Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115258 total results. Showing results 12561 to 12580 «625626627628629630631632633Next ›Last » The Blue-Coat Rebellion, the police of Galashiels have struck: the Inspector of Constabulary and a small Scottish Burgh This article concerns an incident on 15 August 1874. That night the officers of Galashiels Burgh Police were instructed to extinguish the town’s gas lamps. The constables refused and the entire force was sacked by their Superintendent. The burgh was left unpoliced for around ten days. This episode highlights three themes that all small Scottish towns in the mid-nineteenth century would have recognised; a drive for police efficiency, a significant change in the role of the constable, and the increasing centralisation of police forces. The introduction of the Inspector of Constabulary contributed to these elements, empowered to pay or withhold a government grant, depending on the ‘efficiency’ of the force while small establishments were encouraged to amalgamate with their county constabularies. This tended to promote a move away from the traditional Scottish model which embraced many roles in local government, all promoting the public good. This case study of a set of events that unfolded in Galashiels in the 1870s was reconstructed through historical research using archival and published sources. It highlights the link between the themes shown in the 1870s strike and the formation of Police Scotland; the establishment of both the Inspector of Constabulary and, over 150 years later, a national police force. These reveal continuities relating to issues of governance and organisation and facilitated a move in policing from the local to the centre. Policing and Society - Subscription at source 18/6/2025 Research article Ex-PC had sex with colleague in police station A former constable who had sex with a colleague in rooms at a police station was found to have committed gross misconduct. BBC 18/6/2025 News ACT Budget: $3.7 million to repair failing police stations and plan for new ones AUSTRALIA: A new home for the ACT’s police remains a long way off, but there is money in next week’s Budget to fix ongoing issues at the struggling Winchester and city facilities, and to identify a site for a new headquarters and station in the CBD. Region Canberra (Australia) 18/6/2025 News The role of the police in disaster management This article shows the conditions under which the police in Britain manage national and local disasters by working closely with those providing a service to alleviate the situation, both today and in previous times. I compare the work of the police in two periods beginning with the present: the 2021 COVID-19 disaster related to the London and the South Western ambulance services, compared with food insecurity in the last two years of the First World War, to demonstrate how the police in both eras managed the population while helping to provide an essential service. Both examples convey that helping the population and communities during disasters is a legitimate role for the police which helps to maintain public order and brings them closer to the communities they serve, thereby increasing the credibility of policing by consent. Police involvement in disaster management today while tracing its roots to similar conduct in an earlier time, highlights the changes in the social and cultural context of policing. Following today’s practices back in time foregrounds the present in the context of the past. Policing and Society 18/6/2025 Research article Colonial policing practices in Queensland and their contemporary legacies This paper examines the policing of marginalised groups in colonial Australia, and the legacies of these practices. While scholars have recognised that police officers were at the forefront of the creation of a new social order in the Australian colonies, there have been limited analyses of how officers negotiated their roles and operated in practice within the communities that they policed. Focusing on Queensland, this article examines the ‘suspect communities’ who were heavily monitored and criminalised by police: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and non-European immigrant groups, primarily from China and Pacific Islands. It draws mainly on the evidence provided by the Queensland Police Gazette of policing practices and arrests, alongside parliamentary reports and relevant newspaper reports on policing, to reveal how policing operated on the ground. The decisions taken by police officers to suspect and apprehend individuals from these ‘suspect communities’ in significant numbers shaped and perpetuated wider societal stereotypes of criminality. Policing and Society 18/6/2025 Research article Reflecting on the past to transform the future: exploring the role of history in policing reform By its very nature, policing focuses on the present – dealing with immediate demand and responding to emergencies. However, this leaves little space for reflecting on or learning from the past. Changes in policing practice often occur as a reaction to an incident rather than through a planned programme of reform. This paper argues that this reactive change process has contributed to a cycle of scandals in policing, such as around misconduct, use of force and discrimination. It asserts that sustainable reform can best occur through empowering police officers to develop a historical perspective – thinking critically and strategically about where policing is and how it got there. This paper proposes a new framework through which the study of police history can be used, not only to inform current practice, but to improve the professionalism and legitimacy of the service and asks what can and should be done to embed the study of history into police education. At a time when new technological developments mean change is happening with increasing rapidity, it is more important than ever for policing to learn the lessons of the past to better avoid the mistakes of the future. Policing and Society - Subscription at source 18/6/2025 Research article Police officer denies sexually assaulting woman A police officer has denied multiple sexual assaults on a woman over a two-year period. BBC 18/6/2025 News Assistant Commissioner denies allowing psychometric test exemptions for police recruits NEW ZEALAND: Police Assistant Commissioner Jill Rogers allowed recruits who failed psychometric tests to re-sit the assessment until they passed, according to a source. Rogers says she doesn’t believe she did allow such exemptions. The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) 18/6/2025 News Police Minister blames Labour government for police recruit exemptions NEW ZEALAND: The Police Minister's office says the use of discretion over police college recruits who had not passed a literacy test was introduced in 2018 under the Labour government. It comes after the minister Mark Mitchell and Police Commissioner Richard Chambers were challenged over revelations an Assistant Commissioner personally signed off at least two exemptions from recruitment standards. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 18/6/2025 News Police officer found not guilty of using restricted database to track former partner AUSTRALIA: An experienced Queensland police officer has been found not guilty of using a restricted computer without consent, after it was alleged he used a police database to track the whereabouts of his former partner. ABC News (Australia) 18/6/2025 News What Do We Mean by De-Escalation in Police-Citizen Encounters? A Scoping Review on Conceptualization, Techniques, and Effectiveness This paper aims to support the growing scope of research investigating the effectiveness of de-escalation by police officers. Through a scoping review, we conceptualize de-escalation in police-citizen interactions by identifying the different components of de-escalation, the techniques it entails, and what we know about the effectiveness of these techniques. A comprehensive search of five databases (i.e., Criminal Justice Abstracts, APA PsycInfo, Scopus, Web of Science Core Collection, and International Bibliography of the Social Sciences) yielded 18 studies in the police and public order domain that described at least one de-escalation technique as part of their data. By summarizing and synthesizing the literature, we provide a framework of de-escalation and a detailed overview of all techniques found in the included literature. We conclude that the measures of effectiveness for de-escalation techniques vary, limiting the evidence base of what works de-escalating. We offer suggestions for future research to build upon these results and expand the evidence base on the efficiency of de-escalation techniques, as well as provide directions on how the results can be useful in developing de-escalation training. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Subscription at source 18/6/2025 Research article Pilot project aimed at improving support for victims of stalking launched in Merseyside. The pilot has been funded by PCC Emily Spurrell, and will be delivered by MDVS (the Merseyside Domestic Violence and Stalking service). Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/6/2025 News More than 20 officers moved from domestic abuse unit to deal with riots in NI Head of public protection unit tells Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that unit faces under-funding and abstractions. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/6/2025 News ‘Magistrates need recognition like other volunteers in society… the emotional impact can be huge’ There remains a huge crisis in recruiting and retaining magistrates. Here, David Ford, the deputy national chair of the Magistrates' Association (MA), tells Police Oracle about why it's so difficult to keep hold of volunteers to deliver justice, and what changes are needed to redirect this worrying tide. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/6/2025 News Montreal police report rise in assaults, decline in vehicle theft in 2024 CANADA: Montreal police are reporting a slight increase in the number of crimes in the city last year, driven in part by a rise in assaults. Blue Line (Canada) 18/6/2025 News St. Albert launches well-being app to support emergency services personnel CANADA: The City of St. Albert is providing its employees with hands-on tools to support their health and well-being, and recently began collaborating with TELUS Health to introduce the Espri by TELUS Health app to its Emergency Services personnel. Blue Line (Canada) 18/6/2025 News Public Order Policing in Ontario with Ryan Teschner CANADA: In May 2025, Ontario’s Inspectorate of Policing released its first spotlight report, focusing on the State of Public Order Policing in Ontario. Blue Line (Canada) 18/6/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Gardaà vow tough stance on road offences throughout rally weekend REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: As thousands of motor enthusiasts make their way to Donegal this weekend, Donegal’s top Garda says that reckless driving will not be tolerated. Donegal Daily (Republic of Ireland) 18/6/2025 News Police aren’t properly trained for mental health crises, but are often the first responders: Here’s what works better With a growing drive in Australia for a co-responder rather than police-first response to those in mental health crisis, University of Melbourne Research Officer Dr Panos Karanikolas, and La Trobe University’s Dr Chris Maylea and Hamilton Kennedy, explore what works better and where, with research suggesting people with lived experience of mental health issues want more than ambulances replacing the police as crisis responders. Policing Insight 18/6/2025 Analysis, Feature, Opinion Kelly: Minister should have ‘Truth and Reconciliation’ meeting with Garda Commissioner REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A Tipperary TD has suggested the Justice Minister should ask serious questions of the Garda Commissioner. Tipp FM 18/6/2025 News «625626627628629630631632633Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
