Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100904 total results. Showing results 81561 to 81580 «407540764077407840794080408140824083Next ›Last » Balancing Police Independence and Political Responsibility For the Police: Some Recent Developments in Australia, Canada, and the UK There is a need for balance between respecting the independence of the police to make law enforcement decisions in individual cases while allowing and indeed encouraging many other forms of legitimate political direction of the police. This article will argue that legislative reform should codify a minimal definition of police independence that would produce narrower definitions of police independence than found in recent policing legislation enacted in Australia and Canada and clearer standards than found either in the common law or the Policing Protocol Order, 2011 used in England. In addition, it suggests that Police Acts should encourage transparent political direction of the police by requiring such direction to be in writing and to be made public. It will be suggested that Victoria’s Police Service Act, 2013 and Ontario’s new Police Act, 2018 achieve some, but not all, of these objectives. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 11/8/2018 Research article Temporal Patterns of Mental Health Act Calls to the Police Recent research has shown that crime-related police calls for service account for 20–30% of police call-related activity. In this article, we analyse temporal patterns of calls for police service relating to mental health. Approximately, 22,000 mental health-related calls are analysed. Seasonal, monthly, and daily patterns are analysed using ANOVA and negative binomial regression. Mental health-related calls for police service have a distinct temporal pattern for the days of the week and, to a lesser extent, at different times of the year. These calls for police service are elevated during fall/winter months and during the week. Our analyses show that police resourcing based only on criminal activity is limited for at least this one form of police calls for service. This may have implications for police resourcing and scheduling, particularly in the context of the day of the week and when special mental health teams are needed. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Registration at source 11/8/2018 Research article Call for transport police to stop racist abuse of staff The creation of a garda transport force would protect ethnic minority staff from abuse, it was said yesterday at the launch of an anti-racism campaign. The Times - Subscription at source 11/8/2018 News Nuclear convoys and sports give police £4m windfall Police Scotland is expecting a £4 million windfall from external organisations for protecting nuclear waste shipments and policing sporting events. The Herald (Scotland) 11/8/2018 News Sir Cliff Richard privacy case: Police commissioner ‘cannot see’ point of BBC’s attempts to appeal SouthYorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner said he “cannot see what is being gained” from the BBC’s attempts to appeal against a landmark privacy case brought by Sir Cliff Richard. The Yorkshire Post 11/8/2018 News Top sports teams Manchester United, Everton FC and Saracens Rugby Club are being used to help rehabilitate young offenders, as critics cry soft justice Top sports teams are being brought in to help rehabilitate young offenders, ministers have announced. Mail Online 11/8/2018 News ‘Change laws’ to make Premier League clubs pay full match day policing costs Top London clubs make 'scandalously low' contribution to police costs, politician claims Police Oracle - Subscription at source 11/8/2018 News Road fatalities as a result of drink-driving on the rise The number of people who were killed or hurt in collisions where a driver was over the alcohol limit has reached its highest since 2012, according to figures from the Department for Transport (DfT). Police Professional 10/8/2018 Scotland receives over £1 million to respond to the growth in sexual offence reports Scotland’s prosecutors and courts will receive extra funding to reduce delays, enhance communications, and improve the experience of sexual offence victims. Police Professional 10/8/2018 News Government ‘fully expected’ to meet costs of nerve agent poisoning Operational costs for the two Novichok incidents in Salisbury and Amesbury are expected to reach more than £10 million, Wiltshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) has revealed. Police Professional 10/8/2018 News Police called to 950 incidents involving monkey dust in just three months Officers are called to ten or more incidents a day involving the synthetic drug in Staffordshire Stoke on Trent Live 10/8/2018 News Modern slavery in the UK: ‘They could be sat right in front of you’ Slavery still exists in the UK, and it can be found in nail bars, factories, car washes and the cleaning industry. That's according to prosecutor Eran Cutliffe, the person responsible for the UK's first modern slavery prosecution involving children. BBC 10/8/2018 News Former police chief hit by expenses row given new Government role A former police chief at the centre of a tax and expenses row has been handed a new Government-funded role. Rose Fitzpatrick, who recently retired as deputy chief constable of Police Scotland, will chair a national body aimed at preventing suicides. The Herald (Scotland) 10/8/2018 News Deaths connected to fentanyl soar The Royal College of Psychiatrists pointed to a 30 per cent budget cut Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/8/2018 News More than 500 attacks on Norfolk police officers in a year prompts tasers vow from chief constable Every Norfolk officer could be armed with a taser by 2021 – in response to the shocking news that there were 500-plus attacks on police in the past year. Eastern Daily Press 10/8/2018 News Cumbria Police chief says officers are spat at and threatened – just for doing their job It comes as new statistics show that officers in Cumbria faced more than 280 assaults last year Times & Star 10/8/2018 News Fewer police officers on Capital streets as ‘frustration’ grows in force Fewer police are patrolling Lothians streets than five years ago when forces were merged, official figures reveal. There are 24 fewer officers in the Capital this year than in 2013 and 36 fewer in the Lothians and Scottish Borders region. Edinburgh News 10/8/2018 News Thirty police stations across Scotland put up for sale Thirty police stations across Scotland are being put up for sale. The sites have been identified following a public consultation exercise by Police Scotland. The Times - Subscription at source 10/8/2018 News Sussex Police only force still using chain handcuffs Policing community astonished over continued use of old-fashioned kit Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/8/2018 News Absence rates for apprentices will only be ‘marginally different’, says chief Concerns that new qualification-based recruitment will be like a cut to workforce have been downplayed Police Oracle - Subscription at source 10/8/2018 News «407540764077407840794080408140824083Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
