Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115595 total results. Showing results 87541 to 87560 «437443754376437743784379438043814382Next ›Last » Thames Valley Police shows improvements in how it records crime Thames Valley Police records crime more accurately than it did two years ago, according to a new report. However, multiple problems still mean that the overall recording rate is too low. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 25/7/2019 News Police Response to Violence and Conflict Between Parents and Their Minor Children This study examines the nature of all domestic violence incidents involving parents and their minor children to which police in Philadelphia responded during the 2013 calendar year. We use a retrospective design to explore the nature and outcome of parent-child incidents to which police are summoned. Incidents that officers determined met the state statute definition of child abuse are not included. Of 54,456 domestic violence incidents in the city of Philadelphia in 2013, 2,361 involved a verbal incident or physical altercation between a minor child and at least one parent. Most reports (83.3%) identified the child as the offender and were for verbal incidents (89.6%), suggesting police were called to resolve conflict in the home. When a child was the offender, boys were the most common offenders and mothers the most common victims. When a parent was the offender, mothers were the most common offenders and daughters the most common victims. Parent-offender incidents were far fewer (16.7%) but more likely than child-offender incidents to involve physical violence (AOR = 6.19) and to result in arrest (AOR = 3.67). Parent-child incidents that are not child abuse constitute about 20% of all domestic violence incidents to which police are summoned. Parent-child incidents are an under-researched and perhaps under-served issue. We know of few resources beyond law enforcement for on-the-scene crisis intervention and, as such, officers appear to serve as mediators in these mostly verbal disagreements. The appropriateness and cost of such intervention merits investigation and discussion. Journal of Family Violence - Registration at source 25/7/2019 Research article Neighbourhood Watch Schemes Launched In Co L’Derry Five new neighbourhood watch schemes have recently been launched in Dungiven, County Londonderry. 4NI 25/7/2019 News Boost for policing with officers set to receive mobiles About 10,000 police officers are to be issued with mobile phones for use in operational duties by spring 2020. The devices, which will include apps enabling officers to carry out checks and file crime reports, are expected to help officers connect to police systems whilst working remotely and reduce bureaucratic burden. The National 25/7/2019 News Police officers ‘under pressure’ not to claim time owed Police Scotland has spent almost £2 million buying back time off in lieu. The Scotsman - Registration at source 25/7/2019 News Dundee’s drug crisis laid bare as man found with syringe in hand, unconscious on pavement Just last week it was revealed the city had recorded its highest-ever number of drug deaths – with 66 people dying in the past year. Meanwhile Scotland has the highest rate of drug deaths in Europe. It has led to calls for a radical rethink of Scotland’s drug policies, with suggestions including decriminalising drugs and opening safe consumption units. Evening Telegraph 25/7/2019 News Legal Limits to Prioritisation in Policing – Challenging the Impact of Centralisation This article illustrates, through a combination of administrative and legal perspectives, how ambitions to centralise prioritisation decisions within a police organisation can be limited by the legal rules relating to crime investigations and public order policing. As a case study, we use the centralisation of the Swedish Police, a reform intending to reduce the previously far-reaching operational independence of regional police authorities in favour of a centralised and uniform single authority. Through this case study, we analyse the interaction between the legal and institutional frameworks of policing and prosecution, including positive obligations enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. We conclude that legal responsibilities affecting the Swedish Police may significantly limit the possibility for managers and officers to de-prioritise many cases and public order concerns, which, in turn, may limit the ability to divert resources to other—centrally prioritised—tasks. Failure to account for such limits may cause reform ambitions to collide with legal responsibilities in day-to-day operative policing. The results indicate that research into organisational reform and police prioritisation may benefit from a more systemic analysis of the legal and institutional factors limiting institutional discretion. Violence Against Women 25/7/2019 Research article Remainer bucks the leaving trend as ‘justice is done’ in PM’s new team Cabinet cull sees Raab, Javid and Patel land biggest jobs as Buckland rises to top in MoJ. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/7/2019 News PFEW backstop position: Policing and those who deliver it need much more from government PM Boris Johnson warned he will be kept to promise of 20,000 new officers. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 25/7/2019 News Perceptions of Service Provided By South African Police Service Community Service Centres This study investigated citizens’ perceptions of the service experienced when visiting Community Service Centres (CSC) of the South African Police Service (previously known as ‘police stations’ or ‘charge offices’). The study focuses on factors leading up to the visit and to the service experience as perceived by the visitors, and whether these perceptions differed according to various demographic factors. A survey of 400 respondents at three CSCs measured how and why the CSC was visited, overall satisfaction and respondents’ perceptions of the visit experience (measured via the service quality dimensions). The results indicate that overall satisfaction does not differ significantly according to demographics, but that there are some differences in the lead-up factors and the experience according to education and income. Actions needed to improve the visit experience for citizens include customer service training, regular assessment and monitoring of clients’ experiences, as well as CSC employees’ behaviour. Police Practice and Research - Registration at source 25/7/2019 Research article New Home Secretary ‘needs to engage more’ Priti Patel was appointed Home Secretary and Robert Buckland QC Justice Secretary in a more euro-sceptic Cabinet, made up almost entirely of MPs who supported his campaign to be leader. Police Professional 25/7/2019 News Warwickshire Police launch first UK rural crime advice app Warwickshire Police has launched an app to support officers and staff dealing with rural crime incidents. It is believed to be the first force in the country to do so. Police Professional 25/7/2019 News Merseyside’s elected police boss accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ in £85k job Challenger says region deserves better than incumbent's 'business as usual' approach. Liverpool Echo 25/7/2019 News Australia’s new police commissioner: Who is Reece Kershaw? Reece Kershaw is returning to the Australian Federal Police, where his policing career began in 1988. ABC News (Australia) 25/7/2019 Analysis, Feature Gloucestershire police ‘failing to record 8,000 crimes per year and failing vulnerable victims of crime’, new report finds The constabulary's chief constable Rod Hansen said the incidents are "predominately a recording failure not a service failure" Gloucestershire Live 25/7/2019 News Forced penetration: If a woman forces a man to have sex, is that rape? When a man has penetrative sex with a woman without her consent, that's rape. But what if a woman makes a man have penetrative sex with her, without his consent? That's not rape under the law of England and Wales, but the author of a new study of the phenomenon says perhaps it should be. BBC 25/7/2019 Analysis, Feature Priti Patel returns to lead new fight on law and order as Boris Johnson’s home secretary Priti Patel, who once supported the death penalty, has been given as home secretary the key task of restoring the Conservatives’ reputation as the party of law and order. The Times - Subscription at source 25/7/2019 News Carl Beech paedophile saga shames the police There will always be fantasists and gossip-mongers but we have a right to expect detectives to scrutinise them properly The Times - Subscription at source 25/7/2019 Feature, Opinion Avon and Somerset Police picks up award for best ‘Representative Workforce’ at enei Awards 2019 Avon and Somerset Police picked up the award for best ‘Representative Workforce’ at the enei (Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion) Awards 2019, held at a ceremony in London in July. Avon & Somerset Constabulary 24/7/2019 News Independent Office for Police Conduct Annual report and statement of accounts 2018/19 [PDF] This report marks the first full year of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). It has been a busy one as we have looked to get our foundations in place as a new organisation. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 24/7/2019 Report «437443754376437743784379438043814382Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
