Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115641 total results. Showing results 82761 to 82780 «413541364137413841394140414141424143Next ›Last » Police Expertise and Use of Force: Using A Mixed-Methods Approach to Model Expert and Novice Use-of-Force Decision-Making Improving police use-of-force training is methodologically difficult. By providing a method for identifying the “expert” response to any given scenario, and by triangulating multiple methods, we aim to contribute towards police departments’ capacities to engage in more effective and targeted training. Forty-two police experts and 36 novices watched five scenarios taken from body-worn camera footage. The videos would pause at several points, and respondents gave both close-ended survey answers and open-ended written answers. Using a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative regression and natural-language-processing techniques, we triangulated our findings to reach conclusions regarding the differences between experts and novices. Relative to novices, expert police officers were more likely to report the importance of force mitigation opportunities to any given scenario in close-ended questions, and were more likely to use words associated with verbal de-escalation; novices were more likely to use words associated with physical control. The materials can be accessed at https://osf.io/wujkz/. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Registration at source 24/1/2020 Research article Met Police to deploy facial recognition cameras The Metropolitan Police has announced it will use live facial recognition cameras operationally for the first time on London streets. BBC 24/1/2020 News Overcoming the Benchmark Problem in Estimating Bias in Traffic Enforcement: the Use of Automatic Traffic Enforcement Cameras The existence of bias in law enforcement can be difficult to verify or disprove, in part because of the difficulty of finding a benchmark—an objective estimate of actual offenses committed by the studied population—that can be compared with police enforcement. In the current study, we propose and test a method for examining bias in enforcement of speeding offenses. Using all speeding tickets issued in Israel in 2013–2015, we compare speeding tickets generated by stationary automatic traffic cameras, which provide an objective estimate of speed offenses, with speeding tickets issued manually by police officers, based on drivers’ ethnicity with further distribution by gender and age. Initial findings indicate that, overall, speeding tickets issued by police officers in Israel are not biased based on drivers’ ethnicity. This study highlights the importance of distinguishing between overrepresentation and bias in law enforcement, which sometimes seem to be blurred in the literature. Journal of Experimental Criminology - Registration at source 24/1/2020 Research article Federation says ‘trial by social media’ undermining use of legitimate force The Police Federation has said officers should not face ‘trial via social media’ after a Met DC was cleared of assaulting a teenager with his baton. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 24/1/2020 News Policing cannot tackle rising crime alone As the rates of knife and sharp instrument offences continue to rise, the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) says that more resources are needed to combat a ‘crime epidemic’. PoliticsHome 24/1/2020 News Creating value from robotic automation of policing Avon and Somerset Constabulary, working with IBM, has created ‘Digital workers’ to take away repetitive tasks that add little business value, enabling officers and support staff to focus on making a real difference to organisational efficiency and quality of service delivery. Luke Mundy, IBM Associate Partner, and Ian Bowman, IBM European Lead, Law Enforcement, explain. Police Professional - Subscription at source 24/1/2020 Feature, Innovation Building policing’s future Policing has been adapting to extraordinary levels of change in the past decade, but the next decade could see more seismic shifts, say Richard Hobbs and Tom Gash. Police Professional - Subscription at source 24/1/2020 Analysis, Feature Strands of evidence Hair from both victims and offenders is routinely collected at crime scenes, but usually contains insufficient DNA to produce a profile. Now a new technique, based on analysis of the proteins within the hair itself, could provide new evidence in cold cases. Police Professional reports. Police Professional - Subscription at source 24/1/2020 Feature, Innovation Harry Dunn family condemns US rejection of Anne Sacoolas extradition request Home Office says it is urgently considering options, calling decision a ‘denial of justice’ The Guardian 24/1/2020 News Sturgeon hangs Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf out to dry over crumbling police stations Nicola Sturgeon failed to back her embattled Justice Secretary yesterday as she was attacked over crumbling police stations. The First Minister refused to say whether Humza Yousaf was right to shrug off complaints about the present state of Police Scotland buildings. Express 24/1/2020 News Take teenage sex offenders out of adult criminal courts, report urges Teenage sex offenders will avoid courtrooms and no longer face the adult criminal justice system under radical new plans. The Times - Subscription at source 24/1/2020 News Police forces accused of ‘decriminalising theft’ by failing to charge offenders Cops have been accused of decriminalising theft by failing to charge offenders. The Sun 24/1/2020 News Plea for Police Scotland cash as ceiling falls Nicola Sturgeon has admitted that Scotland’s police force is facing financial challenges after a ceiling collapsed in an ageing station. The Times - Subscription at source 24/1/2020 News SNP and Nicola Sturgeon must provide significant rise for Police Scotland in Holyrood Budget Nicola Sturgeon is on shaky ground when she seeks to defend the SNP’s funding of the police. The Scottish Sun 24/1/2020 Feature, Opinion Chicago police end effort to predict gun offenders, victims Chicago police have ended a program that sought to predict people most likely to be victims or perpetrators of gun crime, according to a watchdog report released Thursday that warned the department of serious flaws in the approach. Yahoo! 24/1/2020 News County lines drug gangs must be tackled nationally If you thought the cynical exploitation of children by criminals was confined to Victorian times and the pages of Oliver Twist, the new government should have shattered that illusion. The Times - Subscription at source 24/1/2020 News Just 1 in 14 crimes leads to prosecution About one in 14 crimes recorded by the police leads to a suspect being charged — the lowest rate since records began, Home Office figures show. The Times - Subscription at source 24/1/2020 News Police Commissioner warns those who accidentally start fires will be charged with bushfire deaths NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller is warning people will still be charged over bushfire deaths, even if the blaze was started unintentionally. 2GB (Australia) 24/1/2020 News Police watchdog criticised over Boris Johnson-Jennifer Arcuri inquiry delay IOPC accused of dragging its feet over decision expected before general election The Guardian 23/1/2020 News APCC response to today’s ONS crime statistics Responding to today’s Office of National Statistics Crime Survey for England and Wales report for year the ending September 2019, APCC Performance lead, Matthew Scott PCC Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 23/1/2020 News «413541364137413841394140414141424143Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
