Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104893 total results. Showing results 1841 to 1860 «899091929394959697Next ›Last » Grim warning from state’s new top cop after crime explosion AUSTRALIA: Mike Bush is under no illusion about the challenges that confront him as top cop after a leadership crisis in Australia's second-largest police force. The former New Zealand police commissioner officially took the reins of Victoria Police on Friday, ending a four-month saga among the force's top ranks. Restoring public trust in the troubled force and tackling the state's exploding crime rate are among his initial priorities. Mail Online 27/6/2025 News Leaving Brame Behind: An Urgent Call to Shift the Focus of Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence Research Survivors of domestic violence face ample challenges when seeking support for the abuse they experience. Survivors of police officer-perpetrated domestic violence (OPDV) face unique challenges due to their abuser's role as a police officer. OPDV research has failed to capture this reality by creating a significant knowledge gap in survivor experience. Centering survivor perspective in future work offers researchers a path to begin repairing harm and advance a more accurate, accountable understanding of OPDV. Violence Against Women - Subscription at source 27/6/2025 Research article Relationship between burnout, job satisfaction and psychological wellbeing in Spanish Civil Guard This study examines burnout (emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy), job satisfaction, and psychological wellbeing in Spanish Civil Guard officers, analysing their interrelationships and predictive effects. A total of 604 active-duty officers (90.2% male, mean age = 43.3 years) participated, completing online versions of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), and the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Results showed that 22.4% exhibited a burnout profile, 39% reported job dissatisfaction, and 36.6% experienced psychological distress. Significant associations emerged among burnout dimensions, job satisfaction, and wellbeing. Emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, professional efficacy, and age were key wellbeing predictors. Findings highlight the need for targeted interventions to mitigate burnout, improve job satisfaction, and promote officer wellbeing. The study advances theoretical understanding and informs policies to enhance working conditions within policing, contributing to both individual welfare and organisational effectiveness. Police Practice and Research 27/6/2025 Research article Bridging campus police and campus community with therapy dogs Introduction: Empirical research about therapy dogs on campus tends to focus on the impact of the therapy dogs on students. This novel study explored the impact of two therapy dogs, each handled by Police Officers of a mid-western campus in the United States. The explicit intention of the therapy dog program is to bridge relationships between students and the officers. The program had not yet been evaluated, which is the aim of this study. The aim of this paper was to explore why students enjoy engaging with the therapy dogs, where they prefer to visit them, and what they perceive as their benefit. Based on their responses, the final research question sought to identify if the handler being a police officer have an impact on student and campus community engagement with therapy dogs. Methods: After completing a scoping literature review, a ten-question Qualtrics survey was administered to students, staff and faculty via campus e-news and flyers with a QR code distributed on campus. The survey was accessed 1391 times, and completed 1035 times; 796 students, 79 faculty, and 160 staff. Analysis included descriptive frequencies, thematic analysis, followed by a sentiment analysis using RoBERTa, and polarity of distribution. The survey questions are included for potential study replication. A case study is included in the discussion to highlight best practices for a Police Officer facilitated therapy dog campus program. Findings: The findings are consistent with other studies which show a largely positive impact on stress reduction and mental health for those who interact with therapy dogs. There was a strong positive association with the campus therapy dogs. Respondents revealed that most of the time they visited the therapy dogs in common areas and in outside green spaces. Perceived benefits included relaxation in times of stress and a comforting reminder of home, which provided a sense of belonging on campus; the dogs strongly promoted a unified sense of joy across campus. Finally, the handlers were mentioned by respondents noting that they are aware and considering the role of the handler. Conclusion: This study adds to the existing literature about positive impact of therapy dogs on campus, while filling gaps about who interacts with the dogs beyond students, where therapy dogs are effective on campus, and considerations for the role of the handler. Officers were an important factor in the respondents engagement with the therapy dogs, validating that there is importance to considering the role of who handles the dogs, and an opportunity for explicit engagement. By connecting with the police officers, as opposed to volunteer handlers, the program is intentionally building bridges between the officers and the campus community. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles 27/6/2025 Research article ‘There was no time for fear’, says officer who was injured confronting Hainault attacker Armed officers were 15 minutes away and there was no time to delay confronting man who had already killed a 14-year-old boy and severely wounded a colleague, says Met inspector. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/6/2025 News The impact of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 on the pluralisation of policing in England and Wales The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) created new, non-warranted policing roles with specific and extensive powers to investigate the money laundering that is associated with, and an intrinsic part of, serious and organised crimes, and to address the significant threats that these crimes pose (HM Government, 2018 and NCA, 2023). The POCA also permitted those new roles to operate in a variety of public bodies (which will be listed in full later in this paper but include His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the National Crime Agency (NCA), and the Home Office) and, through its sector specific aspects aimed at the regulated financial sector, in the private sector. In doing so, it had a significant impact on the pluralisation of policing in England and Wales. This paper reports on primary research which allowed for a quantitative analysis of how the POCA has impacted policing in terms of who polices, the importance placed on the skill of financial investigation, and the career paths available to those who wish to police, by investigating how many people are working in these roles across the public sector two decades after its enactment. The Police Journal: Theory Practice and Principles 27/6/2025 Research article Can Child Forensic Interviewers Accurately Review Their Own Adherence to Best-Practice Techniques? Adhering to established best-practice interview techniques is challenging for child forensic interviewers. Previous research has demonstrated improvements in adherence if interviewers receive regular feedback from experts, and similar (albeit reduced) benefits when they receive feedback from peers (that is, other child interviewers). Self-assessment offers another source of feedback for interviewers that is easily accessible with minimal cost to organisations. The current study was the first to explore child interviewers’ ability to self-assess their field interviews. A sample of 56 child interviewers completed a self-assessment form reviewing their own performance in a recent interview. To allow comparisons between self- and peer-assessment, the sample also completed a separate assessment of a fictional peer’s transcript. The self- and peer-assessment transcripts were reviewed by experts in child interviewing; participants’ assessments were compared to the experts’ assessment to determine participants’ accuracy. Participants rated their interviews more harshly than experts; this was particularly true for stronger (rather than weaker) interviewers. Participants did not consider as many best-practice elements in their self-assessments as the experts did, but stronger interviewers provided more accurate qualitative comments than weaker interviewers about the best-practice elements they considered. Unlike their own interviews, participants tended to rate the peer interview as more closely aligning to best-practice than the expert did. Results suggest that self-assessments are completed more critically than peer-assessments and that qualitative self-assessment may be a viable source of feedback for stronger (but not weaker) interviewers. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 27/6/2025 Research article ‘I just thought everyone could do it – but I was taken to one side and told this isn’t normal’ This is PCSO Andy Pope, among a tiny percentage of the population known as a super-recogniser and who has the remarkable ability to recognise and remember a face, even after only a brief encounter. Here, he tells Police Oracle about his gift and how it's helping unite three forces in locating offenders across the West Midlands' transport network. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/6/2025 News New approach needed to tackle organised vehicle crime A new report released this week, which is calling for the creation of a national investigative body and national coordination of the police, partner and industry response to organised vehicle crime, has been backed by the the National Vehicle Crime Partnership (NVCRP). Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/6/2025 News One hundred people suing Metropolitan Police over protest arrests The claimants were all detained by officers on Lambeth Bridge during a Critical Mass Cycle Ride organised by Extinction Rebellion on September 3, 2020. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 27/6/2025 News Teenager forced to expose herself in Met Police strip search says she may ‘never feel normal again’ Two Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct following a four-week tribunal examining the strip-search in a Hackney school in 2020 The Independent 27/6/2025 News After 40-year mystery, police say ‘Mr. X’ in 1985 Air India bombing is dead CANADA: Police in British Columbia believe they have solved a decades-long mystery by identifying a suspect known as “Mr. X” who is thought to have helped test a bomb before the 1985 Air India terror attack. Blue Line (Canada) 27/6/2025 News Saugeen Shores Police address social media videos from suspended officer CANADA: The Saugeen Shores Police Service (SSPS) has issued a public statement addressing a series of social media videos posted by a suspended member of the police service. Blue Line (Canada) 27/6/2025 News Police launch pilot to support neurodiverse people A police force has launched a pilot scheme in a bid to improve the way emergency services support those living with neurodiversity. BBC 27/6/2025 News Off-duty garda got ‘paralytic drunk’ at stag and assaulted hotel porter, court told REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: An off-duty garda and former inter-county GAA star got “paralytic drunk” during an “alcohol-fuelled” stag weekend before assaulting a hotel porter, a court in Clare has been told. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 27/6/2025 News ICCL Submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous) Bill 2025 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: ICCL recently made a submission to the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on the General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous) Bill 2025. Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) 27/6/2025 News Wexford gets just one new garda despite population of 164,000 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: County Wexford is set receive just one probationary garda from the latest class to emerge from Garda College in Templemore it has emerged. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 27/6/2025 News Relationship between burnout, job satisfaction and psychological wellbeing in Spanish Civil Guard This study examines burnout (emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy), job satisfaction, and psychological wellbeing in Spanish Civil Guard officers, analysing their interrelationships and predictive effects. A total of 604 active-duty officers (90.2% male, mean age = 43.3 years) participated, completing online versions of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), and the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Results showed that 22.4% exhibited a burnout profile, 39% reported job dissatisfaction, and 36.6% experienced psychological distress. Significant associations emerged among burnout dimensions, job satisfaction, and wellbeing. Emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, professional efficacy, and age were key wellbeing predictors. Findings highlight the need for targeted interventions to mitigate burnout, improve job satisfaction, and promote officer wellbeing. The study advances theoretical understanding and informs policies to enhance working conditions within policing, contributing to both individual welfare and organisational effectiveness. Police Practice and Research 27/6/2025 Research article Cases against Jersey Police lowest in a decade The number of cases made against Jersey police officers has dropped to its lowest in a decade, according to the island's police watchdog. The Jersey Police Complaints Authority (JPCA) said there were nine new cases in 2024 compared with 12 the previous year and the highest in the past decade of 35 in 2014. BBC 27/6/2025 News Hamilton police use of force remains disproportionate with Black and Middle Eastern people, data shows CANADA: 'These patterns are not new and neither are the calls for action,' staff sergeant says CBC News (Canada) 27/6/2025 News «899091929394959697Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
