Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115399 total results. Showing results 16381 to 16400 «816817818819820821822823824Next ›Last » Youth crime in Victoria spikes to highest rate in decades AUSTRALIA: Crime committed by young people across Victoria has reached its highest level in three decades. New data from the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) revealed that the overall number of criminal acts has also climbed to the highest rate since 2016. 9 News (Australia) 20/3/2025 News Abstract policing, Covid-19 and the ‘rural idyll’ in Scotland The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on rural ‘policing’ (broadly defined to include a range of institutions involved in order maintenance) remains relatively under-discussed and under-theorised. The pandemic created particular challenges for these services in rural areas, particularly in the context of increasingly abstract forms of policing following the creation of Police Scotland and other forms of service provision, and the interaction of these with rurally-contingent inequalities. These were especially felt in rural areas, as were concerns about tourism as a possible (social and epidemiological) threat to rural life. Drawing on qualitative data from two projects, we use a novel interdisciplinary synthesis of theories of ‘abstract policing’ and the ‘rural idyll’ to show how the pandemic acted as a flashpoint for a range of concerns about policing and social order in rurality. Policing and Society 20/3/2025 Research article Police chief turnover in Texas: Do institutional environments matter? The field of organizational studies has extensively examined factors influencing the turnover and succession of public officers, yet limited attention has been given to chiefs of police. Using institutional theory as a framework, this study explores police chief turnover by focusing on the institutional environment and the relationships between police chiefs and key individuals and entities within their communities. Utilizing survey data collected from police chiefs attending mandatory training programs designed for new appointees, the analysis reveals that police chief turnover is substantially associated with the quality of relationships with key stakeholders within the institutional environments, both individually and collectively. In addition, control variables such as police performance, appointment path, tenure length, agency size, and municipal structure were analyzed. Policy implications are discussed. International Journal of Police Science & Management - Subscription at source 20/3/2025 Research article Hate Crime Police Intervention and Neighborhood Context: A Multilevel Analysis Prior studies document the complexity of hate crime determination by police. The likelihood of criminal justice intervention into cases of hate crime is influenced by several factors including the situational, officer, agency, and structural. While most work focuses on the hate crimes clearance via arrest and federal reporting compliance, there is limited attention on earlier points of police discretion in potential hate crime cases. To add, most scholarship has been focused on between-agency behavior while ignoring internal organizational processes that may influence hate crime police response. We employed a multilevel analysis of crime incidents from the Los Angeles Police Department to clarify the predictors of hate crime case funneling, focusing on the likelihood of official classification as well as police arrest. Our findings suggest some degree of neighborhood clustering and that police intervention into hate crime is constrained by a host of situational, organizational, and other environmental factors. Criminal Justice and Behaviour - Subscription at source 20/3/2025 Research article ‘Vital’ accurate biological sex is recorded by police rather than gender identity The Labour MP's plea comes after an independent review called on the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, to order all forces in England and Wales to ensure they recorded a person's biological data. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/3/2025 News West Midlands Police PCC applies for 150 extra officers in plea to Home Office The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the region, Simon Foster, said the force was still way behind its officer numbers of 2010. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/3/2025 News Police and Government secrecy fuelled Southport attack information, Tories say The police, Government and Crown Prosecution Service have been accused of being responsible for "secrecy" that led to the summer riots after the Southport terror attack in July, the Conservatives have claimed. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 20/3/2025 News PIRC recommendations to Police Scotland after firearms used to dispatch XL Bully dogs The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found grounds for improvement after investigating police use of firearms to dispatch two XL Bully dogs. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News US and Canadian officers study matchday operations at Police Scotland ahead of World Cup American and Canadian law enforcement officials visited Police Scotland for learning ahead of the World Cup being held there next year. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News Judge won’t review case involving Edmonton officer who kicked teen’s head like a soccer ball CANADA: An Alberta judge won’t review the Crown’s decision not to charge an Edmonton police officer who kicked an Indigenous teenager five years ago. Blue Line (Canada) 20/3/2025 News Welsh police, fire and ambulance pledge new approach to bereaved and survivors of public tragedies Organisations across Wales have signed a charter which commits them to responding to public tragedies with openness, transparency and accountability. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News More than 860 uninsured vehicles seized by City of London Police in 2024 City of London Police seized more than 860 uninsured vehicles across the region between January and December last year. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News Montreal adds police patrols, limits loitering to boost sense of security in metro CANADA: Montreal’s metro system will see more police patrols and a crackdown on loitering, transit officials said Thursday, citing the fact the network has become a last-resort shelter for people struggling with drug addiction and mental illness. Blue Line (Canada) 20/3/2025 News Police appeal to public to help identify summer disorder suspects A national policing operation is working with the BBC’s Crimewatch Live to help identify those suspected of committing criminal offences during last summer’s disorder. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News Gene Bowers officially sworn in as chief of police for the Winnipeg Police Service CANADA: The Winnipeg Police Board and the Winnipeg Police Service announce the official swearing-in of Gene Bowers as the 19th Chief of Police in Winnipeg’s history. Blue Line (Canada) 20/3/2025 News Garda entry standards slashed amid legal concerns over ‘Direct Discrimination REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Documents seen by Gript show that the physical fitness test required to join An Garda Síochána was significantly changed based, in part, on internal concerns that the then-existing test, which held men and women to different targets, “contains elements that may be open to legal challenge under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 – 2015.” Gript (Republic of Ireland) 20/3/2025 News 422 arrests and £7.5m seized in national crackdown on fraud More than 420 people have been arrested and cash and assets worth £7.5 million seized in a UK-wide crackdown on fraud. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News CPS and Northamptonshire Police issue charging statement on death of Harshita Brella The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Northamptonshire Police have issued a joint statement regarding the investigation into the death of Harshita Brella in November 2024. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News NCA launches online campaign to tackle ‘sextortion’ among teenage boys The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a campaign to combat the threat posed to teenage boys by financially motivated sexual extortion – a type of online blackmail widely known as ‘sextortion’. Police Professional 20/3/2025 News Social Protection officials may be allowed to sit in on Garda interviews in welfare fraud investigations REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Dara Calleary looking at legislation on this issue on foot of recommendations of review group on economic crime. 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