Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104900 total results. Showing results 1721 to 1740 «838485868788899091Next ›Last » ‘The name of the game’: policing perspectives on cybercrime disruption There is an increasing focus on disruption as a response to cybercrime in criminological and cybersecurity research. This paper seeks to extend existing literature on the police role in relation to cybercrime. The paper is based on a large, international and comparative study on the policing of cybercrime involving 90 interviews with members of law enforcement or policing agencies across three Five Eyes countries. Disruption emerged organically as a major theme regarding how police pursue their role in two of those countries. The paper is framed around the following themes: the necessity for disruption, understanding disruption, approaching disruption, and evaluating disruption. Both countries tended to adopt different mandates in relation to cybercrime that subsequently impacted how disruption is defined, operationalised, and measured. However, underlying these differences was a shared perception that disruption was increasingly becoming the most pragmatic cyber policing strategy, which has significant implications for police policy and practice. Police Practice and Research 1/7/2025 Research article Dutch police to strip victim and witness data from crime reports to curb intimidation NETHERLANDS: Police and prosecutors in the Netherlands will begin shielding the personal details of crime victims and witnesses more strictly, aiming to prevent intimidation and fear among those who report offenses, according to De Volkskrant. The new approach takes effect Tuesday, coinciding with a law that sharply limits which personal data can appear in official reports. NL Times (Netherlands) 1/7/2025 News Specialist policing units as a pathway towards procedural justice for domestic abuse victims The available research on specialist policing responses to violence against women and girls highlights multiple benefits. However, there is limited evidence about the key features of specialist units, the specific mechanisms that lead to improved outcomes, and the extent to which procedural justice theory can be seen to underpin specialist alternatives to ‘business as usual’ policing approaches. This paper advances knowledge on the topic of specialist policing units designed to improve the response to VAWG, with a specific focus on domestic abuse, by reporting findings from two interlinked mixed-methods research projects that took place in Wales during 2023–2024, including workshops with representatives from the four police forces and a case study from one police force. Several types of data were collected and analysed: focus groups with police (n = 10 participants), interviews with police and partner agencies (n = 10), domestic abuse cases referred to a specialist unit over a 9-month period (n = 387), and survey feedback from domestic abuse victims (n = 413). The workshops revealed strong consensus around specialist units having a defined remit and a clear mission of being victim-led, with dedicated time and resources including specialist knowledge and expertise and arrangements in place for working in close collaboration with partner agencies. The Operation Diogel case study demonstrated how these underlying mechanisms generated a range of improvements when put into practice, including higher victim satisfaction, better safeguarding and criminal justice outcomes, and enhanced tradecraft, teamworking and morale amongst the officers involved. Policing and Society 1/7/2025 Research article Resistance to work against sexual harassment within the police Implementing change initiatives in organisations is particularly challenging when these threaten established norms and status hierarchies. This paper examines expressions of resistance when sexual harassment is addressed in the Swedish police, and analyses how such resistance can be understood in this context. The data consists of field studies and 65 interviews within the Police Authority and Police Academies in Sweden. The results show that sexual harassment is attributed to a few individual ‘rotten apples’ or framed as a ‘generational issue’, and thus not seen as a collective and organisational concern. The resistance strategies seek to protect an appreciated sexualised banter in the organisation, and criticise the tone, allocated resources, and attribution of responsibility in initiatives against sexual harassment, in particular an explicit gendering of the issue. The resistance moreover contributes to individualise and externalise sexual harassment and avoid accountability. The article discusses the implications of resistance practices for the organisation’s efforts to prevent sexual harassment and suggest that resistance must be acknowledged and addressed when implementing change initiatives. This is particularly important when change is perceived as challenging positive aspects of work culture and involves accountability for misconduct. Policing and Society 1/7/2025 Research article ‘The name of the game’: policing perspectives on cybercrime disruption There is an increasing focus on disruption as a response to cybercrime in criminological and cybersecurity research. This paper seeks to extend existing literature on the police role in relation to cybercrime. The paper is based on a large, international and comparative study on the policing of cybercrime involving 90 interviews with members of law enforcement or policing agencies across three Five Eyes countries. Disruption emerged organically as a major theme regarding how police pursue their role in two of those countries. The paper is framed around the following themes: the necessity for disruption, understanding disruption, approaching disruption, and evaluating disruption. Both countries tended to adopt different mandates in relation to cybercrime that subsequently impacted how disruption is defined, operationalised, and measured. However, underlying these differences was a shared perception that disruption was increasingly becoming the most pragmatic cyber policing strategy, which has significant implications for police policy and practice. Police Practice and Research 1/7/2025 Research article High-profile SA police officer dodges conviction for failing to stop after crash AUSTRALIA: A high-ranking South Australian police officer has been fined after admitting to failing to stop following a car crash in Adelaide's city centre. The officer, Brevet Sergeant Daryl Mundy, was campaigning for re-election as the deputy president of the Police Association at the time of the incident on Morphett Street in February, and had served in the force for 35 years. 9 News (Australia) 1/7/2025 News Police warn of rising online threats to Kiwi children on social media – The Front Page NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand Police are becoming increasingly concerned about online groups targeting Kiwi children through social media. Investigations by the Herald have highlighted a rise in predators using social media to target their victims. NZ Herald (New Zealand) 1/7/2025 News How chatbot communication styles impact citizen reports to police: Testing procedural justice and overaccommodation approaches in a survey experiment. Objective: We developed and tested a chatbot for reporting information to police. We examined how chatbot communication styles impacted three outcomes: (a) report accuracy, (b) willingness to provide contact information, and (c) user trust in the chatbot system. Hypotheses: In police-citizen interactions, people respond more positively when police officers use a combination of power and solidarity in their communication. We expected that this would hold for citizen-reporting chatbot interactions. Method: We conducted an online survey experiment with 950 U.S. adults who approximated the population on key demographics. Participants watched a video of a suspicious scenario and reported the incident to a chatbot. We manipulated and programmed the communication style of a generative pre-trained transformer chatbot to include elements of the power-solidarity framework from linguistics to create a 2 (power: low vs. high) × 2 (solidarity: low vs. high) design. We then compared three outcomes across conditions. Results: The high power–high solidarity condition yielded the most positive responses. Relative to high power–high solidarity reports, low power–low solidarity reports were less accurate about the individual involved. Trust in the chatbot and willingness to provide contact information did not vary across conditions. Conclusion: Findings contributed to criminological, linguistic, and information technology literatures to show how communication styles impact user responses to and perceptions of a chatbot for reporting to police. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved) Law and Human Behavior - Subscription at source 1/7/2025 Research article Early Adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Law Enforcement: A Mixed-Methods Study of Policy, Practice, and Perception Law enforcement (LE) agencies across the United States are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools for operations, particularly for Body Worn Camera (BWC) or transcription-based report generation. These tools are marketed to improve efficiency within LE agencies, specifically as a time-saving solution to the report writing process. This mixed-methods study investigates how GenAI is being used in LE, focusing on its application to report writing. It also considers the curation process of adopting GenAI products, how policies were developed to support the use of such products, and what training is provided to LE officers operating in the field. Data were collected through a national survey of LE agency executives, semi-structured interviews with LE executives, researchers, and technology developers, and a review of LE policies and policy recommendations from private companies. Since GenAI in LE is still in its early stages, a literature review has provided insight, but alone, would not have been sufficient. Results from the literature, survey, and interviews, indicated that while a growing number of LE agencies are piloting or adopting GenAI technology, there remains a gap in AI literacy, policy development, and training. Many LE executives pointed to a ‘time-saved’ metric as the deciding factor to pilot or purchase products. While there is skepticism around the anecdotal time savings from internal LE data, and despite the available scientific research suggesting no significant time savings, many of the LE executives interviewed have anecdotally cited improved report quality and increased officer morale. The results of this study highlight the need for policies, training programs, and internal subject matter expertise to guide ethical and effective GenAI implementation in law enforcement. Recommendations for LE agencies looking to adopt GenAI for LE operations are as follows: 1. Develop a policy and internal subject matter experts (SMEs) 2. Include stakeholders (prosecutors and local government) early and often 3. Pilot AI technology transparently and progressively 4. Measure and establish baselines for report writing time and report writing quality 5. Always maintain a human in the loop 6. Develop a regular training curriculum and audit schedule of AI products CRIMRXIV 1/7/2025 Research article New EVR team to allow Lincolnshire locals to speak with officers via video link A new Enhanced Video Response Team (EVR) is set to give locals in Lincolnshire the chance to speak with officers via video link, offering a new initiative to deliver a more flexible service to the public. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/7/2025 News The grooming gangs scandal is still going on – the abusers are using any means possible Victims like Fiona Goddard and worried mothers say they are waiting for the full scale of sexual exploitation in Bradford to be investigated The Telegraph - Subscription at source 1/7/2025 News Ryland Headley evaded police for 58 years. Then a single handprint brought him to justice For decades, Ryland Headley went undetected for the violent murder of Louise Dunne in Bristol, until police officers re-examining the case discovered key links to the killer from boxed evidence The Independent 1/7/2025 News Policing must be ‘greater priority’ as a third of Scots say crime has increased Policing must be a "greater priority", ministers have been warned, after a poll found a third of Scots felt crime in their area had increased. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/7/2025 News PFNI says Executive ministers are ‘failing policing’ The Police Federation for Northern Ireland (PFNI) is accusing ministers in the Executive of “failing policing” after they continued to delay approving the £200 million Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Recovery Plan. Police Professional 1/7/2025 News PSNI ‘showed restraint’ in use of baton rounds during recent riots "Police commanders did not authorise any use of force until all other options had been exhausted." Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/7/2025 News Heroic PC is Cumbria’s nomination for the National Police Bravery Awards A heroic PC who dug an elderly man out of a collapsed house caused by a suspected gas explosion has been nominated for the National Police Bravery Awards 2025. Police Professional 1/7/2025 News Retiring NWP officer marks last day after more than four decades in policing The retiring North Wales Police officer, Stephen John Williams, has marked his last working day after more than four decades in policing. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 1/7/2025 News Groundbreaking technology boosts MPS’s fight against VAWG The Metropolitan Police Service MPS) is rolling out new technology across London that makes it easier to photograph and visualise bruising on victims of violence, particularly on darker skins. Police Professional 1/7/2025 News Brantford Police Services Board expands leadership team, appoints two deputy chiefs CANADA: The Brantford Police Services Board has announced a significant restructuring of its leadership, creating a second deputy chief of police position and appointing two accomplished members of the service to the roles. Blue Line (Canada) 1/7/2025 News Victims can give statements to police by video Victims of crime in Lincolnshire can now talk to police officers via video call. BBC 1/7/2025 News «838485868788899091Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
