Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104821 total results. Showing results 15461 to 15480 «770771772773774775776777778Next ›Last » Reimagining the familiar stranger as a source of security: generating guardianship through everyday mobility The familiar stranger is a social phenomenon that emerges from the serial reproduction of daily routines, structured around urban places and practices, that results in repeated encounters with the same individuals over time. Scholarship suggests that increased familiarity among individuals might incur crime control benefits at places by reducing individual anonymity and enhancing the moral obligation to obey behavioural norms. Familiarity with place-based norms and regularities can also enhance guardianship capacity and willingness to intervene when problems arise. In this paper, we detail a framework that integrates geographical, sociological, and psychological understandings of urban daily life to conceptualize the familiar stranger as a uniquely urban phenomenon emerging from multiple social processes synchronising in time-space. Our framework highlights the capacity for variation in relation to intensity contingent on daily regularities, place attributes, structures and social norms and provides for future measurement, modelling, and monitoring of familiar strangers as a protective factor against crime that can be ascribed to individuals, places and/or social systems. We include an operationalisation of our framework for a single use case, namely familiar stranger encounters in a public transit network. Security Journal 2/8/2024 Research article Public order concerns spread after the Southport tragedy Chris Hobbs recaps a busy few days of demonstrations held in the aftermath of a major incident on Monday which saw a 17-year-old attack a dance class in the town of Southport. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 2/8/2024 Analysis, Feature Surrey mayor defends more than $1M spent on judicial review of police transition CANADA: Surrey’s mayor is defending her decision to spend more than $1 million of taxpayer money to fund a failed legal fight to keep the RCMP in her city. CTV News (Canada) 2/8/2024 News Campus Security and Crime Prevention: A View from a Police Chief with a Ph.D. in Criminology Campus security and crime prevention is a critical issue to the police department of any educational institutions in the United States. The article interviewed a police chief with doctorate degree in criminology of an urban university in Texas. He believed that an advanced degree is helpful to his career for making informative decisions in daily operations and earning trust from the community is the most essential factor to law enforcement officers. He suggested a balance between usage of technology and community policing, and a focus on the causes of crime that can be used to prevent crime. Journal of Applied Security Research - Subscription at source 2/8/2024 Feature, Interview The Systemic Racism Project London Police Service CANADA: The impetus behind this report was the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in the United States, triggering global protests against police use of force. [pdf] London Police Service (Canada) 2/8/2024 Report Judge slams Halifax police’s strip search that found drugs on accused in road rage case CANADA: A Halifax-area man has had a slew of charges against him stayed after a judge concluded he was the subject of an illegal strip search by Halifax Regional Police. CBC News (Canada) 2/8/2024 News Gardaí in Cork to wear body cameras by start of 2025 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda Chief Superintendent Tom Myers, who is in charge of policing in the Cork City Division, told The Echo he was hopeful that the technology would be worn by gardaí in the city “by the end of the year in Cork, certainly by the start of 2025”. Echo Live (Republic of Ireland) 2/8/2024 News Nearly half of Cork stations received just one Garda over the last decade REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Out of Cork's 20 Garda stations, nearly half received just one new Garda over the past decade. CorkBeo (Republic of Ireland) 2/8/2024 News New Macroom garda station will be ‘best in class’ REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: WORK is set to start on Macroom’s new garda station in the autumn, which will be the new centre of policing in Co Cork. The Southern Star (Republic of Ireland) 2/8/2024 News A new landscape: Responding collaboratively to mental health crises on the frontline With the police response to those in mental health crisis coming increasingly under focus, Brunel University’s Amy Everitt, and Dr Cody Porter and Dr Paul Gavin from UWE Bristol, highlight the key elements of a new multi-agency training approach held at Brunel University earlier this year, providing real-world immersive scenarios as well as expert insight for frontline emergency responders. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 2/8/2024 Feature, Innovation Argentina’s plan to fight crime with AI draws concerns from rights groups ARGENTINA: Argentina is launching a new unit tasked with integrating artificial intelligence into crime investigations, including analyzing camera footage with real-time facial recognition, drone surveillance and scanning social media. The announcement, however, is drawing concern from civil rights groups which say that the country already has a track record of spying on its citizens. BiometricUpdate.com 2/8/2024 News State-of-the-art police boat ‘Defender’ set to patrol Solent’s busy waters Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones has financed a unique new police RHIB for the Constabulary’s Marine Support Unit. The new high speed boat, named ‘Defender’, offers significantly advanced protection and tactical capability, which means the force is able to deal with threats at sea, even in severe weather conditions. It is fully equipped for prolonged sea searches and allows officers to board vessels of all sizes. On the Wight 2/8/2024 News UK police will use facial recognition to stop violence in the wake of Southport stabbings Following riots in the wake of the Southport stabbing attack, the UK government has announced a tougher stance against violent disorder, including the deployment of facial recognition. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Thursday that a new National Violent Disorder Programme will allow police authorities to share intelligence on the activity of violent groups. BiometricUpdate.com 2/8/2024 News Hyper-policing the Homeless: Lived Experience and the Perils of Benevolent and Malevolent Policing Drawing on interviews with 164 people experiencing homelessness across Australia, this article discusses the concept of hyper-policing to account for excessive police interventions. Hyper-policing is exhibited in the sheer numbers of police apprehensions of people experiencing homelessness (quantitative aspect) and the extreme use of force (qualitative aspect). By deploying Wacquant’s (Daedalus 139(3):74–90, 2010) notion of hyper-incarceration in “ghettos”, we reveal that policing homelessness in Australia creates a panopticon on the streets and a conveyor belt into the panopticon of prisons. The lived experience of homeless participants demonstrates that hyper-policing is characterised by casual and constant encounters that reinforce homeless peoples’ status as ‘urban outcasts’ (Wacquant Int J Urban Reg Res 17:366–383, 1993). With growing pressures on access to housing and the cost of living across Western capitalist societies, policing is likely to play an increasing role in managing the housing crisis fallout. Homeless participants contend that the antidote to hyper-policing is not better policing but the dilution of policing. A common refrain among participants was for the police to ‘leave us alone’—a strategy that does not seek help from community policing but instead seeks peace on the streets. We articulate how the voices of homeless participants furthers ‘defund the police’ and abolitionist thinking by drawing attention to the need for housing justice over policing interventions in either benevolent or malevolent forms. Critical Criminology 2/8/2024 Research article Online sexual assault reports across NSW surge over 4500 AUSTRALIA: Reports of sexual assaults have surged in NSW following a statewide rollout of a new online reporting system that enables assault victims to anonymously report information to police. The Daily Telegraph (Australia) - Subscription at source 2/8/2024 News Deadly silence: How mobile phone black spots foiled police efforts to rescue colleagues AUSTRALIA: The police commander responding to the deadly Wieambilla shootings was unable to order an officer’s rescue from likely death due to phone and radio blackspots, a coroner has heard. In Queensland (Australia) 2/8/2024 News Garda Commissioner: We have concerns about original investigation into Bishop Casey REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said officers are re-examining the original investigation into allegations that the late Bishop Eamonn Casey sexually abused children, because of concerns about the first inquiry. Commissioner Harris was speaking to reporters in Limerick at the launch of body-worn cameras for gardaí to beef up crime detection measures and provide additional safeguards for members on duty. Extra.ie (Republic of Ireland) 2/8/2024 News Digital evidence sharing platform rolled out in Scotland A £33 million Scottish government initiative for sharing digital evidence from crime scene to court room is being rolled out across Scotland. Police Professional 2/8/2024 News Bleak finances means PSNI has 160 fewer accredited detectives this year Chief Constable Jon Boutcher told the NI Policing Board that the reality of the force's financial situation 'does not seem to be getting through'. Continued cutbacks within the PSNI make it impossible for the force to do “everything we’re asked to do”, its chief constable has said. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 2/8/2024 News Levi Bellfield among most evil killers banned from getting married behind bars Serial killer Levi Bellfield‘s jailhouse wedding has been blocked under new laws banning the most evil criminals from getting married in prison. Metro 2/8/2024 News «770771772773774775776777778Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
