Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115557 total results. Showing results 89341 to 89360 «446444654466446744684469447044714472Next ›Last » 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 14/5/2019 News NCA Director General: £2.7bn investment needed to combat threat from organised crime The Director General of the National Crime Agency (NCA) has called for £2.7 billion to be invested in law enforcement to combat the growth of serious and organised crime (SOC) over the next three years. Police Professional 14/5/2019 News Sri Lanka vows ‘maximum force’ against anti-Muslim rioters Sri Lanka has partially lifted an overnight curfew imposed nationwide after the worst bout of anti-Muslim violence since the deadly Easter Sunday bombings. BBC 14/5/2019 News More people with mental health issues are calling on police service The number of police incidents in Northern Ireland caused by mental health crises has doubled, an audit office report said. The justice system here is increasingly being used as a service of last resort for those affected, the public spending watchdog revealed. Belfast Telegraph 14/5/2019 News Evidence Vs. Professional Judgment in Ranking “Power Few” Crime Targets: A Comparative Analysis How accurately can local police officers use professional judgement to identify the highest-crime street locations and offenders with the most crime and harm, in comparison to an evidence-based rank-ordering of all possible locations and names derived from police force records? A face-to-face survey was conducted in groups with a purposive convenience sample of 123 operational police officers to ask their professional judgement for selecting the ten most crime-prone streets and suspected offenders in their command areas. Separate rankings by crime harm were also requested. Cambridgeshire Constabulary crime and confirmed suspect reports were analysed to create the same lists the officers were asked to provide. The study compared results of surveys of police officers asked to name the top 10 streets and offenders for volume and harm of crimes committed in each policing area to the top ten lists generated by comprehensive and systematic analysis of reported crimes. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing 14/5/2019 Research article Mental Health Awareness Week: Managing the stigma of mental health In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week and following the recent publication of the Police Care UK survey on the impact of trauma on officers and staff, Mark Eastwood, senior director of SAS-fit Limited and an expert with 20-years of experience treating complex mental health issues, explains how stigma remains a barrier to those seeking treatment. Policing Insight - Registration at source 14/5/2019 Opinion Annual Report 2018 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: I am pleased to present the third annual report of the Policing Authority to the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the year 2018. [pdf] Policing Authority (Republic of Ireland) 14/5/2019 Report Spend £2.7bn more to tackle organised crime, says NCA chief Lynne Owens to make challenge to ministers during launch of strategic assessment The Guardian 14/5/2019 News Far eastern gangsters move in to exploit drug and slave markets Gangs from China and Vietnam have increased their presence in the UK as the number of human trafficking and modern slavery victims rises sharply. The Times - Subscription at source 14/5/2019 News National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2019 This intelligence-based assessment builds on those previously issued to provide a single picture of the threat to the UK from serious and organised crime over the course of the past year. National Crime Agency (NCA) 14/5/2019 Report 181,000 UK offenders fuelling “chronic and corrosive” threat from serious and organised crime NCA Director General says a £2.7bn investment in law enforcement is needed to combat SOC over the next three years National Crime Agency (NCA) 14/5/2019 News Organised crime: NCA says its budget needs to double Organised crime poses such a threat to the UK that an extra £3bn will be needed to fight it over the next three years, the National Crime Agency says. BBC 14/5/2019 News Parking tax puts ‘safety and security’ of police at risk Scottish government's proposed levy could force commuters to pay up to £500 a year. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 13/5/2019 News Home Office needs ‘plan B’ for Emergency Services Network, NAO finds The public spending watchdog has urged the Home Office to test its plans for the rollout of its Emergency Services Network, saying the communications project could face further delays and rising costs. PublicTechnology.net 13/5/2019 News PCC takes over as ‘passionate and articulate’ champion for crime victims Dame Vera Baird replaces Baroness Newlove as new commissioner. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 13/5/2019 News New UK lobby group calls for change to police rules over trans comments The group has emerged amid a bitter debate over trans rights, sparked after a government consultation was launched last year into whether to make it easier to legally change gender and thus access women-only spaces like changing rooms. Thomson Reuters Foundation 13/5/2019 News Findings published following Christmas Day crash which killed a woman and a police officer in South Yorkshire “It is evident that PC Fields made a series of errors that evening; he did not adjust his driving for the poor weather conditions, continued driving at speed, and it ended in the loss of Mrs Stephenson’s life and his own." Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 13/5/2019 News Police officer locked up after filming himself sexually abusing a woman as she slept A police officer has been locked up after he had sex with a woman without her knowing she was being filmed. PC Dominic Dunne also recorded himself sexually assaulting her as she was sleeping. Manchester Evening News 13/5/2019 News Organised crime a greater threat than terrorism, says National Crime Agency And annual strategic assessment to 'relight debate on police funding'. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 13/5/2019 News APCC Victims Lead appointed as new Victims’ Commissioner APCC Victims Lead, Dame Vera Baird QC, is appointed as new Victims’ Commissioner. Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) 13/5/2019 News «446444654466446744684469447044714472Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
