Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 94566 total results. Showing results 1641 to 1660 «798081828384858687Next ›Last » We spent a day on the Walsall frontline with police and saw the fight against crime in real time This week I spent the day on the frontline with officers from West Midlands Police, the British Transport Police and Safer Travel as they launched Operation Marigold in Walsall. Express & Star 19/10/2024 Feature Essex officer charged with assaulting 14-year-old child An Essex Police officer is due to appear in court charged with assaulting a 14-year-old girl, following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) 18/10/2024 News Maggie Blyth appointed as interim chief of Gloucestershire Police Chief Constable Rod Hansen was suspended by PCC Chris Nelson earlier this month after the IOPC launched an investigation into misconduct allegations. Maggie Blyth has been appointed as the interim chief constable of Gloucestershire Police, where she will be seconded from the College of Policing. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/10/2024 News Winnipeg mayor wants new emergency service to handle mental health calls that don’t require police CANADA: 'In many cases, a uniformed police officer or firefighter may not be the right response': Scott Gillingham. Winnipeg's mayor is floating the idea of a provincially funded emergency service fully dedicated to mental health calls. CBC News (Canada) 18/10/2024 News Met officer ‘with links to Jihadi woman in caliphate’ to face misconduct hearing It is alleged that she failed to provide full or honest information during the vetting process. A Met officer will face a misconduct hearing after she allegedly failed to disclose her links to a Jihadi woman living inside a so-called Islamic State caliphate in Syria. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/10/2024 News Heavily pregnant woman dies in collision with unmarked Met car The IOPC has launched an investigation into the collision, which took place near the Eltham area at around 6.15pm yesterday. A heavily pregnant woman and her baby have died following a collision with an unmarked Met Police car in south-east London. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/10/2024 News Ottawa police delaying body-worn cameras until at least 2026 CANADA: Ottawa police say it will be at least 14 months before officers can be outfitted with body-worn cameras, and are blaming the delay on budget constraints. CBC News (Canada) 18/10/2024 News Chris Kaba’s behaviour was not that of “someone who was not a threat” Old Bailey told On Friday, defence barrister Patrick Gibbs KC told jurors that NX121 was not a “RoboCop with total vision and nanosecond reactions like a computer” and perceived danger in the moment could not be captured in a “freeze frame”. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 18/10/2024 News Understanding Co-Offending Patterns and Criminal Mentorship Using Police Registry Data The current study examines registration data from the Dutch police pertaining to 2,757 individuals and 10 different crime categories, at the offense, individual, and network levels of analysis. Moreover, a novel estimate is introduced which identifies individuals’ tendency to operate as mentors or mentees in criminal networks. We find co-offending to be conditional on the type of crime and to typically involve groups of two to three offenders. Moreover, we find that men and those aged 18–25 are most likely to co-offend and that co-offenders typically do not show a preference for particular co-offenders. Individuals with central positions in the co-offending network were found to be older and to offend more frequently with a higher average of co-offenders per offense, than those less central. Lastly, we find the novel estimate to be a promising tool for identifying mentor and mentee roles in large quantitative network data. The results of the current study emphasize the importance of studying co-offending on different analytical levels, and to differentiate co-offending by different crime types, network positions, and individual roles, to better inform theory and policy. Deviant Behavior 18/10/2024 Research article Never bring a knife to a gunfight? Lethality of weapon use in Dutch homicides Firearm violence is a serious issue in Europe, yet the validity of existing theoretical approaches to weapon use in violent encounters have not been explicitly tested in the European context. This study tested existing hypotheses on weapon use and lethality – the Adversary Effects Hypothesis, the Physical Strength Hypothesis, and the Social Distance Hypothesis – using homicide data from the Netherlands, where detailed data on weapon use in homicide are available. Based on these hypotheses, we expected victim characteristics and the social distance between the victim and perpetrator to affect the modus operandi. However, our results do not align with these expectations when situational control variables are included. We conclude that existing studies on weapon lethality have a limited generalizability due to their assumption of free weapon choice. This is only met in contexts in which legal availability of firearms is high, which is not the case in the Netherlands. In addition, the hypotheses focus too narrowly on victim characteristics, without accounting for the situational factors influencing violent encounters. Based on these insights, we provide suggestions for theoretical and empirical improvements on firearm violence research. European Journal of Criminology 18/10/2024 Research article Barrie police say new approach to downtown crime is working CANADA: 'These efforts helped to reduce overall harm and disorder,' staff sergeant says of officers being present, visible and engaging. A pilot project by Barrie police aimed at addressing crime and increasing the feeling of safety in the city’s downtown appears to have been a success, according to an update to the police services board this week. Barrie Today (Canada) 18/10/2024 News Police marksman who shot Chris Kaba dead should not be held to ‘RoboCop’ standards, murder trial told The police marksman who shot Chris Kaba dead should not be held to superhuman 'RoboCop' standards, his murder trial heard. Martyn Blake does not have the 'nanosecond'-response reactions of a computer and reacted to the chaos and danger of the fatal police operation 'as a human being with a human brain,' his defence barrister said. Mail Online 18/10/2024 News Police Scotland welcomes 250 new officers as job is made ‘more accessible’ Of the new recruits, 80 were women and 170 were men – bringing the ‘officer strength’ of the force to about 16,400. STV News 18/10/2024 News The Guardian view on prison reform: Labour must champion alternatives Jails are squalid and the number of incarcerated people keeps rising. Investing in probation is part of the answer The Guardian 18/10/2024 Feature, Opinion Ex-detective who stole £400k of seized cocaine in Manchester jailed for 19 years Andrew Talbot took drugs from a Greater Manchester police evidence store and supplied them to criminals The Guardian 18/10/2024 News Pregnant woman and unborn baby killed in crash with unmarked police car Metropolitan Police says investigation underway after collision on A20 in Eltham, south-east London The Independent 18/10/2024 News Number of deaths linked to police custody ‘extremely concerning’ The proportion of deaths involving people with mental health problems has risen, figures show. The Independent 18/10/2024 News Pregnant woman and unborn child killed in collision with Met police car Force says unmarked vehicle collided with car driven by 38-year-old woman in Eltham, south-east London The Guardian 18/10/2024 News Pregnant woman and unborn baby die in police crash A pregnant woman and her unborn child have died after the car they were travelling in was hit by an unmarked police car. BBC 18/10/2024 News Government promises to eliminate backlog of modern slavery case within two years The Government has pledged to eradicate the backlog of decisions on modern slavery cases within two years under fresh measures unveiled on Friday (October 18). Police Professional 18/10/2024 News «798081828384858687Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
