Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100334 total results. Showing results 8201 to 8220 «407408409410411412413414415Next ›Last » Police commission asking city to use community safety funding for new shooting range CANADA: The Calgary police commission is asking city council’s permission to use millions of unallocated dollars from the Community Safety Investment Framework (CSIF) to help pay for a new shooting range for Calgary police officers. Calgary Herald (Canada) 30/9/2024 News What happens to the thousands of ‘non-criminal domestic episodes’ recorded by NSW Police? AUSTRALIA: NSW Police attended more than 88,870 "non-criminal domestic episodes" in the 12 months to June 2024. Police record an episode when they do not have enough evidence to make a charge relating to domestic violence. ABC News (Australia) 30/9/2024 News Repeated interrogations of sources of human intelligence using the Scharff technique Human Intelligence (HUMINT) sources may be questioned multiple times. However, criminal and military interrogation research focuses on single-instance interrogations. The current study employed a role-playing paradigm to examine the effect of interrogation approach on various elicitation-relevant outcomes and information gain across repeated questioning sessions using a direct approach and the Scharff Technique. In the study scenario, participants (N = 68) were given information on an extremist group planning a bombing, were given an information management dilemma, and were subsequently questioned. Participants in the Scharff Technique condition were questioned using the Scharff Technique at Time 1 and direct questioning at Time 2. Direct Approach condition participants received direct questioning at both times. All participants provided a greater information contribution at Time 2 compared to Time 1, regardless of assigned condition. tCompared to participants in the Direct Approach condition, participants in the Scharff Technique condition perceived Time 1 interrogators as more knowledgeable and Time 2 interrogators as less knowledgeable. This suggests a backfire effect when switching from the Scharff technique to direct questioning. Interrogators should carefully consider the decision to employ the Scharff technique if it may be followed up with more traditional questioning approaches. Journal of Policing Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 30/9/2024 Research article Enhancing police resources in the fight against economic crime cost effectively: Harnessing the potential of the private and not-for-profit sectors Levels of economic crime have soared to alarming levels in the last decade. Even with significant underreporting, the volume of offences has placed a strain on police resources and this has served to undermine the ability of law enforcement to respond effectively. Meanwhile, parts of the private and not-for-profit sectors dedicate significant resources to combatting economic crime. Banks and insurance companies for example, employ thousands of staff in antifraud roles. This expertise is largely invisible to the police, representing a massive, wasted opportunity. Efforts to harness the work of the private and not-for-profit sectors to assist public policing initiatives to tackle economic crime have been slight, an observation as true for the UK as it is other countries. Much of the focus, where it does exist, appears to centre on data sharing while there are many other initiatives. Indeed, the link between the lack of resources and the potential to harness the work of others is rarely made. How can such a glaring gap exist? The overall aim of this project was to begin to address this question. University of Portsmouth 30/9/2024 Report Report warns of missed opportunities by police in the fight against economic crime A new report by Perpetuity Research and the University of Portsmouth says police forces are failing to leverage private and not-for-profit sector resources University of Portsmouth 30/9/2024 News Police Scotland urged to be more open on live facial recognition adoption Police Scotland’s plans to adopt live facial recognition technology have sparked new debates over the implications for public trust, privacy, and civil liberties. Critics argue that the technology, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to scan and identify individuals in real time, poses a risk to policing by consent, a principle that underpins policing in democratic societies. The discussions around these concerns have been underscored by calls from rights groups to abandon the deployment of the technology. BiometricUpdate.com 30/9/2024 News Almost three-quarters of hate-crime offences in New Zealand motivated by race NEW ZEALAND: Almost three-quarters of all hate-crime offences reported nationwide since 2020 have been motivated by race or ethnicity, according to latest data from New Zealand Police. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 30/9/2024 News Nicola Gobbo won’t attend court due to ‘security issues’ as she seeks damages over police informing AUSTRALIA: Controversial barrister Nicola Gobbo is suing the State of Victoria, with her lawyers arguing she was "groomed" by Victoria Police officers to become a secret informer during Melbourne's gangland war. ABC News (Australia) 30/9/2024 News Four police officers face misconduct hearings for failing to stop serial rapist David Carrick Officers and staff member allegedly missed chances to investigate Met officer who was later convicted of more than 70 sex attacks The Telegraph - Subscription at source 30/9/2024 News Emily Spurrell elected APCC chair Emily Spurrell has been elected as chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC). Police Professional 30/9/2024 News Extra police deployed to Alice Springs after officers allegedly targeted in violent weekend of crime AUSTRALIA: Alice Springs police were targeted in a series of violent incidents at the weekend. In one incident, a female officer had to be hospitalised after she was injured by glass debris. ABC News (Australia) 30/9/2024 News National award for creator of tool to protect domestic violence victims The creator of an innovative tool to tackle domestic abuse and protect victims has won a national award for her work. Police Professional 30/9/2024 News $9.3 million in cryptocurrency allegedly owned by Ghost app mastermind seized by AFP AUSTRALIA: Sydney man Jay Je Yoon Jung was charged over allegedly creating and administering an encrypted messaging app for the use of the criminal underworld. The AFP says it has been able to access a cryptocurrency account allegedly belonging to him containing millions of dollars. ABC News (Australia) 30/9/2024 News Police tackle knife crime AUSTRALIA: A state-wide police operation targeting knife crime has made arrests on the Northern Beaches. NSW Police Operation Foil ran from 1.00pm Thursday, 26 September 2024, until 1.00am Saturday, 28 September 2024, with more than 500 officers from every Police Area Command and Police District in NSW targeting knife crime and antisocial behaviour. Northern Beaches Advocate 30/9/2024 News Devon and Cornwall Police makes ‘significant improvement’ in handling of 999 and 101 calls A cause of concern at Devon and Cornwall Police over its response to the public has been closed by the police inspectorate. Police Professional 30/9/2024 News PC dismissed after ‘spanking’ girl A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer has been dismissed after a misconduct panel found he assaulted a child by spanking her bare bottom on numerous occasions. Police Professional 30/9/2024 News Officers have misconduct proven over actions during stop and search of black schoolboy A disciplinary panel has found that the actions of two officers who handcuffed and restrained a 14-year-old black schoolboy on the ground during a stop and search in South London, amounted to misconduct. Police Professional 30/9/2024 News Multi-agency exercise tests response to major terrorist incident Police, fire and ambulance services in West Yorkshire teamed up last week to test their joint emergency response to a marauding terrorist attack. Police Professional 30/9/2024 News Survey results an ‘SOS’ from victims of crime, says Commissioner Designate Results from the first survey of its kind are an “SOS” message from victims, according to Northern Ireland’s Commissioner Designate for Victims of Crime. Police Professional 30/9/2024 News Improving productivity could create equivalent of 30,000 more police officers and staff As many as 60 million policing hours could be freed up over a five-year period, according to recommendations made in the independent Policing Productivity Review, which concluded on Monday (September 30). Police Professional 30/9/2024 News «407408409410411412413414415Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
