Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115483 total results. Showing results 93161 to 93180 «465546564657465846594660466146624663Next ›Last » Mixed messages over direct entry commitment Two forces happy to sing the praises of their new recruits but others less keen Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/11/2018 News Mental health is an ‘intolerable burden’ on forces Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue (HMICFRS) has criticised the degree to which the police are involved with mental health with officers often left to “pick up the pieces” of a “broken mental health system”. Police Professional 27/11/2018 News Wiltshire PCC names preferred candidate for chief constable The Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon, Angus Macpherson, has confirmed that Kier Pritchard will be put forward to be the permanent chief constable of Wiltshire Police. Police Professional 27/11/2018 News PCC progress on fire governance: A burst of activity but still only three PFCCs The road to police fire governance is a bumpy one as the last few weeks has demonstrated. With one PCC restarting, two stopping and two others mired in controversy, what may have seemed like a good idea to some is not winning any new fans. In her latest update of the Policing Insight series looking at PCCs and fire governance, Catherine Levin reports on the ups and downs of the last few weeks. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 27/11/2018 Analysis, Feature 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 27/11/2018 News Making the grade: The PEQF is an opportunity to embed learning and assessment within police practice Reticence towards the Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) is understandable, says Dr Dominic Wood, Head of the School of Law, Criminal Justice and Computing at Canterbury Christ Church University, but it is also an opportunity for the police service to 'reassert its professional voice and standing in society'. He explains why. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 27/11/2018 Analysis A ‘new’ approach to research: The London-focused policing research network A new research network for London has been launched, encompassing four major metropolitan universities. Dr Sarah Fox explains the vision for the new network and how police forces and other agencies can get involved. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 27/11/2018 News Kent Police stop using crime predicting software A UK police force that trialled computer software designed to predict and prevent crime has scrapped the project after five years. The Telegraph 27/11/2018 News Kier Pritchard to be officially named as Wiltshire’s Chief Constable He's been in temporary charge of the force since March, but he's now been named as the preferred candidate for the job. Spire FM 27/11/2018 News Sussex Police Chief Constable says force is under strain A police chief says forces are overstretched as it was revealed Sussex has one of the lowest ratios of officers to residents in the country. The Argus 27/11/2018 News Police are ignoring crimes as they’re ‘swamped by calls about mental health’, claims damning report Police are having to ignore crimes to look after vulnerable people as they 'pick up the pieces' of a 'broken mental health system', a damning report has found. Mail Online 27/11/2018 News Police ‘picking up pieces of mental health system’, says watchdog More than half of patients who need to be taken to hospital are picked up by a police car The Guardian 27/11/2018 News Novichok force has the thinnest blue line in UK The county struck by the deadly nerve agent attack has fewer police per head than any other force. The Times - Subscription at source 27/11/2018 News GPs dump mental health cases on us, complain police The police receive thousands of calls a year from GP surgeries and social care agencies who “shunt” mental health cases on to them at the end of their working day, inspectors say. The Times - Subscription at source 27/11/2018 News Policing and mental health: Picking up the pieces In 2017, we inspected all 43 police forces in England and Wales and the British Transport Police on their effectiveness, as part of our PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy) inspection programme. One of the main areas we inspect in effectiveness is how well the police protect those who are vulnerable, and support victims. For the first time within this area, we inspected how effectively police respond to and support people with mental health problems. This report sets out our findings. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 27/11/2018 Report Police cannot fix a broken mental health system Police officers are increasingly being used as the service of default in responding to people with mental health problems, a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services has confirmed. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 27/11/2018 News Mental health: Five people called Met Police 8,655 times in 2017 Five people racked up 8,655 calls to the Metropolitan Police in 2017 - costing £70,000 to answer. BBC 27/11/2018 News Just five children in care accounted for more than 350 police misper probes The youngsters disappeared - on average - more than once a week in 2017-2018, raising huge concerns for their welfare. The Herald (Scotland) - Subscription at source 26/11/2018 News Young people, violence and knives – revisiting the evidence and policy discussions In this briefing, Roger Grimshaw and Matt Ford examine recent trends in knife-related violence and assess different approaches to tackling, and reducing it. It builds on an earlier review of evidence of effective strategies for addressing gun and knife crime, published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies in 2009. Centre for Crime and Justice Studies 26/11/2018 Report Enabling police and crime commissioners to sit and vote on combined fire and rescue authorities The government has responded to the independent inquiry into the objections of 2 combined fire and rescue authorities (FRA), Cleveland and Dorset & Wiltshire FRA, who disagreed with the government’s proposal to amend their combination schemes to enable a PCC to request to sit on the FRA with voting rights. Home Office 26/11/2018 Report «465546564657465846594660466146624663Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
