Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104900 total results. Showing results 1661 to 1680 «808182838485868788Next ›Last » Lincolnshire Police introduces new Enhanced Video Response Team Victims of crime in Lincolnshire will now have the option to speak to officers via video link as part of a new initiative to deliver a more flexible service to the public. Emergency Services Times 3/7/2025 News Inspection of Greater Manchester Police and its safeguarding partners’ approach to investigating allegations of child criminal and sexual exploitation Child sexual abuse and exploitation have a devastating effect on children and their families. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 3/7/2025 Report Greater Manchester Police has improved how it investigates child sexual exploitation, but needs to address gaps in training Greater Manchester Police has made significant improvements to how it understands and investigates child sexual exploitation, but needs to make sure investigators have the necessary skills for their roles, the police inspectorate has said. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 3/7/2025 News Greater Manchester police investigating 1,000 grooming gang suspects The force’s handling of group-based child sexual exploitation and other forms of child abuse has made ‘significant improvements’, according to a report The Times - Subscription at source 3/7/2025 News Met police accused of ‘assault on right to protest’ after tenfold rise in nuisance law arrests FoI requests also reveal that since 2019 less than 3% of those held under law in London were prosecuted The Guardian 3/7/2025 News Officer’s ‘predatory’ messages show ‘no change’ "Predatory" messages sent by a male police officer to female colleagues over seven years show "nothing has changed" in policing, an expert has said. BBC 3/7/2025 News Policing organisations at the World Police Summit: The intersection of technology and policing This video, captured at the World Police Summit, explores a range of topics through the eyes of the policing organisations that attended . From the intersection of technology and policing, innovative AI tools for police training, the implications of the metaverse for law enforcement, the importance of women in leadership roles, the growing threat of cybercrime, and the collaborative efforts to enhance road safety. Experts from various fields share insights on how these elements are shaping the future of policing globally. PolicingTV 3/7/2025 Feature, Interview, Opinion, Video Condensed charging guidance helps to improve case file quality Clearer guidance on building a strong criminal case file has been published following a partnership between police and prosecutors, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) 2/7/2025 News Tipp-Clare Garda division under resourced in fight against drugs REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Drug searches drop by 44% in Tipp-Clare Garda division says Fine Gael TD, Mr Joe Cooney. Thurles Information (Republic of Ireland) 2/7/2025 News Anti-Social Behaviour Awareness Week: A time to reflect, shift focus and act – because victims deserve nothing less With Anti-social Behaviour Awareness Week now underway (30 June to 6 July), the Victims’ Commissioner reflects on what must change to better recognise and support victims of persistent anti-social behaviour. Victims' Commissioner 2/7/2025 News Alberta names provincial police force, appoints former Calgary officer as first chief CANADA: Minister says Alberta Sheriffs Police Service will report to civilian oversight board. Alberta's government has named its own provincial police force and announced its first chief. Former deputy Calgary police chief Sat Parhar has been tapped to lead the new force, which the province says it intends to call the Alberta Sheriffs Police Service. CBC News (Canada) 2/7/2025 News Police innovation and institutional entrepreneurs: the emergence of police drug diversion schemes in England and Wales This article advances knowledge about the initiation of police innovation in the context of drugs policing. Drawing on the findings of a qualitative research project, it provides an original account of the emergence of police drug diversion schemes in England and Wales by analysing the complex interactions between individual, organisational and environmental determinants. The concept of institutional entrepreneurship is applied to examine the role of diversion entrepreneurs in the innovation process. These are the key police actors behind local schemes who had an interest in changing the institutional status quo. Diversion entrepreneurs wove together various forms of knowledge to frame problems and persuade stakeholders that diversion would address policing priorities and reduce demand by reducing reoffending and the resources needed to deal with people caught committing minor drug-related offences. Police budget cuts had created fertile ground for diversion as police organisations were leaning towards more proactive styles of policing which focus on prevention by addressing the underlying causes of crime. Making the case for diversion also required diversion entrepreneurs to highlight the shortcomings of existing practices and present diversion as a viable alternative to traditional enforcement interventions that seek to tackle drug problems through criminal sanctions. This involved interpretive struggles over the police role and managing perceptions of risk. It is argued that police scholars should pay closer attention to institutional entrepreneurship within police organisations to enhance understanding of processes of innovation and cultural change. Policing and Society 2/7/2025 Research article Aussie state’s new AI cameras catch 130,000 people since January – 800 a day! AUSTRALIA: Western Australia's new AI-powered cameras have uncovered some unbelievable driver deeds, with the police minister putting motorists on notice. During a budget hearing in the WA State Parliament on Tuesday, it was revealed that the camera had captured 130,000 offences since January 26. 50,000 caution letters were issued to those in breach of road rules. Which Car? 2/7/2025 News WA coroner makes nine recommendations after finding policeman acted ‘too hastily’ before shooting JC AUSTRALIA: WA Coroner Ros Fogliani has found the fatal shooting of an Indigenous woman by a police officer in Geraldton in 2019 was preventable. The 29-year-old woman, referred to as JC for cultural reasons, was shot dead by officer Brent Wyndham, after she was recently released from prison and reported to be walking down a suburban street holding a knife. ABC News (Australia) 2/7/2025 News Police officer clocked at 150km/h without lights or sirens NEW ZEALAND: A police officer who claimed to be "testing" the speed of their patrol car was clocked by another officer at more than 150km/h without lights or sirens. According to the Independent Police Conduct Authority, which investigated the incident, the Eastern District officer had been in a marked patrol car travelling at 154km/h in a 100km/h zone and was detected by another officer's radar. 1 News (New Zealand) 2/7/2025 News Essex Police to close front counters at some stations to generate funds for visible policing Essex Police has confirmed it is set to close front counters at some of its stations throughout the county, in a move it hopes will provide more funds for visible policing. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 2/7/2025 News Acceptance and use of the NICHD child investigative interview protocol: Testing the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a better overview of the reasons why trained French investigators do or do not use the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development investigative interview protocol (NICHD protocol) when interviewing alleged child victims. Design/methodology/approach: For this purpose, 278 investigators who had been trained in the protocol and had used it completed an online survey, and ten of them were also questioned in more detail through semi-structured interviews. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT) was used here for the first time to study the acceptance and use of a new interview technique. Findings: The results of this study confirmed most relationships between the different constructs proposed by the UTAUT model. Thus, the more interviewers believe that the protocol would help them interview children better (performance expectancy) and that it would require little effort to implement (effort expectancy), the more they intended to use the NICHD protocol during interviews. This intention to use and the presence of material and intellectual resources (facilitating conditions) were important predictors of effective use of the NICHD protocol in interviews. This model, therefore, appears to be relevant in explaining the use of the NICHD protocol in the field. Practical implications: Several courses of action are suggested to increase intention to use and use of the protocol. These include proposing a communication campaign about the protocol, improving training, particularly by incorporating intention implementation, and setting up post-training follow-up. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first time that a model originally designed to predict the intention to use a technology has been applied to the intention and use of an interview technique, in this case, the NICHD protocol. This makes it possible to consider relevant actions that could increase the effectiveness of training in interviewing techniques. Journal of Criminal Psychology - Subscription at source 2/7/2025 Research article The Greening of Environmental Criminology: Changing Meanings of Disorder in an English Town Grounded in a detailed local study of everyday security, in this paper we set out a path for bringing together environmental and green criminology. Revisiting an old research site, Macclesfield in north-west England, we encountered marked shifts in the local meanings of disorder that seem to have developed since we were last there in the mid-1990s. Residents described ‘chronic harms’ that focussed on various forms of ‘litter’ (e.g. drugs detritus, abandoned buildings, potholes) and the detrimental effects of local development (e.g. traffic congestion, air pollution, damage to the natural environment). We show how these harms matter because they are entangled with people’s sense of the liveability and sustainability of the places they care about and inhabit. We conclude by spelling out the implications of seeing local disorder, not through the received criminological lens of ‘broken windows’ policing, but as instances of environmental degradation that call for revised ecological ways of thinking and acting on questions of security. British Journal of Criminology 2/7/2025 Research article West Mercia Police officers shine at annual GradEx Conference The achievements of three West Mercia Police (WMP) officers were celebrated last month at the annual GradEx event, hosted by the University of Staffordshire. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 2/7/2025 News Police uncover largest known cannabis cultivation in Scotland worth £12m Police Scotland officers had executed a warrant at a derelict building at Nairn Campus, High Street, Kirkcaldy, where the cultivation was discovered last month. Police Professional 2/7/2025 News «808182838485868788Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
