Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 103123 total results. Showing results 1501 to 1520 «727374757677787980Next ›Last » Police shoplifting changes: ‘We have to prioritise and that’s a challenge’ NEW ZEALAND: Police have confirmed that staff have been directed not to investigate shoplifting of goods worth less than $500, saying they have to prioritise with the resources they have. As reported by RNZ last week the police directive to staff says they will no longer be investigating allegations of shoplifting below $500, petrol drive-offs below $150, and online frauds below $1000 regardless of lines of inquiry as part of a new nation-wide directive. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 26/5/2025 News Jevon McSkimming cleared of firearms vetting allegations by police NEW ZEALAND: Police have found “no evidence” former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming acted inappropriately in relation to the vetting process for firearms licences. Last week RNZ asked police for comment on allegations that McSkimming had interfered with the vetting process for firearms licences. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 26/5/2025 News Retail NZ wants ‘urgent meeting’ with police minister over police shoplifting change NEW ZEALAND: The Government's retail crime group chair is seeking "urgent clarification" from the police minister and police commissioner after RNZ revealed a police directive to staff said they would no longer be investigating allegations of shoplifting below $500 regardless of lines of inquiry as part of a new nationwide directive. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 26/5/2025 News Shopping scams up 200% as fraud offences surge this year, garda figures show REPUBLIC IRELAND: Fraud offences have soared in early 2025, with shopping scams alone jumping by 200 per cent, new Garda figures have revealed. According to quarterly figures published by gardaí today, there were significant decreases in robbery, burglary, violent disorder and theft offences in the first three months of this year. The Journal (Republic of Ireland) 26/5/2025 News Special testimony of children and adolescents who are victims or witnesses of sexual crimes: the perspective of the professionals involved The Special Testimony (ST) is a judicial procedure designed to protect victims of sexual violence. This study examined the perspectives of professionals involved in ST (judges, prosecutors, lawyers, psychologists, social workers) through semi-structured interviews. Inductive thematic analysis revealed ten key categories: (1) professionals’ concerns; (2) procedural benefits; (3) perspectives of the defence; (4) procedural aspects; (5) overall professional perceptions; (6) benefits for the victims; (7) strategies to facilitate testimony; (8) weaknesses of ST; (9) suggestions for improvement; and (10) the victim’s pre-ST hearing. Participants highlighted the need for better professional training, standardisation, planning, and more national research on ST. They acknowledged its advantages, such as ensuring the rights of young victims, reducing the invasiveness of the process, and holding perpetrators accountable. However, while ST represents progress compared to previous methods, it remains an evolving strategy that requires further refinement to maximise its effectiveness in protecting child and adolescent victims. Psychiatry Psychology and Law - Subscription at source 26/5/2025 Research article Leading police organisations in crises: how changing customary police leadership responses impacts on frontline officers’ senses of ontological security The coronavirus pandemic presented the UK police service with extraordinary and unanticipated challenges. The central role of the police in protecting public health situated frontline officers in unaccustomed territory with citizens, colleagues, and leaders. Incongruence between legislative powers and public health messaging created policy ambiguity for police officers in respect of everyday interactions with citizens, while the pandemic’s social restrictions necessitated intraorganisational adjustments. These included a hugely accelerated expansion of technologically mediated communication, and the ability for officers who did not have public-facing roles to work from home. The changes resulted in modifications to the customary, established, command and control procedure used by the police when responding to critical and crisis situations; the so-called Gold, Silver, Bronze (GSB) structure, which has over the past four decades become the routinised, anticipated organisational response to such situations. In this paper we explore whether the ontological security of frontline officers was undermined by pandemic policing’s disruption to these standardised intraorganisational procedures for leading critical and crisis situations. Using empirical data from a mixed method study within two UK police forces, we examine the issue from the frontline officer perspective. Despite organisationally adopting the normatively anticipated response, the GSB model’s adaptation resulted in reduced volumes of proximal support, communication, and direction from senior leaders, and did not therefore meet frontline officers’ normative expectations of crisis command and leadership, a consequence of which was weakened levels of ontological security within frontline officers. As everyday working practices develop within policing, we propose that the study exposes potential weakness in the GSB structure. Policing and Society 26/5/2025 Research article Police as Gatekeepers: Pretrial Release Decision-Making in South Korea Extensive research has examined factors influencing pretrial release decisions, particularly in Western judicial contexts. However, it remains unclear whether these findings apply to different criminal justice settings, particularly in South Korea, where police officers, not judges, determine suspect release. Using data from 1433 money mule arrests in Seoul (2018–2021), this study analyzes suspect- and police station-level determinants of release decisions. Results indicate that legal factors (criminal record, financial damage) and extralegal factors (gender, nationality) significantly influence release. Female and Korean suspects were more likely to be released, while those with prior records or greater financial damage were less likely to be released. Police station size and caseload showed no significant effects. Despite South Korea’s centralized police structure, substantial variation in release decisions across stations suggests that informal discretion plays a critical role. These findings underscore the need for standardized frameworks to promote consistency and reduce demographic disparities in pretrial release. Police Quarterly - Subscription at source 26/5/2025 Research article Police use of X (Twitter) during the 2024 UK riots During the summer of 2024, significant disorder and protesting broke out across the United Kingdom. Throughout this period, police forces utilised the social media platform X to communicate with users. The study focuses on the potential for police services to engage in dialogical policing with online users during a period of national civil disorder. The X posts from seven police force accounts during the 2024 disorder were analysed. The findings demonstrate that the police used four key tactics: (i) indicating awareness of misinformation online, (ii) condemnation of those involved and warnings of consequences, (iii) sharing of police information, and (iv) demonstration of community cohesion. Whilst there was some evidence of dialogue policing being used by police forces, many of the posts were one-way, with this approach prioritised over two-way communication. The findings have significant implications for all police agencies regarding how they communicate online with citizens during widespread civil unrest. Police Practice and Research 26/5/2025 Research article Police officers’ self-legitimacy and support for community policing Police officers’ perception of self-legitimacy influences their attitudes and behavior in interactions with residents. Drawing on data from a survey of 415 police officers collected in 2022 at 24 police stations in Slovenia, this study aims to test the correlations between police officers’ self-legitimacy and their support for community policing. Multivariate analyses showed that relations with colleagues correlated with the self-legitimacy of police officers. Results indicate that correlations between traditional ‘core variables’ (relationships with colleagues, supervisors’ procedural justice, and audience legitimacy) used to explore self-legitimacy in police and police officers’ self-legitimacy are limited. Self-legitimacy, audience legitimacy, and gender correlated with police officers’ support of community policing. In contrast, supervisors’ procedural justice and audience legitimacy correlated with their support for the official community policing policy (i.e. the Slovenian Community Policing Strategy). The results highlight differences between police officers’ support for community policing and support for official policies that dictate their work in practice. Police Practice and Research 26/5/2025 Research article Fraud offences rise significantly in first quarter, Garda data shows REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: 61% increase in reported fraud or economic crime when compared to first three months of 2024 The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 26/5/2025 News The effect of mindfulness-based interventions on stress and mental health outcomes among police officers: a systematic review and meta-analysis The high demands of policing frequently result in stress, negatively impacting police officers’ mental health. Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) have been increasingly recognised as effective for reducing stress in police. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effectiveness of MBIs on stress and mental health outcomes in police. Eleven studies were included, with a total of 967 participants. Both within- and between-group analyses demonstrated small to moderate effects of MBIs for reducing overall stress and improving mental health at post-intervention. These effects endured at follow-up for within-group comparisons. Between-group analyses showed MBIs had a small effect on overall mental health at follow-up in comparison to the control groups, however no significant effects on overall stress were detected at follow-up. MBIs may have a positive cumulative impact on stress and mental health, providing preliminary support for policing organisations to integrate MBIs into existing occupational health policy frameworks. Police Practice and Research 26/5/2025 Research article Garda figures show significant decrease in reported crime this year REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Gardaí say there has been a significant decrease in robbery, burglary, violent disorder, crimes against the person and theft offences this year. RTÉ (Republic of Ireland) 26/5/2025 News Australian state plans to ban the sale of machetes following violent gang fight AUSTRALIA: An Australian state government is banning the sale of machetes after a violent gang fight in a suburban shopping mall injured a young ma Fox News 26/5/2025 News ‘I’m terrified for the future of women amid new police guidance on pregnancy loss’ Feminist speaker and activist Eliza Hatch shares her fears over the UK police's "invasive" guidance, which allows them to search women's phones in the case of suspected illegal abortion Mirror 26/5/2025 News Police combing 7,500 hours of NI race riots footage as campaign group criticises response The number of people convicted following race-related riots in Belfast last summer is “shockingly low”, an advocacy group on immigration issues has said. Belfast Telegraph - Subscription at source 26/5/2025 News ‘Dixon of Dock Green’ policing leaves fraud epidemic ‘crime without consequence’ Fraud in Britain is spiralling out of control, with outdated policing methods struggling to keep up. A top executive warns of a crime wave with no end in sight. Express 26/5/2025 News Australia fast-tracks machete ban after shopping centre attack AUSTRALIA: A fight involving machetes at a Melbourne shopping centre has prompted an Australian state to fast-track the country's first-ever ban on the weapon's sale. BBC 26/5/2025 News Breaking the organisational silence on police-perpetrated domestic abuse Following some high-profile cases of police-perpetrated domestic abuse (PPDA) in the UK, there are growing concerns over the reporting of such offences and appropriate policing responses; drawing on research into an advocacy support intervention for victim-survivors of PPDA, Dr Clare Rawdin, Dr Sarah Wallace and Professor Emma Williams show how ‘organisational silence’ over PPDA is often maintained but can also be challenged. Policing Insight - Registration at source 26/5/2025 Analysis, Feature ANZPAA Police Conference 2025 Policing for the future – What matters most It is only 6 months to go to ANZPAA Police Conference 2025 (PC25) Organised by the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) and supported by Policing Insight and PolicingTV as global media partners. Hosted by the Police Commissioners from across Australia and New Zealand, PC25 Centering on the theme Policing for the Future: What Matters Most. PolicingTV 26/5/2025 Advertisement, Feature, Video Handing NHS staff police powers to detain mental health patients would have dangerous consequences, health bodies warn A group of health organisation said that changes to the Mental Health Bill would cause ‘significant harm with dangerous consequences’ The Independent 25/5/2025 News «727374757677787980Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
