology. Yahoo! 29/7/2020 News Think the federal cops in Portland are scary? Police use these tactics all the time Plainclothes police ‘jump-out boys’ terrorize American cities. Sometimes they become all-out criminal gangs The Guardian 29/7/2020 Feature, Opinion Everyday Policing: Toward A Greater Analytical Appreciation of the Ordinary in Police Research Since its modern conception, police research has shown an interest in everyday life. This has to do with how this (sub)discipline, more than other areas of criminological thought, has been founded on ethnographic methods. Since Westley’s study in the 1950s, scholars have agreed on the importance of not simply studying policing through proxies, but also observing and studying the workaday reality of police practice. This paper is written as an appreciation of this scholarly disposition. However, while applauding fellow police researchers’ ethnographic engagement, the paper argues that we could do with an even greater appreciation of everyday life not only in methodological but in analytical terms. Using an ethnographic study of the Danish Police, the paper thus stresses the often-unnoticed advantage of paying better analytical attention to the many ordinary and even banal aspects of police work. In doing so, the paper follows and extends Fassin’s (2015, 2017) recent contention that the many ordinary activities of the police may not have benefitted from the scholarly scrutiny they deserve. Indeed, as demonstrated through telling empirical examples, even the most everyday issues frequently have a bearing on the most essential and evocative aspects of policing. Policing and Society - Registration at source 29/7/2020 Research article New chief to lead national cyber security centre Efforts to boost cyber security have been strengthened by the promotion of a senior civil servant. Lindy Cameron has been announced as the National Cyber Security Centre's new chief executive. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/7/2020 News Getting into policing quickly Nottinghamshire hopes that street duty ready students who have taken a two year degree course and served as Specials will prove an attractive alternative during the officer uplift programme. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/7/2020 Analysis, Feature Investment and radical reform required to enable police to tackle 21st century problems Policing in the UK requires massive investment and radical reform in order to meet the range and complexity of the challenges it faces, according to a major review by a leading think-tank. Police Professional 29/7/2020 News PC Andrew Harper’s widow asks PM for retrial after husband’s killers cleared of murder Lissie Harper had been married to PC Harper for just a month when he was killed trying to prevent the theft of a quad bike. Sky News 29/7/2020 News ‘Robocops’ deployed around the UK to battle cybercrime against small businesses Police-backed Cyber Resilience Centres are set to expand across the country amid growing threats to vulnerable businesses. Metro 29/7/2020 News Thai Police Officers: A Survey of Police Attitudes Regarding Traffic Police Training Traffic accidents have become a major issue in Thailand since the World Health Organization reported in 2018 that Thailand had the second highest death rate of road accidents in the world (over 24,000 deaths each year). Because the effectiveness of traffic enforcement was found to be a key factor that helps reduce the number of traffic accidents, this study examined how well the policy on traffic training programmes has been implemented and how traffic training programmes prepare traffic officials to perform their traffic duties. A random sample of 247 traffic officials was chosen from the four police regions and the Bangkok Metropolitan area to complete a survey. The results of the study show that the implementation of traffic training programmes is inconsistent with the given policy, resulting in traffic officials gaining insufficient knowledge and skills from training to do their work. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 29/7/2020 Research article A Qualitative Exploratory Study of the Knowledge, Forensic, and Legal Challenges From the Perspective of Police Cybercrime Specialists The extant literature has demonstrated that there is a need for more empirical research on the subject of policing cybercrime. This article makes a contribution and offers a qualitative exploration of the problem of policing cybercrime from an international perspective. It structures the analysis around three main challenges: the knowledge, forensic, and legal challenges. A literature review supports the evidence that these issues are core challenges when policing cybercrime. Through 13 semi-structured interviews with cybercrime specialists from 8 countries, these three challenges are further investigated. A thematic analysis of the interviews, whilst confirming some of the previous literature findings, also outlines novel findings. Interview analysis shows that in some areas little recent progress has been made, in particular the recording of cybercrime. However, in other areas new creative solutions have been implemented, including filling the policing skills gap with civilian specialists. The article concludes by offering recommendations for addressing some of the challenges for policing cybercrime. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 29/7/2020 Research article Heard Shots – Call the Police? An Examination of Citizen Responses to Gunfire Many crimes go unreported, making the true scope of crime unknown, and criminal justice reform based on potentially limited data. An acoustic gunfire detection system (AGDS) broadens the data available and provides a unique picture of gun use and violence in communities, separate from crime reported by victims. Using data from an AGDS in the City of St. Louis, this study models variation in community rates of calls to the police for gunshots detected. The results provide new insights into the prevalence of gunfire in a high crime community. We find that community residents are more likely to call the police when the incident was a homicide, and communities with a higher proportion of Black residents are less likely to call 911, net of community disadvantage and violent crime. Policies that encourage community building and improved access to the police and technology are discussed. Justice Quarterly - Registration at source 29/7/2020 Research article «386438653866386738683869387038713872Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
