Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102478 total results. Showing results 9181 to 9200 «456457458459460461462463464Next ›Last » Countdown on for Surrey Police Service to take command CANADA: In just one month, the Surrey Police Service will become the policing agency of jurisdiction in its namesake city, taking over that role from the RCMP. The final countdown is coming after a years-long battle. So far, the SPS has hired 445 officers. Global News (Canada) 28/10/2024 News London police hires 19 special constables in bid to curb lengthy call response times CANADA: London's police force has added 19 new special constables to its ranks as it looks to cut down lengthy response times by relieving frontline officers of lesser urgent calls for service, the department says. In a statement on Monday, police officials said the new recruits would be out on the streets starting this week, and had been sworn in after completing a "comprehensive in-house training program." CBC News (Canada) 28/10/2024 News Police considered changing fitness test to get more recruits NEW ZEALAND: Changing entry-level fitness standards for wannabe recruits was just one of multiple options police executives canvassed as a way to boost application numbers to reach the Government’s target of 500 new frontline staff. The Post (New Zealand) 28/10/2024 News Geopolitics and police intelligence: The case study of disinformation CANADA: To begin any discussion of reforming police intelligence, one has to define the difference between “information” and “intelligence.” Information: comprises raw data and facts that can be used in other processes or analyzed. Intelligence: the result of processing, interpreting and packaging information. Intelligence can be used for many things from simply gleaning insights, all the way to generating informed opinions. Police come across information every second of every shift (even off-duty they see and hear things that may later prove interesting or useful to someone). It isn’t hard to gather information, while the use of intelligence is a whole other beast. Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia (Canada) 28/10/2024 Feature, Opinion Retailers turn to facial recognition to curb $100B in losses amid ‘sweethearting’ surge USA: Retail theft is on the rise in the U.S., with losses topping an estimated $100 billion annually. In addition to shoplifting and employee theft, a growing challenge is “sweethearting” — a form of insider fraud where employees covertly grant unauthorized discounts or free items to friends or family members. This type of theft often goes undetected, as employees exploit their access to systems by bypassing item scans, issuing false refunds, or misusing employee discounts. To combat this form of fraud, Corsight AI has developed a facial recognition-based sweethearting module designed to identify and prevent sweethearting incidents. BiometricUpdate.com 28/10/2024 News Met officer ‘viewed Sarah Everard X-rays out of curiosity’ Three former and four serving police officers face a misconduct tribunal over accessing files related to the high-profile murder The Telegraph - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 News Government urged to accept legal proposal to achieve swifter justice for victims Police Federation’s #SimplifyDG6 campaign raised to Policing Minister in Parliament by Labour MP, calling for cutting of “unnecessary red tape” to allow more police time. Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) 28/10/2024 News Amnesty for blank firing guns popular with organised criminals An amnesty will be held early next year for owners of four types of top-venting blank firearms which tests have shown are “readily convertible” to fire live ammunition. Police Professional 28/10/2024 News Senior cop accused of sexually explicit conversation with 12-year-old NEW ZEALAND: A senior police officer accused of having a sexualised online conversation with a 12 year-old girl, and saving a topless picture of her, wants to keep his name secret. The man, who has interim name suppression, has denied charges of indecent communication with a young person and possessing objectionable material. Stuff (New Zealand) 28/10/2024 News Major new crackdown on insurance fraud The Home Office has announced new insurance fraud charter to step up efforts to crack down on fraudsters seeking to manipulate the UK insurance market with bogus claims and duping innocent people into buying fake insurance policies. Police Professional 28/10/2024 News Former NSW cop recalls ‘horrific’ homophobia in the force AUSTRALIA: A former NSW Police officer who has recently left the force has spoken out about the “horrific” homophobia and bullying he claims he experienced over his 20-year career. Q News (Australia) 28/10/2024 News Virtual assistant helps nearly 800 vulnerable callers in West Midlands A new virtual phone answering assistant has prioritised nearly 800 vulnerable callers and answered 17,000 calls during a two-month trial in the West Midlands. Police Professional 28/10/2024 News Former officer charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and fraud A former Sussex Police officer is due to appear in court on Tuesday (October 29) charged with fraud and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Police Professional 28/10/2024 News Lifetime achievement award for WMP’s longest serving officer The longest serving officer at West Midlands Police has been recognised with a lifetime achievement work for her work in driving diversity and supporting communities. Police Professional 28/10/2024 News Sentencing review needs to get smart on reducing crime Britain’s justice system is a long way from being rehabilitative, says James Stoddart, who spent 22 hours a day locked in a cell The Guardian 28/10/2024 Feature, Opinion Two murdered RUC officers remembered at dedication to people killed in the Troubles William Finlay and James Ferguson who were shot dead while on foot patrol left behind widows and three children each. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 News Police campaign encourages men to have ‘a quiet word’ to prevent friends ‘acting inappropriately’ It features five episodes of frank conversations about the attitudes and behaviours that put women at risk of sexual violence, and men at risk of offending. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 News Probationer charged with conspiracy and fraud relating to ‘undisclosed’ driving offences It is alleged that the officer failed to disclose penalty points before joining, used police systems to look up personal speeding offences and falsely nominated his parents as responsible for three driving offences. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 28/10/2024 News Adults report positive perceptions of ground rule instructions in mock investigative interviews Ground rules establish the conversational expectations during an interview and are intended to reduce interviewee discomfort and increase response accuracy towards problematic interview questions. This study explored perceptions of ground rule instructions in adult interviews. Younger (18–40 years) and older (60+ years) adults (N = 168) were interviewed about a film depicting an implied sexual assault or a personal event. Participants received either three ground rules as statements (‘Don’t Know’, ‘Don’t Understand’ and ‘Correct Me’) or the three statements with practice questions. Participants were interviewed about their perceptions of ground rules. Overall, ground rules were perceived as useful (85%) and as having a positive impact on interviewees’ emotional state (55%) and perceptions of the interviewer (35%). Perceptions did not vary based on contextual factors, but female and younger adults endorsed ground rules as useful more often than other groups. The results suggest that ground rules may improve adults’ experience of being interviewed. Psychiatry Psychology and Law 28/10/2024 Research article Factors associated with encounter-specific police procedural justice perceptions among Dutch detainees Previous research on police procedural justice shows that observed assessments of police behaviour, for example through systematic social observation, are not strongly correlated with citizen perceptions of the same police behaviour. There is a growing body of knowledge about how people form their perceptions of police behaviour and how personal and situational characteristics are associated with specific judgements about procedural justice. However, we know little about how this works for people who most frequently interact with the police and criminal justice system, such as offenders or arrestees. The present study uses data from the Prison Project to examine to what extent individual and situational characteristics relate to perceptions of encounter-specific police procedural justice among Dutch detainees. Male adults in pre-trial detention (N = 1380) were surveyed on how they perceived procedural justice during their arrest, which occurred approximately three weeks prior. In addition to individual characteristics (demographics, attitudes, psychosocial characteristics and criminal history), we measured characteristics that reflect the situation during arrest, such as location, police verbal abuse and unnecessary use of force. This allowed us to examine the relationship between situational factors and detainee perceptions, net of individual characteristics. Regression analyses show that next to pre-existing general attitudes towards the police, several situational characteristics (i.e. perceptions of use of force and verbal abuse, anger and outcome fairness) were strongly associated with encounter-specific procedural justice perceptions. Our results indicate that, beyond (pre-existing) individual characteristics, situational factors of the arrest play an important role in forming specific procedural justice perceptions of the police. Policing and Society 28/10/2024 Research article «456457458459460461462463464Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
