Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104782 total results. Showing results 15061 to 15080 «750751752753754755756757758Next ›Last » Police officer cleared in ‘flirting’ trial A serving police officer who was accused of sending flirtatious messages to a witness during a burglary investigation has been cleared. PC Matthew Peall was found not guilty of abuse of position for a sexual purpose. He had denied the charge. BBC 9/8/2024 News Family of man shot by beanbag gun sue Vancouver police over death CANADA: Lawsuit claims Christopher Amyotte died after being shot in spine and head by 12-gauge beanbag gun. The widow of a Winnipeg man who died two years ago after being shot with a beanbag gun by a Vancouver police officer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Vancouver Police Department on behalf of herself and the couple's six children. CBC News (Canada) 9/8/2024 News Serving police officer found not guilty of misconduct in a public office Pc Matthew Peall, 47, who is based in Canterbury, had been suspended from duty since being charged with the offence. A serving Kent Police officer has been found not guilty of misconduct in a judicial or public office for “abusing his position for a sexual purpose”. The Standard 9/8/2024 News New chief civilian director appointed to B.C.’s police watchdog CANADA: The Ministry of the Attorney General has announced a new leader for the province's police watchdog. It says Jessica Berglund has been appointed to the position of chief civilian director of B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office (IIO) by Attorney General Niki Sharma. CBC News (Canada) 9/8/2024 News ‘Understaffed’ Police to receive timely training from NZ experts NEW ZEALAND: Prime Minister Mark Brown has met with the acting Police Commissioner Aka Matapo to discuss preparations on the new training initiatives in partnership with New Zealand Police. Cook Islands NEWS 9/8/2024 News Disorder arrests will continue for months Relentless detective work and partnership with criminal justice partners will continue. Police chiefs have vowed continued action against offenders as investigations into the recent disorder and online organisers goes into overdrive. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 9/8/2024 News Leanne Liddle on heading up NT Police Force efforts to combat racism, improve Indigenous relations AUSTRALIA: In her new role heading up a command dedicated to addressing racism within the Northern Territory Police Force, Leanne Liddle is realistic about the challenge ahead of her. "I'm under no assumption or illusion that I have some magic fairy dust that's going to be able to be thrown over the police force, and everything is going to be corrected," she says. ABC News (Australia) 9/8/2024 News B.C.’s police watchdog has a new chief civilian director CANADA: B.C.'s attorney general has appointed a new chief civilian director for the province's police watchdog. Jessica Berglund is now the chief civilian director of B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office. Victoria News (Canada) 9/8/2024 News Department of Justice says no talks on Garda Commissioner contract extension have taken place Drew Harris to remain in role until next summer but would face an application process for a second extension due to his age The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 9/8/2024 News The geographical embeddedness of organised crime in China: A rural–urban divide perspective Organised crime groups do not operate in a social vacuum; instead, they embed themselves in society through various interfaces. Criminologists have therefore given increasing attention to the intricate relationship between territory and organised crime, highlighting how territory serves as both a physical space with geographical boundaries and a social construct shaped by human interactions and cultural values. In this article, we delve into the geographical embeddedness of organised crime, which denotes territories where organised crime groups seek out business opportunities and shape their environments through social practices. Drawing on 861 Chinese judgements of organised crime, we employ the content analysis approach to illustrate this concept through the lens of a rural–urban divide. We specifically look at organised crime groups’ illegal activities and their efforts to conceal them. We also theoretically address the supply and demand mechanism in geographical embeddedness, particularly in connection with natural resources. Criminology and Criminal Justice - Subscription at source 9/8/2024 Research article The Role of Alcohol in Initial Help-Seeking Telephone Calls About Domestic Violence to the Police This article investigates how domestic violence and abuse (DVA), its underreporting and its links with alcohol consumption, manifest in and impact the outcome of help-seeking telephone calls to U.K.-based police services. Conversation analysis of call-takers’ questions about alcohol found that they either (a) focused only on the perpetrator's drinking, and occurred after informing callers that help was being dispatched, or (b) targeted both victims’ and perpetrators’ drinking and complicated the decisions to dispatch police assistance. The article helps specify the communicative practices that may constitute victims’ negative experiences of disclosing DVA to the police. Violence Against Women 9/8/2024 Research article Polycentric governance, epistocracy and the limits of policing knowledge in preparing for the climate crisis The last two decades have seen an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, placing complex demands on police and emergency services in the UK. Despite the growing recognition of the cascading and multidimensional threats, there is limited understanding of how policing and local governance actors are preparing for the climate crisis. In this paper, we argue that polycentric governance approaches, such as the Local Resilience Forums (LRFs), provide an essential focal point for emergency planning and disaster response activity that is rooted in localised contexts. However, while the LRFs are designed to benefit from the inclusion of a broad range of actors, dominant mentalities, knowledge hierarchies and powerful actors may limit their epistemic potential. We propose that a pathway towards a resilient and adaptive policing agenda for the Anthropocene necessitates acknowledging the limits of policing knowledge, expertise and traditional command-and-control mentalities. We draw on the notion of epistocracy to propose a policy and research agenda for police and partner agencies to harness the epistemic potential of LRFs. By adopting approaches to leverage pluralised forms of knowledge and identifying strategies for co-opting community-based actors in emergency planning and response activities, police and partner agencies can strengthen local capacity-building and better promote local resilience and adaptation efforts. Policing and Society 9/8/2024 Research article More than 700 arrests made and 302 people charged over riots in England Police investigating the riots led by the far right say they have made more than 700 arrests for alleged offences, and promised “hundreds” more to come. Of the 741 arrests, 32 relate to online offences such as incitement, and the scale of the operation is shown by the fact the arrest took place in 36 of the 43 force areas across England and Wales. The Guardian 9/8/2024 News Dozen arrested by police investigating drugs imported by mail NEW ZEALAND: Twelve people have been arrested and $4 million in assets have been seized after police dismantled an alleged drug smuggling syndicate that was importing drugs through the international postal system. 1 News (New Zealand) 9/8/2024 News NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb calls for ‘comprehensive’ review into force’s gift policy following gin accusations AUSTRALIA: The NSW Police Commissioner has revealed there will be a review into the force’s gift policies after becoming shrouded in controversy following accusations made in parliament. Sky News 9/8/2024 News Police officer charged, Brisbane Region AUSTRALIA: A 39-year-old male constable from the Brisbane Region has been charged in relation to alleged fraud offences. myPolice - Queensland Police News 9/8/2024 News Police bust alleged active drug lab in Sydney AUSTRALIA: Police have arrested one man after busting an alleged active drug lab in Sydney's west. Organised crime detectives executed a search warrant in Silverdale at 11.30am today 9 News (Australia) 9/8/2024 News Patient shot by police at Kingaroy General Hospital, in Queensland’s South Burnett region AUSTRALIA: A man is receiving medical treatment after being shot by police at Kingaroy General Hospital, about 200 kilometres north-west of Brisbane. ABC News (Australia) 9/8/2024 News Polycentric governance, epistocracy and the limits of policing knowledge in preparing for the climate crisis The last two decades have seen an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, placing complex demands on police and emergency services in the UK. Despite the growing recognition of the cascading and multidimensional threats, there is limited understanding of how policing and local governance actors are preparing for the climate crisis. In this paper, we argue that polycentric governance approaches, such as the Local Resilience Forums (LRFs), provide an essential focal point for emergency planning and disaster response activity that is rooted in localised contexts. However, while the LRFs are designed to benefit from the inclusion of a broad range of actors, dominant mentalities, knowledge hierarchies and powerful actors may limit their epistemic potential. We propose that a pathway towards a resilient and adaptive policing agenda for the Anthropocene necessitates acknowledging the limits of policing knowledge, expertise and traditional command-and-control mentalities. We draw on the notion of epistocracy to propose a policy and research agenda for police and partner agencies to harness the epistemic potential of LRFs. By adopting approaches to leverage pluralised forms of knowledge and identifying strategies for co-opting community-based actors in emergency planning and response activities, police and partner agencies can strengthen local capacity-building and better promote local resilience and adaptation efforts. Policing and Society - Subscription at source 9/8/2024 Research article Addressing the ‘Dirty Little Secret’ of Deterrence: Testing the Effects of Increased Police Presence on Perceptions of Arrest Risk Objectives: To examine the perceptual deterrent effect of an increase in police presence for a sample of previously adjudicated adolescents and address the limitations of existing perceptual deterrence research. Methods: This study exploits the timing of Operation Safe Streets, a hot spots policing intervention designed to increase officer presence, which occurred during an ongoing longitudinal survey of previously adjudicated adolescents (n = 700). The effect of this intervention is tested using first-difference models of perceptions of arrest risk within-person over time. Sensitivity analyses and falsification tests are also conducted to provide further confidence in the findings. Results: Results show that Operation Safe Streets is related to an increase in perceptions of arrest risk for one’s self, as well as perceptions of other’s arrest risk. This pattern holds for those who were and were not arrested. Furthermore, null findings for the effect of Operation Safe Streets on perceived social costs of punishment, as well as null findings from in-time placebo models, lend strong support that an increase in police officer presence did increase individuals’ perceptions of arrest risk in the months following the intervention. Conclusions: This study is the first to test the perceptual deterrent effect of a police intervention aimed to reduce street crime. It is also one of the first to demonstrate that criminal justice policies impact perceptions of arrest risk. This study adds to our understanding of the success of hot spots policing by suggesting that one pathway for decreased crime is through changes in perceptions of arrest risk. 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