An Examination into the Level of Training, Education and Awareness Among Frontline Police Officers in Tackling Cybercrime Within the Metropolitan Police Service

2018 ◽  
pp. 307-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homan Forouzan ◽  
Hamid Jahankhani ◽  
John McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Metropolitan Police ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Level Of Training

scholarly journals Racial Discrimination in The London Metropolitan Police Service.

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Culture ◽  
British Society ◽  
Breeding Ground ◽  
Metropolitan Police ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Black Police

Abstract It is practically impossible for police officers to do their jobs without biases or prejudices. Even when the office of the Police Constable does not allow it. The purpose of this paper is summed up in three headings: first, to highlight the extent of racism in the London Metropolitan Police for over three decades This is evidenced from several case studies of black police officer’s mistreatment in the London Police Service. Second, the effect of police culture as a breeding ground for racism in the police and third, providing an understanding of the trio concepts of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotype. The author relies on racial Postcolonial theories that have created and sustain a culture of racial superiority over the years. This is a qualitative study; the author relies on the reviewing of previous literature relating to the topic of police racism. Some of the findings are: it has proven very difficult to find a solution to racism so long as the racism in the wider British society has not been dealt with effectively enough to accommodate the constructed other. Police culture needs to be outlawed in the police service and racism needs to become a dismissible police unlawful act.

scholarly journals Occupational Stress, Personality Traits, Coping Strategies, and Suicide Ideation in the South African Police Service

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacobus Pienaar ◽  
Sebastiaan Rothmann ◽  
Fons J. R. van de Vijver
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
South African ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
The South ◽  
Police Service ◽  
South African Police Service ◽  
South African Police

The objective of this study is to determine whether suicide ideation among uniformed police officers of the South African Police Service could be predicted on the basis of occupational stress, personality traits, and coping strategies. Using a cross-sectional survey design, the Adult Suicide Ideation Questionnaire, the Police Stress Inventory, the Personality Characteristics Inventory, and the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced are administered to a stratified random sample of 1,794 police employees from eight South African provinces. A logistic regression analysis shows that low scores on conscientiousness, emotional stability, approach coping, and turning to religion as well as high scores on avoidance coping are associated with more suicide ideation.

scholarly journals Dyslexia and policing

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 634-651
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Macdonald ◽  
Faye Cosgrove
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Police Service ◽  
The North ◽  
The Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of officers/civilians with dyslexia serving in the police service in England and Wales. Although there has been a growing body of research which has analysed the experiences of offenders and victims with dyslexia, there have been few studies focusing on the experiences of police officers/civilians with this condition. This study employs the social model of disability to conceptualise the experiences of these police officers/civilians from a disability rights perspective. Design/methodology/approach This applies a quantitative methodology to analyse data on disabling environments experienced by officers/civilians serving in a police service situated in the North of England. The paper collected data from 56 police employees previously diagnosed with dyslexia. Findings The findings reveal that a significant number of officers were reluctant to disclose that they had dyslexia to their police service. The choice to disclose was a key concern for officers/civilians, as this was directly linked to their experiences of stigmatisation, as well as the risk of their competences being questioned at work. The analysis presents evidence that, although officers/civilians have legal protections under the Equality Act 2010 (c15) in the UK, very few had experienced any form of “reasonable adjustment” in the workplace. Originality/value Drawing on the social model of disability, the paper concludes that the police service must improve access to reasonable adjustment, for example, through the use of assistive technologies, to create a more inclusive and supportive working environment for their employees.

scholarly journals Removing disabling barriers in policing: Dyslexia and literacy difficulties in the police service

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 332-352
Author(s):  
Stephen J Macdonald ◽  
Faye Cosgrove
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Environmental Barriers ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Occupational Environment ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Civilian Employees ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Model Approach

The aim of this article is to explore the impact of dyslexia, self-identified dyslexia and literacy difficulties on police officers/civilian employees. The study employs a social model approach which advocates that problems associated with dyslexia are not due to an impairment effect but can be attributed to a lack of reasonable adjustment due to disabling environmental barriers. The methodology applies a quantitative approach that analyses the impact that dyslexia/literacy difficulties have on policing. The authors suggest that with minor adjustments to working environments, police organisations can foster an inclusive rather than exclusive occupational environment.

scholarly journals Measuring Multi-Agency South Wales Police Corruption: Implications of Evidence from Within

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Paul James
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
The South ◽  
Police Corruption ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Police Administration ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Police Perceptions

Purpose: This is a research paper that is focused on the evaluation of ex-senior policing managers perceptions and experiences of corruption practices, raised issues and developments related to the South Wales Police service, UK.Methodology: An interpretive methodology was utilised in order to help understand ex-senior police perceptions underpinning multi-agency corruption over a number of decades. The scope for this research were former senior police officers who experienced the results of corruption processes and outcomes during their working activities in South Wales Police service. The population of interest was made up of 15 former senior police officers, who worked in multi-site police stations across the designated police area. Interviews were conducted with ten (10) former senior police officers.Findings: The research outcomes consisted of four (4) Key Themes - Police Administration, Police Command Conduct, Judicial Involvement and Oversight, ten (10) sub-Themes with 221 conversation targets.Implications: The paper addresses a number of raised areas resulting out of the analysis of the narrative to establish outcomes as - Police Administration, Police Command Conduct, Judicial Involvement and Oversight - and the deliberated implications of corruption for the management of the South Wales Police service.Originality: Very little research has been conducted in this area and the paper addresses some major concerns/responses and important difficulties related to reducing opportunities for corruption conducted by police officers in the South Wales policing area.

Management Training in the Police Service

1969 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 408-423
Author(s):  
P. D. Knights
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Special Study ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Administrative Experience ◽  
New Look

Mr. Knights, a former. Deputy Commandant of the Police College, and with wide administrative experience, has made a special study of management in the Police Service. He addressed the conference of the Association of Chief Police Officers in 1965 on police aspects of management training. The present article takes a “new look” at a subject which is increasingly realized to be of prime police importance.

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