Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115783 total results. Showing results 77621 to 77640 «387838793880388138823883388438853886Next ›Last » Officers ‘justified’ in using PAVA during arrest An independent investigation has concluded that officers’ use of PAVA spray during the arrest of two people acting violently was “justified and necessary”. Police Professional 20/7/2020 News Social Media For Community Oriented Policing Information Communication Technologies and particularly social media have influenced policing in the past decade significantly. New opportunities for communication and image building are especially promising for Community Oriented Policing (COP). The article sketches out some of the main developments in that field of policing illustrated by numerous case examples from around the world. Besides best practices, the potential risks and challenges in form of enhanced surveillance, breaches of privacy and different forms vigilantism are briefly analysed. A special focus will be put on the possibilities social media tools may offer to create collaborative forms of security production in developing and post-conflict countries. The article gives an overview of the current state of research on the topic. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin 20/7/2020 Research article Making best use of taxpayers’ money Covid-19 has impacted upon every UK business and industry. Policing has been no exception. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 20/7/2020 News Police officers ‘attacked and pelted with missiles at illegal rave’ Two teenagers have been charged with attacking police officers at at illegal rave in north London. Metro 20/7/2020 News Police Scotland would have intervened to stop statue removal at peak of Black Lives Matter protests After the statue of Edward Colston was torn down by protesters in Bristol, a freedom of information request revealed how the police would have responded if a similar toppling was attempted north of the border. Edinburgh Live 20/7/2020 News Why a no-deal Brexit will weaken the UK’s international security position As the prospects of a negotiated Brexit agreement diminish, Dr Paul Swallow, Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University's School of Law, Criminal Justice and Policing, outlines why he believes a no-deal Brexit will inevitably weaken the UK’s position on international security. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 20/7/2020 Feature, Opinion How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected counter-terrorism policing? The COVID-19 pandemic created new challenges for all sectors of policing. David Page, a former police officer who specialised in intelligence and counter-terrorism (CT), and who is now a university lecturer and consultant, explores the impact of the pandemic on CT. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 20/7/2020 Analysis, Feature World Class Policing Awards postponed to 2021 Given the global pandemic, the World Class Policing Awards team regret to announce that the hugely successful World Class Policing Awards will now be postponed until 2021. Policing Insight 20/7/2020 News Interagency Cooperation: Building capacity to manage domestic abuse (IMPRODOVA Project) The cooperation of agencies as first responders to domestic abuse has attracted increased interests among researchers. Recent international guidelines, particularly the Istanbul Convention, prescribe such networking between law enforcement, local support agencies, social services, health care and other relevant professionals as a precondition for improved response towards crimes committed in families and intimate relationships. The article describes the urgency to combat domestic abuse by means of interagency cooperation, and continues with a description of the Istanbul Convention, and explains the basic dimensions of such cooperation, e.g., concerning referrals between responder agencies. The article concludes with a brief overview of present research activities in the field by a project carried out by 16 partners. The project ‘IMPRODOVA’ runs from 2018 to 2021 and is funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 programme. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin 20/7/2020 Research article Past, Present and Future Trends of Europol’s Evolution in the European Law Enforcement Cooperation While Interpol has literally dominated in the field of international police cooperation, in the beginning of the 1990s Europol has emerged to complement and reinforce the then existing law enforcement cooperation at European level. Since then, Europol has remarkably evolved both strategically and operationally, though within a complex and diverse European legal, political and law enforcement framework. This study provides an in depth analysis of Europol’s evolution through major political adversities and law enforcement constraints inextricably connected, while it also examines the impact of the principle of national sovereignty that has deeply affected Europol’s establishment and its operational evolution to date. It concludes with quoting concrete remarks and concerns on Europol’s current situation and its potential in combating international organized crime and terrorism. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin 20/7/2020 Research article Citizens’ Trust in the Police and Police Trust-Building Strategies Trust in the police is a topic of both scientific and practical relevance. It is therefore surprising that research has so far neglected the police perspective on trust. This article reports on an international comparative attempt to address this issue by not just studying trust in the police, but also police trust-building strategies. Through the notion of a dialogue between citizens and the police, two empirical halves of the study reflected the citizen perspective on trust and the police perspective, respectively. The research was guided by three theoretical traditions: proximity policing, instrumentalism, and procedural justice. The first part of the study aimed to compare a large number of European countries in terms of trust and its determinants. Results showed that trust in the police was mostly determined by procedural justice (or rather, procedural injustice) and that crime rates were unrelated to trust. The relationship between proximity policing and trust was inconclusive. The second empirical part of the study concentrated on police trust-building strategies in England and Wales, Denmark, and the Netherlands, tracing continuities and discontinuities over the span of several decades. Police trust-building strategies are shaped and influenced by a wide variety of factors and actors, showing that public trust in the police is only one aspect of a much larger complex in which context, events and agency play essential roles. This shows that citizens’ trust in the police and police trust-building strategies are subject to fundamentally different logics, seriously complicating the dialogue between the police and the public. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin 20/7/2020 Research article The Role of Europol in International Interdisciplinary European Cooperation Europol’s mission is to support the EU Member States and Europol’s partners in their fight against terrorism, cybercrime and other serious and organised forms of crime. To accomplish this goal it is crucial to collaborate with many non-EU partner states, international organisations, academia and private entities. This article illustrates Europol’s cooperation with academia and other non-law enforcement partners and the benefits of this cooperation for Europol in its efforts to work more effectively and make innovation a key part of the agency’s business model. First, the introduction presents an overview of Europol’s activities and services. Following this, Europol cooperation with academia, interdisciplinary entities and the private sector is assessed. Finally, challenges are evaluated before the conclusion. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin 20/7/2020 Research article Job Stress and Work-Family Conflict as Correlates of Job Satisfaction Among Police Officials High levels of stress and numerous stressful situations are imposed by police work. This can affect not just the psychological and physiological health of police officials but also their interpersonal relationships and work-life balance. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between job stress, work-family conflict, and job satisfaction among police officials. One hundred police officials working in the state of Goa Police Department were assessed. Data was collected using the job stress scale (Parker and DeCotiis Organ Behav Hum Perform 32(2):160–177, 1983), the work-family conflict scale (Kopelman et al. Organ Behav Hum Perform 32:198–215, 1983), and the job satisfaction scale (Singh and Sharma 1986). Karl Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient was used to analyze the data. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Registration at source 20/7/2020 Research article Police Chiefs’ Opinions on the Utility of a College Education for Police Officers This paper explores police chiefs’ opinions about the utility of a college education for police officers. Arguments for and against requiring a college degree for local police officers have been discussed in the literature for years, but mostly involve measures of officers’ performance and opinions. The data used in this study come from survey responses of a sample of 98 police chiefs in western and central parts of a mid-Atlantic state. The association of variables, such as number of officers in the department, the extent to which the department gives hiring preferences to those with more education, the department’s involvement in community policing strategies, and the chief’s level of education with the chief’s opinion about the favorability of college education for police officers is explored using regression analyses. In addition, an interaction effect between a police chief’s level of education and his or her department’s involvement in community policing on the level of a police chief’s agreement with statements favorable to having college-educated officers is tested. Policy implications are discussed, with an emphasis on how police chiefs play a role in shaping educational standards for police officers. Journal of Criminal Justice Education - Registration at source 20/7/2020 Research article Gun victimization in the line of duty: Fatal and nonfatal firearm assaults on police officers in the United States, 2014–2019 Using open‐source data from the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), we analyze national‐ and state‐level trends in fatal and nonfatal firearm assaults of U.S. police officers from 2014 to 2019 (N = 1,467). Results show that (a) most firearm assaults are nonfatal, (b) there is no compelling evidence that the national rate of firearm assault on police has substantially increased during the last 6 years, and (c) there is substantial state‐level variation in rates of firearm assault on police officers. GVA has decided strengths relative to existing data sources on police victimization and danger in policing. We consider the promises and pitfalls of this and other open‐source data sets in policing research and recommend that recent state‐level improvements in use‐of‐force data collection be replicated and expanded to include data on violence against police. Criminology and Public Policy 20/7/2020 Research article College of Policing updates COVID-19 enforcement advice Guidance of enforcing the remaining lockdown restrictions has been issued to forces in England. Restrictions remain for large gatherings and officers cannot issue fines for ignoring government advice. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/7/2020 News Concerns over police head injuries Head injuries may be worryingly common among police officers, according to a new pilot study led by the University of Exeter. Police Professional 20/7/2020 News Almost 40 percent of police officers have lost consciousness due to head injuries, study suggests Nearly 40 per cent of police have suffered a traumatic brain injury resulting in a loss of consciousness, research has shown. The Standard 20/7/2020 News Nightingale Courts explained Work with Offenders details the concept of nightingale courts announced by the MOJ. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/7/2020 Feature PSNI urges community leaders to influence violent youngsters Northern Ireland's police have renewed their' appeal to community leaders and families to step up after several petrol bomb attacks. The force has called for 'those with influence' to curb anti-social behaviour. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/7/2020 News «387838793880388138823883388438853886Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
