Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104440 total results. Showing results 79441 to 79460 «396939703971397239733974397539763977Next ›Last » Do you need a nap? Counter-intuitive lessons in wellbeing from an officer’s experience of ME/CFS Policing is under pressure, meaning that officers push themselves to the limit. But is this wise? Serving officer Colin Paine argues that police cannot afford to see taking breaks as a luxury, but instead need to see them as a central part of serving the public. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 24/3/2019 Opinion Researching the Policed: Critical Ethnography and the Study of Protest Policing This article seeks to consider the value of critical ethnography for the study of policing. Specifically, the article explores the benefits and challenges of using ethnographic methods to explore protest policing from the perspective of the policed. Drawing upon a longitudinal study of the policing of protests against ‘fracking’ in England, the article examines the process of conducting research with groups who are being policed in extended protest situations. Writing from a critical criminological perspective, the article suggests that this approach to studying policing from below can help advance our collective understanding of both protest and policing. In this sense, ethnographic research can play a vital role in exploring the experiences of groups marginalised in current debates and this approach provides us with an alternative viewpoint from which to examine the development of police policy and practice. The article suggests that to make this contribution to the study of protest policing, we require research that maintains a critical distance from police forces to gain access to those groups who, due to their negative perceptions and/or experiences of policing, are reluctant to engage with research. Reflecting on the development of ethnographic research on, but not with, police, the article suggests that this critical distance brings both benefits and challenges to academic research. Policing and Society - Registration at source 24/3/2019 Research article ‘Arms For Mobility’: Policing Partnerships and Material Exchanges in Nairobi, Kenya This paper analyses two policing arrangements between the state police and several private security companies in Nairobi, Kenya. These arrangements entail that police officers team up together with security officers in their company vehicles. As private security officers are unarmed in Kenya by law, there is a direct exchange of ‘arms for mobility’, an emic term that refers to an exchange of firearms for ‘mobility’, i.e. vehicles and other financial resources. Based on ethnographic fieldwork on policing in Nairobi, Kenya between 2014 and 2018, I analyse how this exchange (re)centralises the state police and the critical role of the ‘arms’ in this process. Drawing from Star and Griesemer (1989), I see the firearm as a ‘boundary object’ that brings policing actors together, but simultaneously reaccentuates their differences and in this case, reaffirms and repositions the dominant role of the state police in the Kenyan policing landscape. With this argument, I aim to further prompt more in-depth studies on how certain objects define policing practices, and emphasise the merit of ethnographic research as a methodological approach to uncover such dimensions. Policing and Society 24/3/2019 Research article Stephen Fry joins call to ban naming of sex abuse suspects Stephen Fry has joined Sir Cliff Richard in supporting a pressure group campaigning to protect the anonymity of sex abuse suspects unless they have been charged. The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 24/3/2019 News Counter-terrorism expert fears Brexit may spark attack Former Police Service of Northern Ireland officer Ken Pennington will warn Scots conference of the danger of dissident republicans trying to grab the headlines The Sunday Times - Subscription at source 24/3/2019 News Former chief constable to be quizzed on claims of SNP Government interference in policing A powerful Holyrood committee has agreed to invite a former Police Scotland chief constable to give evidence over politically explosive claims the SNP Government blocked his return to work. The Herald (Scotland) 24/3/2019 News Police Scotland fork out £500k in legal fees as private firms called in to help cops’ solicitors The force says 32 officers and seven support staff have taken it to employment tribunals since it was created in 2013. Daily Record 24/3/2019 News Knife Crime Britain: Thug let off 21 times for carrying a knife Criminals are being spared jail despite committing dozens of offences involving violence or weapons, according to shock new figures. Mail Online 24/3/2019 News Police chiefs tell homeowners to demand Google blurs their house on Street View after 40% rise in burglaries The rise of Google’s Street View tool has left homes across Britain vulnerable to burglars, police leaders have warned. The Telegraph 23/3/2019 News Fluorescent lights to help police divers find human remains Fluorescent light technology is being developed to help police officers find human remains in lakes, ponds and rivers. The Telegraph 23/3/2019 News Family of Mark Duggan lodges civil claim against MPS The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has confirmed that it has received a civil claim from the family of Mark Duggan, the man fatally shot by an MPS firearms officer in August 2011. Police Professional 23/3/2019 News Cops blew £400k on Gatwick drone probe which disrupted 140,000 Christmas travellers EXCLUSIVE - Sussex Police is facing a backlash over the 36-hour airport lockdown, which led to the cancellation of about 1,000 flights Mirror 23/3/2019 News Former MI5 chief warns police and intelligence officers could blame AI for controversial or racist decisions The country needs new safeguards to ensure police and intelligence officers cannot blame computers for controversial or racist decisions, a former head of MI5 has said. The Telegraph 23/3/2019 Feature, Opinion PCC: Mayor’s office was not up to the task of police governance The Mayor's office was "never up to the task" of taking over the governance of West Midlands Police, the region's crime commissioner has claimed. Express & Star 23/3/2019 News Gun licences leave West Midland Police out-of-pocket West Midlands Police is forecast to spend more £110,000 on issuing and renewing gun licences in just one year, it has been revealed. Express & Star 23/3/2019 News Government’s announcement of funding boost for survivors of rape and sexual abuse ‘wholly inadequate’ ‘It is a long way from meeting the huge and increasing need for rape counselling and support in this country,’ says campaigner The Independent 23/3/2019 News Trend for sending ‘sexy selfies’ is fuelling a 60 per cent surge in blackmail, warns Scotland Yard chief The trend for sharing explicit selfies is fuelling a surge in blackmail, with cases up almost 60 per cent in London in a year. Mail Online 23/3/2019 News Jill Dando’s murder, the untold story 20 years on, fresh witness accounts raise disturbing questions as reconstruction reveals how crime scene was contaminated after she was shot 'clutching keys' Mail Online 23/3/2019 Analysis, Feature Scotland Yard opens as hotel for the super‑rich It is a property steeped in British criminal history but Great Scotland Yard has now been converted into a five-star luxury hotel for the super-wealthy who want to stay at the heart of the establishment. The Times - Subscription at source 23/3/2019 News Asian gold: More than £140m stolen in UK in last five years More than £140m worth of Asian gold jewellery has been stolen in the UK over the past five years, a BBC investigation has found. BBC 23/3/2019 News «396939703971397239733974397539763977Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
