Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 100753 total results. Showing results 83061 to 83080 «415041514152415341544155415641574158Next ›Last » Rise in proportion of BAME suspects on Met’s gangs matrix Nearly nine in 10 suspected gang members on police list from minority ethnic groups The Guardian 29/5/2018 News Overall crime has risen in the West Mercia Police area Crime in the West Mercia Police area has gone up overall by five per cent in the last year, new statistics have shown. Droitwich Standard 29/5/2018 News Reported crimes of violence in north-east down 5% The region’s top policeman has welcomed a fall in reports of violent crime. Evening Express (Aberdeen) 29/5/2018 News Concerns after police call diverted to wrong force 100 miles away Councillor asked for Solihull police and was transferred to South Wales Birmingham Live 29/5/2018 News Hundreds of Met Police officers are moonlighting as cab drivers and one in five have businesses on the side One in five Met Police officers have second jobs or businesses on the side with many moonlighting as taxi drivers, figures have revealed. Mail Online 29/5/2018 News Israeli software helping UK police process suspects’ data Cellebrite technology allows officers to ream through vast amounts of information on devices of those accused of committing crimes Jewish News 29/5/2018 News Police Chief referred to CPS over fatal shooting probe evidence An assistant chief constable has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service over evidence he gave to a public inquiry, the police watchdog has said. ITV News 29/5/2018 News Police cuts blamed for thousands of violent offenders in the North East escaping punishment The Labour Party blames cuts in police for lack of prosecutions in courts across the North East Chronicle Live (North East) 29/5/2018 News Recovering ‘dirty money’: Intelligence sharing is key, says former Europol Director As Rob Wainwright leaves his post as director of Europol to take up a new role with Deloitte, he tells Policing Insight how better intelligence sharing has changed the face of cross- border counter-terror and child sexual exploitation investigations and how it could do the same for financial crime. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 29/5/2018 Interview, Opinion Police Scotland: Challenging the Current Democratic Deficit in Police Governance and Public Accountability This article considers the recent creation of Police Scotland and the substitution of local police forces for a national police service ‘Police Scotland’ in 2013. It assesses the drivers for change and the arguments presented by both politicians and police professionals in favour of the eradication of all 8 local Scottish forces and the creation of a single police force. It contrasts developments in Scotland with those in England and Wales where there has been a recommitment to local delivery of police services in which local police boundaries have been retained with the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners. It considers the police boundaries and coterminosity with local authorities and highlights the absence of shared boundaries within Police Scotland. It reflects on the removal of local accountability in Scotland with the abolition of Police Boards and the creation of a national and unelected Scottish Police Authority. It highlights the significance of police planning led by senior officers from Strathclyde Police and the impact of this on Police Scotland. It raises legitimate questions as to the overall efficacy of a national force made answerable to a nationally appointed body, the Scottish Police Authority. Finally, it makes a number of recommendations which might go towards someway to re-establishing a degree of local accountability to communities and local governments in Scotland which is now so clearly absent. Crime Prevention and Community Safety 29/5/2018 Research article A different proposition: Can others learn from Police Now’s recruitment methods? Vanessa Soames, Graduate Recruitment Director, at Police Now, has spent nearly 18 years working in student recruitment. She joined Police Now two years ago, where she developed a new recruitment campaign to attract diverse graduates into policing, especially graduates who would never have thought of joining the police. She tells Policing Insight about the campaign and why the Police Service needs it. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 29/5/2018 Interview, Opinion False positives: What the facial recognition statistics really mean According to Big Brother Watch's report on facial recognition technology, a system deployed by South Wales Police at a football match generated a 92% False Positive Rate. Founder and CEO of facial recognition company Allevate Ltd Carl Gohringer puts the record straight on how the technology works and what the figures mean. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 29/5/2018 Opinion Despondent Officer Narratives and the ‘post-Ferguson’ Effect: Exploring Law Enforcement Perspectives and Strategies in A Southern American State The fatal shooting of a young, black, and male citizen named Michael Brown by a white male police officer in Ferguson (MO) generated political and media backlash that continues to erode law enforcement legitimacy today. Law enforcement is sensitive to changes in the public discourse on their profession and has responded in kind. A plethora of discussion has focused on the potential existence of a so-called ‘Ferguson Effect’, whereby de-policing has emerged among officers as a result of concerns about being subjected to negative media scrutiny for racial profiling or excessive use of force, in turn increasing crime rates. Unfortunately, the ‘Ferguson Effect’ is long on anecdotes but short on data. Policing and Society - Registration at source 29/5/2018 Research article Airprox board says police drone and jet had ‘near-miss’ A police drone had a "near-miss" with a fighter jet travelling at 520mph (836km/h), a report has revealed. BBC 29/5/2018 News Police targeting drill music videos in controversial crackdown on social media that ‘incites violence’ Fans say it is 'unfounded' to blame genre for violence and say it reflects artists' experiences The Independent 29/5/2018 News Revealed: Hundreds of Met Police officers moonlighting as cab drivers Almost one in five Met Police officers have secondary business interests, figures obtained by the Evening Standard show The Standard 29/5/2018 News Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the National Police Library. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 29/5/2018 News ‘It’s not rocket science!’: Effectively policing Paisley’s violence problem The Scottish town of Paisley has experienced troubling increases in violent crime over the past year, prompting a robust response from the local division of Police Scotland. Martin Gallagher and Del Middleton, two of the architects of this response, provide the context and outline of this policing initiative. Dr Colin Atkinson of the University of the West of Scotland reflects upon the impact of this work for local communities and, importantly, for the police service itself. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 29/5/2018 Analysis Sexual and violent crime on the rise in Scotland Police have recorded increasing numbers of violent and sexual offences amid an overall rise in crime The Scotsman 29/5/2018 News Police apprenticeship funding worth millions ‘disappeared down a black hole’ Welsh government has allegedly said even if it has received funding, it will not pass the money on Police Oracle - Subscription at source 29/5/2018 News «415041514152415341544155415641574158Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
