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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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5 results foundAuthor: Cavanagh, Ben Title: A review of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for antisocial behavior Summary: This is a review of police Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs). It assesses the impact of FPNs on police procedures for dealing with antisocial behavior and the time savings with FPNs were intended to bring. It also makes recommendations for modifications to FPN procedures based on the views of police officers and others. FPNs for Antisocial Behavior were introduced in Part 11 of the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004. They allow the police to offer fines of 40 pounds for ten offences. The research involved analyses of official data from the police, the Crown office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the Scottish Court Service. It also involved an e-survey of 'front line' police officers across Scotland and a series of in-depth interviews with police officers and local authority 'community safety' managers. Details: Edinburgh: Scottish Government Social Research, 2009, 57p. Source: Internet Source Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 117585 Keywords: Antisocial BehaviorCommunity SafetyPolicing Procedures |
Author: Davis, Robert C. Title: Evaluating the Communities Foundation of Texas's Gift to the Dallas Police Department - The Caruth Police Institute's First Leadership Course Summary: History has shown the importance of strong and effective police leadership, but it is no longer enough to learn the principles of policing early in one's career: The explosion in technology has made it essential that police managers keep current with new developments and that organizations have the flexibility to change appropriately. In 2006, the Communities Foundation of Texas allocated $15 million to the Dallas Police Department, of which $10 million was used to establish the W. W. Caruth Jr. Police Institute (CPI), a partnership between the department and two local universities. CPI was designed to provide training for police officers at all stages of their careers and to serve as the research and problem-solving arm of the Dallas Police Department. The hope is that the institute will play an integral role in supporting leadership training, staff development, and career advancement among all Dallas police officers. An evaluation of the first course offered by CPI, a leadership training course for lieutenants in which participation was voluntary, revealed that participants had favorable opinions of the course in terms its impact on their approach to their jobs, their relationships with supervisors and subordinates, and their sense of solidarity with their coworkers. The evaluation contrasted the experiences of participants with those of a control group of lieutenants in the department to determine whether there were changes in leadership style as a result of completing the course. It also included interviews with senior Dallas Police Department staff to gauge their perspectives on the course and how the institute could be used for the benefit of the department. Details: Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2012. 16p. Source: Technical Report: Internet Resource: Accessed February 19, 2012 at http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2012/RAND_TR1134z2.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2012/RAND_TR1134z2.pdf Shelf Number: 124186 Keywords: Police Training (Texas)Policing Procedures |
Author: Northern Ireland. Criminal Justice Inspection Title: Answering the Call - An Inspection of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Contact Management Arrangements Summary: THE Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has made significant improvements in dealing with the public and its handling of emergency and non-emergency calls, however the Contact Management Strategy of the PSNI must be continuously reviewed to ensure user satisfaction in the long term. This is the conclusion of a Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland report – ‘‘Answering the Call’ – An inspection of the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s contact management arrangements. The inspection report, which covered an extended period from February 2011, until January 2012 found that abandoned call rates had dropped significantly under the new contact management arrangements from around 20% to 3.7%. This had represented a significant improvement in service delivery. In addition, the PSNI had performed reasonably well on their targets of answering emergency calls within the 10 second target. Performance figures showed an overall achievement rate across the new contact centres of 88.8%. While the inspection report found that the move to a four-centre model had produced improvements, problems remained, some generated as a result of the swiftness of the roll out, such as variation in staff skills and service delivery. The report found that there had been no organisational strategy to employ non-police in the role of Dispatcher. Given the benefits to the public of returning more Officers to front line duties, CJI recommends that the PSNI should actively pursue the deployment of non-police members of staff as Dispatchers to reduce its dependence on serving Officers within contact management centres. Details: Belfast: Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland, 2012. 47p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 30, 2012 at: http://www.cjini.org/CJNI/files/b4/b47fcf0b-f40c-48ca-9cf1-e09f7819f34b.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cjini.org/CJNI/files/b4/b47fcf0b-f40c-48ca-9cf1-e09f7819f34b.pdf Shelf Number: 125796 Keywords: Police AdministrationPolice Calls for ServicePolicing (Northern Ireland)Policing Procedures |
Author: Iacobucci, Frank Title: Police Encounters with People in Crisis Summary: 1. On August 28, 2013, Chief of Police William Blair of the Toronto Police Service (TPS) requested that I undertake an independent review of the use of lethal force by the TPS, with a particular focus on encounters between police and what I refer to in this Report as "people in crisis." 2. By a person in crisis I mean a member of the public whose behaviour brings them into contact with police either because of an apparent need for urgent care within the mental health system, or because they are otherwise experiencing a mental or emotional crisis involving behaviour that is sufficiently erratic, threatening or dangerous that the police are called in order to protect the person or those around them. The term "person in crisis" includes those who are mentally ill as well as people who would be described by police as "emotionally disturbed." B. Mandate 3. My mandate as given to me by Chief Blair was to conduct an independent review of "the policies, practices and procedures of, and the services provided by, the TPS with respect to the use of lethal force or potentially lethal force, in particular in connection with encounters with persons who are or may be emotionally disturbed, mentally disturbed or cognitively impaired." 4. I was instructed by Chief Blair that the hallmark of my Review was intended to be its independence, and that the end result of the Review was to be a report, to be made public, setting out recommendations that will be used as a blueprint for the TPS in dealing with this serious and difficult issue in the future. I elaborate on the issue of independence in Chapter 2. 5. My mandate included reviewing the following topics: (i) TPS policies, procedures and practices; (ii) TPS training, and training at the Ontario Police College; (iii) equipment used by the TPS; (iv) psychological assessments and other evaluation of TPS police officers and officer candidates; (v) supervision and oversight; (vi) the role of the Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams (MCIT) currently employed by the TPS; (vii) the role of the TPS Emergency Task Force (ETF); (viii) best practices and precedents from major police forces internationally (in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and other jurisdictions) (ix) available studies, data and research; and (x) other related matters falling within the scope of the independent review. Details: Toronto: Toronto Police Service, 2014. 413p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 6, 2014 at: http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/publications/files/reports/police_encounters_with_people_in_crisis_2014.pdf Year: 2014 Country: Canada URL: http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/publications/files/reports/police_encounters_with_people_in_crisis_2014.pdf Shelf Number: 132913 Keywords: Mentally Ill OffendersPolice Policies and PracticesPolice TrainingPolice Use of Force (Canada)Policing Procedures |
Author: Reaves, Brian A. Title: Police Vehicle Pursuits, 2012-2013 Summary: Presents data on police vehicle pursuits and pursuit-related policies, including the number of police vehicle pursuits conducted by general purpose state and local law enforcement agencies in 2012. Data also include the types of written pursuit-related policies maintained by these agencies as of January 2013, the prevalence of police vehicle pursuits by type of pursuit policy, the number of pursuit-related fatalities that occurred nationwide over the previous decade, and the characteristics of vehicle pursuits in selected agencies. Findings on the number of pursuits and pursuit-related policies are based on data from BJS's 2013 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey. Data on pursuit-related fatalities are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Highlights: General purpose state and local law enforcement agencies conducted an estimated 68,000 vehicle pursuits in 2012. From 1996 to 2015, an average of 355 persons (about 1 per day) were killed annually in pursuit-related crashes. In 2012, local police conducted 8 vehicle pursuits per 100 officers employed and sheriffs' offices conducted 9 per 100 officers. As of January 2013, all state police and highway patrol agencies and nearly all local police departments (97%) and sheriffs' offices (96%) had a written vehicle pursuit policy. In jurisdictions with fewer than 10,000 residents, 4% of the local police departments and 10% of the sheriffs' offices did not have a written pursuit policy. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2017. 18p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 27, 2017 at: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/pvp1213.pdf Year: 2017 Country: United States URL: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/pvp1213.pdf Shelf Number: 145836 Keywords: Police Pursuit Driving Police Vehicle Pursuits Policing Procedures |